Here and Now with Sandra Bookman: Lincoln Center reimagines Ntozake Shange’s choreopoem on its 50th anniversary

NEW YORK (WABC) — Coming up on Here and Now, a classic choreopoem for girls of color is reimagined with music at Lincoln Center.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Ntozake Shange’s powerful choreopoem, “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf.”

To mark this milestone, Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series is presenting a re-imagined, musical treatment of the classic. It tells the stories of seven women who have suffered the indignities of a racist and sexist society.

Joining us to discuss is composer, playwright and performer Natalie Brown.

Also ahead, learn more about Samaritan Daytop Village, a nationally-recognized human services organization changing lives for more than 60 years.

Plus, the initiative providing much-needed support for grandparents now raising their grandchildren.

More on the poster exhibit bringing early Black stage and screen productions back to life.

And meet the co-directors behind “Meal Ticket,” a new documentary telling the story of McDonald’s all-American games.

Here and Now with Sandra Bookman airs Sundays at 12:00 p.m. on Channel 7, WABC-TV in New York City.

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