Photos: ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
Levee (Jason Dirden), left, Toledo (Glynn Turman), Culter (Damon Gupton) and Slow Drag (Keith David).
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)Dussie Mae (Nija Okoro) and Levee (Jason Dirden).
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)Slow Drag (Keith David), left, Culter (Damon Gupton) and Toledo (Glynn Turman).
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)Dussie Mae (Nija Okordo), left, Ma Rainey (Lillias White), Sylvester (Lamar Richardson), Irvin (Ed Swidel) and Policeman (Greg Bryan).
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)Levee (Jason Dirden), left, Slow Drag (Keith David), Toledo (Glynn Turman) and Culter (Damon Gupton) in their rehearsal basement.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)Sylvester (Lamar Richardson), left, Levee (Jason Dirden), Toledo (Glynn Turman), Ma Raney (Lillias White), Culter (Damon Gupton) and Slow Drag (Keith David, up in the sound booth), Irvin (Ed Swidey) and Sturdyvant (Matthew Henderson).
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)