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"Blues For An Alabama Sky" runs through Aug. 5 on Barrington Stage Companys Boyd-Quinson Stage.

I think this play should be seen in spite of its weaknesses. It brings relevance to today’s problems, today’s world, even if it is set more than 90 years ago. This is a play for our times.

Looking for something to do this weekend? Here are a few recommendations from Globe writers and critics, covering music, theater, comedy, museums, family events, and more.

A companion piece to “A Raisin in the Sun,” the Pearl Cleage play “Blues for an Alabama Sky” stars Broadway actor Kimberly Marable at the Guthrie Theater.

This production, directed by Lynette Linton is nothing short of mesmerising - combining music, movement, and powerful performances to create a production that evokes truly visceral reactions within the audience.

Lynette Linton, artistic director of the Bush Theatre, makes her National Theatre directing debut.

The characters in Pearl Cleage’s “Blues for an Alabama Sky” are caught somewhere between the creative, hopeful heaven of the Harlem Renaissance and the hellish economic collapse of the Great

LOS ANGELES — Prolific playwright, journalist, novelist, arts and civic leader Pearl Cleage (pronounced “Cleg”) is based in Atlanta, where she also served as a speechwriter for former Mayor Maynard Jackson, and later became his first press secretary.

LOS ANGELES — Prolific playwright, journalist, novelist, arts and civic leader Pearl Cleage (pronounced “Cleg”) is based in Atlanta, where she also served as a speechwriter for former Mayor Maynard Jackson, and later became his first press secretary.