Photos: ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’

Dussie Mae (Nija Okoro) and Levee (Jason Dirden).

Slow Drag (Keith David), left, Culter (Damon Gupton) and Toledo (Glynn Turman).

Dussie Mae (Nija Okordo), left, Ma Rainey (Lillias White), Sylvester (Lamar Richardson), Irvin (Ed Swidel) and Policeman (Greg Bryan).

Levee (Jason Dirden), left, Slow Drag (Keith David), Toledo (Glynn Turman) and Culter (Damon Gupton) in their rehearsal basement.

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).