boarding house
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The great playwright’s drama about a Pittsburgh boarding house comes to Broadway in an uneven production starring Taraji P. Henson and Cedric the Entertainer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
The resident who has lived at the boarding house the longest is Bynum, and Mr. Santiago-Hudson, who has both appeared in and directed Wilson’s plays, gives the most rounded and captivating performance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
They had run a boarding house in Coatesville, but abandoned the business and left town as the scandal garnered national attention, she said.
From Seattle Times • May 20, 2024
She saved up money to start her own convenience store, and the money from the store became a boarding house for university students that now stands five stories tall.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2024
That afternoon of her arrival she sat in the front parlor of a boarding house waiting for a man named Franklin B. Sanborn.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
