Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman - The Play

May 13, 2001

2h 10m

★ 7.1

Overview

Before it was a movie, it was a theatrical phenomenon! When Helen learns that her husband is leaving her for her best friend, the women in her family are ready with advice. Her devout mother preaches strength and forgiveness, while her parolee grandmother shows up with a gun! Acclaimed African-American playwright Tyler Perry dares to mix sacred and secular humor with riotous results. Experience his most famous morality tale, now a major motion picture, in its original stage format...complete with live musical numbers!

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Lionsgate

Tyler Perry Studios

My.Te.Pe. Productions

Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman - The Play Trailers

Cast

Daddy Charles / Mable 'Madea' Simmons

Tyler Perry

Helen Simmons-McCarter

Marva King

Charles

Curtis Blake

Myrtle Simmons

Tamela Mann

Orlando

Cordell Moore

Brenda

Tunja Robinson

Willie

Ty London

Mildred

Regina McCrary

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