Not since Quentin Tarantino dared to grace the boards in "Wait Until Dark" has the appearance of a (relatively) nonactor/celebrity in a Broadway show caused as much fuss as the starring appearance by Sean Combs in this revival of "A Raisin in the Sun." The ultrarich hip-hop impresario and performer, famed for his Bad Boy Records label, multiplatinum albums, clothing line and myriad other successful businesses, has only played minor parts in a couple of films, but here he is in the role that Sidney Poitier essayed so famously both onstage and in the 1961 film version. Playing Walter Lee Younger, the young husband and father desperately looking to upgrade his family's life while eking out a living as a chauffeur, Combs is clearly able to draw on the ferocious intensity and ambition that has propelled him to his current position.

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