A play with music celebrating the life and legacy of Idlewild, the legendary Black resort community known as the "Motown before Motown," and the life of the legendary Fiesta Doll, Carlean Gill. Carlean is a young girl from Detroit’s 8 Mile who dreams of a life beyond her...
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After a matriarchs death, the women in the family clean Grandmas attic and find love and old memories packed away, and in the process, hit tunes that trace the history of black women, from the trials of the 1930s through the Girl Groups of the 60s to the empowerment of the 90s...
Journey back in time to the Harlem Renaissance (1920-1940) when audiences flocked to the areas popular nightclubs to see the greatest talents entertain. Artists like Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, and Billie Holiday created a golden age of music with their exciting...
When African-American college graduate Warren takes a job with the 2008 Obama campaign, hes fired up and ready to go until he lands in the troubled streets of East Cleveland. But somewhere between knocking on doors, fending off cops, and questioning his own racial and sexual...
The First Noel is a memory musical that flashes us back to Harlem in 1985 and follows the story of Noel as a child and her desire for Christmas in a house where holiday joy has been unwelcome for years. Her parents struggle to recover from the death of their first child until an...
“My skin is brown, my manner is tough...” Nina Simone’s velvet voice was unafraid to sing lyrics that cut right to the truth. From the iconic, “I Put a Spell on You” to “Feelin’ Good” to the title protest song “Four Women,” her music was a personal and political exploration...
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill 10/02/2015 - 11/01/2015 Previews: Oct. 2 - Oct. 8, 2015 Run Dates: Oct. 9 - Nov. 1, 2015 Starring Denise Lee as Billie Holiday The time is 1959. The place is a seedy bar in Philidelphia. The audience is about to witness one of Billie Holiday's...
Jubilee Theatre Mainstage: - Gary Holmes, Allen Shapiro; music: J.C. Johnson.
Imprisoned for murder, Pearl is the living storehouse of dozens of spirituals and folk songs passed down from her African-American ancestors. When a Library of Congress song collector finds her, Pearl must decide whether to entrust the woman not only with the songs of her...
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