On the Levee 2010

Opened: June 28, 2010
Closing: July 10, 2010

On the Levee - 2010 - Off-Broadway History , Info & More

Duke on 42nd Street
229 West 42nd Street New York, NY 10036

Based on a true story, ON THE LEVEE is a play with music that revisits the Greenville, Mississippi flood of 1927, the worst in U.S. history. At the heart of the story are two fathers (a white cotton farmer and an African-American bootblack) and their sons.

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by A.A. Cristi - Apr 11, 2024


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On the Levee FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of On the Levee have there been?
On the Levee has had 1 productions including Off-Broadway which opened in 2010.

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