Bricktop: Legend of the Jazz Age at Greenbrier Valley Theatre

A World Premiere play with music that celebrates and chronicles the life of Ada “Bricktop” Smith. Born in Alderson, WV, Bricktop, a singer and dancer, rose to fame as a nightclub owner during the Jazz Age. She opened Chez Bricktop’s in Paris in 1926, eventually became the darling of Paris nightlife and was nicknamed the “Doyenne of Café Society.”

• Ada Smith was nicknamed “Bricktop” because of her red hair
• Her clubs would regularly entertain royalty as well as
groundbreaking artists and musicians
• PG