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Blues In The Night
Music by
Bessie Smith
and
Duke Ellington
and
Johnny Mercer
and
Harold Arlen
Conceived and Originally Directed by
Sheldon Epps
Two Acts, Revue, Rated PG
1982 Broadway Version
The universal language of the blues wails out full and strong in this dynamite "dramatic revue" of twenty-six hot and torchy numbers that tell of the sweet, sexy and sorrowful experiences three women have with the lying, cheating snake of a man who does them wrong.
With little spoken text, the interweaving stories are defined through glorious songs which cover the range of this indigenous American art form, from Bessie Smith to Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen, Alberta Hunter, Jimmy Cox, Ida Cox and more, telling of the pain and misery of life and love and also of the dogged determination to get through it all that is the essence of the blues.
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You’re Gonna Love Tomorrow was originally staged as a concert organized by The Whitney Museum in 1983 in Stephen Sondheim’s honor—the same year he was elected to the American Institute of Arts and Letters.
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