Bubbling Brown Sugar
Play Description
BUBBLING BROWN SUGAR tells the story of Harlem in its Golden Years. Taking many of the great songs from the era, Loften Mitchell weaves an ebullient tale of a time gone by. This musical, which started a whole wave of Broadway shows by and about black composers, had its beginnings at Rosetta LeNoire's Amas Rep. It then moved on to a lengthy run on Broadway, London's West End, and both national and European tours.
Production Info
Cast: 12 total (6 female, 6 male)Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
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Press Quotes
“… [a] really fizzy musical revue … recreates the night life of the 1920s — when they drank ‘scotch in teacups’ and bathtub gin — and the 1930s, from downtown speakeasies to the Savoy Ballroom and Small’s Paradise uptown … the songs here are standards, not only extolling the oeuvres of Fats Waller, Duke Ellington and Eubie Blake, among others, but also epitomizing their essence. Finally, the finale, ‘It Don’t Mean a Thing,’ which is performed by the company, is fabulous.” —Alvin Klein, The New York Times
Book Information
Publisher | BPPI |
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Publication Date | 12/1/1985 |
Pages | 34 |
ISBN | 9780881450262 |
Special Notes
If original stage producers credits appear in bold below, all licensees are required to include them in the following form on the title page in all programs distributed in connection with performances of the Play and in all advertising in which the full cast appears in size of type not less than ten percent (10%) of the size of the title of the Play:
Originally produced by AMAS Rep and subsequently on Broadway
In addition, the following must appear within all programs distributed in connection with performances of the Play:
by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing Inc, NYC
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