Ruth Brown wins the 1989 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in Black and Blue. The musical stage play emphasizes black culture with jazz, blues and dance between WWI and WWII. A little history: Originally created at Theatre Musical de Paris. (EXCERPT) https://youtu.be/MidXL4DOzoM Black and blue stage play: Black and Blue (1989 Original Broadway Cast)
by Original Broadway cast. Angela Hall, Eugene Fleming; Sir Roland Hanna; Jerome Richardson; Kyme,Bernard Manners, Frederick J. Boothe, Ted Levy, Kevin Ramsey, Claude Williams;Carrie Smith;, Jimmy Slyde, BunnyBriggs; Ruth Brown & Linda Hopkins; Sir Roland Hanna, Haywood Henry, Britt Woodman, Emory Thompson, Grady Tate, Billy Butler; The Musicians
DRG (CDSBL19001) photo: theater mania.com Music orchestrated by Sy Johnson; Music arranged by Sy Johnson; Additional arrangements by Luther Henderson; Additional orchestrations by Luther Henderson; Featuring songs by Ellas McDaniel ("I'm a Woman"), W. C. Handy ("St. Louis Blues"), Spencer Williams ("Everybody Loves My Baby", "Royal Garden Blues"), Clarence Williams ("Royal Garden Blues"), J. Turner Layton ("After You've Gone"), Andy Razaf ("If I Can't Sell It, I'll Keep Sittin' on It"), Alex Hill ("If I Can't Sell It, I'll Keep Sittin' on It"), Louis Armstrong ("I Want a Big Butter and Egg Man"), Percy Venable ("I Want a Big Butter and Egg Man"), Jimmy McHugh ("I Can't Give You Anything But Love"), Doc Daugherty ("I'm Confession"), Ellis Reynolds ("I'm Confession"), Duke Ellington ("Black and Tan Fantasy", "Come Sunday", "Daybreak Express", "In a Sentimental Mood", "East St. Louis Toodle-oo", "Mystery Song"), Bubber Miley ("Black and Tan Fantasy", "East St. Louis Toodle-oo"), Jimmie Lunceford ("Rhythm Is Our Business"), Saul Chaplin ("Rhythm Is Our Business"), Porter Grainger ("T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do"), Everett Robbins ("T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do"), Thomas "Fats" Waller ("That Rhythm Man", "Black and Blue"), Harry Brooks ("That Rhythm Man"), John Green ("Body and Soul"), Harry Akst ("Am I Blue"), Benny Goodman ("Stompin' at the Savoy"), Chick Webb ("Stompin' at the Savoy"), Edgar Sampson ("Stompin' at the Savoy"), Eubie Blake ("Memories of You"), Leslie Johnakins ("Wednesday Night Hop"), Andy Kirk ("Wednesday Night Hop"), Harold Arlen ("I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues"), Big Maybelle Smith ("Cry Like a Baby"), Sy Johnson ("Swinging") and Leroy Kirkland ("Cry Like a Baby"); Featuring songs with lyrics by Henry Creamer ("After You've Gone"), Ellas McDaniel ("I'm a Woman"), Jack Palmer ("Everybody Loves My Baby"), Andy Razaf ("If I Can't Sell It, I'll Keep Sittin' on It", "That Rhythm Man", "Black and Blue", "Stompin' at the Savoy", source YT/pd/cc enjoy the excerpts!
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