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Suzan-Lori Parks, Diane Paulus, Deidre Murray : Three Women Collaborating
October 9, 2014 It won the 2012 Tony for the best musical revival, but the New York Times didn’t much like it, missing Gershwin’s full operatic scores in this “thinned-out” and “heavily-cut” version. Having no deep connection to the original, … Continue reading
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Tagged Another Country, Bill Kirchner, Billy Strayhorn, Derek Walcott, Diane Paulus, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, George Gershwin, Getting Mother's Body, Gil Evans, James Baldwin, Miles Davis, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Nelson Riddle, Paul Simon, Porgy and Bess, Suzan-Lori Parks, The Capeman, The Red Letter Plays, William Faulkner
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Black Pittsburgh
May 2, 2012 I’ve been here before, but it hit me again this time, coming into the city at night. This has got to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world. The river and the bridges all lit up — there are … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, African-American literature, Arabic, Arts communities, collaboration, Contemporary Art, Educational institutions, Ethnicity, Islam, jazz, Media, Music, peripheral networks, Theater, twentieth century art, Twentieth century literature, Visual arts, world literature, World religions
Tagged Abdullan Ibn, Billy Strayhorn, Brenda Buxton, bridges, Buhaina, Duke Ellington, Earl Hines, Fate Marable, Hill Distict, King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Mary Lou Wiliams, Nation of Islam, New Orleans, Paris, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Cycle, riverboats, Romare Beaden, Stanley Theater, The Piano Lesson, West Afraica
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