Bubbling Brown Sugar

Bubbling Brown Sugar

Infobox Musical
name= Bubbling Brown Sugar


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music= Various
lyrics= Various
book= Loften Mitchell
basis= On a concept by Rosetta LeNoire
productions= 1976 Broadway
awards=

"Bubbling Brown Sugar" is a musical revue written by Loften Mitchell based on a concept by Rosetta LeNoire and featuring the music of numerous African-American artists who were popular during this period, including Duke Ellington, Eubie Blake, Count Basie, Cab Calloway and Fats Waller. It was nominated for the Tony Award as Best Musical.

The show was set in a Harlem nightclub of the 1920s-1940s.It originally played at the Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew, opening February 15, 1975 and running for 12 performances. It opened on Broadway at the August Wilson Theatre (then-ANTA Playhouse) on March 2, 1976 and closed on December 31, 1977 after 766 performances.

ongs

("From Original Cast Recording" [http://www.amazon.com/Bubbling-Brown-Original-Broadway-Recording/dp/B000008DUD amazon.com] )

*Stompin' At The Savoy / Take The "A" Train
*Bubbling Brown Sugar
*Nobody
*His Eye Is On The Sparrow / Swing Low Sweet Chariot
*Sophisticated Lady
*Stormy Monday Blues
*In Honeysuckle Time, When Emaline Said She'd Be Mine
*Sweet Georgia Brown
*Honeysuckle Rose
*I Got It Bad
*Harlem Makes Me Feel!
*There'll Be Some Changes Made
*God Bless The Child
*It Don't Mean A Thing

Awards and nominations

;Tony Award
*Best Musical — Produced by J. Lloyd Grant, Richard Bell, Robert M. Cooper, Ashton Springer; Produced in association with Moe Septee Inc. (nominee)
*Best Actress in a Musical — Vivian Reed (nominee)
*Best Choreography — Billy Wilson (nominee) ;Theatre World Award
*Chip Garnett (winner)
*Vivian Reed (winner) ;Drama Desk Award
*Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical — Barry Preston (nominee)
*Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical — Vivian Reed (winner)
*Outstanding Choreography
*Outstanding Costume Design — Bernard Johnson (nominee)

References

External links

* [http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=3977 Internet Broadway Database listing]
* [http://www.nodanw.com/shows_b/bubblingbrownsugar.htm plot at NODANW]


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