Cotton Club Parade
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SHOW INFORMATION
CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Nov 18, 2011
Closed Nov 22, 2011
Opened Nov 18, 2011
Closed Nov 22, 2011
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Visit the Cotton Club Parade website:
http://www.jalc.org
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Harlem's famed Cotton Club presented annual revues that featured big band swing and blues, dancers, singers, comedians and novelty acts throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Duke Ellington and his orchestra began a four-year residency in 1927 and continued making guest appearances throughout the 1930s. As in the original revues, the Cotton Club Parade will feature singers, dancers and variety acts.
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Cotton Club Parade, an energetic and evocative time machine of sorts now playing at New York City Center, whisks audiences back to the halcyon days of the titular Harlem nightclub. Conceived by Jack Viertel, directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle and backed by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, the stylish show is a frequently electrifying revue that, with some tweaks, might prove to be an evergreen crowd-pleaser.
The show aims to recreate the sorts of entertainment that would have been seen at the Cotton Club during prohibition, and offers up a high octane array of vocals, dance and instrumentals, occasionally interspersed with selections from the works of wr[...]