Harlem Song
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Aug 4, 2002
Closed Dec 29, 2002
Opened Aug 4, 2002
Closed Dec 29, 2002
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George C. Wolfe writes and directs Harlem Song, a new musical celebrating the vibrant and energetic history of this famous neighborhood using song, dance, dialogue, and multimedia. Songs include "Drop Me Off in Harlem" by Duke Ellington and Nick Kenny, "Shake" by Sam Cooke, "and "Take the A Train" by Billy Strayhorn.
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If you've been looking for an excuse to finally visit the world famous Apollo Theater, here it is. George C. Wolfe has brought a bit of Broadway uptown with Harlem Song, a new show that sings, speaks, and dances the praises of one of New York's most famous communities.
At the show's opening, The Barefoot Prophet (David St. Louis), who looks like a modern street corner mystic, magically tells how the black peoples of the world came to Harlem. He is followed by Miss Nightingale, played exquisitely by Queen Esther, greeting us like the fashionable hostess and gossipy neighbor that she is. This performer guides us through much of the evening, sometimes trading in Miss Nightingale's Sunda[...]