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The Cotton Club Gala, which featured some of the club's original dancers, was produced at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club twice in 1975 [43] [44] and again in 1985. The 1985 production was directed by La MaMa founder Ellen Stewart. [45] La MaMa also toured Europe with the Cotton Club Gala in 1976. [46]
The Cotton Club is a 1984 American musical crime drama film co-written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and based on James Haskins' 1977 book of the same name. The story centers on the Cotton Club , a 1930s Harlem jazz club.
24th edition of Cotton Club Parade [9] [10] Opened March 23, 1934; opening night was largest show ever staged there; production ran for nine months, merging into fall edition Produced by Dan Healy (Daniel E. Healy; 1888–1969) [11] Harold Arlen's last show with Cotton Club Parade Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra featuring Adelaide Hall
Maurice Hines, an actor, dancer and choreographer who starred with his brother Gregory Hines in Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Cotton Club,” died Friday. He was 80. Friends including Debbie ...
"Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good)" is a song composed by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Ted Koehler. It was written for their last show at the Cotton Club in 1934 and was sung by Adelaide Hall [1] In an interview, Adelaide Hall explained how she performed the song to great effect during the show:
Harlem Jazz, 1930 was welcomed in Billboard magazine: . The spontaneous jazz of the early and turbulent '30s, in the speakeasy era when the New York Harlem sector jumped and Duke Ellington reigned supreme and most rhythmically at the Cotton Club, this package of eight sides represents still another chapter in the history of jazz... the selected sides bring back the memories of the reckless ...
After appearing on the show for seven seasons, he went on to star in 30 Rock and earned an Emmy Award nomination in 2009. Folks have also seen him in The Last O.G. and other guest spots on various ...
By the early 1930s, he had begun producing shows with African American entertainers, including the Cotton Club Showboat at the Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago in 1934. [4] He took over responsibility for the colored section of the Royal American Shows , [ 5 ] and debuted his first girl show, Hep Cats , in 1936. [ 6 ]