I figured folks who have been reading these entries might be interested in
the full staged reading we are doing of DAY DREAM on Monday, Nov. 10th at 6:30pm at 45 Bleecker St (at Lafayette). There will be a live jazz quartet accompanying the songs in the script. See synopsis below. Confirmed cast for the reading includes Anthony Chisholm (
Oz), Colman Domingo (
Passing Strange), Aunjanue Ellis (
Ray), Andre Holland (
Sugar), Marc Damon Johnson, Lonette McKee (
Jungle Fever) and Tracie Thoms (
Rent). Additional info will be up at www.newfest.org
Synopsis:
DAY DREAM is a feature length drama that follows the jazz composer Billy Strayhorn on a quest for musical inspiration as he travels to New Orleans to investigate the life of Buddy Bolden, the forefather of modern jazz who spent the last 24 years of his life in a mental institution.
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posted by Rodney Evans @ 9/22/2008 10:10:00 PM
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