Broadway in Black

Created and adapted by Nate Jacobs

World Premiere

Broadway musicals have charmed the world for decades. This summer, WBTT salutes that genre with an original revue by Nate Jacobs. Sing along with your favorite songs from award-winning shows and breakthrough roles that helped launch the careers of such Black artists as Melba Moore in Purlie, Ben Vereen in Pippin, Jennifer Holliday in Dreamgirls, and Nell Carter in Ain’t Misbehavin’. It’s Broadway, WBTT style…electrifying!

 

VIDEO: See excerpts from Broadway in Black!

 

CAST AND CREATIVE

SYREETA S. BANKS

ARIEL BLUE

BRIAN L. BOYD

KEENAN CARVER

JOANNA FORD

DONALD FRISON (Ensemble/Choreographer)

DERRIC GOBOURNE JR. (Ensemble)

CHERISE JAMES

MICHAEL MENDEZ

RALEIGH MOSELY II

LEON S. PITTS, II

JOSHUA THOMPSON (Ensemble)

TOPAZ VON WOOD (Ensemble)

LATERRY BUTLER, B.A., CAGO (Music Director/Pianist/ Music Arranger)