An Evening With Ellington, The Duke |
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The TRT Orchestra, and the TRT Singers and Swingers, invite all who are young at heart, to join them in a cabaret setting, as they bring to life the music of America’s greatest and perhaps most prolific composer, the one and only Duke Ellington. Hear the singing, and see the swinging to the Duke’s songs like “Satin Doll”, “Mood Indigo”, “Sophisticated Lady”, “It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)”, and thrill to excerpts from his extended orchestral pieces, and his famous “Second Sacred Concert”. |
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"THE BROKER" |
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Booker T. Washington was the first Principal, (President) of the school, now known as Tuskegee University. He was the one who took the first steps in building this great institution, which became world renown under his leadership. Considered by many the "Founder", he was in fact, the great "Builder" of Tuskegee University. Lewis Adams, however, was the cause operating before the school came into being. He was the one whose action gave rise to the school that Booker T. Washington first led and built; hence Lewis Adams can be justly called the true "Founder" of Tuskegee University. This play tells his story. |
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TOBY'S MY BROTHER & BEETHOVEN TOO!! |
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| "TOBY'S MY BROTHER & BEETHOVEN TOO'", written and directed by Dyann Robinson. In this historical fantasy, a 1823 slave rebellion, led by a young slave named Toby inspires three great European artists of African descent to use their art forms, and their renown as artists, as a way to fight for their total respect and freedom as men of color. The artists are Ludwig van Beethoven, Aleksander Sergeevich Puskin, and Alexandre Dumas pere. | ||
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REVOLT IN STORYLAND |
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"REVOLT IN STORYLAND" (The Musical) is a new musical treat for young and old!! The familiar characters in the "Tales of Mother Goose" demand a "Change" in their age-old stories. Mother Goose refuses, and a revolt ensues. All will enjoy this rousing, hilarious and fantastical twist, to a frequent, real life, social outcry. "REVOLT IN STORYLAND" (The Musical), adapted by Dyann Robinson, with music by Bill Perry and Dyann Robinson, from "REVOLT IN STORYLAND " (The play) by Marie Moore Lyles. |
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THE COTTON CLUB COMES TO 'SKEGEE' |
"THE COTTON CLUB COMES TO 'SKEGEE'", written and directed by Dyann Robinson. An historical fantasy in which performers from the famous Harlem nightclub are transported to Tuskegee, Alabama in the 21st century, where people of all races can come to see them perform, unlike in Harlem, in the 20's and 30's, when only whites were allowed to patronize the Cotton Club. The show features a live orchestra, and great singing and dancing to the music of Duke Ellington, and Cab Calloway and other famous Black musicians of the day. |
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ROYAL SISTAHS |
"ROYAL SISTAHS", written, directed, and performed by Dyann Robinson. A one woman play about four great ancient African queens: Egyptian queens, Hapshesut, and Nefertiti; Makeda, the Queen of Sheba, and Nzingha, Queen of Ndongo, later called Angola by the Portuguese. |
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THE WIVES OF BOOKER T., by Dyann Robinson. This is the story of the three wives of Booker T. Washington. They are the virtually unsung heroines without whom there may not have been a Tuskegee Univerisity as we know it, or a Booker T. Washington as we remember him. |
