All photos by Theo Cote
The Dark Star From Harlem: The Spectacular Rise of Josephine Baker begins performances on Thursday, November 21. The musical follows the journey of 19-year-old Josephine Baker, from her arrival in Paris in 1925, as a company member of La Revue Negre, to her rise to stardom in Europe. Josephine is cast as the comic dancer who crosses her eyes and can’t keep up, but before long , her talent as a singer and “exotic” dancer takes her to center stage and the launch of her career. As a young woman in a foreign land, she navigates sudden fame, a new language, racial acceptance in Paris and the violent Jim Crow laws back home in America.
La MaMa presents
The Dark Star
From Harlem:
The Spectacular Rise
of Josephine Baker
Book by Glynn Borders
Music and Lyrics by Mario E. Sprouse
Directed by Tai Thompson
Choreography by Kim Grier-Martinez
featuring Iris Beaumier*, Chris Bolan*, Katelyn Bowman* Catherine Calloway, Heather Gault*, Joe Komara* Kimberlee Murray*, James A. Pierce III*, Jed Peterson*, Melissa Victor*, Zuri Washington*
*Appearing Courtesy of Actors Equity Association
November 21 - December 01, 2019
The Ellen Stewart Theatre at La MaMa
66 East 4th Street
New York, NY 10003
Tickets: $30 Adults; $25 Students/Seniors
For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE
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