After Midnight (musical)
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Overview
After Midnight is the Broadway production of Cotton Club Parade that premiered
The revue takes place "after midnight" in New York's Harlem. It features jazz pieces by Duke Ellington, Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields and Harold Arlen, framed by the poetry of Langston Hughes. The show features an orchestra of 17 musicians, 25 vocalists, dancers and performers. It is headlined by a rotating list of performers.[3]
Production
The Broadway production began previews at the
Dancers and vocalists include: Julius "iGlide" Chisolm, Virgil J. Gadson, Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Jared Grimes, Everett Bradley, Cedric Neal, T. Oliver Reid, Monroe Kent III, Carmen Ruby Floyd, Rosena M. Hill Jackson, Bryonha Marie Parham, Marija Abney, Phillip Attmore, Christopher Broughton, Taeler Elyse Cyrus, C.K. Edwards, Bahiyah Hibah, Erin Moore, Justin Prescott, Allysa Shorte, Monique Smith, Daniel Watts, Danielle Herbert and David Jennings.[6] The show was produced by Scott Sanders, Wynton Marsalis, Roy Furman, Candy Spelling, Starry Night Entertainment, Hal Newman, Allan S. Gordon and Adam S. Gordon, James L. Nederlander, Robert K. Kraft, Catherine and Fred Adler, Robert Appel, Jeffrey Bolton, Scott M Delman, James Fantaci, Ted Liebowitz, Stephanie P. McClelland, Sandy Block and Carol R. Fineman.
Special guest stars after Fantasia Barrino included
Upon closing, Broadway Licensing acquired the rights for stock and amateur performance rights.[10]
Songs
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Critical reception
Stephen Holden, in his review of the Cotton Club Parade in 2011 for The New York Times wrote: "The revue’s solution to the debatable issue of caricature and at what point a broad performance becomes a demeaning minstrel-show parody is to rein in the extremes. But it is in no way sedate. If the show has no Nell Carter or Ruth Brown, it does have Adriane Lenox, who delivers the Sippie Wallace advice song 'Women Be Wise'... with a knowing tang.... Mr. Carlyle’s clean choreography connects variations of the Charleston with jitterbugging and a little break-dancing to suggest the continuity of styles without insisting on it."[11]
Elysa Gardner in her review for USA Today wrote: "...you get 90 minutes of honest, vital entertainment, delivered with enough breezy wit to mitigate the flashes of pomp."[12]
Linda Winer, in her review for Newsday, noted that the most important part of the revue is the band. She wrote: "When that push for slickness goes into overdrive, the ensemble can feel ragged.... Adriane Lenox is marvelous in such sardonic, been-around revelations as 'Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night.' The dancers, led by former Twyla Tharp star Karine Plantadit, are strong."[13]
Awards and nominations
Year | Award Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result |
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2014 | Tony Award
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Best Musical | Nominated | |
Best Featured Actress in a Musical | Adriane Lenox | Nominated | ||
Best Direction of a Musical | Warren Carlyle | Nominated | ||
Best Choreography | Won | |||
Best Costume Design of a Musical | Isabel Toledo | Nominated | ||
Best Lighting Design of a Musical | Howell Binkley | Nominated | ||
Best Sound Design of a Musical | Peter Hylenski | Nominated | ||
Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical Revue | Won | ||
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Adriane Lenox | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Choreography | Warren Carlyle | Won | ||
Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Director of a Musical | Warren Carlyle | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Choreographer | Won | |||
Outstanding Costume Design | Isabel Toledo | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Lighting Design | Howell Binkley | Nominated |
See also
References
- ^ a b Gans, Andrew (9 January 2013). "Cotton Club Parade, Seen at New York City Center, Will Transfer to Broadway in the Fall". Playbill. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Gans, Andrew (14 November 2012). "Cotton Club Parade, With Amber Riley, Joshua Henry, Adriane Lenox, Begins Return Encores! Run Nov. 14". Playbill. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "After Midnight broadway". January 29, 2014. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ^ Isherwood, Charles (4 November 2013). "'After Midnight' On Broadway". New York Times. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ a b Gioia, Michael (11 February 2014). "Grammy Winner K.D. Lang Is New Headliner of Broadway's After Midnight, Beginning Feb. 11". Playbill. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Gioia, Michael (18 October 2013). "Broadway Musical Revue After Midnight, Headlined by Fantasia Barrino, Begins Performances Oct. 18". Playbill. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Gioia, Michael (1 April 2014). "Tony Nominee Vanessa Williams Is New Headliner of Broadway's After Midnight, Beginning April 1". Playbill. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Gioia, Michael (29 June 2014). "Broadway's Cotton Club Closes: After Midnight Plays Final Performance". Playbill. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Cox, Gordon (30 April 2014). "'After Midnight' Rides Tony Momentum with Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight and Natalie Cole". Variety. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Broadway Licensing". broadwaylicensing.com.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (20 November 2011). "A Historic Harlem Hothouse Swings Again (With a Modern Orchestra)". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Gardner, Elysa (3 November 2013). "Singers, dancers, musicians shine 'After Midnight'". USA Today. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Winer, Linda (1 November 2013). "'After Midnight' review. Hot jazz, no story". Newsday. Retrieved 10 November 2019.