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JOSEPHINE: the Josephine Baker MusicalPlaybill has news about this project, which is aiming for Broadway with Deborah Cox in the title role.
| Andrew Gans wrote: | The new musical based on the life of the iconic entertainer who dazzled Paris audiences will be directed and choreographed by Joey McKneely... (and) features music by Steve Dorff, lyrics by John Bettis and a book by Ellen Weston and Mark Hampton.
The musical, according to press notes, is "inspired by actual events, and takes place in Paris between 1939 and 1945: Josephine Baker is queen of the Paris music halls, involved in a liaison with Crown Prince Gustav VI of Sweden and secretly serving her adopted country in the French Resistance. Her heroic work during the war brings her the self-worth she so vainly sought in fame, money and the arms of royalty." |
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David
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