Bubbling Brown Sugar
Music	Various
Lyrics	Various
Book	Loften Mitchell
Based upon	On a concept by Rosetta LeNoire
Productions	1976 Broadway

Bubbling Brown Sugar is a musical revue written by Loften Mitchell based on a concept by Rosetta LeNoire and featuring the music of numerous African-American artists who were popular during this period, including Duke Ellington, Eubie Blake, Count Basie, Cab Calloway and Fats Waller. Rosetta LeNoire (born Rosetta Olive Burton, August 8, 1911, New York City New York – March 17, 2002, Englewood Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29 1899 &ndash May 24 1974 was an American Composer, Pianist, and Bandleader. James Hubert Blake ( February 7, 1887 &ndash February 12 1983) was a Composer, Lyricist, and pianist of Ragtime William "Count" Basie ( August 21, 1904 &ndash April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, Organist Cabell "Cab" Calloway III ( December 25, 1907 &ndash November 18, 1994) was a famous American Jazz Singer Fats Waller (born Thomas Wright Waller on May 21, 1904 &mdash December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist It was nominated for the Tony Award as Best Musical. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented

The show was set in a Harlem nightclub of the 1920s-1940s. Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, long known as a major African American cultural and business center It originally played at the Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew, opening February 15, 1975 and running for 12 performances. It opened on Broadway at the August Wilson Theatre (then-ANTA Playhouse) on March 2, 1976 and closed on December 31, 1977 after 766 performances. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located The August Wilson Theatre, located at 245 West 52nd Street in New York City, is a legitimate Broadway theatre.

Contents 1 Songs 2 Awards and nominations 3 References 4 External links

Songs

(From Original Cast Recording^[1])

• Stompin' At The Savoy / Take The "A" Train
• Bubbling Brown Sugar
• Nobody
• His Eye Is On The Sparrow / Swing Low Sweet Chariot
• Sophisticated Lady
• Stormy Monday Blues
• In Honeysuckle Time, When Emaline Said She'd Be Mine
• Sweet Georgia Brown
• Honeysuckle Rose
• I Got It Bad
• Harlem Makes Me Feel!
• There'll Be Some Changes Made
• God Bless The Child
• It Don't Mean A Thing

Awards and nominations

Tony Award

• Best Musical — Produced by J. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Lloyd Grant, Richard Bell, Robert M. Cooper, Ashton Springer; Produced in association with Moe Septee Inc. (nominee)
• Best Actress in a Musical — Vivian Reed (nominee)
• Best Choreography — Billy Wilson (nominee)

Theatre World Award

• Chip Garnett (winner)
• Vivian Reed (winner)

Drama Desk Award

• Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical — Barry Preston (nominee)
• Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical — Vivian Reed (winner)
• Outstanding Choreography
• Outstanding Costume Design — Bernard Johnson (nominee)

References

External links

• Internet Broadway Database listing
• plot at NODANW

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