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Blackbird: The Story of Josephine Baker

This new musical, written by award-winning playwright Sherman Yellen (who wrote the award-winning play The Rothschilds), traces the early life of Josephine Baker from Jim Crow America to Paris in the 1920s. It is presented in "pure musical comedy style” … it’s funny, sexy, exuberant! Hold on to your seats as the Bronze Venus takes our stage by storm with her songbird voice and no-holds-barred dance routines. Baker is the ultimate rags-to-riches story despite the difficult times in which she lived.

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