Starring
Alexandria “Brinae Ali” Bradley, Everett Bradley,
Andrew “Dr.Ew” Carter, Carla Cook, Nicolette DePass,
Brandon Victor Dixon, DeWitt Fleming Jr., Carmen Ruby Floyd,
Jared Grimes, Jeremiah “Showtyme” Haynes,
Rosena M. Hill Jackson, Rachael Hollingsworth,
Kendrick Jones, Monroe Kent III,
Adriane Lenox, T. Oliver Reid and Christian Dante White
Featuring Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
with Wynton Marsalis
Music Director Wynton Marsalis
Directed and Choreographed by Warren Carlyle
Cotton Club Parade is a celebration of Duke Ellington's years at the famed Harlem nightclub in the 1920s and '30s, when the joint was jumping with revues featuring big band swing and blues, dancers, singers, comedians and novelty acts. With Ellington's music as the centerpiece, this production re-imagines one of the composer's Cotton Club floor shows right here on the City Center stage.
Listen to a Sample
Braggin' In Brass
Performed by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Cotton Club Parade is part of a new producing partnership between New York City Center and Jazz at Lincoln Center that will combine the organizations’ specialties: musical theater and jazz.
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