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One Singular Sensation
November 3, 2012 at 7:00 pm Approximate running time: 2 hours with 1 intermission The Harold Washington Cultural Center kicks off the inaugural Broadway in Bronzeville 2012/2013 season with One Singular Sensation Theatrical Fundraising Gala. One Singular Sensation features songs and scenes inspired by your favorite Tony Award winning Broadway musicals like Dream Girls, Annie,…
The Tap Dance Kid
October 4 – October 27, 2013 Approximate running time: 2.5 hours with 1 intermission The enigmatic Bril Barrett of M.A.D.D Rhythms Tap Academy light up the stage in this Tony Award®-winning hit. Willie, a young man from an upper-middle-class black family nurses a dream to become a tap dancer, with the encouragement of his uncle…
Purlie
August 2 – September 29, 2013 Approximate running time: 2.5 hours with 1 intermission Messiah Equiano directs this witty and energetic 1970s Broadway musical sensation based on Ossie Davis’ play “Purlie Victorious”. In the early day of the civil rights movement, a Southern plantation owner, Ol’ Cap’n Cotchipee, holds his sharecroppers in virtual slavery. Now…
Ain’t Misbehavin’
May 31st – July 28th 2013 Approximate running time: 2 hours with 1 intermission The mighty entertaining Fats Waller classic presented by Broadway in Bronzeville is an intoxicating combination of a dry martini and a dirty joke, savored over the sassiest 1930s era jazz. The Tony Award®-winning musical will have you tappin’ your feet, shoutin out, and wanting more…
Langston Hughes Black Nativity
Starts December 7 – December 16, 2012 Approximate running time: 2.5 hours with 1 intermission Black Nativity is produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois. John Ruffin directs the joyous account of a historic event that occurred over 2,000 years ago, the birth of Jesus Christ. Black Nativity is a…
Vegas Divas New Years Celebration
Approximate running time: 2 hours with 2 intermissions Join the Harold Washington Cultural Center and Broadway in Bronzeville for this New Year’s celebration. Vegas Divas is a Las Vegas style tribute to the greatest divas of all time. You will be mystified by the soulful sounds of our international impersonators in our tribute to Vegas…
Imitation of Life
February 8 – February 24, 2013 Approximate running time: 2 hours with a 15 minute intermission John Ruffin bring to the stage a gripping adaption of Fannie Hurst’s classic novel Imitation of Life. Imitation of Life is riveting dramatic story about family, race, and women in business set in the 1930′s. A struggling white widow,…
Annie the Musical
April 5 – April 21, 2013 Approximate running time: 2.5 hours with 2 intermissions LEAPIN’ LIZARDS! Bronzeville in Broadway brings to Chicago an all new production of one of the most acclaimed musicals of the past 35 years! Little orphan Annie, based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip, charms everyone’s hearts, despite a next-to-nothing…
Cassandra Bell
Talented, Cassandra Bell, will direct One Singular Sensation Fundraising Gala, Vegas Devas opening New Year’s Eve, an Annie opening April 5, 2013. Cassandra Bell is a woman who has lived life dancing to the beat of her heart. She is a devoted mother, mentor, friend, and servant of God. She is an ordained Minister of…
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