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The tightly produced, crisply presented piece directed by Schoolhouse Producing Director Bram Lewis stars Wali Jamal in a ...
For nearly 30 years, world-renowned jazz musician Louis ... s Satchmo Collection is made up of donated materials, the Institutional History Collection follows the history of the Armstrong House ...
In a romping Hollywood scene, Armstrong meets the well-dressed (the excellent period costumes remind ... and vocalist Louis Armstrong (Satch, Satchmo, Pops), who began playing on the streets ...
Santa Ost-wald kept the joint jumpin,' aided by fellow bandleader Vince Giordano, assaying a sideman chart for the evening's set of sleigh bell songs and Satchmo specials. This has been a banner ...
James Monroe Iglehart as Louis Armstrong and Company in ... and period-defining costumes by Toni-Leslie James, we get the atmosphere and rhythm of the four main cities in Armstrong’s life and career, ...
A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical, starring a terrific James Monroe Iglehart (Aladdin, Hamilton) as the legendary Satchmo ... Leslie James’ vibrant costumes, Matthew Armentrout ...
At Studio 54, 254 W. 54th St. Come for the music in “A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical,” the Satchmo show that opened Monday night at Studio 54. As for the throaty crooner’s ...
The revered trumpet player and singer Louis Armstrong defined jazz for generations ... but fleeting feeling of freedom. Yet it was Satchmo’s final and lasting marriage to Cotton Club legend ...
Who could fail to recognize Louis ... Armstrong jukebox musical that opened Monday at Studio 54. Not for lack of a precise embodiment. In the leading role, James Monroe Iglehart has every Satchmo ...
Luckily, he has plenty of other monikers to go by: Louis, Louie, Satchmo ... Toni-Leslie James’s snazzy costumes and a series of first-class wigs, he summons Armstrong to life like the Genie ...
and a dazzling array of period-style costumes (including Satchmo’s familiar white handkerchief) by Toni-Leslie James, hair and wigs by Matthew Armentrout, and make-up by Kali Taylor that transport us ...
Join Tony Award® winner James Monroe Iglehart and a talented ensemble cast as they bring Louis Armstrong ... the costumes, the music and the story. I felt as if Luis Armstrong was on stage.