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Me and Bessie is a musical revue about the life and career of blues singer Bessie Smith. The basically one-woman show, conceived and written by Will Holt and Linda Hopkins and performed by Hopkins, features songs by Lil Green, Clarence Williams, Henry Creamer, Andy Razaf, and Jimmy Cox, among others. It originally was presented at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. from November 1–17, 1974, then produced by the Center Theatre Group and staged by Robert Greenwald at the Mark Taper Forum from April 4 through May 3, 1975.

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rdfs:label	Me and Bessie (fr) Me and Bessie (en)
rdfs:comment	Me and Bessie est une revue musicale sur la vie et la carrière de la chanteuse de blues Bessie Smith, présentée en 1974. Le spectacle essentiellement composé pour une seule femme, conçu et écrit par (en) et Linda Hopkins et interprété par Hopkins, comprend des chansons de Lil Green, Clarence Williams, Henry Creamer, Andy Razaf et (en), entre autres. (fr) Me and Bessie is a musical revue about the life and career of blues singer Bessie Smith. The basically one-woman show, conceived and written by Will Holt and Linda Hopkins and performed by Hopkins, features songs by Lil Green, Clarence Williams, Henry Creamer, Andy Razaf, and Jimmy Cox, among others. It originally was presented at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. from November 1–17, 1974, then produced by the Center Theatre Group and staged by Robert Greenwald at the Mark Taper Forum from April 4 through May 3, 1975. (en)
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dcterms:subject	Broadway musicals 1974 musicals Plays based on real people Biographical plays about musicians Monodrama Plays for one performer Cultural depictions of blues musicians
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Bessie Smith Blues Robert Greenwald Broadway musicals Clarence Williams (musician) The Norman Conquests Andy Razaf Lenny Hambro Lester Wilson Lil Green Linda Hopkins Los Angeles Henry Creamer 1974 musicals Tovah Feldshuh Washington, D.C. Will Holt Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience Plays based on real people Ford's Theatre Broadway theatre Center Theatre Group Golda's Balcony Repertory Jimmy Cox Biographical plays about musicians Monodrama Plays for one performer Cultural depictions of blues musicians Edison Theatre Mark Taper Forum New York (magazine) Oh! Calcutta! Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer) T'Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do Ambassador Theatre (New York) Musical revue
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music	Various (en) Howlett Smith & Lenny Hambro - co-Musical Directors (en)
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has abstract	Me and Bessie is a musical revue about the life and career of blues singer Bessie Smith. The basically one-woman show, conceived and written by Will Holt and Linda Hopkins and performed by Hopkins, features songs by Lil Green, Clarence Williams, Henry Creamer, Andy Razaf, and Jimmy Cox, among others. It originally was presented at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. from November 1–17, 1974, then produced by the Center Theatre Group and staged by Robert Greenwald at the Mark Taper Forum from April 4 through May 3, 1975. The Broadway production was directed by Greenwald, with special dance sequences choreographed by Lester Wilson for two characters, identified only as Man and Woman (Lester Wilson and Gerri Dean). Howlett Smith and Lenny Hambro were co-Musical Directors. Donald Harris was responsible for scenic design. Following two previews, it opened at the Ambassador Theatre on October 22, 1975. It transferred to the Edison Theatre on December 3, 1975 and remained there until December 5, 1976, running for a total of 453 performances. Between September 24 and its closing, it ran in repertory with Oh! Calcutta! In and Around Town, a weekly critical guide for entertainment in New York, included a capsule review for Me and Bessie that read, "The raw fervor of Linda Hopkins's blues singing is all that matters here, and it's enough. Unfortunately, the show is also burdened with a silly script by Will Holt, which consists mostly of having Miss Hopkins disavow the fact that she's Bessie Smith with all the fervor of a Kennedy disavowing politics." However, in 2011, Backstage magazine remembered Hopkin's performance as Smith: "It's been 36 years since I saw her in it at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, but she's stayed with me as the definitive Bessie Smith, and of course the cast album plays even more powerfully than Smith's original." Linda Hopkins was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience but lost to The Norman Conquests. The production held the record for the longest-running one-woman show in Broadway history until Golda's Balcony, starring Tovah Feldshuh, surpassed it by forty performances. (en) Me and Bessie est une revue musicale sur la vie et la carrière de la chanteuse de blues Bessie Smith, présentée en 1974. Le spectacle essentiellement composé pour une seule femme, conçu et écrit par (en) et Linda Hopkins et interprété par Hopkins, comprend des chansons de Lil Green, Clarence Williams, Henry Creamer, Andy Razaf et (en), entre autres. (fr)
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	Robert Greenwald Vernel Bagneris Deaths in April 2017 Thelma Houston Lenny Hambro Linda Hopkins Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience Alfre Woodard

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