PhotosSee Rebecca Naomi Jones and Kecia Lewis in Marie and RosettaTake a first look at Rebecca Naomi Jones and Kecia Lewis in Atlantic Theater Company’s world-premiere production of Marie and Rosetta by acclaimed Grounded playwright George Brant at the Linda Gross Theater.
By
Monica Simoes
September 06, 2016
Rebecca Naomi Jones and Kecia Lewis
Ahron R. Foster
“Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a legend in her time, bringing fierce guitar-playing and swing to gospel music,“state Atlantic production notes. “Tharpe was the queen of ‘race records’ in the 30’s and 40’s, a woman who played guitar as passionately as Clapton, who performed mornings at churches and evenings at the Cotton Club, who was a big enough star to fill a baseball stadium for her third wedding, but ended up buried in an unmarked grave in Philadelphia. Marie and Rosetta chronicles her first rehearsal with a young protégé, Marie Knight, as they prepare to embark on a tour that would establish them as one of the great duet teams in musical history.”
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See Rebecca Naomi Jones and Kecia Lewis in Marie and Rosetta
See Rebecca Naomi Jones and Kecia Lewis in Marie and Rosetta
Take a first look at Rebecca Naomi Jones and Kecia Lewis star in Atlantic Theater Company’s world-premiere production of Marie and Rosetta by acclaimed Grounded playwright George Brant at the Linda Gross Theater.
For tickets visit Atlantictheater.org, call OvationTix at (866) 811-4111, or visit in person at The Linda Gross Theater box office, located at 336 West 20thStreet, New York.
