Where do theater artists go to ask questions? Poughkeepsie.
Guests outside the tent where Michael R. Jackson s White Girl in Danger was going to be performed at Marist College on the banks of the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., July 21, 2021. Lauren Lancaster/The New York Times.
by Jesse Green
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- For Michael R. Jackson, the question was quite specific. What kind of underscoring do you write for a melodramatic yet serious musical inspired by soap operas, Lifetime movies and Law and Order: SVU?
Jackson has been developing his musical, White Girl in Danger, since 2017, through so many workshops and readings that he can barely list them all. He had already nailed down the plot, about a Black performer on a surreal soap who schemes, from the blackground, to outshine the white stars and get a story of her own.
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Vanessa Williams, Cynthia Erivo, and Ali Stroker
Tony nominee Vanessa Williams hosts this year s
A Capitol Fourth concert, airing July 4 on PBS at 8 PM ET (check local listings). Joining the Broadway alum are Tony winners Cynthia Erivo and Ali Stroker, Christopher Jackson, Laura Osnes, Auliâi Cravalho, Jennifer Nettles with the Broadway Inspirational Voices, the National Symphony Orchestra, and more.
The televised concert special features pre-recorded performances by stage and screen favorites from around the country along with a live fireworks display from Washington, D.C. Among the notable NYC segments, Nettles and BIV film at NYCâs Town Hall while Cravalho appears from the Unisphere. The fireworks will be backed by Tchaikovskyâs â1812 Overtureâ featuring the NSO and The Joint Armed Forces Chorus.
Celebrate Our Country s 245th birthday, A Capitol Fourth - July 4 at 8 pm woub.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from woub.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.