Theatre Projects

...countdown to Blues For A Royal Flush, on the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage tonight..!

MinterTom Theatre Projects Feb.20.2017 0 Comments

..more to come about this, but just at the moment, hurtling into Tech, cue to cue, Dress -and performance of this work. The artists are seasoned, and I am grateful; this cast are reprising their roles, and have been with the show since its premiere in 2014. Greg Watkins, as Billy Strayhorn Scott Patterson, as Duke Ellington Laree Simon, as Ethel Waters Bina Malhotra, as Lena Horne And for this iteration, it is a pleasure to be joined by Duke Ellington School for the Arts senior, Nia Webb, as Reporter. The performance is open and free to the public.

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In The Smoke Of The Sting .. a journey of ‘otherness’ for Pianist & Baritone

MinterTom Theatre Projects Jan.28.2017 0 Comments

..woke now -to the changes in directions buffeting country and personal journey.. Fully woke. And working. It is my honor to be in process of collaborating with two esteemed artists -Ms Dana Kristina-Joi Morgan, and Jarrod Lee- in a performance piece I have written for Washington National Opera entitled "In The Smoke Of The Sting", a music journey which threads the words, determination, and courage of three Champion boxers -Joe Louis, Emile Griffith and Muhammad Ali- through music and poetry, and arias from operas written about these men.

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