Billy Rhythm, the quintessential American, teams up with Tharbis Jefferson, a “CopperColored Gal” from the latest Cotton Club revue, to win a dance contest at the Savoy Ballroom. Unfortunately, their competition will stop at nothing to win, including murder. Once Upon A Time In Harlem: A Jitterbug Romance is a jitterbug love story woven between the lives and times of legendary black entertainers, black and white thugs, and the common man in swinging 1930’s Harlem. It takes place when 22-year-old Cab Calloway is at thebeginning of his long and storied career and Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, already over 50, is still unknown to most people outside of New York. “Air steps,” Jujitsu type dance moves, are just making the scene. The white and black gangland violence in the play? It all happened in an almost forgotten time in America’s most mythic city: Harlem.
This Annotated Radio Play/Reading version is based on the full-length play. It is appropriate for ALL AUDIENCES and will fit a one-hour time slot which makes it perfect for schools. Like the full-length play, this dance/drama requires no singing. To find out more and to purchase this version, please click here.
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