WBGO Members Nights this Fall

It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues at Crossroads Theatre – Thursday, Nov. 13 at 8pm
The Blues Hour’s Michael Bourne leads the party when WBGO Members celebrates the BLUES!  It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues is a rousing, Tony-nominated production that moves through some three dozen musical numbers that become an inclusive history of the blues in America, including spirituals, Delta blues and on up to Chicago for some urban blues. Let the show’s Broadway cast trace this rich cultural heritage with what the New York Times calls  "plenty of stops along the dusty roads, river banks, broken country hearts and juke joints in between, It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues is more than a musical feast."  Then join host Michael Bourne and members of the cast immediately following the show for dessert. Tickets are just $35 for the best seats in the house and all the after-show fun!

Tickets are limited, call 973-624-8880 ext. 248 today.

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More information on the show:

Tony® Award winning Crossroads Theatre Company
1978 • CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE! • 2008
Crossroads Theatre Company
presents
It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues
November 6 - 16, 2008

Written by: Charles Bevel, Lita Gaithers, Randal Myler, Ron Taylor and Dan Wheetman
Directed by: Randal Mylar
Performances:  Evenings at 8:00 November 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, and 15.
                         Matinees at 3:00 November 9, 15, and 16.
Location: Crossroads Theatre, 7 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, NJ 08901       

About the show:
Celebrating its 10th Anniversary, It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues was originally produced in 1998 and went directly from Crossroads to New York where it was nominated for four Tony Awards® including Best Musical. Opening with African chant and moving through some three dozen musical numbers, this rousing show traces the roots of the blues—America’s cultural treasure.  Many members of the original cast will be reunited at Crossroads including Eloise Laws, Carter Calvert, Gregory Porter, Danny Wheetman, and Mississippi Charles Bevel and joined by Chic Streetman and Sandra Reaves-Phillips of "Let the Good Times Roll!"

Notes on the Blues from author Charles Bevel: "The 'Blues' does not mean black music. It means having the courage or audacity to speak to what is in your heart without consulting your head. That human attribute is colorless. But what is now termed the 'Blues' has to be placed in the context of the unique way in which this music form was derived. Its African roots cannot be denied, but most of its energy was and continues to be acquired from a people being forced to continuously live on the outer edges of the majority culture in America. From slavery, through legal segregation, to the many present forms of isolation, blacks have developed unique ways of expressing the constant pain and frustration that comes with being perpetually guaranteed. And since music is the easiest way to express matters of the heart, the 'Blues' (the pain and the joy, whether directed inwardly or outwardly) is, and will continue to be, the most persistent form of expressing matters of the heart in black culture in America." --Mississippi Charles Bevel

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