JAZZ FABLES A DEUX.(jazz plays)(Brief Article)
American Theatre, October, 2000 by Berson, Misha
Jazz lives!--in clubs and festivals and on disc, and also in the new-play agendas of at least two regional theatres this season.
Warren Leight is not sure he wants to be known as a playwright specializing in jazz sagas. But clearly, the theme is not yet out of his system. After reaping general acclaim and a 1999 Tony award for his bittersweet inside-the-jazz-life play Side Man, Leight halfway returns to that milieu in his new work, tentatively titled Glimmer, Glimmer and Shine. The script will have its world premiere this fall at Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, and will receive ...
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