Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Musical)
Cast
Ken
Anthony Augustine
ANDRE
Kentrell Dawson
Nell
Marquetta Jackson
Armelia
Erline Dorcy
Charlaine
Liane Williams
Understudy/ Bartender
Lauren Jackson
Synopsis: “Ain’t Misbehavin,'” is a musical revue with a book by Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby, Jr., and music by various composers and lyricists as arranged and orchestrated by Luther Henderson. It is named after the song by Fats Waller (with Harry Brooks and Andy Razaf), “Ain’t Misbehavin.'”
The musical is a tribute to the black musicians of the 1920s and 1930s who were part of the Harlem Renaissance, an era of growing creativity, cultural awareness, and ethnic pride, and takes its title from the 1929 Waller song “Ain’t Misbehavin.'” It was a time when Manhattan nightclubs like the Cotton Club and the Savoy Ballroom were the playgrounds of high society and Lenox Avenue dives were filled with piano players banging out the new beat known as swing. Five performers present an evening of rowdy, raunchy, and humorous songs that encapsulate the various moods of the era and reflect Waller’s view of life as a journey meant for pleasure and play.
Season
2023/2024
President
Mary Ellen Fawk
Director
Cordaro Johnson
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Mary Lee Hoganson
Musical Director
Elliott Bell
Choreographer
Liza Marie
SCENIC DESIGN
Russ Hoganson
LIGHTING Design
Jennifer Larkin
Sound Design
Stephen Lopez
LEAD CONSTRUCTION
Ken Hawkley
COSTUMES
Qiana Mcnary Licorish
COSTUME ASSISTANT
Suzanne Ashlock
MAKEUP AND HAIR
Kyna Simpson/ Didi Roby
Stage Manager
Ken Hawkley
Paint Chair
Jane Nix
Props and Decor
Tina Zagone
Set Pieces/Tables
MaryEllen Fawk
Production Manager
Manager: Rose Crockett
Audition Vocal Coaches
Tosha Sampson
Jeremiah Johnson
Book
Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby, Jr.
music
Various composers and lyricists as arranged and orchestrated by Luther Henderson
