Lonesome Blues continues at The York Theatre Company at Saint Peter’s, New York until 1 July 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ A seminal treasure of African-American music gets vibrantly – sometimes thrillingly – aired in Lonesome Blues, a one-person evocation of the 1920s singer Blind Lemon Jefferson. In his brief career, Blind […]
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Texas in Paris – The York Theatre Company, New York
Texas in Paris continues at The York Theatre Company, New York until 1 March. Star rating: 3 stars *** The deep churnings of soul and emotion that can make folk music so compelling well inform Texas in Paris, a new Off-Broadway musical play whose score overflows with American spirituals, cowboy songs and country hymns. Playwright Alan Govenar, […]
