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Synopsis

˜Blues in the Night' is a musical review using music from great artists such as Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer and Harold Alen. With no spoken text, the songs tell of the sweet, sexy and sorrowful experiences three women have with the lying, cheating snake of a man who wrongs them.

Show Information

Conceived By
Sheldon Epps
Category
Musical
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)
Number of Acts
2
First Produced
1980
Genres
Jukebox/Revue
Cast Size
small
Licensor
Music Theatre International
Ideal For
Mostly Female Cast, Includes Adult, Mature Adult Characters, Small Cast

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Plot


Characters

Name Part Size Gender Vocal Part

The Girl with a Date

Lead

Female

The Lady from the Road

Lead

Female

The Man in the Saloon

Lead

Male

The Woman of the World

Lead

Female

Songs

Note: composers in parentheses

  • "Am I Blue?" (Harry Akst, Grant Clarke)
  • "Baby Doll" (Bessie Smith)
  • "Blue Blue" (Bessie Smith)
  • "Blues in the Night" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
  • "Copenhagen" (Charlie Davis)
  • "Dirty No-Gooder Blues" (Bessie Smith)
  • "Four Walls (and One Dirty Window) Blues" (Willard Robison)
  • "I Gotta Right To Sing the Blues" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
  • "It Makes My Love Come Down" (Bessie Smith)
  • "I've Got A Date With A Dream" (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel)
  • "Kitchen Man" (Andy Razaf, Alex Bellenda)
  • "Low" (Vernon Duke, Milton Drake, Ben Oakland)
  • "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Roger Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman)
  • "New Orleans Hop-Scop Blues" (Geo. W. Thomas)
  • "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" (Bessie Smith)
  • "Reckless Blues" (Bessie Smith)
  • "Rough and Ready Man" (Alberta Hunter)
  • "Take It Right Back" (H. Grey)
  • "Take Me For a Buggy Ride" (Leola Wilson, Wesley Wilson)
  • "These Foolish Things Remind Me Of You" (Harry Link, Jack Strachey, Holt Marvell)
  • "Wasted Life Blues" (Bessie Smith)
  • "When a Woman Loves a Man" (Bernard Hanighen, Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer)
  • "Wild Women Don't Have the Blues" (Ida Cox)
  • "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell)

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.

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