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Atlantic Theater Company
MARIE AND ROSETTA
By George Brant, Directed by Neil Pepe
Friday, August 26, 2016 at 8:00PM

Linda Gross Theater
336 West 20th Street
New York, NY 10011
Between 8th and 9th Avenues
Subway: L to 14th Street and 8th Avenue, or the C/E to 23rd Street and 8th Avenue. Bus: M14 to 14th Street and 8th Avenue. PATH: Path train to 23rd Street station.


ABOUT THE SHOW:
A huge influence on Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles and Jimi Hendrix, Sister Rosetta Tharpe (Kecia Lewis) was a legend in her time, bringing fierce guitar playing and swing to gospel music. Tharpe was the queen of ‘race records’ in the 30’s and 40’s, who performed mornings at churches and evenings at the Cotton Club, who was a big enough star to fill a baseball stadium for her third wedding, but ended up buried in an unmarked grave in Philadelphia. Marie and Rosetta chronicles her first rehearsal with a young protégée, Marie Knight (Rebecca Naomi Jones), as they prepare to embark on a tour that would establish them as one of the great duet teams in musical history.