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