Analysis Of After Midnight

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‘After Midnight’ makes you feel as if you were living in Harlem during the 30s.
BY VANESSA FARIA
The by-gone era of 1920s and 30s, jam-packed with illicit alcohol, street cars and loud noises, are often remembered as a time when music was more important than content. If that is true, then "After Midnight" is definitely a product of its time.
After midnight is an effervescent new Lincoln center jazz venue performed at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. The production will mimic the highly acclaimed musical, Cotton Club Parade by inviting special celebrities to take the stage, starring American idol winner Fantasia Barrino, Emmy nominee Dulé Hill and Tony winner Adriane Lenox. It was an era when swing was big in Harlem, after Midnight is a jazz medicine you can’t afford to miss. The play is made up of 17-string orchestra and a chorus of about 25 vocalists and dancers.
The play features brilliant talent, with more than 25 songs from the peak of the jazz era; which varies from “Zaz Zuh Zaz” to “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea.” Through the play we’re going back to the heyday of the ...

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