Sunday, January 29, 2012

Dr. Eric Conway: “'Ain't Misbehavin' at Spotlighters Theatre”


Dr. Eric Conway of Morgan State University writes:


Hello everyone,
Last evening I had the great pleasure of attending a performance of Ain't Misbehavin at the Spotlighters Theatre at 817 St. Paul Street in Baltimore. I attended the production because Theatre Coordinator Shirley Basfield Dunlap was the director and Morgan Music majors Annie Bragg, Dana McCants, and Tylar Montgomery were cast members. Additionally, the musical director was Stephen Felton, also a Music major. The musical featured the music of "Fats" Waller. The theatre was very intimate and in the round. I enjoyed every aspect of the performance. Shirley's direction was exquisite, despite the limitations of the space and despite the fact that there are certain challenges directing a show in the round, but everyone, despite the vantage point, got a unique and fine vantage of every scene. The 3 female cast members are all members of the Morgan State University choir, and generally speaking are all relatively quiet in day-to-day lives, however, on the big stage, they all were transcended to huge stage stars who all sang, danced, and acted very well. This is a musical in every since of the word, with songs from start to finish. Stephen Felton, did a fine job keeping the show musically tight and under control. In short, if you get the chance to see this production, please go and see it, you will thank me for the recommendation. See cover of program attached, link to a review and website of theatre. There are only two weekends left in the run - Saturday, and Sunday evenings at 8PM and Sundays at 2PM. Again congratulations to the cast and crew of Ain't Misbehavin'.

Check out the first review for Ain't Misbehavin' ---

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