Music at Asbury presents “Black, Hot & Blue”

BLACK, HOT AND BLUE is an original musical revue celebrating the great black artists of mid-twentieth century America who popularized many standards from the Great American Songbook. With songs and stories, we will pay tribute to such great performers as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday, Louis Armstong, Nat King Cole, Lena Horne, Fats Waller, Bessie Smith, Sarah Vaughan, Sam Cooke, Ethel Waters, Etta James, and more. Through their unique artistic gifts, these singers left an indelible stamp on American popular music. BLACK, HOT AND BLUE will feature music of Rodgers & Hart, George Gershwin, Hoagy Carmichael, Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Cole Porter, among others.

Created, written and directed by Mauro Contrastano. Music direction by John Dominick III.
Starring Richard Anderson; Bria Hydrick; Micah Meryman; Simone Palmer; Earnest Simpkins; Shayla Williams.

Concert Dates:
– Saturday, February 1 at 7pm
– Sunday, February 2 at 3pm

SNOW DATES:
– Saturday, February 22 at 7 pm
– Sunday, February 23 at 3pm

Priority seating will be given to those with reservations.