VIDEO: Watch DeWitt Fleming Jr. and Kendrick Jones Perform 'Happy As the Day is Long' in New #EncoresArchives
By: Chloe Rabinowitz May. 01, 2020
New York City Center is presenting the #EncoresArchives series! They will be posting daily highlights from their musical theater vault from Encores!, Encores! Off-Center, and Gala productions.
The most recent video features DeWitt Fleming Jr. and Kendrick Jones in the New York City Center Gala Production of Cotton Club Parade in 2011!
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#EncoresArchivesa?? Encores! and Jazz at Lincoln Center joined forces for this "special presentation" which featured Wynton Marsalis and the @jazzdotorg orchestra recreating "the greatest floor show on earth." a?? a?? Harold Arlen, having apprenticed at Harlem's Cotton Club, provided many of the songs for these late-night revues, including this expression of pure joy, complete with a great tap break choreographed by @warrencarlyle.a?? a?? Cotton Club transferred to Broadway as After Midnight, but here is footage from the City Center premiere. a?? a?? ?: @dewittflemingjr & Kendrick Jones "Happy As the Day is Long"a?? Gala Production - Cotton Club Parade 2011
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