STAGE TUBE: Cast Performs 'Black and Blue' from Porchlight Music Theatre's AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'

Porchlight Music Theatre welcomes the return of its multi award-winning hit AIN'T MISBEHAVIN', now through December 20, music by Thomas "Fats" Waller, book by Murray Horowitz and Richard Maltby Jr., direction and choreography by multi Jeff-Award winner and Artistic Associate Brenda Didier with music direction by Jeff-Award winning Porchlight Artistic Associate Austin Cook at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave.

This week's Chicago Tribune Showcase features cast members Robin Da Silva, Sharriese Hamilton, Donterrio Johnson, Lorenzo Rush Jr. and Lina Wass singing "Black and Blue" with accompaniment by Austin Cook. Check it out below!

Winner of the 2014 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for "Best Production - Revue," "Best Direction" for Brenda Didier, "Artistic Specialization" for Austin Cook and one of Porchlight's biggest hits returns with the entire original cast just in time for the holidays. Set on a wintery night in the jazz age when nightspots like the Cotton Club and the Savoy Ballroom were the playgrounds of high society, this tribute to the Harlem Renaissance, an era of exploding creativity and social changes, is an evening of rowdy, raunchy and humorous songs that encapsulate the moods of an era and reflects Fats Waller's view of life as a journey meant for pleasure and play.

Porchlight Music Theatre brings the return of the original 2014 cast: Robin DaSilva, Sharriese Hamilton, Donterrio Johnson, Lorenzo Rush Jr. and Lina Wass. In addition to Cook, on piano, the AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' band includes Michael Weatherspoon on drums, Dan Kristan on bass, Bryant Millet on trumpet and Corbin Andrick on reeds.

The AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' production team includes Aaron Shapiro, production manager; Bill Morey, costume designer; Nick Belley, lighting designer; Jeffrey Kmiec, scenic designer; Robert Hornbostel, sound designer; Kevin Barthel, wig designer; Mealah Heidenreich, properties designer and Jessica Forella, stage manager.

For tickets and more information, visit porchlightmusictheatre.org or call the Stage773 box office at 773.327.5252.

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