100th Anniversary Celebration of Shuffle Along _ Harlem Opera Theater

Harlem Opera Theater presents a Tribute to the 100th Anniversary of the 1921 production at the center of the Harlem Renaissance.
This historic African American breakthrough musical production premiered on Broadway in 1921; music and lyrics by Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle (left/right) with the comic team of Flournoy Miller and Aubrey Lyles (top/bottom). “Shuffle Along” is credited with launching the careers of Josephine Baker, Florence Mills, Bill Robinson, and Paul Robeson; the orchestra included Hall Johnson and William Grant Still. One of the songs, “I Am Just Wild About Harry” was adopted as a campaign slogan for the campaign of President Truman.
Our thanks to the friends of Harlem Opera Theater for contributing to the production of Shuffle Along. We salute our Artistic Director, Gregory Hopkins, Jonathan Dewberry, Director of the production, also the artists, musicians and volunteers.

[@gregoryhopkins3281]

I'm so proud of my children

[@SugarBearMosher]

Beautiful stuff. Thank you for also including songs from the Shuffle Along revamp of 1950. There are 2 or 3 songs of which were never recorded and sheet music was either not published or never saved, I forget which songs those are. One of my own personal plans is to record myself Playing piano and singing every single song from from show, plus songs written in the 1950 show.
Geat job all of you. Thank you for keeping our history alive.

[@SugarBearMosher]

Probably the greatest rendition of "Serenade Blues" I've ever heard. Everything Reminds me Of You was also tear jerking, along with Love Will Find A Way. My Vision Girl was one of the songs i mentioned in my previous comment which i thought was lost- but I see it is performed here! Wonderful.

[@Just-another-stone]

Loved this! It's visible how much passion and love went into this production, and I hope it only gains more and more attention! Beautiful voice at 58:48 when she gets her moment!

[@nyccaldwell]

Excellent

[@lyndawilliams4570]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[@louisgaetjens2801]

Hello Dante, excellent work.
Hello cast, great work.

[@reshellerobinson7709]

Wonderful production with beautiful music, great songs I enjoyed it!

[@shervellebergholz]

How wonderful!!❤️😊

[@mayhewscott7769]

What Fun! Cynthia Sissle

[@Dang...]

Very cool. Great show! Nice to see the band on the stage.

[@ColtraneDaCzar]

History in the making

[@babyswhehhewheueu4230]

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