Minstrel Follies
Minstrel Follies is a musical revue devised by Joan Brickhill and Louis Burke.
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The original text
The revue features the music of the Gershwins, Irving Berlin, and sequences/medleys celebrating Paris, Al Jolson and Broadway. An original stage cast recording was released in 1974.
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Performance history in South Africa
1974: Presented by Brickhill-Burke at His Majesty’s Theatre, directed and choreographed by Joan Brickhill and Louis Burke. Musical director Boris Cohen. Assistant choreographer Pat Gill. Decor designed by Liz MacLeish. Costumes designed by Joan Brickhill. Starring Patricia Gill, Mervyn Goodman. Sound engineer Eugene du Plessis.
Sources
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