What: Stew and The Negro Problem with Heidi Rodewald
Where: World Live Cafe (map)
When: September 9th, 2010
Led by Stew and Obie award-winning Heidi Rodewald, this Afro Baroque cabaret ensemble is coveted for their literate precision, sly humor, and deep emotional resonance, hovering between the divergent worlds of rock and theater. Stew’s performances have been compared in the same breath with Kurt Weill, Burt Bacharach, and Jackie Gleason.
They will be performing numbers from Stew’s Broadway rock musical, Passing Strange, which was co-composed with Rodewald and earned Stew the 2008 Tony Award for “Best Book of a Musical.” They will also play new songs from Stew and Heidi’s upcoming musical.
“Stew’s endlessly inventive music draws on rock, gospel, soul and blues. . . . A winning tribute to the diversity of the black musical experience.”
Hollywood Reporter
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