Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Opening our 2022-203 Season of Joy, we have AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'! The inimitable ...

The song “Black and Blue” has always been powerful. But as staged in Orlando Shakes’ production of “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” it carries a particularly somber weight. “Remember,” the number seems to say to ...

A classic song-and-dance show that’s often dismissed as a frothy revue shows its full force as a carefully constructed piece of deeply affecting musical theater in director/choreographer Jeffrey L.

Next year will mark the 80th anniversary of the passing of Harlem Renaissance jazz pianist and composer Thomas “Fats” Waller. So it’s understandable if today’s audiences aren’t familiar with some of ...

From 1918 to the mid-1930s, African American artists in the United States experienced a cultural blossoming known as the Harlem Renaissance-a period in which theatre, music and literature were created ...

It was quite a journey for Great Lakes Theater to finally see its production of “Ain’t Misbehavin’” come to fruition, with the pandemic responsible for delaying its 2022 opening. To quote the title ...

(L-R) Paris Bennett, David LaMarr and Melrose Johnson in TUTS' production of Ain't Misbehavin'. Credit: Photo by Melissa Taylor A woman-dressed in a red feathered flapper hat and a red dress straight ...

— “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” music by Thomas “Fats” Waller and Harry Brooks, lyrics by Andy Razaf, 1929 Another, lesser-known song by Fats Waller in the often raucous, sometimes deeply moving show “Ain’t ...

A joyous celebration of the music of Thomas “Fats” Waller, the Rubicon Theatre Company’s production of Ain’t Misbehavin’ — set in 1930s Harlem and a three-time Tony Award winner when it debuted on ...

The music of iconic jazz composer and performer Fats Waller comes to life in Arizona Theatre Company's "Ain't Misbehavin'." ...

“Ain’t Misbehavin’,” the classic revue now at The Rev, celebrates the legacy of Harlem Renaissance musical giant Fats Waller. The show tells us very little about the man himself in narrative, instead ...