Louis Armstrong completely filled the world he lived in. He was a one-of-a-kind singer and trumpet player. But it was his life as a cultural star, whose story tracks big movements of the twentieth century"the birth of jazz in New Orleans, the Great Migration to Chicago, the rise of Hollywood, and finally the civil-rights movement"that made him the perfect subject for a Broadway-bound musical.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:40PM on October 14, 2023