David McDonald has discovered onto an obscure and interesting story: 15-year-old Ella Fitzgerald's incarceration in the New York Training School for Girls in Hudson, New York, after her mother was killed crossing the street, and her miraculous escape from it. Â While little is known of her life during this period, McDonald calls his play "Ella the Ungovernable" "speculative fiction." As co-directed by actress Miche…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:34PM on June 26, 2024