The Genius of Duke Ellington Recreated in City Center's Cotton Club Parade
Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center team up with City Center Encores! for Cotton Club Parade, an exploration of the history and legacy of the famed Harlem nightspot of the 1920s and '30s and its most well-known performer, Duke Ellington. Framed as a vaudeville-style revue, the show features classic jazz and blues rendered through song and dance but with modern twists. Directed by Warren Carlyle, Cotton Cl…