Hackney Empire, London: Blues in the Night was first seen in the UK at the Donmar Warehouse long before it became the full-time producing theatre it now is in 1987, before transferring to the West End's Piccadilly Theatre. Now this sizzler of a revue of jazz and blues standards (many of them by Bessie Smith, with contributions also from such luminaries as Benny Goodman, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer and Billy St…
SOURCE: The Stage at 06:52AM on April 28, 2014