From the creator of Bessie's Blues: "Music is a quiet riot."
As Bernardine Mitchell rehearsed for MetroStage's upcoming production of Bessie's Blues, the Thomas W. Jones II musical that first played the DC area 20 years ago at Studio (taking home 6 Helen Hayes Awards), she made a keen observation: "Twenty years ago I knew how to sing this, now I know how to live it." […] The post From the creator of Bessie’s Blues: “Music is a quiet riot.” appeared firs…