Stew Pays a Debt to James Baldwin With 'Notes of a Native Song'
The famed essayist and author has long loomed in the background of the songwriter's work. Stew's new concert musical pushes the influence to forefront---but don't except a hagiography.
Today is Monday, July 6, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Paul Guilfoyle Geoffrey Rush Geraldine James Sylvester Stallone Claude-Michel Schönberg Ned Beatty Dave Allen Walter McGinn Donal Donnelly Susan Johnson Janet Leigh William Whitman Merv Griffin Louis Bellson Earl William Margaret Phillips Marie McDonald Dennis King, Jr. Nancy Davis Pfc. William Mauch Pfc. Robert Mauch June Gale Jean Gale Alois Havrilla Ralph Morgan George Meader Will D. Cobb Elaine Hyman Jack Yellen Jim Gaffigan Nanci Griffith Hilary Mantel Phyllis Hyman David Porter Robert Black Donald McKayle Hanns Eisler