George Brant's Marie and Rosetta to Bow Off-Broadway at Atlantic Theater Company
Ready for some primal rock ‘n’ roll guitar off-Broadway? George Brant’s play with music, Marie and Rosetta, will make its world premiere at the Atlantic Theater Company this fall, as part of its 2016-17 season. A huge influence on Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles and Jimi Hendrix, Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a legend in her time, bringing fierce guitar-playing and swing to gospel music. Tharpe…