Play On!
Brooks Atkinson Theatre
Previews Began: March 4, 1997
Opening Night: March 20, 1997
Closing Night: May 11, 1997
Music: Multiple Artists
Lyrics: Multiple Artists
Book: Cheryl L. West
William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is re-set in 1940s Harlem to the music of Duke Ellington. In this retelling, would-be songwriter Vy must disguise herself as a man to get her songs heard by bandleader Duke and sung by the Cotton Club’s star singer Lady Liv.
Musical Numbers
Act One
Take the A Train…………………………..Vy, Ensemble
Drop Me Off in Harlem…..Vy, Denizens of Harlem
I’ve Got To Be A Rug Cutter……………….Jester, Vy,
Cotton Club Dancers
I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart……………..Duke
C Jam Blues……………………….Cotton Club Dancers
Mood Indigo…………………………………………Lady Liv
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore…..Vy, Lady Liv
Don’t You Know I Care…………………………………Rev
It Don’t Mean A Thing……………Jester, Miss Mary,
Sweets, Rev
I Got It Bad And That Ain’t Good…………Duke, Vy
Hit Me with a Hot Note and Watch Me
Bounce……………………………Vy, Duke, Duke’s Band
I’m Just a Lucky So and So……………………….Jester,
Cotton Club Dancers
Everything But You…………………………Lady Liv, Vy
Solitude…………………………Vy, Duke, Lady Liv, Rev
Act Two
Black Butterfly……………………….Lady Liv’s Escorts
I Ain’t Got Nothin’ But The Blues………….Lady Liv
I’m Beginning To See The Light…………………..Rev,
Cotton Club Dancers
I Got It Bad And That Ain’t Good (Reprise)……Rev
I Didn’t Know About You………………………………..Vy
Rocks In My Bed………………………….Sweets, Jester
Something To Live For…………………..Rev, Lady Liv
Love You Madly…………………….Miss Mary, Sweets
Prelude to a Kiss………………………………….Vy, Duke
In A Mellow Tone………….Vy, Duke, Lady Liv, Rev,
Denizens of Harlem