Award-winning Broadway stars to celebrate Black History
Month in Flushing Town Hall’s upcoming ’Black History Trilogy’
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TIMESLEDGER | Q 14 NS.COM | JAN. 28 - FEB. 3, 2022
sic, politics, fashion and
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n Sunday, Feb. 20, at
7 p.m., the Black History
Trilogy continues with
a presentation of “The
Black King of Vaudeville
– Remembering Bert
Williams in Song” featuring
Tony-nominated
actor Larry Marshall
celebrating the life and
music of Bert Williams.
Marshall is best known
for his starring roles
in “Jesus Christ Superstar,”
“Hair” and “Porgy
& Bess.”
Williams (1874-1922)
was one of the pre-eminent
entertainers of
the Vaudeville era and
one of the most popular
comedians of his time.
Throughout his three
decades-long career, in
an age and industry rife
with racism, he became
the first Black American
to pioneer leading
roles, both on Broadway
and in the 1914 film
“Darktown Jubilee,”
pushing back racial barriers
and subverting the
usual tropes.
The trilogy concludes
with a soulful homage to
Gospel featuring awardwinning
Broadway veteran
Tina Fabrique on
Thursday, Feb. 24, at 7
p.m. in “The Power &
The Glory – Music of the
Black Church.”
Gospel, a form of spiritual
music that remains
a staple of African-American
life today, is rooted
in the solo and responsive
church singing of
the African-American
South. Gospel originated
from Black spirituals,
slave songs, and white
hymnody, and it emerged
in tandem with ragtime,
blues and jazz.
In her trilogy performance,
Fabrique (star
of “Ragtime,” “Bring in
da’ Noise,” “Bring in da’
Funk,” “The Wiz,” “Bubbling
Brown Sugar” and
“Gospel at Colonus”) will
bring the power and glory
of Gospel to Flushing
Town Hall in a rousing,
soul-affirming performance.
In-person tickets
for each trilogy performance
are $15/$12 for
members. Those unable
to attend in-person can
view the livestream for
free at youtube.com/
f lushingtownhall/live,
with donations encouraged.
For tickets and more
information, visit FlushingTownHall.
org or call
718-463-7700 ext. 222.
In adherence with the
city’s COVID-19 policy
for performance venues,
Flushing Town Hall will
require all visitors ages
5 and up, performers
and staff to show proof
of vaccination. Masks
will be required at all
times for everyone. For
more details on Flushing
Town Hall’s COVIDsafety
measures and
vaccine requirements,
visit flushingtownhall.
org/covid-safety.
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
In celebration of
Black History Month
in February, Flushing
Town Hall will host the
return of its Black History
Trilogy, a threepart
series featuring
outstanding performers
paying tribute to influential
African American
musicians, entertainers
and musical traditions.
The trilogy will kick
off with “Third Stone
from the Sun – A Tribute
to Jimi Hendrix” on Feb.
12 at 7 p.m., showcasing
Jimi Hendrix’s most
popular songs. Although
his mainstream career
spanned only four years,
Hendrix (1942-1970) is
widely regarded as one
of the most influential
electric guitarists in the
history of popular music
and one of the most celebrated
musicians of the
20th century.
Jimy Bleu, the longest
running and most
authentic of tribute artists,
will recreate the
musical genius of Hendrix
on Flushing Town
Hall’s stage alongside
Moby Medina on bass
guitar and Ted Edwards
on drums. When Bleu is
not rocking out on stage,
he gives lectures as a
“Hendrix historian” on
radio, TV and at colleges
throughout the country
about Hendrix’s wideranging
impact on mu-
Tina Fabrique will celebrate Black History Month at
Flushing Town Hall’s Black History Trilogy event.
Photo courtesy of Flushing Town Hall
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