Jelly's Last Jam

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Broadway musical stage musical

Jelly's Last Jam is a Broadway musical that dramatizes the life and legacy of jazz pioneer Jelly Roll Morton through music, dance, and storytelling.

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Jelly's Last Jam canonical 4
Jelly’s Last Jam 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
award Drama Desk Award ⓘ
surface form: Drama Desk Awards

Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ
surface form: Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
awardRecipient Gregory Hines ⓘ
Savion Glover ⓘ
basedOn life of Jelly Roll Morton ⓘ
bookBy George C. Wolfe ⓘ
choreographer Hope Clarke ⓘ
Kenneth L. Roberson NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer Jelly Roll Morton ⓘ
Luther Henderson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director George C. Wolfe ⓘ
genre biographical musical ⓘ
jazz musical ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
hasPart dance ⓘ
music ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Susan Birkenhead ⓘ
mainSubject Jelly Roll Morton ⓘ
musicalStyle blues ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
ragtime ⓘ
narrativeDevice flashback structure ⓘ
onstage narrator ⓘ
notableOriginalCastMember Gregory Hines ⓘ
Keith David ⓘ
Savion Glover ⓘ
Tonya Pinkins ⓘ
originalBroadwayOpeningDate 1992 ⓘ
originalBroadwayTheatre Virginia Theatre ⓘ
producer James L. Nederlander ⓘ
surface form: James M. Nederlander

M. Lawrence Seiden ⓘ
settingLocation City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

New Orleans ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
settingPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
subjectGenre early jazz ⓘ
ragtime ⓘ
subjectOccupation composer ⓘ
jazz pianist ⓘ
theatricalRunType Broadway ⓘ
thematicFocus artistic innovation ⓘ
legacy of African American music ⓘ
racial identity ⓘ

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Gregory Hines → notableWork → Jelly's Last Jam ⓘ
Al Hirschfeld Theatre → notableProduction → Jelly's Last Jam ⓘ
Savion Glover → performedIn → Jelly's Last Jam ⓘ
George C. Wolfe → notableWork → Jelly's Last Jam ⓘ
Glynn Turman → notableWork → Jelly's Last Jam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jelly’s Last Jam
Margo Lion → notableWork → Jelly's Last Jam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jelly’s Last Jam