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Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 2w
George Brant
Marie and Rosetta chronicles music pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe's first rehearsal with a young protégée, Marie Knight, as they prepare to embark on a tour that would establish them as one of the great duos in musical history.
Image: 2016 Atlantic Theater Company Production (Ahron R. Foster)
Winner! 2016 Edgerton Foundation New Play Award
Bringing fierce guitar playing and swing to gospel music, Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a legend in her time and a huge influence on Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jimi Hendrix and Ray Charles. Marie and Rosetta chronicles her first rehearsal with a young protégée, Marie Knight, as they prepare to embark on a tour that would establish them as one of the great duos in musical history.
“It is so rare for a play about the inner lives of black women to center on their intimacy and not world politics or degradation that the very fact of George Brant’s loving two-character script is refreshing.” – The New Yorker
A showroom in a modest funeral home in MIssissippi. 1946
“Four stars. Heavenly... you don’t have to be religious to know when you’re in the presence of glory.” – Time Out New York
“Mighty music-making... when it sings, it really swings.” – The New York Times Read More
“It is so rare for a play about the inner lives of black women to center on their intimacy and not world politics or degradation that the very fact of George Brant’s loving two-character script is refreshing.” – The New Yorker Read More
“Four stars. Heavenly... you don’t have to be religious to know when you’re in the presence of glory.” – Time Out New York Read More
“A spectacular show... if much of the world has forgotten Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight - and, certainly, a lot of us have – playwright George Brant makes an intimate yet spectacular case for correcting that wrong.” – Newsday Read More
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe was named a class of 2018 inductee to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Check out her page here.
Atlantic Theatre Company promo for Marie and Rosetta
00. “Rosetta at the Piano” – Piano only1. “This Train” – Rosetta2. “Were You There” – Marie3. “Amazing Grace #1” – Piano only3a. “Before Rock Me” – Piano only4. “Rock Me” – Rosetta5. “Sit Down” – Rosetta6. “Didn’t It Rain” – Marie and Rosetta7. “Call My Name in Prayer” – Marie and Rosetta8. “This Train” – Marie8a. “Before Tall Skinny Papa” – Piano only9. “Tall Skinny Papa” – Marie and Rosetta10. “Four Five Times” – Marie and Rosetta11. “I Looked Down the Line” – Rosetta12. “Up Above My Head” – Marie and Rosetta12a. “Amazing Grace #2” – Piano only13. “Strange Things” – Marie and Rosetta14. “Peace in the Valley” – Marie
George Brant is an award-winning writer for theatre, opera and film. He is the author of over 40 plays, including Grounded (stage play and opera version with music by Jeanine Tesori), Elephant’s Graveyard, Into the Breeches!, Marie and Rosetta, The Prince of Providence (adapt ...