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Jump for Joy (1941 revue)

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is out of style"), "Same Old South" ("It's a regular children's heaven / Where they don't start to work until they're seven" and "I got a Passport from Georgia (And I'm Going to The USA)" ("Goodbye Jim / And I do mean Crow").
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The production team received protestations and death threats. Duke Ellington described it later in his life as "the first 'social significance' show".
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considered buying the show, but were refused, as the show was collaborative in nature and the writers did not want it to be owned.
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revues of the time, it was very outspoken on racial matters, with the songs "Jump for Joy" ("Fare thee well, land of cotton /
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A Century of Musicals in Black and White: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, Or Involving African Americans
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http://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/jump-for-joy-duke-ellingtons-celebratory-musical/
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Despite the original success, "it never made it to Broadway, but it made it to history".
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of Los Angeles; and ran for nine weeks (122 performances).
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musical
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Duke Ellington
Mayan Theater
jazz
I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)
Ivy Anderson
Marie Bryant
Herb Jeffries
Artie Brandon
Pot, Pan, and Skillet
Otis Renee
Wonderful Smith
Joe Turner
Orson Welles
Charles Chaplin
African-American
Cotton lisle
The Complete Book of 1940s Broadway Musicals
ISBN
9781442245280
A Century of Musicals in Black and White: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, Or Involving African Americans
ISBN
978-0-313-26657-7
http://indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/jump-for-joy-duke-ellingtons-celebratory-musical/
preview available on Google Books.
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musical theatre
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