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Mama Foundation Presents! Final weeks of Fall 2013 Season

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Mama’s mission is to present, preserve, and promote gospel, jazz, and the R&B arts for current and future generations.
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Mama, I Want To Sing

Mama, I Want To Sing

Mama, I Want To Sing

Mama, I Want to Sing illustrates the story of many great performers who learned their craft in the church choir. The Doris in Mama, I Want to Sing (fashioned after Vy’s own sister Doris Troy) stepped out the church choir, performed during Amateur Night at the Apollo, migrated to London where she performed and provided a gospel and soul underpinning for groups such as the Beatles.
November 23 at 2pm
The Dempsey Theater in Harlem
127 W. 127 St., New York, NY 10027

We Are!

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WE ARE! Is based on an award-winning “60 Minutes” feature story that followed the students of Gospel for Teens, the acclaimed music program of The Mama Foundation for the Arts’ School of Gospel, Jazz and R&B Arts, for one year.
November 23 at 5pm
The Dempsey Theater in Harlem
127 W. 127 St., New York, NY 10027

Alive!

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Alive! features singers and musicians over the age of 55. Some were performers back in the day, some sing in church, the shower, or in the car, but they all can sing! Alive! illustrates that talent gets better, deeper, and richer with age. You will have a great time reliving the turning points in your life, and you will feel rejuvenated when you leave the theater.
November 16 at 5pm
The Dempsey Theater in Harlem
127 W. 127 St., New York, NY 10027

New Harlem Musical – We Are! & Alive!

Mama Foundation for the Arts to Present WE ARE! & ALIVE!

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The Mama Foundation for the Arts proudly announces that two new musicals will open Off-Broadway this fall in Harlem: WE ARE!, an original musical about and starring the acclaimed Gospel for Teens Choir (first seen in an Emmy Award-Winning “60 Minutes” story), and ALIVE!, an original musical featuring a full company of performers who are age 55 and over.

Both WE ARE! and ALIVE!, conceived, written and directed by Vy Higginsen and Ken Wydro, will join MAMA, I WANT TO SING: THE NEXT GENERATION and SING HARLEM SING in Repertory at The Dempsey Theater in Harlem (127 W. 127 St.). Performances for ALIVE! begin on Saturday, October 5th.

THE MAMA FOUNDATION – IN REPERTORY AT THE DEMPSEY – FALL 2013 SCHEDULE

Saturday Oct. 5th ALIVE! @ 5:00pm

Saturday Oct. 12th WE ARE! @ 2:00pm; ALIVE! @ 5:00pm

Saturday Oct. 19th MAMA @ 2:00pm; WE ARE! @ 5:00pm

Saturday Oct. 26th ALIVE! @ 2:00pm; WE ARE! @ 5:00pm

Saturday Nov. 2nd MAMA @ 2:00pm; WE ARE! @ 5:00pm

Saturday Nov. 9th MAMA @ 2:00pm; ALIVE! @ 5:00pm

Saturday Nov. 16th SING, HARLEM, SING @ 2:00pm; ALIVE! @ 5:00pm

Saturday Nov. 23rd MAMA! @ 2:00pm WE ARE! @ 5:00pm

Saturday Nov. 30th Gospel for Teens End of Semester Holiday Concerts (times TBD)

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