Continuing our outdoor concert series following the success of Light Up the Night, which showcased some of WBTT’s favorite male performers, we gave the ladies a turn at the microphone with Sistas in the Name of Soul. The show celebrated female R&B and soul singers from the 1970s, including Freda Payne, Aretha Franklin, The Supremes, Gladys Knight and the Pointer Sisters. The songs included such hits as "Midnight Train to Georgia," "Respect," and "Band of Gold."

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NOTE: There is no playbill for this concert.

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Graphic design by Paula Murray, Artefact Design
Video by Bill Wagy Productions
Photos by Sorcha Augustine

In our 2021-2022 season we premiered our newest “Christmas card to the community,” which joins A Motown Christmas and Black Nativity in our annual rotation of holiday shows. Joyful! Joyful! includes music from groups like Earth, Wind & Fire, The Staple Singers and Stevie Wonder, as well as new versions of holiday classics that are part of the holiday traditions many of us share. For people of all faiths and even for non-believers, the songs and the show carry universal messages of hope, peace, love and childlike wonder.

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Graphic design by Paula Murray, Artefact Design
Video by Bill Wagy Productions
Photos by Sorcha Augustine

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe presented EUBIE!, a celebration of the music of Eubie Blake, the Father of Black Broadway, October 6-November 21, 2021. The show features more than 20 Eubie Blake classics, including "I'm Just Wild About Harry," "Honeysuckle Time," "Roll Jordan" and many others. We’re just wild about Eubie!

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Graphic design by Paula Murray, Artefact Design
Video by Bill Wagy Productions
Photos by Sorcha Augustine

Broadway in Black showcases African American performers and composers who changed the face of Broadway. WBTT Founder and Artistic Director Nate Jacobs revived this popular 2017 show he created, adapted and directed, updating it for our 2021-2022 season. Among the shows saluted are Bubbling Brown Sugar, Five Guys Named Moe, The Wiz, The Color Purple, Dreamgirls and many more.

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Graphic design by Paula Murray, Artefact Design
Video by Bill Wagy Productions
Photos by Sorcha Augustine