Jelly's Last Jam (Broadway production)

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Jelly's Last Jam (Broadway production) is a Tony Award–winning musical that explores the life and legacy of jazz pioneer Jelly Roll Morton through a blend of jazz, tap, and innovative storytelling.

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instanceOf Broadway musical
stage musical
additionalMusicBy Luther Henderson
award Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
awardWinner Gregory Hines
Savion Glover
basedOn life of Jelly Roll Morton
bookBy George C. Wolfe
choreographedBy Hope Clarke
Kenneth L. Roberson
countryOfOrigin United States
directedBy George C. Wolfe
exploresTheme African American cultural history
legacy of jazz
life of Jelly Roll Morton
features tap dancing
genre biographical musical
jazz musical
musical theatre
includes dramatic scenes
song-and-dance numbers
language English
locatedInTheatreDistrict Broadway, New York City
lyricsBy Susan Birkenhead
mainSubject Jelly Roll Morton
musicBy Jelly Roll Morton
musicStyle jazz
nominatedFor Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Choreography
Tony Award for Best Costume Design
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design
Tony Award for Best Musical
Tony Award for Best Original Score
openedAtTheatre Virginia Theatre
openedOnBroadway 1992
producedBy M. Edgar Rosenblum
producedOnBroadwayBy Lincoln Center Theater
roleOfGregoryHines Jelly Roll Morton
roleOfSavionGlover Young Jelly
setInPart Los Angeles
New Orleans
starred Gregory Hines
Keith David
Savion Glover
Tonya Pinkins
structure nonlinear storytelling
writtenBy George C. Wolfe

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