Is Michael producing a play called “Sisterella”?
MJ and Jerry Greenberg are the executive producers of this musical, which opened at the Pasadena Playhouse (CA, US) on March 17, 1996. Larry Hart, who wrote the book, music, and lyrics, is a Grammy-award-winning gospel singer and song writer based in Las Vegas. The play is a black musical adaptation of the Cinderella story set in turn-of-the-century New York. MJ attended the last showing of the play. There are tentative plans for the play to go on to Broadway or be made into a motion picture. (from LA Times) In November, 1996, Sisterella won 8 NAACP Theatre Awards (out of 12 nominations), more than any other production: Best Play, Best Director (David Simmons), Best Musical Director (Matthew Sklar), Best Set Design (Gary Wissman), Best Supporting Performance Actor (Ralph Cole, Jr.), Best Performance Actress (Yvette Cason), Best Costumes (Pasquale Spezzano), Best Choreographer (Raymond G. del Barrio). Sisterella opened in Germany in December 1996. When did Michael buy the Beatles songs
