One character in this work tells a story about a man who won a bet despite reciting "Now I Lay me Down To Sleep" instead of the Lord's Prayer, told after another character had insisted on spelling music with a "k." Another tells a story where Rev. Gates is forced to dance while stranded by a train in Sigsby. Tensions begin to rise when Dussie Mae's affections wander from the lead female and when Sylvester's stuttering promises to ruin the title song, but the final calamity is brought on when Stu
One character in this work tells a story about a man who won a bet despite reciting "Now I Lay me Down To Sleep" instead of the Lord's Prayer, told after another character had insisted on spelling music with a "k." Another tells a story where Rev. Gates is forced to dance while stranded by a train in Sigsby. Tensions begin to rise when Dussie Mae's affections wander from the lead female and when Sylvester's stuttering promises to ruin the title song, but the final calamity is brought on when Sturdyvant reneges on his promise to record the trumpeter with his own band, leading to Toledo being stabbed for stepping on Levee's shoes. Notably set in Chicago and not Pittsburgh, FTP, name this play about the band of a blues queen, by August Wilson.
One character in this work tells a story about a man who won a bet despite reciting "Now I Lay me Down
{Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom}