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''Jerico-Jim Crow'' is a critically acclaimed 1964 musical, with a book written by Langston Hughes and William Hairston. It was a pioneering work in the urban contemporary gospel musical style, based on the themes of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. According to Hughes scholar and biographer Arnold Rampersad, Hughes "virtually pioneered" the black gospel musical, first with ''Black Nativity'' (1961) and then with ''Jericho-Jim Crow''〔(New York Festival of Song. )〕 ''Jerico-Jim Crow'' premiered on Sunday, January 5, 1964, at the Sanctuary Theatre, New York. It was co-directed by Alvin Ailey and William Hairston and conducted by Hugh Porter, with Marion Joseph Franklin, Jr as associate musical director and musical accompanist, the musical was favorably reviewed in ''The New York Times'' by Richard F. Shepard, who said: "This rousing production is an unabashedly sentimental and tuneful history of the Negro struggle up from slavery."〔("Theater: A Rousing 'Jericho-Jim Crow'" ), ''The New York Times'', January 13, 1964.〕 ==Original cast== *Joseph Attles *William Cain *Dorothy Drake *Micki Grant *Rosalie King *Metrogene Myles *Gilbert Price 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jerico-Jim Crow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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