Josephine is a musical about the life of Josephine Baker, the first African American international superstar. The show covers her life from being born in St. Louis, to moving to Paris, to returning to the states. Along the way she stars in many films, has many interracial marriages and relationships, spies for the French Resistance, fights for civil rights, and adopts 12 children. She lived a very full life!

Tymisha Harris is fantastic as Josephine Baker. She beams with confidence and swagger as she glides from song to song while changing costumes, acting out the story, and dancing all over the stage. So much fits into the 75 minutes, but still the audience is left wanting more. She has been performing this musical for a while before this engagement at Orlando Shakes.

Get tickets now for Josephine through March 21^st.

Cost of a ticket: $45 per person

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Quinn Delaney

Songs for a New World is a song cycle musical. This means that it doesn’t follow a narrative, but rather it is a series of songs with the same theme, which in this case is love, life, and a new world. Thus, it is more like a concert than a musical.

The cast are all wearing masks for the entire show. Clear face shields would be a better choice so that the audience can see the emotions on their faces as they sing.

The entire cast (Aladdin “A.J.” Demps, Sarah Anne Mae, Jared Sierra, and Megan K. Hill) is very talented. They all have great powerful voices that make it feel like a big Broadway show. They sing with such passion. Also, the piano playing by Heather Langs is fantastic. It all goes together very well.

Get tickets now for Songs for a New World!

Cost of a ticket: $20

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Quinn Delaney