When Jazz Had the Blues

%3cp%3e%3cb%3eIt was the era of jazz%2c Lena Horne%2c big bands and the greatest music ever written.%26nbsp%3b This searing new musical%3c/b%3e
%3cb%3ecenters on the life of musical genius Billy Strayhorn and his uneasy relationships with Lena Horne%2c Duke Ellington%2c and Billy%27s lover%2c Aaron Bridgers. Set against a time of racism%2c homophobia%2c and World War II%2c %3c/b%3e
%3cb%3eLUSH LIFE%3c/b%3e
%3cb%3efollows a young Strayhorn from his hometown in Pittsburgh to the nightclubs of Harlem.%3c/b%3e%26nbsp%3b
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