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Written by Tom Stolz and directed by Joy Vandervort-Cobb,
"Mahalia" is part of a national tour by Encore Attractions.
Tickets are $15 and $20 standard, $12 for the William Paterson
community and senior citizens, and $7 for non-William Paterson
students. Tickets for William Paterson students are $5. A fusion of narrative, riveting dialogue scenes,
and over two dozen songs, Mahalia Jackson’s story is a testament
to the buoyancy of the human spirit. The musical traces the life
and career of the world’s most loved gospel singer from
her birth as a grandchild of plantation slaves in a three-room
shanty through her rise to wealth and international fame. Mahalia
wins her first success on the gospel circuit, then goes on to
phenomenal triumph at New York’s Carnegie Hall and the great
concert stages of the world. Mahalia also lent her songs and
spirit to the struggle for civil rights and became known as the
"Voice of the Movement."
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