Ruth Leon recommends…Me and the Devil

Ruth Leon recommends…Me and the Devil

Ruth Leon recommends

norman lebrecht

September 18, 2021

Me and the Devil – Lantern Theater
Click here for tickets  : $20

On demand now through to October 17

Have you ever wanted something so much that you’d make a deal with the Devil? The Lantern Theater Company in Philadelphia is presenting this world premiere of Steve H Broadnax and Charles Dumas’ play with music about the great blues musician Robert Johnson starring Lawrence Stallings.

Legend has it that Robert Leroy Johnson struck a deal with the Devil to be the best blues musician who ever lived. In this dramatic play with music, Johnson aims to break that deal as his spirit calls his family, friends, and lovers to bear witness to his superlative talent and fearlessness.

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Comments

  • Observer says:

    Since 01 September, Ruth Leon’s myriad recommendations have garnered: mostly 0 comments; sometimes 1; rarely – but never more than – 2. Comments are largely corrections or deeply significant to the tune of “I simply adore this woman’s voice!!”

    Does anyone really give a flying fuck what Ruth Leon recommends?

  • MacroV says:

    I heard a few years ago that Johnson made his one famous recording the same day that Pablo Casals recorded the Bach Suites.

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