'Sweet Songs of the Soul' at the Harry De Jur Playhouse

Sweet Songs of the Soul, opens on the 10 Jul 2005 at the Harry De Jur Playhouse, following previews from the 29 Jun. The show is booking to the 30 Jul 2005.

Melba Moore, who won a Tony award - Best Featured Actress in a Musical - in 1970 for her performance in 'Purlie,' brings her one woman show Sweet Songs of the Soul, back to the Harry De Jur Playhouse where it played earlier this year from the 30 Mar - 17 Apr. Ms Moore has been touring touring the production throughout the U.S. for the past four years.

Sweet Songs of the Soul tells the story of this young, black, abandoned girl, who makes it through the High School of Performing Arts, then a music education at Montclair State College to a role on Broadway in Hair. She then is picked by Ossie Davis for a starring role in Purlie where she wins a Tony award. The musical story follows through with her own TV shows, many films, recordings - pop and gospel hits- and her later ups and downs, a failing career and its rebirth.

The show is directed by Rhonda Passion, with set design and lighting by Antoinette Tynes, sound design by Sean O'Halloran and is produced by Woodie King Jr's New Federal Theatre