Mama, I Want To Sing! first burst onto the stage on March 23, 1983. Creators Vy Higginsen and husband Ken Wydro invested their life savings into producing the musical at the 632-seat Heckscher Theatre, now known as El Museo's El Teatro, in East Harlem, New York. Based on the life of Higginsen's sister singer Doris Troy, the uplifting musical was a huge success, running […]
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