Deborah Cox Broadway Bound As Josephine Baker
Deborah Cox Broadway Bound As Josephine Baker
silent
Broadway Star Joined: 2/21/04
#1Deborah Cox Broadway Bound As Josephine Baker
Posted: 9/8/09 at 11:22am
Singer-songwriter Deborah Cox, who starred in the title role of the Broadway production of Aida, will portray the late, legendary Josephine Baker in the new Broadway-bound musical Josephine, according to The New York Times.
Theatre and production dates will be announced at a later time.
The new musical based on the life of the iconic entertainer who dazzled Paris audiences will be directed and choreographed by Joey McKneely, who was Tony-nominated for Best Choreography for both The Life and Smokey Joe's Cafe.
Josephine features music by Steve Dorff, lyrics by John Bettis and a book by Ellen Weston and Mark Hampton.
Born in 1973, Deborah Cox began her professional career at the age of 12, playing small Toronto clubs before attending a performing arts school. She later signed with Arista Records, and her first single, "Sentimental," was released in 1995. Her second single, "Who Do U Love?," sold over 500,000 copies. Cox's recording of "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" from her album "One Wish" topped the R&B charts for 14 weeks. She also had another Top 10 hit with "We Can't Be Friends." She also held the No. 1 Billboard Dance position with her remake of Phil Collins' "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven." Aida marked Cox's Broadway debut.
#2re: Deborah Cox Broadway Bound As Josephine Baker
Posted: 9/8/09 at 11:40amI'd be interested in seeing this. Deborah Cox was a fantastic Aida. Great voice, and really good acting (much better than I anticipated).
#2re: Deborah Cox Broadway Bound As Josephine Baker
Posted: 9/8/09 at 1:37pmI'm intrigued. She also blew me away as Aida. I went, expecting to see a meh performance and got a great voice and good acting. She really gave her all on that stage.
silent
Broadway Star Joined: 2/21/04
#3re: Deborah Cox Broadway Bound As Josephine Baker
Posted: 9/8/09 at 2:09pm
Can't wait for further details.
Cheyenne Jackson as her leading man would be even more delicious.
seewhatiwannasee
Swing Joined: 6/2/06
#4re: Deborah Cox Broadway Bound As Josephine Baker
Posted: 9/8/09 at 2:41pm
Amazing she's so great!!!
She's actually performing in NYC on Monday October 5th as a part of the Broadway in South Africa Benefit Concert. It's one of her new charities.
Check out their website : www.broadwayinsouthafrica.org. It has more information about their concert and about Deborah's appearance
#5re: Deborah Cox Broadway Bound As Josephine Baker
Posted: 9/8/09 at 3:51pmit's about time!!
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
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Posted: 9/8/09 at 4:06pmWow, that's really good news. I also agree that it's high time she return to the boards.
#FactsMatter...your feelings not so much.
Brick
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/21/06
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#8re: Deborah Cox Broadway Bound As Josephine Baker
Posted: 9/9/09 at 4:27pmCan we expect a hot topless banana dance?
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Broadway Star Joined: 2/21/04
#9re: Deborah Cox Broadway Bound As Josephine Baker
Posted: 4/16/11 at 4:51pm
Singer-songwriter Deborah Cox, who starred in the title role of the Broadway production of Aida, will portray the late, legendary Josephine Baker in an upcoming developmental lab production of the new musical Josephine.
The new musical based on the life of the iconic entertainer who dazzled Paris audiences will be directed and choreographed by Joey McKneely, who was Tony-nominated for Best Choreography for both The Life and Smokey Joe's Cafe.
Kenneth Waissman will produce the workshop, which is scheduled for May 16-June 5, according to an Equity casting notice.
Josephine features music by Steve Dorff, lyrics by John Bettis and a book by Ellen Weston and Mark Hampton.
The musical, according to a previous press notice, is "inspired by actual events, and takes place in Paris between 1939 and 1945: Josephine Baker is queen of the Paris music halls, involved in a liaison with Crown Prince Gustav VI of Sweden and secretly serving her adopted country in the French Resistance. Her heroic work during the war brings her the self-worth she so vainly sought in fame, money and the arms of royalty."
#10re: Deborah Cox Broadway Bound As Josephine Baker
Posted: 4/16/11 at 4:58pmShe was better than I anticipated in Aida as well, but I wouldn't really equate that with "great." She was better than I expected and at moments more than decent, but my expectations were essentially naught.
#11re: Deborah Cox Broadway Bound As Josephine Baker
Posted: 4/16/11 at 5:04pm
never mind
"The price of love is loss, but still we pay; We love anyway."
Updated On: 4/16/11 at 05:04 PM
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#12re: Deborah Cox Broadway Bound As Josephine Baker
Posted: 4/16/11 at 6:13pmThe first post is from 2 years ago? The musical will open in 2023.
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BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#13re: Deborah Cox Broadway Bound As Josephine Baker
Posted: 4/16/11 at 7:15pm
Hahaha... thanks for the heads-up, blaxx. Even that South Africa concert was in 2009, just like the thread!
Doing a Google search, seems this September 8, 2009 date is and was the ONLY time this 'Deborah Cox as Josephine Baker on Broadway' was ever mentioned anywhere. There never was a follow-up or any update at all.
Ouch!
Many still think that Phylicia Allen was born to play La Josephine:
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