Battle was terrific (I think he was only 18 at the time), as were the extraordinary Stephanie Mills, Ted Ross, Mabel King and the rest of the original cast. Geoffrey Holder's designs and direction were so creative and imaginative (especially memorable was the dazzling tornado sequence that began with a single dancer swirling with a piece of black fabric that grew and grew and swelled and eventually filled the entire stage giving off the illusion of a pulsating tornado -- brilliant). I'm curious what this new creative team will come up with -- I hope they don't screw it up, because the original stage production was astonishing, superior in every way to the overblown film version.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
