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By Marisa Endicott<\/strong><\/p>\n

For one night this Saturday, Bronzeville is taking over the Chicago Theater. \u201cBronzeville The Musical<\/a>\u201d\u00a0tells the story of the Great Migration<\/a>, the exodus of African-Americans from southern states to northern cities during the greater part of the 20th century.<\/p>\n

The musical, an original production by the Chicago-based Mahdi Theatre Company<\/a>,\u00a0celebrates the arrival of African-American communities in Chicago\u00a0as\u00a0they faced continued discrimination in the North.<\/p>\n

Ten years ago, Margaret Mahdi, the musical\u2019s writer and director, discovered that Chicago had a renaissance that was second only to Harlem’s.\u00a0Bronzeville, originally dubbed the Black Metropolis<\/a>, was the thriving commercial and cultural center of black Chicago.
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Mahdi discovered\u00a0the area\u2019s rich history and decided to create a musical timeline to honor it. The production highlights\u00a0the era\u2019s most pivotal moments and historic figures from the 1919 riots to Nat King Cole and the Regal Theater and includes a 16-piece orchestra. The hope is that people and especially youth from the area will \u201cfeel inspired and say, \u2018Wow, I come from a great history of people who really fought, who sacrificed a lot, so that we can be here today,\u2019\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\"Margaret
Director Margaret Mahdi (in orange) leads a busy Friday night rehearsal. (Marisa Endicott\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However,\u00a0the production is designed to appeal to a broad audience, especially families. Mahdi reached out to schools everywhere from the suburbs to the inner city to encourage students and their families to attend. \u201cBronzeville The Musical\u201d also features young people prominently, many from the South Side, including members of the South Shore Drill Team<\/a> and the Chicago Contemporary Dance Theater<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This will be 19-year-old Brandon Sapp\u2019s first professional performance. He plays several characters in the show, but his favorite is the jazz singer and band leader Cab Calloway. \u201cI love his energy,\u201d Sapp said. He \u201cwas bit by the singing and performance bug. He couldn\u2019t stop…I can connect with him.”<\/p>\n

The cast represents a variety of experience. Jennifer Johnson, who plays Josephine Baker and Lorraine Hansberry, just returned from playing Nettie in a three-year tour of \u201cThe Color Purple.\u201d
\nAlongside new and longtime performers will be four-time Grammy Award winning gospel great, Karen Clark Sheard.<\/p>\n

The wide range of almost exclusively local talent is indicative of the Mahdi Theatre Company\u2019s greater philosophy. Since its founding in 2004, the nonprofit\u2019s mission has been to provide training to performers who are gifted but who also “may not have a head shot or resume, who may have never gone on a professional audition,\u201d Mahdi said. \u201cEveryone deserves an opportunity…We are dedicated to the social causes of the community.”<\/p>\n

Johnson didn\u2019t know anyone at the company when she joined the musical\u2019s cast, but now has a new family, she said. “It\u2019s so inspired. That\u2019s one of the words I can use to describe [Mahdi] and her vision.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Mahdi Theatre Company is housed at the Harold Washington Cultural Center<\/a> in Bronzeville, often staging its shows there or at the DuSable Museum in Washington Park. They are swinging big with the historic Chicago Theater in the hopes of ultimately motivating a Broadway tour.<\/p>\n

\""Bronzeville
Cast and band members rehearse at the Muhammad University of Islam in Chicago\u2019s South Shore neighborhood. (Marisa Endicott\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kendall Bell, a 21-year-old actor from the South Side sees \u201cBronzeville The Musical\u201d as a game changer because of the chance for such a wide variety of talent from Chicago to shine, he said.<\/p>\n

Many cast members echoed this sentiment. “It has a lot of potential,\u201d Sapp said. \u201cIf the right people come and see it, then I hope they will reward us.”<\/p>\n

The Chicago Theater will allow the cast and company to reach a segment of theatergoers and makers who might\u00a0not otherwise be exposed to their work, and Mahdi plans to take full advantage of the opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re ready to break through,\u201d Mahdi said. \u201cWe want a breakthrough moment, and such an iconic story deserves to be at an iconic place.”<\/p>\n

Tickets for this Saturday evening\u2019s showing of \u201cBronzeville The Musical\u201d are still available<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Photo at top: \u201cBronzeville The Musical\u201d is premiering Saturday at the historic Chicago Theater. (Marisa Endicott\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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