
Satchmo (1987 tryout, closed in Boston) - repro
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Jerry Bilik and John Carlona’s highly anticipated 1987 biographical musical drama 'Satchmo: America's Musical Legend' infamously collapsed, encountered critical hostility, and closed during its out-of-town pre-Broadway tryout engagement at Boston's historic Wilbur Theatre, never reaching New York. Conceived as a grand-scale, jazz-infused rock opera chronicle tracing the real-life historical rise, international triumphs, and civil rights endurances of music pioneer Louis Armstrong, the production utilized an elite jazz orchestra, preserved here as a top-tier rarity.

