KENNETH L. ROBERSON

The story of the Swinging Gospel Queen, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, makes for an evening of rousing musicality

Joining de Haas on stage are Crystal Monee Hall, Alex Joseph Grayson, and Avery Smith. Kenneth L. Roberson directs with musical direction and arrangements by Henry Hey, who will be featured on keyboards....

This Skylight production is directed and choreographed by Kenneth L. Roberson, who speaks from experience about redlining in the show's Audience Guide: "I lived in Harlem for years. It was hard to get a loan. I remember when Harlem became gentrified....

Director Kenneth L. Roberson keeps the four characters in constant flow, their comings and goings and interconnections unforced, believable and affecting.

The evening is an intimate peek at the road to the success and how much moxie is required for the journey...

Director/choreographer Kenneth L.
Roberson and director Tommy Kail
have helmed two Tony Award-winning
shows that upended the definition of
the American musical...