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Hendryx has written original music for a number of different stage productions. | Hendryx has written original music for a number of different stage productions. | ||
=== ''Blue'' === | === 2020 production of ''Blue'' === | ||
Hendryx worked with writer-director Charles Randolph creating music for the play ''Blue.'' On April 21, 2000 the play would open at Arena Stage in Washington, DC.<ref>Pressley, Nelson. “A Writer-Director’s Special Shade of “Blue” at Arena, Charles Randolph-Wright Widens His Eclectic Canon.” ''The Washington Post'', 22 Apr. 2000, www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/2000/04/23/a-writer-directors-special-shade-of-blue/dd19bb1e-ce63-472c-b582-cceec0f627b5/. Accessed 22 July 2024.</ref> | Hendryx worked with writer-director [[Charles Randolph-Wright]] creating music for the play ''Blue.'' On April 21, 2000 the play would open at Arena Stage in Washington, DC. She described Randolph-Wright as having "unabated self-assurance" and "very wide taste."<ref>Pressley, Nelson. “A Writer-Director’s Special Shade of “Blue” at Arena, Charles Randolph-Wright Widens His Eclectic Canon.” ''The Washington Post'', 22 Apr. 2000, www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/2000/04/23/a-writer-directors-special-shade-of-blue/dd19bb1e-ce63-472c-b582-cceec0f627b5/. Accessed 22 July 2024.</ref> While the play was slated to be Hendryx's Broadway debut in April 2020, the run was first moved off-Broadway to the Apollo Theater before being cancelled entirely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>Clement, Olivia. “Phylicia Rashad to Direct Charles Randolph-Wright’s Blue on Broadway.” ''Playbill'', 22 Apr. 2020, playbill.com/article/phylicia-rashad-to-direct-charles-randolph-wrights-blue-on-broadway. Accessed 22 July 2024.</ref><ref>Wild, Stephi. “Tickets Are Now on Sale for BLUE at the Apollo Theater.” ''BroadwayWorld.com'', 1 Feb. 2020, www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/Tickets-Are-Now-On-Sale-For-BLUE-At-The-Apollo-Theater-20200201. Accessed 22 July 2024.</ref><ref>Evans, Greg. “Coping with COVID-19 Crisis: Producer Brian Moreland, Phylicia Rashad and John Legend Were Set to Take Broadway to the Apollo, and Then the Pandemic Arrived.” ''Deadline'', 21 Apr. 2020, deadline.com/2020/04/coping-with-covid-19-crisis-brian-moreland-blue-apollo-producer-boundaries-broadway-1202912175/#. Accessed 22 July 2024.</ref> | ||
=== 2021 production of ''Trouble In Mind'' === | |||
''Trouble In Mind'' was an off-Broadway play written by Alice Childress that opened on November 3, 1955.<ref>Internet Off-Broadway Databas. “Trouble in Mind.” ''Www.iobdb.com'', www.iobdb.com/Production/6952. Accessed 22 July 2024.</ref> Years later, following Childress' death, the play would be revived om 2021 for Broadway and directed by [[Charles Randolph-Wright]]. This revival would include original music written by Hendryx, who said that "''I wish Alice Childress was here. She was a spectacular human. [...] And now, Alice, it is where you wanted it to be and in the hands of Charles Randolph-Wright, who appreciated your work. He did not change a word and wanted to be true to your script. And I wrote music to support that truth." <ref>Brunner, Jeryl. “After 66 Years Alice Childress Gets a Voice on the Broadway Stage.” ''Forbes'', 21 Nov. 2021, www.forbes.com/sites/jerylbrunner/2021/11/21/after-66-years-alice-childress-gets-a-voice-on-the-broadway-stage/. Accessed 22 July 2024.</ref>'' This 2021 production would be Hendryx's Broadway Debut.<ref>Program for ''Trouble in Mind'' at the American Airlines, New York. Playbill, 2021.</ref> | |||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||