Bubbling Brown Sugar May Be Headed Back to Broadway

Bubbling Brown Sugar will return to Broadway next season, according to producer Ashton Springer, one of the producers of the original 1976 production. This first-ever Broadway revival of the show will feature the original choreography of Billy Wilson and orchestrations of Danny Holgate, with a new book by Michael Hulett. No dates, theater or casting has been announced.

“We’re planning to tour the show out of town before bringing it back to Broadway in late fall or early winter,” Springer said in a statement.

Set in the golden years of the Harlem Renaissance, Bubbling Brown Sugar captures the elegance and excitement of the legendary Cotton Club and features music from artists like Eubie Blake, Can Calloway, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Billie Holliday and Thomas “Fats” Waller.

The original Broadway production ran for 766 performances and was nominated for three 1976 Tonys, including Best Musical.