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GRACE
Music and Lyrics by Nolan Williams, Jr.
Book by Williams and Nikkole Salter
Directed and Choreographed by Robert Barry Fleming
Grace is an electrifying musical celebrating the perseverance of family and the power of tradition. The world premiere production was staged at the historic Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., from March19-May 14, 2022.
Featuring an eclectic mix of styles including jazz, r&b, classical, rousing up-tempos and raise-the-roof ballads, Grace is a musical feast examining the little-told history of African-American culinary tradition and the challenges faced by Black-owned businesses. The musical captures a day in the life of the Mintons, a Philadelphia family who gather to mourn the loss of their matriarch and deal with the future of their family restaurant in a changing neighborhood.
Grace is produced by Dale A. Mott and his company, Edgewood, which co-produced Broadway’s Lifespan of a Fact, Thoughts of a Colored Man and A Strange Loop.