When a white girl group signed with a Black record label in Detroit, 1963, they soon discovered that their music would be an integral part of the Civil RIghts Movement.
WITH A SOCIAL JUSTICE MESSAGE LIKE HAIRSPRAY…
THE SOULFUL BOP OF LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS…
AND THE RAMA-LAMA-DING DONG SONGS A LA GREASE…
BETTY & THE BELRAYS, A 60s GIRL GROUP ELECTRIC BLACK EXPERIENCE, HITS THE LA MAMA ETC STAGE MON. SEPT 30TH & TUES. OCT. 1ST – 7:30PM
THIS LIMITED ENGAGEMENT TELLS THE AMAZING STORY OF 3 WHITE TEENS, CIRCA 1963, DETROIT, WHO DARED TO CROSS THE COLOR LINE AND WORK FOR A BLACK RECORD LABEL TO “SING THE RIGHT THING”.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY WILLIAM ELECTRIC BLACK – WITH MUSIC BY WILLIAM ELECTRIC BLACK, VALERIE GHENT AND GARY SCHREINER. THE CAST FEATURES LUCY MCIVER, AMY HERZBERG, ZOE PRAWDA, KENNEDY JAZZ, CHYNA JACKSON, MALIKAH STAFFORD AND WILLIAM ELECTRIC BLACK. SHOW PIANIST – GARY SCHREINER.
Come see this amazing story and remember the way people marched in the streets for social justice and change — and how we must continue to do so in 2024!
INFO: https://www.lamama.org/shows/poetry-electric-betty-and-the-belrays
BETTY & THE BELRAYS AT LA MAMA ETC MON. 9/30 & TUES. 10/1 – 7:30PM
Left to right Zoe Prawda (CONNIE) – Lucy McIver (BETTY) – Amy Herzberg (ZIPGUN)
Photo Credit – Ryan Thompson https://ci.ovationtix.com/42/production/1212407