Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
German composer Kurt Weill’s Broadway opera “Street Scene,” based on Elmer Rice’s play, deftly blends musical styles and motifs from jazz, spirituals, blues, show tunes, arias and folk music to portray life in a Harlem tenement circa 1930.
German composer Kurt Weill’s Broadway opera “Street Scene,” based on Elmer Rice’s play, deftly blends musical styles and motifs from jazz, spirituals, blues, show tunes, arias and folk music to portray life in a Harlem tenement circa 1930.