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Before or after seeing Whoopi, the cobra is advised to trek uptown to 104th Street for the season's joyfullest noise. Mama I Want to Sing is a "story in concert," in which a disc jockey narrator spins out the tale of a young girl who dreams of becoming a pop singer. Her father is a Harlem minister, her mother a traditionalist who believes the only good music is God's music. This becomingly naive plot--a black Jazz Singer or a prequel to Dreamgirls--is sturdy enough to support a dozen or so knockout gospel singers, with a spirit...
...lobby; church groups have bused in from other East Coast cities; and in the middle of Act II everything stops for a commercial for the show ("Now you can charge it!"). This feel-good musical should keep running too, as long as anyone's soul wants to sing...
MAMA I WANT TO SING. Amateur night in Harlem, or heaven (see story above...
...this]?" he asks. Hands fly up. "Caseus est [It's cheese]," pipes a nine-year-old named Cheryl. "Optime [Super]!" praises Leonard, and calls the proud pupil up front to play teacher with a new picture. After a relay of come-ups, Leonardus leads a Latin sing-along of Rome Is Burning to the tune of Are You Sleeping, Brother John? climaxed by a fire dance with everyone shouting "Flammae, flammae, flammae...
Instead, it will stick to traditional in-house festivities. Santa Claus will make a guest appearance the Sunday before Christmas, and assorted local choirs and musical groups will sing, ring bells and play jazz guitar in the Coop's mezzanine and men's clothing department...