Thursday Morning at 9am ET on Healing Wisdom on Cape Cod's Outermost Radio I speak with playwright, intuitive, Ayurvedic practitioner and former Provincetown year rounder Candyce Rusk about the life and work of Sister Rosetta Tharpe and her play Rosetta.
Candyce Rusk’s plays and musicals have been staged throughout the US and Dublin. Plays that have received Austin FronteraFest best of awards include: Rosetta; Dice; A Shining Attribute and Riverview Ritz. Her play Little Baby Two Shoes was adapted into a short film by Paul Bright. Candyce is currently developing Rosetta into a full-length musical. It’s based on the life of the legendary American singer, songwriter, and guitarist Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Candyce Rusk is also an Autsin-based intuitive, with a post graduate degree from the International Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine and a member of the Dramatists Guild. She will be workshopping her musical Rosetta in Provincetown in early June 2015 at the Provincetown Theatre.
It was a pleasure talking with you, and thanks for your deep respect of the artistry of Rosetta Tharpe. Rosetta's roots run deep through all musical forms that follow her life. Best, Candyce
ReplyDeleteLikewise. Thank you for helping to bring Rosetta Tharpe into people's hearts and minds. It's important for people to know the origins of their favorite music. Many artists who have influenced pop artists (and whose work has been borrowed from) aren't known to be the inspiration and "source material". Rosetta is such a person.
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