Downtown Memphis was sizzling this April with electric energy radiating from the Orpheum Theatre Memphis, where the Broadway musical-comedy Some Like It Hot lit up the stage with its speakeasy swagger, toe-tapping jazz, and a message that resonated far beyond the footlights. Based on the classic 1959 film, this reimagined musical brought a fresh, inclusive…
The Juke Joint as a Portal: Dance in “Sinners” (2025) In Ryan Coogler’s film “Sinners” (2025), the Juke Joint scene is a cultural séance wrapped in a supernatural blues tale. Set in a 1930s Mississippi juke joint, the scene becomes a living archive of Black dance traditions, where past and present collide in a kinetic…
