| Jelly's really isn't a jukebox musical in the vein of the others you mention. The music was by Jelly Roll Morton, but all of the lyrics were written for the show, and George Wolfe used Jelly's life as the basis for a deeply thoughtful and theatrically thrilling examination of Black Genius, Arrogance, and Self-Hatred. It's one of the great musicals of the 90s, and one that is sorely due a revival. |
