'Fannie Lou' Musical
Fannie Lou Musical
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- CAST AND CREW FOR THE CENTENNIAL PERFORMANCE
- Aaron Boscanin, Oct. 1, 2017
- Torian Brackett, Oct. 1, 2017
- Dorothy Chan, Oct. 1, 2017
- Cameron Draper, Oct. 1, 2017
- Ben Marcus, Oct. 1, 2017
- Yewande Odetoyinbo, Oct. 1, 2017
- Jessica Raymonvil, Oct. 1, 2017
- Karen Stefano, Oct., 1, 2017
- Annette Mooney Wasno, Oct. 1, 2017
- Desi Waters, Oct. 1, 2017
- Amber Yi-Wen Ho, Oct. 1, 2017
- Hanna Elizabeth Young, Oct. 1, 2017
- "I WILL GROW" from Fannie Lou Musical
- Some of the characters in the original musical 'Fannie Lou' as developed by the show's creator, Felicia Hunter
- FANNIE LOU MUSICAL "INSIDE TRACKS" SONG DEMOS -- FREE LISTENING
- About Fannie Lou Hamer
- 'Fannie Lou' Background
- Audience Comments
- "Scenes and Songs from Fannie Lou: At Carnegie Hall"
- PANELISTS FOR THE OCT. 22, 2016 PERFORMANCE
- July 2015 Performance in DC Marked the 50th Anniversary Year of the Voting Rights Act
- Actor and Musician Profiles for the Carnegie Hall Performance
- 2012 FANNIE LOU MUSICAL World Premiere
- World Premiere Performances
- World Premiere Cast and Crew
- Community Connections
- Fannie Lou Hamer Resources
- SONG SAMPLES FROM FANNIE LOU
- Dialogue Excerpts
"Make It Like It Was Before"
(instrumental featuring Felicia on viola)
A Fannie Lou Musical INSIDE TRACKS free listening
In Sunflower County, Mississippi, in the early 1960’s, voting rights became a major issue for area residents. Some found it difficult to exercise their Constitutional right to vote, and many of those citizens took part in an ongoing struggle to claim that right.
But there was another group of residents who didn’t at all like the disturbances caused by voting-rights advocates. They liked their life
the way it had always been. They had their customs. And those customs helped provide their comforts. Everyone knew his place, and remained in it.
The third Fannie Lou Musical INSIDE TRACKS installment, “Make It Like It Was Before,” spotlights this second group of Sunflower County residents, the voting-rights resisters.
An audience favorite
According to post-performance audience discussions and written answers to our audience surveys, “Make It Like It Was Before” is one of the most popular songs in Fannie Lou. The feedback tells us that it did its intended job of capturing the apprehension, indignation, anger, fear of upheaval, and sense of entitlement among the voting-rights resisters. The demo here is a streamlined instrumental version (viola and bass) of the song.
This truncated version offers a sense of the original, which is more than eight minutes long -- including a gripping interaction during a spoken section.
We hope you enjoy this instrumental version, and if you haven’t seen Fannie Lou already, we look forward to your coming to see it and experiencing the vocal rendition performed live onstage.
Listen here to “Make It Like It Was Before.”
- Make It Like It Was Before
This instrumental rendition of “Make It Like It Was Before” features Felicia on viola. It was recorded in Baltimore, MD.
Fannie Lou Musical