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Joséphine Baker, Forever, the story of my mother

Show · Thursday, November 5 · 20:30 · Gray

30 Rue Victor Hugo, Théâtre municipal

Brian Bouillon Baker is the seventh child of Joséphine Baker. He invites us to discover his mother's story through a savory musical show where he delivers the highlights of the romantic life of his illustrious mother, alternately music-hall artist, spy, air force officer and humanist. The composer-performer Jean-Pierre Hadida accompanies him at the piano and a magnificent artist who embodies Joséphine transports us from the ghettos of Missouri to Bobino in this sung and danced show where shadow and light contrast. They thus revisit the Roaring Twenties, Marti…