Ranee Lee with the IGS Choir (photo by George Allister)
The Sound of God
The music is there, the text is not
by Caitlin Murphy
Musical biographies are tough. Thus my suspicion heading into the Segal Centre and Copa de Oro’s co-production of The Mahalia Jackson Musical that the piece would succeed more as a concert than a play. In the hands of celebrated jazz performer Ranee Lee, music fans are indeed generously indulged, but theatre-lovers are left hungry.
