My Lord, What a Night
A new drama based on the real-life friendship between contralto Marian Anderson and physicist Albert Einstein.
After performing in Princeton, New Jersey, acclaimed contralto Marian Anderson is denied lodging at the Nassau Inn because she is Black. Physicist Albert Einstein invites her to stay at his home, and the two form a profound friendship based on their love for music and their commitment to human rights.
Based on true events, My Lord, What a Night takes us into Einstein’s home and imagines the conversations and circumstances that led to Anderson’s historic concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Ford’s Senior Artistic Advisor Sheldon Epps (Twelve Angry Men) returns to direct Felicia Curry as Marian Anderson, Christopher Bloch as Albert Einstein, Michael Russotto as Abraham Flexner and Franchelle Stewart Dorn as Mary Church Terrell.
Don’t miss this remarkable new play about courage, justice and our shared humanity.
Artistic Team
Cast
Christopher Bloch
Albert Einstein
Felicia Curry
Marian Anderson
Franchelle Stewart Dorn
Mary Church Terrell
Michael Russotto
Abraham Flexner
Teresa Cunningham
Understudy
Eric Hissom
Voice of Reporter/ Understudy
Lawrence Redmond
Voice of Reporter
Stephen F. Schmidt
Voice of Reporter
Albert Einstein and Marian Anderson’s Friendship of Happenstance
Set in the 1930s, My Lord, What a Night is a new drama based on the real-life friendship between contralto Marian Anderson and physicist Albert Einstein. It may be hard to imagine that one of the most celebrated singers of the 20th century and the German-Jewish genius who developed the theory of rel