Linda twine biography
- Twine is a renowned conductor and composer.
- Twine, a native of Muskogee, OK, graduated from Oklahoma City University in 1966, with a bachelor of arts degree in music.
- She is a veteran Broadway conductor and has been music director for such hits as Jelly's Last Jam; Big River; Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music; Ain't.
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Linda Twine: The Musical Mastermind We Should All Know
“I write the black experience in America, and contained within that experience, because it is a human experience, are all the universalities.”
— August Wilson
Whether it be Jennifer Holliday belting out “And I am Telling You”, from her Tony Award winning performance in Dreamgirls or Viola Davis’s mesmerizing scenes from her Tony Award winning performance in Fences, Black theatre has always been the rawest form of Art imitating Life. These performances of some of the greatest stories ever to be told, have created long lasting connections to song, scene’s, and lines that forever remain engrained in the minds of the black community. Hollywood and Television, give you a second take if you miss a line, an angle is off, or the passion isn’t right, but Broadway gives you one shot at success or failure, often duplicative of the black experience and condition.
Black theatre has been the window that allowed the world to see the intersections of blackness from less than 10 feet away. However, this same space for
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Linda Twine
Photos
Date:
10/01/2024
From: Photos: Inside Black Theatre United's 2024 Gala
Date:
10/01/2024
From: Photos: Inside Black Theatre United's 2024 Gala
Productions
Big River
[Broadway, 1985]
Musical Director
Vocal Music Arranger
News
Feature: Norm Lewis Wrapped Up the Holiday Season with 7 Sold-Out Shows at 54
by Stephen Sorokoff - Dec 27, 2024
What happened over the seven consecutive shows, was indeed a Christmas miracle. There was plenty of laughter and tears, and intimate interaction with the audiences. It is simply the “must-see” holiday event of the season.
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Artist Bio
(Bio as of March 2004)
Linda Twine most recently collaborated with the Goodman on Crowns during the 2003/2004 Season. She is a veteran Broadway conductor and has been music director for such hits as Jelly’s Last Jam; Big River; Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music; Ain’t Misbehavin’ and The Wiz. She was the conductor for the European tour of Andre Heller’s highly acclaimed Body and Soul and the Manaichi Broadcasting System production of Harlem Symphony in Osaka, Japan. Ms. Twine has also been a guest conductor of the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Richmond Symphony and Harlem Festival Orchestra. She has conducted for Leslie Uggams, The Persuasions, Ben Vereen, Shirley Horne, Linda Hopkins and many others. As a composer, she has written Sisters of Freedom which was premiered by the Harlem Spiritual Ensemble. Most recently, she served as music supervisor for the off-Broadway production Thunder Knocking on the Door.
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