Her books included biographies of Louis Amstrong, Art Blakey, Wynton Marsalis, Sarah Vaughan, and Ella Fitzgerald. She had a particular interest in women in jazz, and her 1995 Madame Jazz: Contemporary Women Instrumentalists was well received.
She also wrote The Best Guided Walking Tours to New York City and such children's biographies as Pocahantas: Young Peacemaker, Jim Henson: Young Puppeteer, and Gloria Estefan: Pop Sensation.
The production will include Bernstein’s incidental music for Lillian Hellman’s adaptation of The Lark, and Menotti’s The Unicorn, The Gorgon, and The Manticore.
Lileana Blain-Cruz's production of John Adams' opera-oratorio opened April 23.
Composer John Adams and theatre director Lileana Blain-Cruz retells the story of the Nativity, through the lens of Latin America.
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Lileana Blain-Cruz directs the new production, opening April 23.
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