Cab Calloway’s Minnie the Moocher — with puppets!
Puppets, dancers and a seven-piece jazz band weave together Cab Calloway’s most famous songs to tell the story of a “frail” named Minnie the Moocher and her “hepcat” beau Smokey Joe in this Pointless Theatre production. Matt Reckeweg directs a cast including Aaron Bliden, Thony Mena, Sadie Leigh Rothman and Maddie Whiting telling a jazz age tragic love story. Opens Friday, April 13, at 8 p.m. To April 29. Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint, 916 G St. NW. Tickets are $15. Call 202-315-1310 or visit flashpointdc.org.
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