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Bringing Sister Rosetta to the Stage

KUAF | By Kyle Kellams

Published December 1, 2021 at 11:38 AM CST

Marie and Rosetta launches December 1st

Sister Rosetta Tharpe helped shape the future of secular and gospel music throughout her career. The TheatreSquared production of Marie and Rosetta, set in her native Arkansas, brings us her music and her story.

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Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.

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