Vy Higginsen
In 1983, Vy co-wrote, produced and directed the classic black Gospel musical?Mama I Want To Sing!,?which?ran for eight years and 2,200 performances at the?Off-Broadway?Heckscher Theater in East Harlem.? In March 1986,?Mama?began a national tour of the USA, playing two consecutive years throughout major cities such as Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles/San Francisco, Philadelphia and Washington.? Tours include Austria, Japan, Germany, Greece, Italy, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, and London. In March 1988, Vy co-produced?Joe Turner’s Come and Gone?by August Wilson on Broadway. In 2002, Vy was ordained as an Interfaith Minister. Led by her passion for the sounds and music she grew up hearing, Vy conceived and created?Alive!?which documents the sounds, music, and stories of our black American musical landscape. Vy continues to write and produce original work as the executive director of the acclaimed Mama Foundation for the Arts in Harlem, New York.??????????
