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Ain’t Misbehavin’
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THE FIRST thing that hits you as you enter the horseshoe arena housing Ain’t Misbehavin’ are the onstage arches glittering with lights. A master stroke from designer Takis, they joyfully invoke the “Harlem Renaissance” of the 1920s when Fats Waller and Louis Armstrong were all the rage.
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