A little bit

of Broadway and New York City comes to Atlanta starting this week when

the Alliance Theatre presents "Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk,"

a popular musical that captured four Tony Awards in 1996.

The show, created

300 years of rhythm and dance, using the sounds of tap, blues, hip hop

and percussion. The book is by Reg E. Gaines and music is by Daryl Waters,

Zane Mark and Ann Duquesnay. Glover won the Tony award for choreography,

in addition to the 1996 Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Circle

Award, while Wolfe won the Tony for Best Director for the show.

Glover has

appeared on Broadway in shows like "The Tap Dance Kid," "Black

and Blue" and "Jelly's Last Jam" as well as on the children's

program, "Sesame Street" and Spike Lee's film "Bamboozled."

Joining Glover in "Bring in 'Da Noise" are Lynette Dupree as

'Da Singer, Thomas Silcott as 'Da Voice and Cartier Anthony Williams as

The Kid. Dancers Marshall L. Davis, Dormeshia Sumbry Edwards and Maurice

Chestnut play the roles of the performers with drummers Jared Crawford

and Ray King.

Dupree was

in the original Broadway cast of the show and has also appeared in recurring

roles on "Philly" and "Law and Order" Silcott was

last seen at the Alliance theatre in "To kill a Mockingbird"

and Williams is an 11-year-old dancer who recently performed in the Cannes

Film Festival's opening number.

"Bring

in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk" will be performed through Sept.

29. Tickets are $20-$49 and can be purchased by calling 404-733-5000 or

visiting www.alliancetheatre.org.

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