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CHATELAINE: R&B Queen Jully Black On Her Musical-Theatre Debut She takes on the lead role in ‘Caroline, or Change.’

February 9, 2020 by Roy Perreault
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Jully Black is back, starring as a 1960s domestic worker in the musical Caroline, or Change and releasing her first independent album (2020) in a decade. We talked to the singer about her rule for new projects, her side gig as an underwear model and why musicals are an Olympic sport.

Welcome back! And where have you been?

I’ve been through a lot in the past few years and my imagination went dark. I became a full-time caregiver to my mom, who died of cancer in 2017 at 81. When I turned 40, I realized my mom had lived twice my life- time, and I started to think about what I could do with my second lifetime. I want to make projects that align with my values.

Is that why you took the role in Caroline, or Change?

It’s a great part, but also the character really reminds me of my mom. Like Caroline, she was a domestic worker in Jamaica before she moved to Canada, where she raised her children on her own while  building a career at General Motors. And Caroline takes pride in everything that she does. My mom was like that, too.

How does starring in a musical compare to being a Top 40 pop star?

Doing a musical is the Olympics for singers. I’m like Michael Jordan, LeBron, Serena Williams, Tiger Woods. There’s no going out late, and I’m really careful about my health and diet.

I just saw your image on the side of a bus. How long have you been moonlighting as an underwear model?

Ha! That’s a campaign for the underwear line Knix.

Have you seen your bus driving by?

Like the classic Sex and the City moment? Not yet! People keep telling me there is a giant version of the poster in [Toronto’s] Union Station—like I should go down and take a selfie in front of it. I don’t drink my own Kool-Aid that much.

Caroline, or Change, January 30– February 15, Winter Garden Theatre, Toronto.

The Globe And Mail – Playlist: Eight great Canadian releases from January

February 9, 2020 by Roy Perreault
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That January is the time for new beginnings is mostly an arbitrary notion. But don’t tell that to Jully Black, who this month put out a song from a Toronto staging of Tony Kushner’s Caroline, Or Change that will mark the Canadian R&B artist’s musical-theatre debut. 

I GOT FOUR KIDS, BY JULLY BLACK

With slow-simmering, bluesy drama, singer-actor Jully Black offers a steely show tune from Caroline, Or Change, a Louisiana-set musical she’ll soon star in at Toronto’s Winter Garden Theatre. Black plays a fed-up washer woman at the height of the civil-rights movement.

Read entire article: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/article-playlist-eight-great-canadian-releases-from-january/

‘I Got Four Kids’ (from ‘Caroline, or Change’) LIVE & Interview on CBC q with host Tom Power

February 3, 2020 by Roy Perreault
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