Monthly archive June, 1999

Regina Taylor And “oo-bla-dee”

Regina Taylor And “oo-bla-dee”

Published in KPBS On Air Magazine June 1999 Now don’t start singing the Beatles song… This play is called “OO-Bla-Dee” (not ‘Ob-La-Di’ or ‘Ob-La Da’) and though, yes, life goes on, the source of this title is an African American woman, not two white English men.   Actor/playwright Regina Taylor was inspired by Mary Lou Williams, a jazz pianist/composer/arranger who wrote Read More →