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'''''Uptown... It's Hot!''''' was a 1986 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] musical created, directed, choreographed by and starring [[Maurice Hines]]. Performed at the [[Lunt-Fontanne Theatre]], the musical was an anthology chronicling the history of [[African-American music]] in the United States.

Although the music garnered praise, the musical received generally unfavorable reviews.<ref name=Rich/><ref>{{cite news|title=Dazzling Dancing Can't Keep 'Uptown' on its Toes|author=Michael Kuchwara|publisher=The Associated Press|date=January 31, 1986|author-link=Michael Kuchwara}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=It Takes More Than a Few Songs to Make a Musical|newspaper=The New York Times|author=Mel Gussow|url=http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9A0DE4DA153EF931A35751C0A960948260|date=February 2, 1986}}</ref> ''New York Times'' critic [[Frank Rich]] called it "the theatrical equivalent of a telephone-booth-stuffing contest" and "an orgy of grotesque and sometimes necrophiliac mimicry."<ref name=Rich>{{cite news|title='Uptown' a musical|author=Frank Rich|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 29, 1986|url=http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9A0DEEDC1630F93AA15752C0A960948260}}</ref> The musical did, however, earn Hines a [[Tony Award]] nomination for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1083/is_/ai_n26857910|magazine=Dance Magazine|title=Maurice Hines melds hip hop, jazz, Latin and even a little tap in his Broadway directorial debut|date=May 2006|author=Sylviane Gold}}</ref>

''Uptown... It's Hot!'' ran from January 28 to February 16, 1986, ending its run after 24 performances.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Internet Broadway Database|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=4396|title=Uptown...It's Hot!}}</ref>

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==External links==
* {{ibdb title|4396}}

[[Category:Broadway musicals]]
[[Category:1986 musicals]]
[[Category:Revues]]
[[Category:African-American theatre]]