Toledo Opera and TolHouse Promote Blue with Specialty Cocktail and Drawing

Published Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Toledo Opera and TolHouse have partnered to create a specialty cocktail in promotion of Toledo Opera’s upcoming performance of Blue on Friday, August 26 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, August 28 at 2:00 p.m. at The Valentine Theatre, 400 North Superior, Toledo, Ohio.

To celebrate the upcoming performance of Blue, the promotion will feature Harlem Blue, a signature cocktail crafted by TolHouse mixologists. Those who purchase the cocktail will be entered into a drawing for two tickets to opening night of Blue and two tickets to a performance at TolHouse’s Lucille’s Jazz Lounge.

More about Blue: An African American couple in Harlem anticipates the birth of their firstborn, a son, with both hope and fear. As the baby grows into a young man, the mother worries for his future, and the father tries to prepare his son for the realities of 21st century America, while wrestling with his own identity as a police officer, a "Black man in blue." When their deepest fears come true, the family is forced to navigate a devastating reality seeking answers and support from their church and community. Toledo Opera presents the Tony Award®–winning composer Jeanine Tesori and NAACP Theatre Award–winning librettist Tazewell Thompson’s new opera inspired by contemporary events and Black literature. Influenced by gospel music and using vivid flashbacks, Blue places timely issues at the forefront of modern opera and invites audiences to the emotional epicenter of their impact. Chelsea Tipton, II returns to Toledo to conduct the opera and librettist Tazewell Thompson serves as the stage director.

Starring Kenneth Kellogg as The Father and Aundi Marie Moore as The Mother.

For media access, please contact Rachael Cammarn at rcammarn@toledoopera.org.

Blue is made possible by Owens Corning, The National Endowment for the Arts, and Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information about Blue, please visit www.toledoopera.org/upcoming-performances/season-event/blue/. For more information on Toledo Opera, visit https://toledoopera.org.