Duke Ellington's "Sophisticated Ladies" to be shown in Bonsall

BONSALL – On Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. and Nov. 24 at 12:30 p.m., the Digiplex theater in Bonsall River Village will offer showings of recently restored and remastered tapes of the 1981 Tony® award-winning Duke Ellington’s “Sophisticated Ladies” on the big screen for the first time.

The historic first live-in-performance capture of a currently running Broadway musical will be presented in remastered 5.1 Surround Sound.

The production features the Duke Ellington Orchestra under the direction of Mercer Ellington and a knockout cast includes Grammy®-winner Phyllis Hyman and three-time Tony®-winner, Hinton Battle.

An all-star score celebrates the Duke with “Take the “A” Train,” “I’m Beginning to See the Light,” “Sophisticated Lady,” and many others.