Posted inBlack People Deaths (Obituaries) East Harlem (Manhattan, NY) Gospel Music Higginsen, Vy Higginson, Ahmaya Knoelle Mama, I Want to Sing! (Play) Theater Theater (Off Broadway) Troy, Doris
Ken Wydro, Who Helped Create an Off Broadway Phenomenon, Dies at 81
He and his wife, Vy Higginsen, poured all they had into “Mama, I Want to Sing,” a long-shot musical that became an enduring staple of Black theater.