Vy Higginsen

Vy Higginsen
Born
New York City
NationalityAmerican
EducationFashion Institute of Technology
OccupationProducer • playwright
OrganizationMama Foundation for the Arts
SpouseKen Wydro
Websitevy-higginsen.com

Vy Higginsen is an American theater producer, playwright, former disc jockey, and radio and television personality.[1][2] She is the founder and executive director of the Mama Foundation for the Arts,[2][3] and the co-writer of the 1983 musical Mama, I Want to Sing!, the longest running black off-Broadway musical in American history.[4]

  1. ^ "Vy Higginsen's musical mission". 60 Minutes Overtime. CBS News. January 24, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Alexandra Owens (May 24, 2016). "5 Questions with Mama Foundation for the Arts Founder Vy Higginsen". Sotheby's. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  3. ^ "My Career Choice: Vy Higginsen – Mama Foundation for the Arts". Woman Around Town. January 16, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  4. ^ Clem Richardson (March 20, 2013). "Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, Chaka Khan and gospel music legend Shirley Caesar to attend gala at Harlem's Dempsey Theater on Saturday, mark 30th anniversary of 'Mama I Want to Sing'". New York Daily News. Retrieved February 7, 2017.