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Why was a nation, so fascinated with firsts, able to forget these black actors and this production so quickly? It is this question that Susan Curtis addresses i
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Pages: 303
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-02-14 - Publisher: Rutgers University Press

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An investigation into the ways in which race and ethnicity have shaped the American musical over the course of the twentieth century up through today
Racing the Great White Way
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Pages: 271
Authors: Katie N. Johnson
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-07-19 - Publisher: University of Michigan Press

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The early drama of Eugene O’Neill, with its emphasis on racial themes and conflicts, opened up extraordinary opportunities for Black performers to challenge r
Granny Maumee, The Rider of Dreams, Simon the Cyrenian
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Introducing Bert Williams
Language: en
Pages: 418
Authors: Camille F. Forbes
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-08-01 - Publisher: Civitas Books

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It is not hard to argue that every black performer in show business owes something to Bert Williams. Discovered in California in 1890 by a minstrel troupe manag