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George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess (1935) – starring Will Marion Cook's wife Abbie Mitchell among many others – is the most famous black musical of the 1930s. It is called a black musical because of the African American cast, even though neither the music or plot is of the “Negro inspiration” like the creators proclaim. "Porgy and Bess ...
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By 1925, Alhambra Theater catered to its Black audience members. One of its highlights was when the theater held a Harlem premiere of Blackbirds of 1926. It was a six-week engagement musical revue that was produced by Lew Leslie to show off the talents of Florence Mills. The show that followed, Blackbirds of 1928 starred Bill "Bojangles ...
Directed by François Ozon, written by Ozon and Marina de Van. [1] 9 to 5: 2009 Broadway: Dolly Parton: Dolly Parton Patricia Resnick: Based on the 1980 film. [2] 13 + film (2022) 2008 Broadway: Jason Robert Brown: Brown Dan Elish and Robert Horn The only Broadway musical ever with a cast and band entirely made of teenagers. [3] 21 Chump Street ...
This is a list of Black creatives who have been nominated for a Tony Award for outstanding achievement in theater.. While some American people of African ancestry prefer "Black," and others prefer "African American"; "African American" is considered a less appropriate umbrella term for people of African ancestry worldwide because it obscures other ethnicities or national origins.
The best movie musicals to ever hit our screens, from 'The Sound of Music,' to 'A Star Is Born.'
List of highest-grossing musicals; List of the longest-running Broadway shows; List of the longest-running West End shows; List of musicals: A to L; List of musicals: M to Z; List of musicals by composer: A to L; List of musicals by composer: M to Z; List of musicals filmed live on stage; List of rock musicals; List of stage jukebox musicals
The earliest known, full-length opera composed by a Black American, “Morgiane,” will premiere this week in Washington, DC, Maryland and New York more than century after it was completed.