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A Madea Christmas (musical play) Madea Gets a Job; Madea Goes to Jail (play) Madea's Big Happy Family; Madea's Class Reunion; Madea's Family Reunion (play) Marilyn and Ella; The Marriage Counselor; Meet the Browns (play) The Mighty Gents; The Mountaintop; A Movie Star Has To Star in Black and White
A Soldier's Play by Charles Fuller is the story of the murder of a black soldier on a Southern army base during World War II, and the subsequent investigation by a black army captain. It examines black pride and black self-hatred, and won both the Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Best Play awards.
This collection explores an array of themes connected to Black American life. Many of the included works contain elements of social criticism and messages of anti-racism. All but one were written in the early 1970s a "a socially and politically dynamic moment in the nation's history and a renaissance decade for black theater." [2]
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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 marked the nadir in the history of black musical comedy, symbolizing the end of tradition and experimentation in black musical theater on Broadway". [13]
This allowed serious black actors transcend the stereotyped and comedic roles, which they were normally expected to play. The Lafayette Players began performing for almost exclusively Black audiences. The plays they would perform were shows that were popular in the white theater repertory as well as the classics.
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In 1949, a national readers theater tour by the First Drama Quartet—Charles Laughton, Agnes Moorehead, Charles Boyer, and Cedric Hardwicke [3] —appeared in 35 states, putting on 500 performances. Their presentation of Don Juan in Hell was seen by more than a half-million people.