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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a 1982 play – one of the ten-play Century Cycle by August Wilson – that chronicles the 20th-century African-American experience. The play is set in a recording studio in 1920s Chicago, and deals with issues of race, art, religion, and the historic exploitation of black recording artists by white producers.
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]
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
Black Nativity is an adaptation of the Nativity story by Langston Hughes, performed by an entirely black cast. Hughes was the author of the book, with the lyrics and music being derived from traditional Christmas carols , sung in gospel style, with a few songs created specifically for the show.
Black Souls is a play in six scenes by Annie Nathan Meyer. The play depicts the lynching of an innocent black man on a college campus and concerns themes of miscegenation and bigotry in the Southern United States in the post World War I era. The work is one of the first "lynching dramas" written by a white woman, and for this reason the play ...
The play is still anthologized and performed around the world. The autobiography adapted from the play was also critically acclaimed. [3] In 1972, Michael Schultz directed a made-for-TV movie, also titled To Be Young, Gifted and Black, based on the stage play. It featured Roy Scheider, Blythe Danner, and Ruby Dee. [4]
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Using the framework of a play within a play, it exposes racial prejudice and stereotypes while exploring black identity. As a troupe of black actors re-enact the trial and ensuing murder of a white woman before a kangaroo court, the Queen and her entourage look on and comment. Five of the 13 black actors don Whiteface to play establishment ...