When Broadway Was Black: Celebrating The Black Artists Who Rewrote the Rules of the Great White Way

Tags:
Theatre HistoryRacial Equity
What:
Lecture
When:
2:20 PM, Saturday 9 Jul 2022 (1 hour)
Where:
New Yorker Hotel - Crystal Ballroom

Join author and cultural historian Caseen Gaines in celebrating the centennial of 1921's Shuffle Along, the groundbreaking, all-Black musical comedy that forever changed the face of the Great White Way. This presentation will shine a special spotlight on the lives and careers of Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake, Flournoy Miller, Aubrey Lyles, and several of the other artists who made the production sparkle and helped kickstart the Harlem Renaissance.

Caseen Gaines
Caseen Gaines
Presenter
Author/Cultural Historian
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