Book of Donmon Teith

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

A detailed study of Three Plays for a Negro Theater, the first all-black cast production on Broadway, tells the story of those responsible for the groundbreakin

The triumphant story of how an all-Black Broadway cast and crew changed musical theatre—and the world—forever. "This musical introduced Black excellence to

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