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Footnotes: The Black Artists Who Rewrote the Rules of the Great White Way
Maybe someday
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64/100Critics
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Author:
Caseen Gaines
Publisher:
Sourcebooks
Date:
May 21, 2021
The story of New York in the roaring twenties and the first Broadway show with an all-Black cast and creative team to achieve success-and its impact on our popular culture.
What The Reviewers Say
The remarkable story of the 1921 trailblazing, all-Black musical, Shuffle Along , is explored in this well-researched and engrossing new book by pop-culture historian Gaines.
... a deeply researched and thoughtful framing of this pioneering musical, its time and its influence.
A celebration of a groundbreaking musical that stands as a landmark in Black American cultural history.
[An] energetic, meticulously researched survey the story behind the 1921 musical Shuffle Along , the first show on Broadway that featured an 'all-Black creative team.'.
