When Broadway Was Black
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The musical that broke Broadway open. When Broadway Was Black is the triumphant story of how an all-Black cast and crew changed musical theatre — and the world — forever, through the rise of the 1921 hit Shuffle Along.
The book traces the bold creative gamble of composers Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake, who brought jazzy, syncopated rhythms and nuanced portrayals of Black characters to the Great White Way at a moment when no one knew if America was ready. New York audiences fell head over heels — and the production launched what Langston Hughes would call Manhattan's Black Renaissance. Endorsed by Billy Porter as essential reading for understanding the shoulders today's Broadway stands on.
Where the modern musical truly began.
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