Photo of the Day
No. 359
The 1921 Broadway musical comedy Shuffle Along — an all-Black show — brought theater to an inflection point.
Its cast didn’t act out corny racial stereotypes — the main characters were successful businessmen who wore dignified clothing.
The romantic subplot was touching, sincere.
And the musical score wasn’t ‘plantation melodies.”’
It was Eubie Blake’s sync…
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