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Remembering the first Black Broadway hit: 'Shuffle Along' turns 100 msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Shuffle Along: Black Broadway hit remembered in book northjersey.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from northjersey.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
‘Shuffle Along’ defied the racism of the day, becoming Broadway’s first all-jazz musical. It changed musical theater and showed white audiences would pay Broadway prices to see Black performers. ....
, the first Broadway show with an all-Black cast and creative team. Further, Gaines examines how lyricist Noble Sissle, composer Eubie Blake and comedians Flournoy Miller and Aubrey Lyles defied the odds and overcame racism, poverty and violence to break down racial barriers and bring jazz music to the mainstream, usher in the Harlem Renaissance and change the Broadway world with their hit show that would leave a legacy and pave the way for people of color on the stage. Shuffle Along the book detailed the challenges the original production faced and its effect on Broadway and race relations opened in 2016 with Audra McDonald and Billy Porter among the cast members. The production went on to receive 10 Tony noms. The publication of Gaines’ upcoming book will coincide with the centennial of Shuffle Along. ....