Soul Rep producing play about shutdown of first Black theater troupe in the U.S.
The year is 1821, and the Park Theatre, run by an impresario named Stephen Price, shuts down the Grove’s production twice, ...
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More than 60 years later, Langston Hughes’ ‘Black Nativity’ is still a pillar of African American theater
In 1961, when Hughes created “Black Nativity,” the Black Arts Movement was still in its infancy, but its early ethos ... the Harlem Suitcase Theater. The play used African American history ...
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From Africa to the World: Mansa Musa epic musical theatre hits the stage
One of the most colourful and interesting periods in ancient West African history is set to be relived in an epic musical theatre production titled “Mansa Musa and the Trail of Lost Gold, ...