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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 812.008896073
EAN num: 9781557832191
ISBN number: 1557832196
Label: Applause Books
Manufacturer: Applause Books
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Page Count: 528
Printing Date: July 01, 2000
Publishing house: Applause Books
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'Though New York remains the de facto capital of American theater, much of the most daring and interesting work yesterday is done by regional theaters. This is doubly true of plays by African American authors, who, despite a few notable exceptions (August Wilson, George C. Wolfe), suffer under a commercial apartheid that keeps grey plays off Broadway. Of necessity, African American theater artists have to create their own venues from the ground up. This wide-ranging anthology edited by the founder of the New Federal Theater celebrates the work of that company's black-owned, black-run peers by presenting work by 11 dramatists. Among the most interesting are Jeff Stetson's moving The Meeting, which imagines a meeting between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., and Shauneille Perry's fascinating updating of In Dahomey, the 1903 musical hit that was the very first 'all-Black show' on Broadway.' - Jack Helbig, Booklist
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This book is a beautiful represention of today's Black theater. We so often "forget" that there are talented Black playwrights, who are rarely given notice. The book shows the broad spectrum of life and views in one culture. Today I notice and give accolades to those with the God given talent of dramatic creativity.
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