![]() Gaines’ below, as well as view a handful of photographs from the original productions of Shuffle Along. ![]() ![]() A master of compressing comprehensive information into digestible passages, you can read excerpts of my interview with Mr. I will sit with it at my bedside, savoring the final chapters, doubling back and rereading sections multiple times, as I take as much time as possible to avoid turning to the last page.įootnotes: The Black Artists Who Rewrote the Rules of the Great White Way by Caseen Gaines is one of these treasured books.Ī renowned Pop Culture Historian, Gaines holds a Masters Degree in American Studies from Rutgers University, where he focused on racial representations in popular culture, and his work can be found in Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, New York Magazine, and many other highly respected publications, in addition to his significant literary output. One hundred years later, the reverberating effects of this breakthrough production can still be felt throughout the world of musical theatre, popular music, and pop culture.Įvery so often I come across a book that I struggle to finish for all of the right reasons. ![]() Featuring an all-Black cast and creative team, Shuffle Along broke many of the color barriers separating white and Black theatremakers, and it has been lauded both by its contemporaries and modern historians as one of the launch points of the Harlem Renaissance. On May 23rd, 1921, a musical called Shuffle Along opened at the 63rd Street Music Hall, one block between Broadway and Central Park. ![]()
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