The National Black Drama Anthology: Eleven Plays from America's Leading African-American Theaters (Applause Books) Review

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(More customer reviews)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 viewsin one culture.Today I notice and give accolades to those with the Godgiven talent of dramatic creativity.

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"Though New York remains the de facto capital of American theater, much of the most daring and interesting work today 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 black 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 companyÕs black-owned, black-run peers by presenting work by 11 dramatists. Among the most interesting are Jeff StetsonÕs moving The Meeting, which imagines a meeting between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., and Shauneille PerryÕs fascinating updating of In Dahomey, the 1903 musical hit that was the first Õall-Black showÕ on Broadway." - Jack Helbig, Booklist

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