the great white way
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The Color Purple Returning to the Big Screen for Black History Month
“I think it pisses God off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don’t notice it,” Shug Avery famously says during a watershed moment in one of the best movies ever, which was adapted from one of the best books ever. Stephen Spielberg’s masterful adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel…
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Black on Broadway: Now Is the Time for People of Color to Star in Major Roles on Broadway
Broadway is affectionately known as “the Great White Way” for being one of the first streets in the United States to have electric lights. Given Broadway’s history, one could be forgiven for thinking the nickname referred to race. However, there’s an amazing color correction taking place, with a growing number of roles for people of color…