February is Black History Month, and Broadway.com is spotlighting some of the contributions black artists have made to Broadway. Here are the power players, major events and groundbreaking shows. 1898 - First All-Black Show Produced at a Major House The premiere of the one-act musical Clorindy, or The Origin of the Cake Walk, technically didn’t take place in a theater. The extended after-show featured an …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AM on February 19, 2019