John W. Isham: Produced First All Black Show on Broadway
John W. Isham (1866-1902) was a producer of groundbreaking all-black minstrel and proto-burlesque shows. Of mixed-race ancestry, he often “passed” for white, which gave him employment and business opportunities he might not have otherwise had. Isham was from Utica, in upstate New York. As a young man, Isham gained experience in advertising circuses, working for […]
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