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| re: James Earl Jones -- Ethel Waters -- Juanita Hall | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 06:22 pm EDT 08/23/21 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 06:14 pm EDT 08/23/21 | |
| In reply to: James Earl Jones -- Ethel Waters -- Juanita Hall - BroadwayTonyJ 06:12 pm EDT 08/23/21 | |
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| Add CicelyTyson to that list -- also Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, Lorraine Hansbury, Robert Guillaume, Diahann Carroll, Cleavon Little, Melba Moore, Eartha Kitt, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Bert Williams and Sammy Davis, Jr. Also Charles Gilpin, first African-American to star in a Broadway show in "The Emperor Jones". | |
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| Yes, Bert Williams! | |
| Posted by: showtunetrivia 07:44 pm EDT 08/23/21 | |
| In reply to: re: James Earl Jones -- Ethel Waters -- Juanita Hall - PlayWiz 06:14 pm EDT 08/23/21 | |
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| That’s my vote! (But the others are worthy as well.) Laura |
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| re: Yes, Bert Williams! | |
| Posted by: claploudly 08:36 pm EDT 08/23/21 | |
| In reply to: Yes, Bert Williams! - showtunetrivia 07:44 pm EDT 08/23/21 | |
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| Whoa, am I the only person who never knew that Carol Channing was part African American. I certainly don't think the vast majority of theatre goers around the world know this. I guess naming a theatre after her because it was to name it for someone who was Black would change that. And that would be a good thing. But I must say my vote would go to the most honored, versatile, accomplished black theatre person in history would be Audra. I see no reason to only honor people in this way once they are dead. | |
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| re: Yes, Bert Williams! | |
| Posted by: Kerick 10:58 pm EDT 08/23/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Yes, Bert Williams! - claploudly 08:36 pm EDT 08/23/21 | |
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| Rosetta LeNoire!!!! | |
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| Isn’t Helen Hayes the only performer....? | |
| Posted by: lordofspeech 09:10 pm EDT 08/23/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Yes, Bert Williams! - claploudly 08:36 pm EDT 08/23/21 | |
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| Isn’t Helen Hayes the only performer to have a theatre named after her? What does that say about the diversity of management and labor, for instance? Do we want to see that change? Where’s the Mary Martin, Jason Robards, James Earl Jones, Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, Merman, the Helen Gallagher, the Gwen Verdon, the Elizabeth Ashley. And...for directors, who are also hirelings....the Lloyd Richards? It’s all such a matter of current times and politics and even fashion right now. Anything goes. But I wonder if there ever was a protocol. Did someone say at one time that there should be theatres named after critics? I like the Eugene O’Neill. That one seems appropriate to his significance. The protocol seems to have to do with a certain size in relation to American theatre. Hence the August Wilson and even the critics of longevity. |
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| re: Isn’t Helen Hayes the only performer....? | |
| Posted by: showtunetrivia 09:43 pm EDT 08/23/21 | |
| In reply to: Isn’t Helen Hayes the only performer....? - lordofspeech 09:10 pm EDT 08/23/21 | |
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| Edwin Booth, Ethel Barrymore, and Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne still have theatres. In older days, there was the Garrick, the Maxine Elliott, Jolson’s 59th, Molly Picon’s, the Nora Bayes, and George M. Cohan—though some of these were not merely honorary, but because the actor was owner and producer, as well as performer. Laura |
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| re: Isn’t Helen Hayes the only performer....? | |
| Posted by: SidL 03:39 am EDT 08/24/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Isn’t Helen Hayes the only performer....? - showtunetrivia 09:43 pm EDT 08/23/21 | |
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| And the original Helen Hayes Theatre was demolished in 1982 while Miss Hayes was still with us. The demolishing of HHT and the Morosco should go down as one of the crimes of the last century. |
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