The production had used the 'youngest playwright' language for a while - at some point someone must have fact-checked and realized this wasn't true, and they changed the language to 'youngest black/African-American playwright ' in Broadway History. obviously Queen Latifah didnt get the memo.
Now technically, only technically, this is not true either. The first all black show in 'Broadway' history was the musical CLORINDY, OR THE ORIGIN OF THE CAKEWALK at the Casino Theatre Roof Gaarden in 1898. The score was by Will Marion Cook, and the libretto by 26 year old poet and novelist Paul Laurence Dunbar.
But that was a musical. As for plays, Mr. Cooper does indeed seem to be the youngest. |
