AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN ON BROADWAY

PHOTO GALLERY



THE EARLY YEARS

Ethel Waters
Ma Rainey Bessie Smith Minstrel Show

THE 1980s

Jennifer Holliday in DREAMGIRLS 1981
From the movie version of SARAFINA cast of BLUES IN THE NIGHT 1988


THE 1990s

The OBC of RENT 1996 Audra McDonald in RAGTIME

THE 21st Century

The Cast of HAIRSPRAY Tonya Pinkins in CAROLINE OR CHANGE Healther Headley and Adam Pascal in AIDA Fredi Walker-Browne in THE LION KING



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