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Waters, Ethel
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Ethel Waters Vocalist and actress Ethel Waters (1896–1977) was a key figure in the development of African American culture between the two world wars. She broke barrier after barrier, becoming the first black woman heard on the radio...
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Henderson, Fletcher
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...backing group for Black Swan artist Ethel Waters on her national tour. It was on...chump stuff that real jazz needs," Waters recalled (as quoted by Magee...it, Fletch began to practice," Waters said. "He got to be so perfect...
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Empire Theatre
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
...Frohman's most celebrated stars, such as Maude Adams , Ethel Barrymore , and John Drew . After Frohman's death the...Keane ; Helen Menken ; Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne ; and Ethel Waters . The Empire was also home to America's longest...
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As Thousands Cheer
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
...Lynched By Frenzied Mob” provided cues for Ethel Waters 's two great numbers, “Heat Wave”...such as Miller's impersonation of Barbara Hutton, Waters as Josephine Baker, Helen Broderick as Aimee Semple...
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Member of the Wedding, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
...father, who ignores her, and Berenice Sadie Brown ( Ethel Waters ), the warm, understanding, thrice‐married...the Robert Whitehead offering a surprise hit, capping Waters's career and launching Harris into stardom. Revivals...
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Negroes in the American Theatre
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
...Dorothy Heyward—had an all-Black cast, as did the musical fantasy Cabin in the Sky (1940), starring Ethel Waters , and Carmen Jones (1943) based on Bizet's Carmen . By the 1940s Blacks were appearing in Broadway productions as...
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Mildred Bailey
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Era, she and Norvo, her husband at the time, were dubbed "Mr. and Mrs. Swing." Influenced by the stylings of Ethel Waters, Connie Boswell, and Bessie Smith, she developed a uniquely soft yet swinging delivery that delighted nightclub audiences...
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Baker, Josephine
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
...New York City for the Chocolate Dandies (at the Cotton Club) and the floorshow at the Plantation Club in Harlem with Ethel Waters (c. 1900 – 1977). She drew the attention of the audience by clowning, mugging, and improvising. With...
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Lee, Canada
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
...of the Federal Theatre Project , appearing in its all-Negro production of Macbeth in 1936. In 1939 he played with Ethel Waters in Dorothy Heyward's Mamba's Daughters , and he made a major impact as the chauffeur in Paul Green's outstanding...
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Cabin in the Sky
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
...Vernon Duke (music), John Latouche (lyrics). [Martin Beck Theatre, 156 perf.] When the pious Petunia Jackson ( Ethel Waters ) prays to God to spare the life of her troublesome husband, Little Joe ( Dooley Wilson), the Good Lord allows Joe...
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