Operetta Research Center » Black Face

Revisting “Au Dahomey” (1892). Or: A Blackface King Béhazin?

kevin — Sun, 19 Jun 2022 12:26:43 +0000

I came upon this grand 1892 poster this week… I didn’t know anything about the show, my experience of the

kevin — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 18:34:49 +0000

Eubie Blake: Rags, Rhythm and Race arrives as a most welcome and long overdue biography of pianist and composer Eubie

kevin — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 16:53:13 +0000

In Dahomey was an early American “Negro musical comedy” (in a prologue and 2 acts), one of the first to be

kevin — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 14:37:47 +0000

It’s not a new topic, but a brand new book nonetheless: Black Broadway by Stewart F. Lane. According to the

kevin — Sun, 18 Mar 2018 20:55:14 +0000

It’s interesting how you can have a full cast recording sitting on your CD shelf for decades, and it never

kevin — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 21:34:30 +0000

Daniel Defoe’s shipwrecked hero (1719) and his man Friday seem to have made their first appearance on the musical stage

kevin — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 07:37:24 +0000

A seventy-one year old man, a little crippled these days, lying in the too-scorching sun by the Australian seaside, reading

kevin — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 20:00:17 +0000

Why is the upcoming revival of Shuffle Along, or, The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That

kevin — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 18:56:39 +0000

It is often interesting to compare how researchers in different parts of the Western world look at art forms in

kevin — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 12:19:26 +0000

Most people would probably agree: operetta is all about performance. And, more to the point, about turning realities upside down