Theater of the United States — This article is about stage theater in the United States. For information about the movie industry, see Cinema of the United States. Theater of the United States AK AL AR AS AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA GU HI IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI … Wikipedia
American popular music — had a profound effect on music across the world. The country has seen the rise of popular styles that have had a significant influence on global culture, including ragtime, blues, jazz, rock, R B, doo wop, gospel, soul, funk, heavy metal, punk,… … Wikipedia
African American musical theater — Early History= Before the late 1890s, the image portrayed of African Americans on Broadway was a secondhand vision of black life created by European American performers. [Woll, 1.] Stereotyped coon songs were popular, and blackface was… … Wikipedia
African American literature — ▪ literature Introduction body of literature written by Americans of African descent. Beginning in the pre Revolutionary War period, African American writers have engaged in a creative, if often contentious, dialogue with American letters.… … Universalium
Negro Actors Guild of America — (NAG) was established in 1937 to create better opportunities for black actors during a period in America where the country was at a crossroads regarding how its citizens of color would be depicted in film, television and the stage. Originating in … Wikipedia
Theater Owners Bookers Association — Theater Owners Booking Association, or T.O.B.A., was the vaudeville circuit for African American performers in the 1920s and 1930s. The theaters all had white owners and collaborated in booking jazz, blues, comedians, and other performers for… … Wikipedia
teatro negro — En Estados Unidos, movimiento teatral que abarca toda la producción de obras de teatro escritas por, para y sobre negros. La primera pieza teatral escrita por un afroamericano fue King Shotaway [El rey de la insurrección] de James Brown (1823).… … Enciclopedia Universal
American modernism — like modernism in general is a trend of thought that affirms the power of human beings to create, improve, and reshape their environment, with the aid of scientific knowledge, technology and practical experimentation, and is thus in its essence… … Wikipedia
Negro Ensemble Company — The Negro Ensemble Company is a New York City based theater company. Established in 1967 by playwright Douglas Turner Ward, producer/actor Robert Hooks, and theater manager Gerald S. Krone, the company focuses on themes in black life . In 2005,… … Wikipedia
American literature — For the journal of the same name, see American Literature (journal). American literature is the written or literary work produced in the area of the United States and its preceding colonies. For more specific discussions of poetry and theater,… … Wikipedia
