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GENERAL INDEX
This is an index of subjects, themes, genres, and other pertinent categories of information that may
be of interest to users of this encyclopedia.
Abductions and rescues, 97, 191, 288 -89,
376, 381
Adaptations, 9, 13, 14, 15, 18, 30, 32, 33,
47, 64, 69, 89, 93, 95, 105, 121, 138, 147,
148, 150, 151, 169, 183, 190, 195, 196,
205, 216, 226 -27, 235, 240, 251, 280, 285,
288, 294, 341, 346, 353, 362, 375, 383.
See also Black versions of successful white
shows; Swing, and jazz versions of classical
plays
Africa and Africans: back to Africa movement,
187 ; ballet/dance drama about Africa, 301 ;
musicals about Africa, 7, 9, 10, 69, 125,
151, 211, 212, 286, 287, 332, 337 -38, 358
(Abyssinia/ Ethiopia, 3, 80, 232 ; Belgian
Congo, 8 ; Dahomey, 187 ; Ghana, 7 ; Hanni-
bal crossing the Alps with elephants, 28 ;
Liberia, 125 ; Madagascar, 369 -70; Nigeria,
12 ; South Africa, 219 ; Timbuktu, 353 ; Wa-
gandu, Kingdom of, 209 ; West Africa, 47 ;
Zululand, 14, 192 ); operatic works about
Africa, 7, 8, 14, 232, 390 ( Congo, 8 ;
Ethiopia, 123 ; Zululand, 390 ); songs and
musical numbers about Africa, 8, 18, 28, 38
African culture: celebration of, 12 ; conflicts
of, with American culture, 3 - 4 ; conflicts of,
with European culture, 8 - 9. See also Black
American heritage, African roots of
Alabama (as setting; also called Alabam, Bain,
Bamville), 3, 12, 13, 26, 162, 222, 227,
305, 336
Awards: Audelco Awards, 132, 333 (nomina-
tions for, 15 ); Burns Mantle selection,
"Best Play," 11 ("Off-Off-Broadway Best
Play," 43 ); Clarence Derwent Award, 62 ;
Drama Desk Awards, 10, 11, 32, 62, 111,
281, 285, 382 ; Grammy Awards, 11, 63 ;
NAACP Image Award, 111 ; NY Drama
Critics Award, 10 ; Obie Awards, 111, 138,
153 ; Outer Critics Circle Awards, 10, 111 ;
Pulitzer Prize, 154 ; Stanley Award (Wagner
Coll.), 138 ; Theatre World Awards, 11, 62,
285, 326 ; Tony Awards, 10, 11, 32, 115,
190, 198, 281, 285, 326, 382 (nominations
for, 11, 45, 62, 111, 112, 198, 285 ); Varie-
ty's annual New York Drama Critics' Poll,
winner of, 281
Barbers, 3, 171, 213, 287
Biblical-inspired musicals and operatic works,
6, 7, 24, 42, 88, 123, 147, 152, 189, 200,
201, 210, 251, 258, 279, 309
Biographies and tributes (non-theatrical): At-
tucks, Crispus, 93 ; Bloomer, Dolly, 49 ;
Davis, Angela, 41 ; Dessalines, Emperor of
Haiti, 263, 361 ; Hannibal, Carthaginian
general, 28 ; King, Martin Luther, Jr., 24,
185, 229, 259, 305 ; Malcolm X, 358, 385 ;
Menelek, Emperor of Abyssinia ( Ethiopia),
232 ; Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 6 ; Robin-
son, Jackie, 131 ; Truth, Sojourner, 238 ;
Wheatley, Phillis, 246, 269. See also Retro-
spective musicals and theatrical tributes
Black American heritage: African roots of, 30,
104, 285 ; celebration of, 290, 324
Blackface: black performers in, 7 - 8, 12 - 13,
21, 26, 29, 32, 36, 53, 56, 57, 63, 69, 78,
117, 143, 153, 162, 202, 215, 226,

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Publication Information: Book Title: A Century of Musicals in Black and White: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, or Involving African Americans. Contributors: Bernard L. Peterson Jr. - author. Publisher: Greenwood Press. Place of Publication: Westport, CT. Publication Year: 1993. Page Number: 525.
    
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