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... play Trouble in Mind , which appeared in New York's off - Broadway Greenwich Mews Theatre in 1955. The first of Childress's plays produced outside Harlem , Trouble in Mind won an Obie Award in 1956 for best original off - Broadway play ...
... play Trouble in Mind , which appeared in New York's off - Broadway Greenwich Mews Theatre in 1955. The first of Childress's plays produced outside Harlem , Trouble in Mind won an Obie Award in 1956 for best original off - Broadway play ...
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... play Days of Our Youth . Poitier performed several other plays with the company , receiving good notices for his performance in the company's production of Lysistrata . Poitier continued to perform in plays until 1950 , when he made his ...
... play Days of Our Youth . Poitier performed several other plays with the company , receiving good notices for his performance in the company's production of Lysistrata . Poitier continued to perform in plays until 1950 , when he made his ...
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... play for colored girls . The Broadway production of for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf earned Shange an Obie Award in 1977 , as well as Tony and Grammy nominations . Other plays by Shange include ...
... play for colored girls . The Broadway production of for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf earned Shange an Obie Award in 1977 , as well as Tony and Grammy nominations . Other plays by Shange include ...
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Readers Guide xiii | 507 |
African Americans in Halls of Fame | 907 |
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