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Theaters like the Pekin Theater in Chicago and the Lafayette Theater in New York City were created and managed by Black entrepreneurs for black performers and audiences. The dominant black Vaudeville theater circuit of the day was the Theater Owners Booking Association (TOBA), known among performers of the time as “Tough On Black Actors”. [53]
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Charles Barney Hicks (? – 1902) was an American advance man, manager, performer, and owner of blackface minstrel troupes composed of African-American performers. Hicks himself was a minstrel performer who could sing and play challenging roles such as the minstrel-show interlocutor or endmen. However, he was most interested in the business ...
This is a list of blackface minstrel troupes. Adams and Lee [1] Backus' Minstrels; Brooker and Clayton's Georgia Minstrels [2] Bryant's Minstrels [3] Buckley's Serenaders (a.k.a. Buckley's Congo Melodists, Buckley's New Orleans Serenaders, New Orleans Serenaders) [4] Callender's Georgia Minstrels [5] Campbell's Minstrels [4]
Singing the New Nation: How Music Shaped the Confederacy, 1861-1865. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books. Cockrell, Dale (1997). Demons of Disorder: Early Blackface Minstrels and Their World. Cambridge University Press. Lott, Eric (1993). Love and Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class. Oxford University Press.
This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards. You can help. The talk page may contain suggestions. (July 2023) Detail from cover of The Celebrated Negro Melodies, as Sung by the Virginia Minstrels, 1843 The minstrel show, also called minstrelsy, was an American form of theater developed in the early 19th century. The shows were performed by mostly white ...
The show included a mix of comedy and other traditional minstrel show material with selections of opera music sung by Madame Sissieretta Jones. It played to mixed white and black audiences. [ 11 ] Tom McIntosh was the leading comedian for the first season tour.
Charles Callender was the owner of blackface minstrel troupes that featured African-American performers. Although a tavern owner by trade, he entered show business in 1872, when he purchased Sam Hague's Slave Troupe of Georgia Minstrels. [citation needed]