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The 1954-1955 season has already proved a memorable one for Negro artists in show business and may also prove memorable in the long struggle against segregation The story of how Negro talent has boomed show business in the past season is the subject of an article in the current issue of the new pocket-site magazine, Picture Week. In opera and on TV,, in the legitimate theater and on the musical stage in the music halls and night clubs, Negro talent this winter has won professional suc cess of smash proportions, both critically and at the box office, Benefits Show Business So doing. It has not only bene fited show business generally, but less done the race tremendous service in the best possible way By the sheer excellence of its performance, it has leveled bar riers that have existed for ge rations. A crowded house paid tribute to” Marian’ Anderson when she finally appears on the Metro politan Opera stage. The critics who joined the tribute also point ed out that the great contralto should have been invited there 15 years ago The entire American press (and thousands of letters from the viewing publics hailed the NLC Opera Theater” production of Toséa” starring Negro singer Leontyne Price. The Voice of America beamed a full report of the occasion throughout Europe Plays For Queen In London, the beloved Negro pianist. Winifred Atwell played a junk-shop piano for the Queen of England, packed the Pallo ur In Hollywood. comedian Simme Davis. dr, “eappesred the of the biggest ovations in nightclub history. As the star of House of Flowers, Pearl Bailey is at the peak of her career—the unqualified hit of the season's most important musical produc tion. Meanwhile, Dorothy Dandridge’s acting in the all-Negro movie, “Carmen Jones,” is unquestion ably on the Oscar level. It has done for Hollywood what Marian Anderson has done for the Met and Leontyne Price for TV. In “Mrs. Patterson,” singer Eartha Kitt has revealed herself to be a serious and moving act ress and has won critical cele bration. Starring Muriel Rahn, the In terracial Opera Co. (mixed com pany of white and Negro singers) has been touring the South with unprecedented success. Its audi ences are also mixed and there have been no incidents and no protests.
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Detroit Tribune
Detroit, Michigan, US
Sat, Mar 12, 1955
Page 4
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