African American Theatre History

William Henry Brown founded the _________

• Black History Month Foundation

• African American Theatre Company

• The first restaurant

• The First proscenium theater

Ira Aldridge, one of the first actors of the company, had to travel to __________ to be able to perform in a Shakespeare show!

• France

• America

• California

• England

Unfortunately, minstrel shows dealt with a lot of black stereotypes, True or False?

• True

• False

• Never

• Absolutely not

Which of the following was one of the first "black" musicals to be performed?

• Guys and Dolls

• Shuffle Along

• Lion King the Musical

• Wicked the Musical

Thomas D. Rice created a lot of ____________ for African American performers to perform in.

• Movies

• Books

• Dances

• Plays

In “Black Vaudeville, African American performers would parody white performers by wearing ___________

• Makeup

• Strange clothes

• Strange jewelry

• Blackface makeup

W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963) founded the ________

• Food Network

• American Railroad

• NAACP

• First Black Theatre

African American actor Joe Robeson played Joe in the musical ________________ .

• Wicked

• The Lion King

• Peter Pan

• Showboat