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A sharp, fast-paced, sophisticated look at some of Broadway's Black plays and producers that have made New York the theatre capital of the world.

Guests: Eubie Blake; Melvin van Peebles, playwright, producer and actor; Ken Harper, producer, The Wiz; and Harold Wheeler, musical arranger and composer.

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