"Baby, Dream Your Dream:" Pearl Bailey, HELLO, DOLLY!, and the Negotiation of Race in Commercial American Musical Theatre

In October of 1967, producer David Merrick closed his successful production of Hello, Dolly! Merrick reopened the show one month later with an all-black cast that featured the talents of performers Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway. While this Bailey Dolly! was a mammoth commercial success, this produc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mehler, Charles Eliot
Other Authors: Leslie A. Wade
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2011
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-10192011-185619/