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Skin Deep
These Ghanaian young women aren’t aware that they are entering into a system rigged against them. The beauty pageant, as we know it, was born out of the idea that being beautiful required white skin.
About the Plays
An Enduring Classic in Many Forms
Charles Dickens began writing A Christmas Carol in October 1843; he completed it the following month, and it appeared in bookstores in December. Two months later, eight theater companies had mounted productions of the ghostly tale.
New Stages
A Conversation with Playwright Rajiv Joseph
Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph collaborates with the Goodman for the first time with his newest play, In the Sick Bay of the Santa…
About the Plays
“The Sublime is Even Better”—Sarah Bernhardt, Actress/Entrepreneur
“There are five kinds of actresses: bad actresses, fair actresses, good actresses, great actresses—and then there is Sarah Bernhardt.” — Mark Twain Few figures…
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Danes in Chicago
As America’s melting pot coalesced in the 19th and 20th centuries, Danish immigrants comprised a small portion of the millions of new citizens. Between 1840 and 1914, around 300,000 Danes arrived in America (by comparison, more than four million Italians and four million Irish immigrated during this period).
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The End of an Industry: Hat Making in Luton
When the Industrial Revolution swept across England in the 19th century, Luton’s hat industry was transformed.
ArtistsBlog & Buzz
Myth, Music & History: The Mixtape World of Suzan-Lori Parks
For nearly three decades, Suzan-Lori Parks’ distinct style has solidified her status as one of theater’s most imaginative, respected writers.
About the Plays
An Epic Odyssey for a New Era
An epic journey. Lyrical language. A devoted dog. These are a few recognizable elements from the famed poem, The Odyssey, which playwright Suzan-Lori Parks…
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Finding Fame at 100: The Delany Sisters’ Dazzling Denouement
The Jim Crow era. The great migration of blacks from Southern to Northern cities. The Harlem Renaissance. The Civil Rights Movement. The 20th century’s horrors, triumphs, stagnations and progress are the stuff of history books now.
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Separate But “Equal”: A Brief History of Jim Crow Laws
When the Delany sisters, born in 1889 and 1891, were small children, they could sit anywhere they pleased on streetcars in their hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina.
