Disturbing, daring ‘Dancing in the Dark’
Largely-forgotten legend Bert Williams was a foundational figure in American theater, an inspiration to the likes of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, the first major African American performer on Broadway — and a “real coon.”
His simultaneous groundbreaking success and use of blackface is a paradox in the history of American theater.
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