Tambourines to Glory

Tambourines to Glory is a 1956 black gospel musical play by Langston Hughes. It tells the story of two female street preachers who open a store front church in Harlem. Hughes later turned the play into a novel in 1958.

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Musical - Play - Langston Hughes - Harlem - Novel - 1958

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The musical was generally well-received but generated some criticism from certain segments of the black intelligentsia, who felt that the themes of corruption and hyprocrisy mocked the black church.

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The opening night cast on Broadway 1963included a who?s who of African-American performers including

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Broadway - 1963

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• Joseph Attles
• Louis Gossett, Jr.
• Micki Grant
• Robert Guillaume
• Carl Hall
• Rosalie King
• Rosetta LeNoire
• Theresa Merritt Hines

Attles, Grant and King teamed up the following year in Hughes?s Jericho-Jim Crow, Gossett became a major film star, Guillaume achieved fame in the television series Soap and Benson, Merritt starred in The Wiz and Ma Rainey?s Black Bottom and the television series That's My Mama.

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Jericho-Jim Crow - Soap - Benson - The Wiz - Ma Rainey?s Black Bottom - That's My Mama

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