Fans love it. Critics don’t. After Tyler Perry, can urban theater cross over? -6

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— a theatrical art form marked by its segregation from Broadway.
"I've seen several shows that have
just as much talent and are just as
compelling as those Broadway
shows, but because it's geared
toward a black audience it gets
categorized as second class," Childs says. "And I don't think that's
fair, but it is what it is." Vy Higginsen wrote what some
credit as the first urban theater play,
"Mama, I Want to Sing!" In 1983, the show started in a
formerly abandoned theater in
Harlem and ran for eight years solid,
says Higginsen, who based the play
on her family's story. After closing
in New York, "Mama" toured nationally and internationally for 2½
more years.Washington post

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