Oct 3, 2025
Melba Moore and Eartha Kitt in Timbuktu, 1978
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Melba Moore and Eartha Kitt in Timbuktu, 1978
I hate vocal “critiques” towards Black performers.
“They’re doing too much”
“Why is she ending every phrase with aaaaa?”
“Why can’t they just sing it normally?”
It’s all just microaggressive as heck. Y’all wanna sound like us and dance like us but when we get on that stage all those things are suddenly a problem. I’ve seen these comments made about many Black performers, but primarily Black women. Most recently it’s been Audra McDonald, who is a trained classical singer and the most awarded Tony winner in history, and Michelle Williams from freaking Destiny’s Child. Like I genuinely hope that y’all know that even if Gypsy was still open and Audra’s contract ended at some point, the next Mama Rose was still going to be a Black woman. Same goes for Joy Woods and Jordan Tyson. Yes, the show originally starred white performers but the way it was produced and directed for this revival was specifically for Black performers. All of Michelle Williams’ understudies in Death Becomes Her are Black. When her contract is up another Black woman is going to take on the role of Viola. Like…y’all have to get over yourselves and come to terms with the fact that your opinion, and I say that loosely, is not the end all be all.
As my good sis @kaybronz said:
Give people there flowers while they are here!! 💐
Eartha Kitt onstage during the Broadway production of "Timbuktu!", a musical revision of “Kismet”, at the Mark Hellinger Theatre. (1978)
I feel like we as a culture need to appreciate this man
Leslie Odom Jr. who
SANG
His heart out in Hamilton. Wait for it? Inspirational. The Room Where is Happened? Jazzy and a bop. The World Was Wide Enough? Tragic and heart wrenchingly amazing.
Don't even get me STARTED on his narration and facial expressions.
The drama will be the first show to open at the August Wilson Theatre.
In Pass Over, Moses and Kitch stand around on the corner — talking smack, passing the time, and hoping that today a miracle will come. A provocative mash-up of Waiting for Godot and the Exodus saga, Pass Over exposes the unquestionable human spirit of young black men who dream about a promised land they've yet to find. The drama was first presented at Steppenwolf Theatre, with Spike Lee capturing Taymor's production in a film that is currently available on Amazon Prime.
Black Broadway Family Portrait shot by Silas Vassar, III - Hollywood Reporter
Florence Mills