WALTER DALLAS DIRECTOR – MUSICIAN – PHOTOGRAPHER – PLAYWRIGHT – PROFESSOR *~ September 15, 1946 – May 3, 2020 ~* By Dale Ricardo Shields Page 1 – 11 In his career, Dallas was the recipient of countless awards, including an Emmy Award, an Audience Development Committee Inc. National Achievement Award for Excellence in Black Theatre, …
VINNETTE JUSTINE CARROLL The first African-American woman to direct on Broadway and the first Black woman to receive a Tony Award nomination, for her direction of the musical revue “Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope” in 1972. “We still need Black theatre. But I think we need to show Black people just living, just trying …
