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Footnotes: The Black Artists Who Rewrote the Rules of the Great White Way Audiobook, by Caseen Gaines Play Audiobook Sample

Footnotes: The Black Artists Who Rewrote the Rules of the Great White Way Audiobook

By: Caseen Gaines
Footnotes: The Black Artists Who Rewrote the Rules of the Great White Way Audiobook, by Caseen Gaines Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Caseen Gaines Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 7.67 hours at 1.5x Speed 5.75 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: May 2021 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781982592028
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Total Audiobook Chapters:

15

Longest Chapter Length:

89:24 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

08:36 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

46:09 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

2

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When Broadway Was Black: The Triumphant Story of the All-Black Musical that Changed the World Audiobook, by Caseen Gaines

Publisher Description

For readers of Hidden Figures and Something Wonderful, Footnotes is the story of New York in the roaring twenties and the very first Broadway show with an all-Black cast and creative team to succeed―and the indelible mark left on our popular culture.

These pioneering performers and the creators (composer Eubie Blake and lyricist Noble Sissle) sowed the seeds of the Harlem jazz scene and paved the way for people of color on stage and screen with West Side Story, Black Panther, and of course, Hamilton. Importantly, this audiobook illuminates the ways in which Black people in America have attained success amidst a culture actively whitewashing, controlling, or completely preventing their stories from being told.

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“Author/narrator Caseen Gaines offers this fascinating, well-researched history…[and] delivers first-rate performances of the anecdotes recounted by Black entertainers…Gaines’s narration brings both the period and the people to life.”

— AudioFile 

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  • “A celebration of a groundbreaking musical that stands as a landmark in Black American cultural history.”

    — Kirkus Reviews

  • “[A] well-researched compilation of behind-the-scenes stories and background…Their work resulted in monumental gains for many Black performers.”

    — Library Journal

  • “Evocative and illuminating, Footnotes is an excellent addition to the canon of musical theater history. 

    — Booklist

  • “Vividly brings a colorful era to life.”

    — Brian Jay Jones, author of Jim Henson: The Biography

  • “A story of humans at once talented, flawed, courageous, blinkered, and visionary…[and] the role African Americans have played and continue to play in stage history.”

    — Glen Berger, Emmy Award–winner and author of Song of Spider-Man

  • “A story that is absolutely vital to both the past and future of the theater.”

    — Rachel Chavkin, Tony Award–winning director of Hadestown

  • “Significantly deepens our understanding of one of the key cultural events that launched the Harlem Renaissance.”

    — A’Lelia Bundles, author of Self Made

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About Caseen Gaines

Caseen Gaines is the author of several books, including When Broadway Was Black: The Triumphant Story of the All-Black Musical That Changed the World. His previous work includes We Don’t Need Roads: The Making of the Back to the Future Trilogy, which led to his appearances on Entertainment Tonight and Netflix’s The Movies That Made Us. His first book, Inside Pee-wee’s Playhouse, received a Silver Medal at the 2012 Independent Publisher Book Awards. He has written for several publications including Rolling Stone. He can be found @caseengaines.