T.O.B.a. Time by Michelle R. Scott (Hardback Book)

Name: T.O.B.a. Time by Michelle R. Scott (Hardback Book)
Brand: University of Illinois Press

University of Illinois Press

Black vaudevillians and entertainers joked that T.O.B.A. stood for \u201Ctough on black artists.\u201D But the Theater Owner\u2019s Booking Association (T.O.B.A.) played a foundational role in the African American entertainment industry and provided a training ground for icons like Cab Calloway, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Sammy Davis Jr., the Nicholas Brothers, Count Basie, and Butterbeans and Susie. \nMichelle R. Scott\u2019s institutional history details T.O.B.A.\u2019s origins and practices while telling the little-known stories of the managers, producers, performers, and audience members involved in the circuit. Looking at the organization over its eleven-year existence (1920\u20131931), Scott places T.O.B.A. against the backdrop of what entrepreneurship and business development meant in black America at the time.\n\nT.O.B.a. Time\nBlack Vaudeville and the Theater Owners' Booking Association in Jazz-Age America\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available ;