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- "As Thousands Cheer," October 15, 1934 - <i>As Thousands Cheer</i> was a 1933 Broadway musical revue. Every sketch or song in the show is framed as "a newspaper column" and comments on Depression-Era popular culture. The musical was a star vehicle for singer and actress Ethel Waters-- the first Black American to receive equal billing with white co-stars in Broadway history.
- October 15, 1934
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"As Thousands Cheer," October 15, 1934
As Thousands Cheer was a 1933 Broadway musical revue. Every sketch or song in the show is framed as "a newspaper column" and comments on Depression-Era popular culture. The musical was a star vehicle for singer and actress Ethel Waters-- the first Black American to receive equal billing with white co-stars in Broadway history.