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Venue

Vivian Beaumont Theater

150 W 65th Street, New York, NY 10023

Broadway1974

Black Picture Show

Dates
Jan 6 – Feb 9, 1975
Performances
41

About

Black Picture Show is a play written by Bill Gunn at the height of the Black Arts Movement, in 1975. Clive Barnes of The New York Times described it as having "brilliant writing". The play deals with the conversations between an aging, mentally ill Black screenwriter, playwright, and poet and his son, also an artist. It was also published as a book.

Credits

Playwright
Bill Gunn
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