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US, 2/2022. Fan-Shot Video. Lillias White (Madame Sisseretta), Brandon Victor Dixon (Max Disher), Jennifer Damiano (Helen Givens), Tamika Lawrence (Buni), Ephraim Sykes (Agamemnon), Howard McGillin (Reverend Givens), Tariq Trotter (Dr. Junius Crookman), Theo Stockman (Ashby Givens), Tracy Shayne (Mrs. Givens), Edward Watts (Council Chair). “Black No More, a new musical inspired by George S. Schuyler’s Afrofuturist novel set during the Harlem Renaissance, is the story of Max Disher (Brandon Victor Dixon), a young man eager to try the mysterious machine invented by Dr. Junius Crookman (Tariq Trotter) that guarantees to “solve the American race problem” —by turning Black people white. Through a fusion of music and dance, Black No More is one Black man’s journey colliding with truths of race and identity”.
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