Playbill for Bubbling Brown Sugar: Museum Object and Cultural History
Playbill for Bubbling Brown Sugar: Date: March 1976. Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884. Used by: ANTA Theatre, American, founded 1925.

The object in the museum catalogue
Playbill for Bubbling Brown Sugar. White background with yellow box at top, graphic center with female dancer with feathers at waist and shoulder and a male above wearing a hat and playing a trombone. [PLAYBILL/ ANTA THEATRE/ Bubbling BROWN SUGAR] White circular sticker on back, handwritten 1976. Light crease down center.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: March 1976
- Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884
- Used by: ANTA Theatre, American, founded 1925
- Subject of: Avon Long, American, 1910 - 1984
- Subject of: Josephine Premice, American, 1926 - 2001
- Subject of: Vivian Reed, American
- Subject of: Joseph Attles, American, 1903 - 1990
- Type: theater programs
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 9 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. (23.5 x 14.9 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Blues (Music)
- Topic: Broadway Theatre
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Musical Theatre
- Object number: 2011.45.17
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
Sources and reuse
Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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