Playbill for The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Playbill for The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin. White background with yellow box at top, gray box below with image of a woman with arms and hands open standing in front of the title. [PLAYBILL/PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS/THE/BUBBLY/BLACK GIRL/SHEDS HER/CHAMELEON/SKIN] White circular sticker on back, handwritten 2000.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2000
• Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884
• Used by: Playwrights Horizons, American, founded 1971
• Subject of: Cheryl Alexander, American, born 1955
• Subject of: Natalie Venetia Belcon, American, born 1969
• Subject of: Duane Boutte, American
• Subject of: Darius de Haas, American, born 1968
• Subject of: Angel Desai
• Subject of: Jerry Dixon
• Type: theater programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 8 3/4 x 5 5/8 in. (22.2 x 14.3 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Musical Theatre
• Topic: Popular music
• Topic: Rhythm and blues (Music)
• Object number: 2011.45.18ab
• 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.