Runnin' Wild
The story of Runnin' Wild portrays this as its central plot.
What are two deadbeats who decide to leave Jimtown without paying for their lodging?
These two adjectives describe the type of stories musical comedies portray.
What is snappy and contemporary?
This adjective describes the music written for Shuffle Along.
What is jazzy?
This is the year that Shuffle Along was made.
When is 1921?
This is the time period in which vaudeville had been the dominant form of entertainment in the United States.
When is the the end of the nineteenth century?
This is the location in which the two deadbeats in Runnin' Wild make their way towards after leaving Jimtown.
Where is St. Paul, Minnesota?
The binder uses this analogy to compare Broadway success.
What is an athlete being selected to compete in the Olympics?
These two candidates are running for mayor in mythical Jimtown.
Who is virtuous Harry and the unethical Steve?
These are the names (2) of the African-American comedy duo that created the book for Shuffle Along?
Who are Flournoy Miller and Aubrey Lyles?
A network of affiliated vaudeville theaters known as this.
What is a circuit?
This is the title of the closing number of Runnin' Wild.
What is "Jazz Your Troubles Away"?
Musical comedies are known for having creators of this kind of background.
What are increasingly diverse backgrounds?
The mayor contest in Shuffle Along is set to songs by these two artists.
Who are Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle?
Shuffle Along became the model by which all black musicals were judged until which decade?
What is the 1930s?
Minstrel shows caricatured Blacks by introducing these two things.
What are characters such as Jim Crow and locations such as Dixieland?
This is the length of the run of Runnin' Wild.
What is 213 performances?
Musical comedies' chorus lines frequently perform this.
What are dances that sparked national trends?
This is the number of performances Shuffle Along achieved.
What is 504 performances?
Shuffle Along depicts this event as its major premise.
What is a campaign for mayor in mythical Jimtown?
Performers featured in vaudeville did these five types of performances.
What is singing, dancing, acting, performing magic tricks, and manipulating ventriloquists' dummies?
These were the two new African-American writers that White turned to for Runnin' Wild's score.
Who are James P. Johnson and Richard Cecil McPherson?
These three types of entertainments were offered to Broadway audiences in the early years of the twentieth century.
What are operettas, revues, and musical comedies?
A U.S. President used this song from Shuffle Along in their presidential campaign in his 1948 run.
Who is Harry Truman using "I'm Just Wild About Harry" as his campaign song?
These four "classical" instruments were included in the orchestra for Shuffle Along.
What are the violin, viola, cello, and oboe?
Vaudeville shows and early musical comedies often perpetuate this.
What are some practices of blackface mistrelsy?