[DOC] [TLE] 1950s 'Porgy and Bess' Castmember Maya Angelou Reflects On ... [PAR] Apr 1, 2010 ... It is the sprawling American opera Porgy and Bess, and the 75th anniversary ... 
and she played the role of Ruby in a 22-nation tour of "Porgy and Bess," ... There 
were so few places for black singers trained in European classics to work. ... 
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Brown's singing career ended in the mid-1950s -- she had also performed in ... 
Ruby Elzy (1908-1943), created the role of Serena and stopped the show with 
her performance of My Mans Gone Now. A native of... [DOC] [TLE] The World Was on FireMaking New York City Subcultures - Oxford ... [PAR] By the mid-1950s, New Yorkers who cared about equality and black liberation felt 
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were recorded for Columbia Records in New York City during a tour in 1912. ..... 
in which she plays melody on the bass strings with her thumb while strumming 
the ..... From the 1930s to the 1950s The Harvard University Poetry Room 
produced the... [DOC] [TLE] Music | The Notes of E [PAR] Mar 10, 2015 ... Her mother, actress Ruby Dandridge, left her father while she was pregnant with 
Dorothy. ... The duo even played gigs at the famous Cotton Club in Harlem. ... 
1959's Porgy and Bess, in which she played Bess opposite Sidney Poitier. ... a 
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wrote and performed "Big Things" which plays during the opening scene of the 
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Question: Now a famous poet, she played Ruby in the acclaimed European tour of "Porgy and Bess" in the mid-'50s
Answer: Maya Angelou