Performing arts — United States.

  • Carmen McRae / interviewed by Angela Davis.

    Jazz singer, composer and actress Carmen McRae (1920 – 1994) talks with activist Angela Davis (1944 – ) in San Francisco on November 18, 1977. The interview was recorded around the time of McRae’s show at Club Mocambo in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district. McRae discusses her early career as a pianist, her approach to performance,…

  • Rising waters : militant drama of the thirties / produced by Bill Shields.

    Plays, music, and commentary on the New Theatre League and the WPA Federal Theater Project. |r.1. the Amateur political theater of 1930-1935 — r.2. the shift to realism, a broader reach, and the labor theater, 1935-1942 — r.3. the New Theater and the professional stage — r.4. Waiting for Lefty / by Clifford Odets. |r.1.…