Shuffle Along

We really enjoyed this show. It was a joy to watch Arthur Ross sing and dance his way through a very informative and well written one man show. ... full review

The performance was fantastic, informative and very entertaining. I would recommend to my friends very highly. Marion Anderson... full review

The content of the show was really compelling and had me intrigued throughout. The talent of the show is really incredible. Arthur leads a well-balanced look at the history of black performers in entertainment. His voice is phenomenal and he can do a fierce tap number! Very enjoyable and a great 90 minutes of packed entertainment. ... full review

From Bert Williams, the first African-American to star on Broadway back in 1903, to Billy (Kinky Boots) Porter’s Best Actor Tony win 110 years later and Norm Lewis, who made history just last month by becoming Broadway’s first African-American Phantom, the journey of the black actor on the musical stage has been brought to vivid, entertaining, and often moving life by the fabulous Arthur L. Ross in his one-man Hollywood Fringe Festival 2014 show Shuffle Along. Starting the evening off with Wheeler’s “Nobody,” Ross continues the journey with “In Honeysuckle Time,” featured in the 1921 Broadway revue Shuffle Along (by pioneering writers Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake). Other African-American entertainers making appearances along the way i... full review