"The Color Purple" is a black musical; "Wicked" is a white one.
"Seinfeld" never charted in the top-50 black shows during its entire run.
I'm continually amazed not only by how much black and white popular culture differ, but also by how things as audience-targetted as big budget musicals are tailored to different races.
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But I think a lot of the audience for "Color Purple" is white, no? Of course, Broadway ticket prices help ensure that.
Not the two times I've been by the theater -- it's pretty much only black women I see exiting the theater. When I've been by where Wicked is playing, it's like 70-80% white.
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