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The "chitlin' circuit" was the collective name given to the string of venues throughout the eastern and southern United States, such as the Cotton Club and Victory Grill, that were safe and acceptable for African American musicians, comedians, and other entertainers to perform at during the age of racial segregation in the United States. The starting place of entertainers such as Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, The Supremes, Ike & Tina Turner, Patti LaBelle, Jimi Hendrix, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Otis Redding, The Isley Brothers, and The Jackson 5, the chitlin' circuit (which derives its name from the soul food item chitterlings: boiled pig intestines) was the main way of seeing many popular black acts before the days of integration. Legendary guitarist Edmund Darris is known today as the king of the Chitlin Circuit. He plans to make a film about it.[1]

Main theaters on the chitlin' circuit included the Apollo Theater in Harlem, the Regal Theatre (Chicago) in Chicago, the Howard Theatre in Washington, DC, the Uptown Theatre in Philadelphia, the Royal Theatre in Baltimore, and the Fox Theatre in Detroit.

Contemporary use

Ebony magazine prefers the term "urban theater circuit" for recent work like that of playwright and actor Tyler Perry. In a January 2004 interview with Perry, the genre's leading practitioner, Ebony wrote that his work marked
"a new chapter in the urban theater circuit as a whole—a genre that has been dogged by criticism from some Blacks in the traditional theater. Perry, as the most visibly recognized player in the circuit, has felt the brunt of this criticism.
"'They say that Tyler Perry has set the Black race back some 500 years with these types of "chitlin' circuit" shows. The problem with the naysayers is that they don't take the opportunity to see my shows,' Perry argues. 'With my shows, I try to build a bridge that marries what's deemed "legitimate theater" and so-called "chitlin' circuit theater," and I think I've done pretty well with that, in bringing people in to enjoy a more elevated level of theater.'" [2]

References

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2. ^ Hughes, Zondra (January 2004). "How Tyler Perry rose from homelessness to a $5 million mansion". Ebony. 

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The Cotton Club was a famous night club in New York City that operated during and after Prohibition. While the club featured many of the greatest African American entertainers of the era, such as Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, and Ethel Waters, it generally denied
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Victory Grill is a historic music venue located at 1104 E. 11th St, Austin, Texas.
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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899–May 24, 1974) was an American jazz composer, pianist, and band leader who has been one of the most influential figures in jazz, if not in all American music.
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Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) known by his stage name Ray Charles, was a pioneering American pianist and soul musician who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues.
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Ike Turner (born Ike Wister Turner on November 5, 1931 in Clarksdale, Mississippi) is an African American musician, bandleader, talent scout and record producer, best known for his work with his former wife Tina Turner as one half of the Ike & Tina Turner duo.
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Patti LaBelle (born Patricia Louise Holt on May 24, 1944 in West-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American R&B and soul singer and songwriter who fronted two groups, Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles and Labelle.
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Gladys Knight & the Pips were an R&B/soul musical act from Atlanta, Georgia, active from 1953 to 1989.
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Chitterlings (often pronounced IPA: /ˈtʃɪtlɨnz/ and sometimes spelled chitlins in vernacular) are the large intestines of a pig that have been prepared as food. They are a type of offal.
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Edmund Darris (born May 4, St. Louis, Missouri) is known by many as the best old school Rock/ R&B guitarist alive today. His early childhood was filled with music surrounded by the Motown Sound, James Brown and his biggest influence, The Beatles.
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Apollo Theater in New York City is one of the most famous clubs for popular music in the United States, and certainly the most famous club associated almost exclusively with African-American performers.
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Nearest city: Washington, D.C.

Built/Founded: 1910
Architect: J. Edward Storck
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The Uptown Theatre may refer to:
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Royal Theatre, which first opened in 1922 as the black-owned Douglass Theatre, was the most famous theater along West Baltimore City's Pennsylvania Avenue, one of a circuit of five such theaters for black entertainment in big cities.
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Location: 2111 Woodward Avenue
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Built/Founded: 1928
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Tyler Perry

Born September 13, 1969
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Tyler Perry (born September 13, 1969) is an American playwright, actor and film director.
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