Legend has been tapped to write the score to the stage adaptation of the 1933 novel and subsequent films.
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, which originated as a 1933 novel written by Fannie Hurst, follows Delilah Johnston, a Black woman and mother living in Atlantic City in the 1920s with her daughter Peola, who passes as white. Johnston forms a friendship and business partnership with Bea Pullman, a white woman who is a widower, and must navigate the racial and economic tensions that come with starting a business, as well as Peola’s own career aspirations.
Universal Pictures adapted the novel into a 1934 film adaptation, starring Claudette Colbert and Louise Beavers, which was nominated for the Academy Award for best picture, as well as a 1959 film, starring Lana Turner and Juanita Moore, which was nominated for two acting Academy Awards. starring Jennifer Hudson, said she chose this project because she felt that it was “uniquely suited to musical
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