When Harlem was the rage.(NEWS IN BRIEF)(exhibitions)(Brief article)

SAN ANTONIO, TEX.: Harlem Renaissance poets, writers and performers are frequently celebrated, but rarely are the significant theatre designs in African-American works similarly touted. That's partly because few theatre designers in the 1940s were themselves people of color. But "Harlem to Broadway: Black History on the Musical Stage," on view through March 25 at the McNay Art Museum, hopes to show the undeniable influence of African-American paintings and decorative arts to the creation of theatrical designs of the day.

More than 25 original costumes and set designs ...

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