(by MessyNessy, 12/2; via Pam Green.)
From the boxing ring to the lights of Broadway, Muhammad Ali’s brief career in musical theatre is not a well-documented one. It’s assumed he only did it for the money, and footage, photographs or any information from the short-lived production are more than difficult to come by. A Black Power musical starring one of the most iconic figures of the 20th century, swept under the carpet of Broadway history; perhaps an unwelcome reminder of that time America turned on “the world’s greatest”…
http://www.messynessychic.com/2015/12/02/the-lost-broadway-musical-starring-muhammad-ali/