Flourishing on stage, but missing in the audience

startribune: "From 'The Color Purple' at the Ordway to a revival of 'A Raisin in the Sun' at the Guthrie Theater, stories with African-Americans at the center are taking the stage all over the Twin Cities.
But if the stars of 'Raisin,' 'Purple' and Carlyle Brown's 'Pure Confidence' could see into the darkened playhouses, they might raise a question: Where is the black audience?"