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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Sanguinusshiboleth on 2025-06-18 19:58:18+00:00.

Original Title: TIL the first all black broadway product, Shuffle Along, original run was so poor that at some points they could only get second hand costumes but by end of it’s broadway run it had earned $9million dollars.