Pulitzer Prize-Nominated Play "The Bookstore" An Ode To Una Mulzac's Liberation Bookstore

CBS Philadelphia

January 7, 2025

Nancy Marie Gilliam has made an honorable career working for Philadelphia's Office of Homeless Services for 14 years, but she was never able to pursue her first love: performing on Broadway.

"My father took me to see the all-Black production of 'Hello Dolly,'" Gilliam said.

"Hello Dolly" featured Cab Calloway and Pearl Bailey, the actresses her father insisted she meet as a child — and that she did.

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