Artistic Director Nate Jacobs and dancer Lamont Brown have been developing the original musical built around tap for several years.

Syncopated Avenue is onstage at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe April 16-May 25. For more info and tickets, call (941) ...

and at worst associated with racist Black stereotypes of low-class coonery. Tap dancer, instructor, choreographer, and advocate Bril Barrett, founder of Chicago’s M.A.D.D. Rhythms, joins Beyond ...