Gary Wilmot guides us through the best of black musical shows to hit London's West End this century.
There are showstoppers from Blackbirds, Show Boat, Porgy and Bess through to Carmen Jones and Five Guys Named Moe. Great performers like Elisabeth Welch, Cleo Laine, Patti Boulaye and Paul J Medford add their contributions to this success story.
A Ladbroke production