Nicholas Brothers at Lafayette Theatre Nicholas Brothers performer Nicholas, Fayard performer Nicholas, Harold performer Theatrical Performance 1932-03-12 Lafayette Theater Through the week of March 16, 1932. Nicholas Brothers made their New York debut at Harlem's Lafayette Theatre, which prided itself on being "America's Leading Colored Theatre Presenting the Finest Stage and Screen Shows" with Eubie Blake and his band in a "Glorious Musical Comedy Revue" that headlined Clarence Hughes and included the 4 Pepper Shakers, Scott and Crown, Straine and McCoy, Sam Paige, B'Way Jones, "Crackshot" the 4 Co-Eds, and Charlie Ray. They opened with a soft-shoe in medium tempo dance to "Bugle Call Rag" in which they showed off with flips, splits, and an assortment of acrobatic moves. They were such a hit that the Lafayette booked them for another week in April. Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Hill, Constance Valis: Brotherhood in Rhythm: The Jazz Tap Dancing of the Nicholas Brothers. New York: Oxford University Press (2000). Hill, Constance Valis: Constance Valis Hill, personal collection of tap dance materials. (). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html Nicholas Brothers (biography) loc.music.tdabio.144 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.1459