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Dixie to Broadway, Fairbury, IL, [193-]. 'Central Theatre - Fairbury - On Stage - America's Greatest Colored Musical Revue - "Dixie to Broadway" - 32 Sepia Stars - Studded with Entertainment'. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S. Works Progress Administration in 1935, was designed to conserve and develop the skills of theater workers, re-employ them on public relief, and to bring theater to thousands in the United States who had never before seen live theatrical performances. Poster showing a dancer in a costume made from cotton bolls. 'Sepia' or 'sepian' was a term used in the entertainment business, usually as a euphemism for 'black'.