In above photo: Dana Suggs, owner of Body and Soul helps a customer. (Photo by Todd Luck) With more than 60,000 attendees expected at the National Black Theatre Festival this
In above photo: Inside the National Black Theatre Festival Hall of Fame and Museum is an exhibit dedicated to the late Larry Leon Hamlin, who started the National Black Theatre
In above photo: ESOSA (Emilio Sosa) and Idris Goodwin walk down the runway as people who came to see the stars engage them at the 2015 National Black Theatre Festival
In above photo: Prime Tyme Soul Cafe on University Parkway already is welcoming the National Black Theatre Festival before it starts on Aug. 3 (Photo by Donna Rogers) 60,000 people