The Goddess of Broadway

Published: June 16, 2021, 4 a.m.

When Diosa Costello took the stage in the 1939 production of \u201cToo Many Girls,\u201d she became the first Puerto Rican performer to tread the boards on Broadway. She was fearless, funny, and brimming with talent. She never considered herself a trailblazer, but her legacy \u2013 and the gowns she left at the Smithsonian \u2013 tell a different story