MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Feb 27, 1928
Closing Date
May 26, 1928
Performances
104
MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

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Theatres
Daly's 63rd Street Theatre
(Feb 27, 1928 - Apr 1928)
Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre
(Apr 23, 1928 - May 26, 1928)

Description
A musical in two acts

Setting
In and near Jimtown

Produced by Con Conrad, Inc.
Music by Jimmy Johnson, Thomas "Fats" Waller and Clarence Todd; Book by Flournoy Miller and Aubrey L. Lyles; Lyrics by Andy Razaf and Henry Creamer; Featuring songs by Con Conrad and Will Vodery; Musical Director: Jimmy Johnson; Music orchestrated by Will Vodery; Featuring songs with lyrics by Gladys Rogers
Directed by Con Conrad; Choreographed by Clarence Robinson
Costume Design by Hilarie Mahieu & Co.; Scenic Design by Karl O. Amend
On the Black Keys: Jimmy Johnson; On the White Keys Thomas "Fats" Waller; Behind the Bugle: Jabbo Smith
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Honey
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Marie
 
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Brother Jones
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Scrappy
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Evelyn
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Mrs. Jenkins
 
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Sam Peck
Steve Jenkins
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Alice
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Mose
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Act 1
Sung By
Cho'late Bar
(music by Thomas "Fats" Waller; lyrics by Andy Razaf)
Evelyn and Scrappy
Labor Day Parade
(music by Clarence Todd; lyrics by Andy Razaf)
Walter and Company
Give Me the Sunshine
(music by Con Conrad and Jimmy Johnson; lyrics by Henry Creamer)
Alice, Mose and Walter
Pining
(music by Clarence Todd; lyrics by Henry Creamer)
Ruth and Walter
Leg It
(music by Con Conrad and Clarence Todd; lyrics by Henry Creamer)
Maude and Company
Washboard Ballet
(music by Thomas "Fats" Waller; lyrics by Henry Creamer and Andy Razaf)
Honey
Exhortion
(music by Con Conrad; lyrics by Henry Creamer)
Henry and Jubilee Glee Club
Sippi
(music by Con Conrad and Jimmy Johnson; lyrics by Henry Creamer)
Maude
How Jazz Was Born
(music by Thomas "Fats" Waller; lyrics by Andy Razaf)
Alice and Company
Act 2
Sung By
Keep Shufflin'
(music by Thomas "Fats" Waller; lyrics by Andy Razaf)
Mose and Company
Everybody's Happy in Jimtown
(music by Thomas "Fats" Waller; lyrics by Andy Razaf)
Male Octette
Give Me the Sunshine (Reprise)
(music by Con Conrad and Jimmy Johnson; lyrics by Henry Creamer)
Steve Jenkins and Sam Peck
Dusky Love
(music by Will Vodery; lyrics by Henry Creamer)
Ruth, Walter and Company
Charlie, My Back Door Man
(music by Clarence Todd; lyrics by Henry Creamer)
Alice and Strut Men
On the Levee
(music by Jimmy Johnson; lyrics by Henry Creamer)
Maude and Girls
Harlem Rose
(music by Con Conrad; lyrics by Gladys Rogers)
Maude
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