MusicalDramaOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Nov 02, 1950
Closing Date
Nov 04, 1950
Performances
4
MusicalDramaOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

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Theatres
Broadhurst Theatre
(Nov 02, 1950 - Nov 04, 1950)
Setting
A rural Georgia community between noon and night of a hot Summer day.
Produced by Michael Myerberg and Joel Spector
Music by Jan Meyerowitz; Book by Langston Hughes; Lyrics by Langston Hughes; Musical Director: Herbert Zipper
Staged by Doris Humphrey; Choreographed by Charles Weidman and Doris Humphrey
Scenic Design by H.A. Condell
Stage Manager: John Paul
Dolores Bowman
Livonia
servant at Albamar
Marc Breaux
Young Norwood Dancer
Dance Sequence
Wilton Clary
Bert
younger son of Col. Tom and Cora
Richard Dennis
Fred Higgins
a friend of Norwood
John Diggs
Houseman
Helene Ellis
The Bride
Dance Sequence
Reri Grist
Maid
Lorenzo Herrera
William
a son of Col. Tom and Cora
Stuart Hodes
Assistant to the Undertaker
Charlotte Holloman
Sally
a daughter of Col. Tom and Cora
 
Young Cora Singer
Dance Sequence
Jesse Jacobs
Undertaker
Josephine Keene
Young Cora Dancer
Dance Sequence
Muriel Rahn
Cora Lewis
Col. Tom housekeeper
Robert Tankersley
Plantation Storekeeper
Victor Thorley
Talbot
overseer at Albamar Plantation
Lawrence Tibbett
Colonel Thomas Norwood
 
Young Norwood Singer
Dance Sequence
Laurence Watson
Sam
the butler at Albamar
music by Jan Meyerowitz; lyrics by Langston Hughes
Act 1
Sung By
September Sunlight
William and Sally
City Theme
Livonia
But, Colonel Tom
Cora Lewis and Colonel Thomas Norwood
I Just Wanted to Tell You Goodbye
Sally and Colonel Thomas Norwood
Little Girl Goodbye
Negroes
You Should Have Married Again
Fred Higgins
Help Me, Lawd
Cora Lewis and William
It's a Wonderful Day
Bert
You Are Not Your Father's Son
Cora Lewis and Bert
Act 2
Sung By
Flesh of My Flesh, Bone of My Bone
Colonel Thomas Norwood
Trio
Cora Lewis, Bert and Colonel Thomas Norwood
My Father's Own House
Colonel Thomas Norwood, Bert and Cora Lewis
Damn You, Colonel Tom
Cora Lewis
I Don't Want to Die
Sam
The First Time I Was Yours in the Dark
Cora Lewis
And From the Earth a Sweetness Rose
Sally and Colonel Thomas Norwood
Go to Sleep
Sally
Finale (Mercy, Lawd)
Cora Lewis and Bert
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