At Home With Ethel Waters

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48th Street Theatre , (9/22/1953 - 10/10/1953)

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Opening Date:	Sep 22, 1953
Closing Date:	Oct 10, 1953	Total Performances:	23

Category: Special, Revue, Original, Broadway

Description: A revue in two acts

Opening Night Credits
Songs

Production Staff
Produced by Richard Barr and Charles Bowden
Music for "I Ain't Gonna Sin No More" by Con Conrad and Herb Magidson; Lyrics for "I Ain't Gonna Sin No More" by Con Conrad and Herb Magidson; Music for "Sleepy Time Down South" by Clarence Muse, Leon René and Otis René; Lyrics for "Sleepy Time Down South" by Clarence Muse, Leon René and Otis René; Music for "Throw Dirt" by Shelton Brooks; Lyrics for "Throw Dirt" by Shelton Brooks; Music for "Am I Blue" and "Dinah" by Harry Akst; Lyrics for "Am I Blue" by Grant Clarke; Music for "Half of Me" by Peter De Rose and Sam M. Lewis; Lyrics for "Half of Me" by Peter De Rose; Lyrics for "Half of Me" and "Dinah" by Sam M. Lewis; Music for "Washtub Rubstudy," "Dance Hall Hostess" and "Somethin' Told Me..." by Alberta Nichols; Lyrics for "Washtub Rubstudy," "Dance Hall Hostess" and "Somethin' Told Me..." by Mann Holiner; Music for "Bread and Gravy" by Hoagy Carmichael; Music for "Love For Sale" by Cole Porter; Lyrics for "Dinah" by Joe Young; Music for "Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night" by Ethel Waters and Sidney Easton; Lyrics for "Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night" by Ethel Waters and Sidney Easton; Music for "My Man" by Maurice Yvain; French Lyrics for "My Man" by Albert Willemetz and Jacques Charles; English Lyrics for "My Man" by Channing Pollock; Music for "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy; Lyrics for "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy; Music for "Suppertime" by Irving Berlin; Lyrics for "Suppertime" by Irving Berlin; Music for "Takin' a Chance on Love" and "Cabin in the Sky" by Vernon Duke; Lyrics for "Takin' a Chance on Love" and "Cabin in the Sky" by John Latouche; Lyrics for "Takin' a Chance on Love" by Ted Fetter; Music for "Happiness is Jes' a Thing Called Joe" and "Stormy Weather" by Harold Arlen; Lyrics for "Happiness is Jes' a Thing Called Joe" by E.Y. Harburg; Music for "Lady Be Good" by George Gershwin; Lyrics for "Lady Be Good" by Ira Gershwin; Lyrics for "Stormy Weather" by Ted Koehler
Staged by Richard Barr
Scenic Design by Oliver Smith; Costume Design by Robert Mackintosh
Production Stage Manager: Elliot Martin
At the piano: Reginald Beane

Cast

Ethel Waters

ACT 1
I Ain't Gonna Sin No More (music by Con Conrad and Herb Magidson; lyrics by Con Conrad and Herb Magidson)
(When It's) Sleepy Time Down South (music by Otis René, Leon René and Clarence Muse; lyrics by Otis René, Leon René and Clarence Muse)
Throw Dirt (music by Shelton Brooks; lyrics by Shelton Brooks)
Am I Blue (from film ON WITH THE SHOW) (music by Harry Akst; lyrics by Grant Clarke)
Half of Me (music by Peter De Rose and Sam M. Lewis; lyrics by Peter De Rose and Sam M. Lewis)
Washtub Rubsudy (from RHAPSODY IN BLACK) (music by Alberta Nichols; lyrics by Mann Holiner)
Bread and Gravy (music by Hoagy Carmichael)
Love For Sale (music by Cole Porter; lyrics by Cole Porter)
Dinah (introduced by Miss Waters in PLANTATION REVUE) (music by Harry Akst; lyrics by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young)
Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night (music by Ethel Waters and Sidney Easton; lyrics by Ethel Waters and Sidney Easton)
My Man (from ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1921) (music by Maurice Yvain; lyrics by Albert Willemetz, Jacques Charles and Channing Pollock)
St. Louis Blues (music by W. C. Handy; lyrics by W. C. Handy)
Suppertime (from AS THOUSANDS CHEER) (music by Irving Berlin; lyrics by Irving Berlin)
ACT 2
Dance Hall Hostess (from RHAPSODY IN BLACK) (music by Alberta Nichols; lyrics by Mann Holiner)
Odd Moments (music by Reginald Beane; lyrics by Reginald Beane)
Jerome Kern Medley (music by Jerome Kern)
Takin' a Chance on Love (from CABIN IN THE SKY) (music by Vernon Duke; lyrics by Ted Fetter and John La Touche)
Somethin' Told Me Not to Trust That Man (music by Alberta Nichols; lyrics by Mann Holiner)
Happiness is Jes' a Thing Called Joe (from CABIN IN THE SKY film) (music by Harold Arlen; lyrics by E.Y. Harburg)
Lady Be Good (from LADY, BE GOOD) (music by George Gershwin; lyrics by Ira Gershwin)
Stormy Weather (from COTTON CLUB PARADE-1933) (music by Harold Arlen; lyrics by Ted Koehler)
Mammy
Motherless Chile (Spiritual)
Crucifixion (Spiritual)
Cabin in the Sky (from CABIN IN THE SKY) (music by Vernon Duke; lyrics by John La Touche)