House of Flowers

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Alvin Theatre , (12/30/1954 - 5/21/1955)

Category: Musical, Original, Broadway

Setting: An Island somewhere in the French West Indies during a Mardi-Gras weekend.

Production Staff [Collapse]
Theatre Leased by Herman Bernstein
Produced by Saint Subber
Book by Truman Capote; Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Truman Capote and Harold Arlen; Musical Director: Jerry Arlen; Music orchestrated by Ted Royal; Additional lyrics for "Indian Girl" by Michael Brown; Vocal arrangements by Peter Matz; Dance arrangements by Peter Matz
Directed by Peter Brook; Choreographed by Herbert Ross; Banda dance choreographed by Geoffrey Holder
Scenic Design by Oliver Messel; Costume Design by Oliver Messel; Lighting Design by Jean Rosenthal; Assistant to Oliver Messel: Robert O'Hearn
General Manager: C. Edwin Knill
Production Stage Manager: Lucia Victor; Stage Manager: John Barry Ryan and John Scott
Steel Band Member: Michael Alexander, Roderick Clavery and Alphonso Marshall; Music Contractor: Sidney Rich; Rehearsal Pianist: Peter Matz
General Press Representative: Dorothy Ross; Press Representative: Betty Lee Hunt; Press Assistant: Shirley Herz; Advertising Consultant: Ingram Ash; Casting Consultant: Monte Kay; Asst. to the Choreographer: Walter Nicks

Cast

Madame Fleur

Alvin Ailey	Alvin
Miriam Burton	Mother
	Duchess of the Sea
Diahann Carroll Broadway debut	Ottilie alias Violet
Leu Comacho	One of the Sisters Meringue
Joseph Comadore	Townsperson
Carmen De Lavallade	Carmen
Dino DiLuca	Monsieur Jamison
Hubert Dilworth	Townsperson
Solomon Earl Green	Don't
Juanita Hall	Madame Tango
Dolores Harper	Tulip
Winston George Henriques	Do
Phillip Hepburn	Townsperson
Geoffrey Holder	The Champion
Louis Johnson	Townsperson
Cristyne Lawson	Townsperson
Mary Louise	Townsperson
Don McKayle	Townsperson
Arthur Mitchell	Townsperson
Mary Mon Toy	Mamselle Honolulu
Ada Moore	Gladiola
Enid Mosier	Pansy
Walter Nicks	Townsperson
Frederick O'Neal	The Houngan
Albert Popwell	Townsperson
Don Redman	Chief of Police
Pearl Reynolds	Mamselle Ibo-Lele
Sabu	Townsperson
Margot Small	One of the Sisters Meringue
Rawn Spearman	Royal
Herbert Stubbs	Townsperson
Glory Van Scott	Mamselle Cigarette
Ray Walston	Captain Jonas

Understudies: Miriam Burton (Madame Tango), Hubert Dilworth (The Houngan), Cristyne Lawson (Tango Belle), Mary Louise (Gladiola, Ottilie alias Violet), Ada Moore (Madame Fleur), Walter Nicks (Chief of Police), Albert Popwell (The Champion), Bill Sharron (Captain Jonas, Monsieur Jamison), Herbert Stubbs (Royal) and Glory Van Scott (Pansy)

1955 Tony Award^® Best Scenic Design
	Oliver Messel [winner]

ACT 1	Sung By
Waitin'	Pansy, Tulip and Gladiola
One Man Ain't Quite Enough	Madame Fleur
Madame Tango's Tango	Madame Tango and Tango Belles
A Sleepin' Bee	Ottilie alias Violet, Pansy, Tulip and Gladiola
Bamboo Cage	The Champion, The Steel Band, Do, Don't, Pansy, Tulip, Gladiola, Madame Tango, Chief of Police and The Ensemble
House of Flowers	Royal and Ottilie alias Violet
Two Ladies in de Shade of de Banana Tree	Pansy, Gladiola, Carmen, Tulip and The Ensemble
What Is a Friend For?	Madame Fleur
A Sleepin' Bee (Reprise)	Ottilie alias Violet and Royal
Mardi Gras	Mother, Carmen, Alvin and The Ensemble
I Never Has Seen Snow	Ottilie alias Violet
ACT 2	Sung By
Husband Cage	Pansy, Tulip, Gladiola and Ensemble
Has I Let You Down?	Madame Fleur, Pansy, Tulip and Gladiola
Voudou	The Houngan and The Ensemble
Slide, Boy, Slide	Madame Tango, Alvin and The Ensemble
Don't Like Goodbyes	Madame Fleur
Turtle Song	Royal, Ottilie alias Violet and The Ensemble
Bamboo Cage (Reprise)	The Entire Company and The Ensemble
Two Ladies in de Shade of de Banana Tree (Reprise)	The Entire Company