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| First Preview: | Feb 16, 1981 |
Total Previews: | 15 |
| Opening Date: | Mar 01, 1981 |
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| Closing Date: | Jan 02, 1983 |
Total Performances: | 767 |
| Production Staff [See More] |
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| Theatre Owned / Operated by The Messrs. Nederlander |
| Produced by Roger S. Berlind, Manheim Fox, Sondra Gilman, Burton L. Litwin and Louise Westergaard; Produced in association with Belwin Mills Publishing Corporation and Norzar Production, Inc |
| Conceived by Donald McKayle; Based on the music of Duke Ellington; Music by Duke Ellington; Featuring songs by Irving Mills ("The Mooche", "Old Man Blues", "Rockin' In' Rhythm", "Mood Indigo"), Juan Tizol ("Perdido", "Caravan"), Ervin M. Drake ("Perdido"), Hans Lengsfelder ("Perdido"), Al Hibbler ("Fat and Forty"), Billy Strayhorn ("Take the 'A' Train", "Something To Live For", "Imagine My Frustration", "I'm Checking Out Goombye"), Harry Carney ("Rockin' In' Rhythm"), Don George ("I'm Beginning To See the Light"), Johnny Hodges ("I'm Beginning To See the Light"), Harry James ("I'm Beginning To See the Light"), Gerald Wilson ("Imagine My Frustration") and Albany "Barney" Bigard ("Mood Indigo"); Featuring songs with lyrics by Duke Ellington, John Guare ("Music Is a Woman"), Don George ("Hit Me With a Hot Note and Watch Me Bounce", "I'm Beginning To See the Light"), Juan Tizol ("Perdido"), Ervin M. Drake ("Perdido"), Hans Lengsfelder ("Perdido"), Al Hibbler ("Fat and Forty"), Irving Mills ("It Don't Mean a Thing", "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart", "Caravan", "Old Man Blues", "In a Sentimental Mood", "Sophisticated Lady"), Sid Kuller ("Bli-Blip"), Bob Russell ("Don't Get Around Much Anymore", "Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me"), John Redmond ("I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart"), Billy Strayhorn ("Something To Live For", "Satin Doll", "Imagine My Frustration", "I'm Checking Out Goombye"), Nick Kenny ("Drop Me Off in Harlem"), Bill Katz ("Duke's Place"), R. Thiele ("Duke's Place"), Manny Kurtz ("In a Sentimental Mood"), Johnny Hodges ("I'm Beginning To See the Light"), Harry James ("I'm Beginning To See the Light"), Johnny Mercer ("Satin Doll"), Lee Gaines ("Just Squeeze Me"), Mack David ("I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So"), Gerald Wilson ("Imagine My Frustration"), Paul Francis Webster ("I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good") and Mitchell Parish ("Sophisticated Lady"); Musical Director: Mercer Ellington; Music orchestrated by Al Cohn; Music arranged by Lloyd Mayers; Dance arrangements by Lloyd Mayers; Vocal arrangements by Lloyd Mayers and Malcolm Dodds; Additional arrangements by Paul Chihara |
| Directed by Michael Smuin; Choreographed by Donald McKayle and Michael Smuin; Co-Choreography and Tap Choreography by Henry LeTang; Associate Choreographer: Bruce Heath; Assistant Choreographer: Mercedes Ellington |
| Scenic Design by Tony Walton; Costume Design by Willa Kim; Lighting Design by Jennifer Tipton; Sound Design by Otts Munderloh; Hair Design by Danny Wintrode; Assistant to Mr. Walton: Vaughan Edwards and Peter Gould; Assistant to Ms. Kim: Bud Santora and Paula Iasella; Assistant to Ms. Tipton: Allen Lee Hughes |
| General Manager: Joseph P. Harris and Ira Bernstein; Associate Gen. Mgr: Steven E. Goldstein; Associate to Joseph Harris: Nancy Simmons |
| Production Stage Manager: Martin Gold; Stage Manager: Carlos Gorbea; Assistant Stage Mgr: Kenneth Hanson |
| Music Consultant: Paul Chihara; Piano: Lloyd Mayers; Drums: Richard Pratt; Trumpet: Barry Lee Hall and John Longo; Musical Coordinator: Lloyd Mayers; Music Contractor: Rudy Stevenson; Assistant Conductor: Lloyd Mayers; Music Preparation: Mathilde Pincus and Al Miller |
| General Press Representative: Fred Nathan; Press Representative: Eileen McMahon; Casting: T.N.I. Casting, Julie Hughes and Barry Moss; Dance Captain: Claudia Asbury; Advertising: Ash / LeDonne and Fred Golden; Photographer: Martha Swope and Kenn Duncan; Furs by The Christie Brothers; Vocal Coach: Roy Glover |
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