Ambassador Theatre, (4/25/1996 - 1/10/1999)

Category: Musical, Dance, Original, Broadway
Description: A dance musical telling the story, through tap, of black history from slavery to the present.

Opening Night Production Credits 

Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President; Philip J. Smith: Executive VP; Robert E. Wankel: VP-Finance)

Produced by The Joseph Papp Public Theater / New York Shakespeare Festival (George C. Wolfe: Producer; Rosemarie Tichler: Artistic Producer; Laurie Beckelman: Executive Director; Joey Parnes: Executive Producer); NYSF Associate Producer: Wiley Hausam

Book by Reg E. Gaines; Music by Daryl Waters, Zane Mark and Ann Duquesnay; Lyrics by Reg E. Gaines, George C. Wolfe and Ann Duquesnay; Based on an idea by George C. Wolfe and Savion Glover; Music orchestrated by Daryl Waters; Musical Director: Zane Mark; Vocal arrangements by Ann Duquesnay

Conceived by George C. Wolfe; Directed by George C. Wolfe; Choreographed by Savion Glover

Scenic Design by Riccardo Hernandez; Costume Design by Paul Tazewell; Lighting Design by Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer; Sound Design by Dan Moses Schreier; Projection Design by Batwin & Robin Productions, Inc.; Additional Sound Design: Jon Weston

Company Manager: Kim Sellon; Assistant Co. Mgr: Percy Gibson

Production Stage Manager: Bonnie Panson; NYSF Production Manager: Bonnie Metzgar; Stage Manager: Gwendolyn M. Gilliam and Rick Steiger

Musical Supervisor: Daryl Waters; Musical Coordinator: Seymour "Red" Press; Conducted by Zane Mark

NYSF Dramaturg: Shelby Jiggetts; NYSF Artistic Associate: Kevin Kline; NYSF General Press Representative: Carol R. Fineman; NYSF Casting: Jordan Thaler and Heidi Griffiths; NYSF Marketing: Evan Shapiro; Advertising: Serino Coyne, Inc.; Dance Captain: Baakari Wilder and Derick K. Grant

By special arrangement with The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President; Philip J. Smith: Executive VP; Robert E. Wankel: VP-Finance)

Savion Glover	'da Beat
Vincent Bingham	Performer
	Grin & Flash Where's the Beat?
Jared Crawford	Drummer
Ann Duquesnay	'da Singer
	The Chanteuse Where's the Beat?
Savion Glover	Lil' Dahlin' Where's the Beat?
Dulé Hill	Performer
	The Kid Where's the Beat?
Raymond King	Drummer
Jimmy Tate	Performer
	Grin & Flash Where's the Beat?
Baakari Wilder	Performer
	Uncle Huck-A-Buck Where's the Beat?
Jeffrey Wright	'da Voice
	The Voice Where's the Beat?

Standbys: Mark Gerald Douglas ('da Voice), Lynette G. DuPré ('da Singer).

Understudies: David Peter Chapman understudy for Jared Crawford, Raymond King (Drummer), Omar A. Edwards understudy for Vincent Bingham, Dulé Hill, Jimmy Tate, Baakari Wilder (Performer), Derick K. Grant understudy for Vincent Bingham, Dulé Hill, Jimmy Tate, Baakari Wilder (Performer), Dulé Hill understudy for Baakari Wilder (Uncle Huck-A-Buck), Joseph Monroe Webb understudy for Vincent Bingham, Dulé Hill, Jimmy Tate, Baakari Wilder (Performer), Baakari Wilder understudy for Savion Glover ('da Beat).