PlayOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Feb 14, 1991
Closing Date
Apr 14, 1991
1st Preview
Jan 15, 1991
1st Preview
Jan 15, 1991
Previews
28
Performances
68
PlayOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
(Feb 14, 1991 - Apr 14, 1991)
Setting
Eatonville, Florida. Saturday, November 8th, sometime in the 1920s.
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
Produced by Lincoln Center Theater (Gregory Mosher: Director; Bernard Gersten: Executive Producer)
A Staged reading was presented in November 1989 at Rites & Reason Theatre (Brown University)
Written by Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston; Prologue and Epilogue by George Houston Bass; Incidental music by Taj Mahal
Directed by Michael Schultz; Dances Staged by Dianne McIntyre; Associate Director: Novella Nelson; Assistant Director: Imani
Scenic Design by Edward Burbridge; Costume Design by Lewis Brown; Lighting Design by Allen Lee Hughes; Sound Design by Serge Ossorguine; Assistant Lighting Design: Susan A. White
LCT General Manager: Steven C. Callahan; Company Manager: Bruce Klinger
LCT Production Manager: Jeff Hamlin; Production Stage Manager: Maureen F. Gibson; Stage Manager: Fredric H. Orner
Musical Supervisor: Taj Mahal
Poster Art by James McMullan; LCT General Press Agent: Merle Debuskey; Fight Direction: Ron Van Clief; LCT Director of Development: Hattie K. Jutagir; LCT Director of Marketing: Thomas Cott; LCT Dramaturg: Anne Cattaneo; LCT Casting: Billy Hopkins and Risa Bramon; Advertising: Russek Advertising; Consultant: Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Casting Director: Aisha Coley; Movement Consultant: Guy Davis
Akosua Busia
Daisy
Marilyn Coleman
Sister Taylor
Paul S. Eckstein
Lum Boger
Clebert Ford
Old Man Brazzle
Francis Foster
Sister Lewis
Arthur French
Reverend Singletary
Sonny Jim Gaines
Deacon Hambo
Fanni Green
Sister Thomas
Donald Griffin
Walter Thomas
Leonard Jackson
Reverend Simms
Ebony Jo-Ann
Sister Blunt
Robert Earl Jones
Willie Lewis
T. J. Jones
Julius
 
Jesse
Joy Lee
Zora
 
Teets
Edwina Lewis
Sister Hambo
Pee Wee Love
Senator
Theresa Merritt
Katie Pitts
Pauline Meyer
Robena
Reggie Montgomery
Lige Mosely
Mansoor Najee-Ullah
Tony Taylor
Kenny Neal
Jim
Peggy Pettitt
Sister Lindsay
Shareen Powlett
Matilda
Myra Taylor
Mattie Clark
Eric Ware
Dave Carter
Vanessa Williams
Bootsie
Allie Woods, Jr.
Joe Lindsay
Bron Wright
Luther
Samuel E. Wright
Mayor Joe Clark
Understudies: Guy Davis (Jim, Dave Carter, Lum Boger, Tony Taylor), Arthur French (Mayor Joe Clark), Fanni Green (Sister Taylor), Ebony Jo-Ann (Katie Pitts), T. J. Jones (Senator), Oni Faida Lampley (Bootsie, Mattie Clark, Sister Thomas), Edwina Lewis (Katie Pitts), Pee Wee Love (Luther), Pauline Meyer (Matilda), George Lee Miles (Reverend Singletary, Deacon Hambo, Willie Lewis, Reverend Simms), Mansoor Najee-Ullah (Lige Mosely), Peggy Pettitt (Sister Blunt, Sister Lewis), Shareen Powlett (Robena, Julius), Myra Taylor (Zora, Teets, Sister Hambo, Sister Lindsay), Billy Ray Tyson (Old Man Brazzle, Walter Thomas, Joe Lindsay), Vanessa Williams (Daisy) and Bron Wright (Jesse)

Ethel Barrymore Theatre (Feb 14, 1991 - Apr 14, 1991)

Stage Manager: Steven Shaw (Mar 12, 1991 - Apr 14, 1991)
Understudy: Rosalyn Coleman (Bootsie, Zora, Teets)

Theatre World

Award

1991 Recipient
Kenny Neal
Season:
View Graph
Week Ending Gross % Gross Pot. Attendance % Capacity # Previews # Perf.
Statistics supplied are courtesy of The Broadway League.
PRODUCTIONS

More Productions by Opening Date

 
Stand-Up Tragedy Oct 04, 1990
Oct 16, 1990
 
Bugs Bunny on Broadway Oct 04, 1990
Oct 23, 1990
 
The Miser Oct 11, 1990
Dec 30, 1990
 
Jackie Mason: Brand New Oct 17, 1990
Jun 30, 1991
 
Once on This Island Oct 18, 1990
Dec 01, 1991
 
Oh, Kay! Nov 01, 1990
Apr 14, 1991
 
Buddy Nov 04, 1990
May 19, 1991
 
Those Were the Days Nov 07, 1990
Feb 24, 1991
 
Six Degrees of Separation Nov 08, 1990
Jan 05, 1992
 
Shadowlands Nov 11, 1990
Apr 07, 1991
 
Fiddler on the Roof Nov 18, 1990
Jun 16, 1991
 
Shogun, The Musical Nov 20, 1990
Jan 20, 1991
 
 
Peter Pan Dec 13, 1990
Jan 20, 1991
 
Monster in a Box Jan 21, 1991
May 27, 1991
 
La Bête Feb 10, 1991
Mar 02, 1991
 
Mule Bone Feb 14, 1991
Apr 14, 1991
 
Taking Steps Feb 20, 1991
Apr 28, 1991
 
Lost in Yonkers Feb 21, 1991
Jan 03, 1993
 
The Speed of Darkness Feb 28, 1991
Mar 30, 1991
 
The Big Love Mar 03, 1991
Apr 07, 1991
 
Penn & Teller: The Refrigerator Tour Apr 03, 1991
Jun 30, 1991
 
Lucifer's Child Apr 04, 1991
Apr 27, 1991
 
I Hate Hamlet Apr 08, 1991
Jun 22, 1991
 
Miss Saigon Apr 11, 1991
Jan 28, 2001
 
The Secret Garden Apr 25, 1991
Jan 03, 1993
 
Our Country's Good Apr 29, 1991
Jun 08, 1991
 
The Will Rogers Follies May 01, 1991
Sep 05, 1993