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The Shoo-Fly Regiment
Musical
Comedy
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Jun 03, 1907
Closing Date
Aug 17, 1907
Performances
23
Musical
Comedy
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Jun 03, 1907
Close Date: Aug 17, 1907
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Grand Opera House
(Jun 03, 1907 - Jun 08, 1907)
Bijou Theatre
(Aug 06, 1907 - Aug 17, 1907)
Description
A musical in three acts
Setting
Acts I and III: Lincolnville Institute in Alabama. Act II: Philippines.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Melville B. Raymond
Music by
J. Rosamond Johnson
; Book by
Bob Cole
; Lyrics by
James W. Johnson
; Musical Director:
James Reese Europe
; Lyrics for "On the Gay Luneta" and "Who Do You Love?" by
Robert Cole
; Music and Lyrics for "If Adam Hadn't Seen the Apple Tree" by
Robert Cole
; Lyrics for "Li'l Gal" by
Paul Laurence Dunbar
; Music for "On the Gay Luneta" by
James Reese Europe
Staged by
Bob Cole
; Luneta dances arranged by
Siren Nevarro
Costume Design by
Siren Nevarro
; Settings by
Ernest Albert
Bob Cole
Hunter Wilson
janitor, Lincolnville Institute
Wesley Jenkins
Brother Doolittle
"Bode Edjicashun"
J. Rosamond Johnson
Edward Jackson
a graduate of Tuskegee
Sam Lucas
Brother Doless
"Bode Edjicashun"
Siren Nevarro
Grizelle
a Filipino dancer
Arthur Ray
Napoleon Bonaparte Lumpkins
the snowball
Andrew Tribble
Ophelia
the village pride
Fannie Wise
Rose Maxwell
the professor's daughter
Herbert Amos
A Filipino Spy
Frank De Lyons
Williamson
a blacksmith
Mollie Dill
Dilsey Lumpkins
a widow with a family
Henry Gant
Uncle July Jackson
Ned's father
Nettie Glenn
Virginia
Ned's sister
Anna Cook Pankey
Martha Jones
lady principal
Theodore Pankey
Lieutenant Dixon
Co. G., 54th U.S.V.
William Phelps
Orderly
Co. H., 54th U.S.V.
J. T. Porter
Mailman
Lincolnville Post Office
Arthur Ray
Randolf
a farmer
Arthur Talbot
Professor Maxwell
principal of Lincolnville Institute
Elizabeth Williams
Aunt Phoebe Jackson
Ned's mother
Songs
music by
J. Rosamond Johnson
; lyrics by
James Weldon Johnson
(Unless otherwise noted)
Act 1
Sung By
De Bo'd of Education
Brother Doolittle and Brother Doless
The Little Choo-Choo, Gee-Gee
Edward Jackson and Hunter Wilson
Just How Much I Love You
Edward Jackson
If Adam Hadn't Seen the Apple Tree
(music by
Robert Cole
; lyrics by
Robert Cole
)
Hunter Wilson and Picks
I'll Always Love Old Dixie
Martha Jones and Girls
Run, Brudder Rabbit, Run
Napoleon Bonaparte Lumpkins and Ophelia
Act 2
Sung By
Southland
Edward Jackson, Martha Jones and Male Chorus
Li'l Gal
(lyrics by
Paul Laurence Dunbar
)
Edward Jackson and Chorus
The Ghost of Deacon Brown
Hunter Wilson and Chorus
On the Gay Luneta
(music by
James Reese Europe
; lyrics by
Robert Cole
)
Lieutenant Dixon and Chorus
Lemmons
Hunter Wilson
Act 3
Sung By
We've Been to Boston Town
Company
Who Do You Love?
(lyrics by
Robert Cole
)
Napoleon Bonaparte Lumpkins and Ophelia
Floating Down the Nile
Edward Jackson
Down in the Philippines
Hunter Wilson and Grizelle
The Old Flag Never Touched the Ground
Entire Company
People
Songs
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Melville B. Raymond
Music by
J. Rosamond Johnson
; Book by
Bob Cole
; Lyrics by
James W. Johnson
; Musical Director:
James Reese Europe
; Lyrics for "On the Gay Luneta" and "Who Do You Love?" by
Robert Cole
; Music and Lyrics for "If Adam Hadn't Seen the Apple Tree" by
Robert Cole
; Lyrics for "Li'l Gal" by
Paul Laurence Dunbar
; Music for "On the Gay Luneta" by
James Reese Europe
Staged by
Bob Cole
; Luneta dances arranged by
Siren Nevarro
Costume Design by
Siren Nevarro
; Settings by
Ernest Albert
Bob Cole
Hunter Wilson
janitor, Lincolnville Institute
Wesley Jenkins
Brother Doolittle
"Bode Edjicashun"
J. Rosamond Johnson
Edward Jackson
a graduate of Tuskegee
Sam Lucas
Brother Doless
"Bode Edjicashun"
Siren Nevarro
Grizelle
a Filipino dancer
Arthur Ray
Napoleon Bonaparte Lumpkins
the snowball
Andrew Tribble
Ophelia
the village pride
Fannie Wise
Rose Maxwell
the professor's daughter
Herbert Amos
A Filipino Spy
Frank De Lyons
Williamson
a blacksmith
Mollie Dill
Dilsey Lumpkins
a widow with a family
Henry Gant
Uncle July Jackson
Ned's father
Nettie Glenn
Virginia
Ned's sister
Anna Cook Pankey
Martha Jones
lady principal
Theodore Pankey
Lieutenant Dixon
Co. G., 54th U.S.V.
William Phelps
Orderly
Co. H., 54th U.S.V.
J. T. Porter
Mailman
Lincolnville Post Office
Arthur Ray
Randolf
a farmer
Arthur Talbot
Professor Maxwell
principal of Lincolnville Institute
Elizabeth Williams
Aunt Phoebe Jackson
Ned's mother
music by
J. Rosamond Johnson
; lyrics by
James Weldon Johnson
(Unless otherwise noted)
Act 1
Sung By
De Bo'd of Education
Brother Doolittle and Brother Doless
The Little Choo-Choo, Gee-Gee
Edward Jackson and Hunter Wilson
Just How Much I Love You
Edward Jackson
If Adam Hadn't Seen the Apple Tree
(music by
Robert Cole
; lyrics by
Robert Cole
)
Hunter Wilson and Picks
I'll Always Love Old Dixie
Martha Jones and Girls
Run, Brudder Rabbit, Run
Napoleon Bonaparte Lumpkins and Ophelia
Act 2
Sung By
Southland
Edward Jackson, Martha Jones and Male Chorus
Li'l Gal
(lyrics by
Paul Laurence Dunbar
)
Edward Jackson and Chorus
The Ghost of Deacon Brown
Hunter Wilson and Chorus
On the Gay Luneta
(music by
James Reese Europe
; lyrics by
Robert Cole
)
Lieutenant Dixon and Chorus
Lemmons
Hunter Wilson
Act 3
Sung By
We've Been to Boston Town
Company
Who Do You Love?
(lyrics by
Robert Cole
)
Napoleon Bonaparte Lumpkins and Ophelia
Floating Down the Nile
Edward Jackson
Down in the Philippines
Hunter Wilson and Grizelle
The Old Flag Never Touched the Ground
Entire Company
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