Mule Bone
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
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Open Date: Feb 14, 1991
Close Date: Apr 14, 1991
Closed Flag: n
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Setting
Eatonville, Florida. Saturday, November 8th, sometime in the 1920s.
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PeopleTheatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)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 MahalDirected by Michael Schultz; Dances Staged by Dianne McIntyre; Associate Director: Novella Nelson; Assistant Director: ImaniScenic 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. WhiteLCT General Manager: Steven C. Callahan; Company Manager: Bruce KlingerLCT Production Manager: Jeff Hamlin; Production Stage Manager: Maureen F. Gibson; Stage Manager: Fredric H. OrnerMusical Supervisor: Taj MahalPoster Art by James McMullan; LCT General Press Agent: Merle Debuskey; Fight direction by 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 DavisJesseTeetsUnderstudies: 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) -
Awards
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Statistics
Week Ending Gross % Gross Pot. Attendance % Capacity # Previews # Perf. Statistics supplied are courtesy of The Broadway League.
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
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 by 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
Jesse
Teets
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)
| Week Ending | Gross | % Gross Pot. | Attendance | % Capacity | # Previews | # Perf. |
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Statistics supplied are courtesy of The Broadway League.
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