MusicalOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Oct 18, 1973
Closing Date
Dec 07, 1975
1st Preview
Oct 10, 1973
1st Preview
Oct 10, 1973
Previews
9
Performances
847
MusicalOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
46th Street Theatre
(Oct 18, 1973 - Dec 28, 1974)
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
(Jan 13, 1975 - Dec 07, 1975)
Setting
The 1950s. Chicago.
Produced by Robert Nemiroff; Associate Producer: Sydney Lewis and Jack Friel
Music by Judd Woldin; Lyrics by Robert Brittan; Book by Robert Nemiroff and Charlotte Zaltzberg; Based on the play "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry; Incidental arrangements by Dorothea Freitag; Dance arrangements by Judd Woldin; Music orchestrated by Al Cohn and Robert M. Freedman; Musical Director: Howard A. Roberts; Vocal arrangements by Howard A. Roberts and Joyce Brown
Directed by Donald McKayle; Choreographed by Donald McKayle
Scenic Design by Robert U. Taylor; Costume Design by Bernard Johnson; Lighting Design by William Mintzer
Production Stage Manager: Helaine Head; Stage Manager: Anthony Neely and Nate Barnett
Conducted by Howard A. Roberts
Press Representative: Max Eisen, Maurice Turet and Barbara Eisen
Recording of 'Same Old Color Scheme' used in Act One, Scene Six sung by Elaine Beener
Virginia Capers
Lena Younger
Ernestine Jackson
Ruth Younger
Joe Morton
Walter Lee Younger
Deborah Allen
Beneatha Younger
Ralph Carter
Travis Younger
Robert Jackson
Joseph Asagai
Helen Martin
Mrs. Johnson
Loretta Abbott
Victim
Elaine Beener
Bar Girl
 
People of the Southside
Chief Bey
African Drummer
Glenn Brooks
People of the Southside
Walter P. Brown
Willie Harris
Karen Burke
People of the Southside
Paul Carrington
People of the Southside
Herb Downer
Pastor
Marilyn Hamilton
People of the Southside
Don Jay
People of the Southside
Eugene Little
People of the Southside
Marenda Perry
Pastor's Wife
 
People of the Southside
Al Perryman
Pusher
Zelda Pulliam
People of the Southside
Renee Rose
People of the Southside
Ted Ross
Bobo Jones
Richard Sanders
Karl Linder
Chuck Thorpe
People of the Southside
Gloria Turner
People of the Southside
Understudies: Paul Carrington (Travis Younger), Herb Downer (Joseph Asagai, Walter Lee Younger), Don Jay (Bobo Jones, Pastor, Willie Harris), Will Mott (Karl Linder), Marenda Perry (Lena Younger, Mrs. Johnson), Renee Rose (Beneatha Younger) and Gloria Turner (Ruth Younger)

46th Street Theatre (Oct 18, 1973 - Dec 28, 1974)

Cast

Paul Carrington
Travis Younger
Herb Downer
Joseph Asagai
Darren Green
Travis Younger
Irving Barnes
Bobo Jones
Milt Grayson
Pastor
Clinton Keen
People of the Southside
Edward M. Love, Jr.
People of the Southside
Will Mott
Karl Linder
Vanessa Shaw
People of the Southside
Talbert Stanislaus
People of the Southside
Chuck Thorpe
Pusher
Eric Townsley
People of the Southside
Alyce Elizabeth Webb
People of the Southside
 
Pastor's Wife
Standby: Barbara Montgomery (Lena Younger)
Understudies: Autris Paige (Walter Lee Younger, Joseph Asagai, Willie Harris, Bobo Jones, Pastor), Zelda Pulliam (Bar Girl), Vanessa Shaw (Ruth Younger), Eric Townsley (Travis Younger) and Alyce Elizabeth Webb (Lena Younger, Mrs. Johnson)

Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (Jan 13, 1975 - Dec 07, 1975)

Cast

Autris Paige
Walter Lee Younger
Mary Seymour
Ruth Younger
Oct 28, 1975 - Dec 07, 1975
Arnetia Walker
Beneatha Younger
music by Judd Woldin; lyrics by Robert Brittan
Act 1
Sung By
Prologue
Company
Man Say
Walter Lee Younger
Whose Little Angry Man
Ruth Younger
Runnin' to Meet the Man
Walter Lee Younger and Company
A Whole Lotta Sunlight
Mama
Booze
Bar Girl, Bobo Jones, Walter Lee Younger, Willie Harris and Company
Alaiyo
Asagai and Beneatha Younger
African Dance
Beneatha Younger, Walter Lee Younger and Company
Sweet Time
Ruth Younger and Walter Lee Younger
You Done Right
Walter Lee Younger
Act 2
Sung By
He Come Down This Morning
Pastor, Pastor's Wife, Mama and Mrs. Johnson
It's a Deal
Walter Lee Younger
Sweet Time (Reprise)
Ruth Younger and Walter Lee Younger
Sidewalk Tree
Travis Younger
Not Anymore
Walter Lee Younger, Ruth Younger and Beneatha Younger
Alaiyo (Reprise)
Asagai
It's a Deal (Reprise)
Walter Lee Younger
Measure the Valleys
Mama
He Come Down This Morning (Reprise)
Company

Tony Award®

Best Musical

1974 Winner
Produced by Robert Nemiroff
 

Best Book of a Musical

1974 Nominee
Book by Robert Nemiroff and Charlotte Zaltzberg
 

Best Original Score

1974 Nominee
Music by Judd Woldin
Lyrics by Robert Brittan
 

Best Actor in a Musical

1974 Nominee
Joe Morton

Best Actress in a Musical

1974 Winner
Virginia Capers
 

Best Featured Actor in a Musical

1974 Nominee
Ralph Carter
 

Best Featured Actress in a Musical

1974 Nominee
Ernestine Jackson
 

Best Choreography

1974 Nominee
Choreographed by Donald McKayle
 

Best Direction of a Musical

1974 Nominee
Directed by Donald McKayle

Theatre World

Award

1974 Recipient
Ernestine Jackson and Joe Morton
Ralph Carter
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