PlayOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Mar 27, 1973
Closing Date
Nov 25, 1973
1st Preview
Mar 23, 1973
1st Preview
Mar 23, 1973
Previews
4
Performances
280
PlayOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Brooks Atkinson Theatre
(Mar 27, 1973 - Nov 25, 1973)
Setting
The present, early February. Harlem in NYC, the Williams's brownstone on 133rd St., between Lenox and 7th ave.
Produced by The Negro Ensemble Company (Douglas Turner Ward, Robert Hooks and Gerald S. Krone, Founders)
Written by Joseph A. Walker; Incidental music by Dorothy Dinroe
Directed by Douglas Turner Ward
Scenic Design by Gary James Wheeler; Costume Design by Edna Watson; Lighting Design by Shirley Prendergast
Production Stage Manager: Garland Lee Thompson
Scenery Supervisor: Edward Burbridge; Costume Supervisor: Edward Burbridge
NEC Playwrights Workshop Director and Production Coordinator: Steve Carter; Press Representative: Howard Atlee, Charles E. House and Chuck Artesona; Press Associate: Clarence Allsopp
Graham Brown
Dr. Dudley Stanton
Jothan Callins
Bass Player
Wyatt Davis
Voice of Lt. Staples
Frances Foster
Grandma Wilhelmina Brown
Dean Irby
Al
Saundra McClain
Gail
Neville Richen
Mo
Les Roberts
Jeff Williams
Roxie Roker
Mattie Williams
Lennal Wainwright
Chips
Douglas Turner Ward
Johnny Williams
Charles Weldon
Skeeter
Grenna Whitaker
Ann Vanderguild
Understudies: Taurean Blacque , Barbara Clarke , Arthur French and Louise Heath

Tony Award®

Best Play

1974 Winner
Produced by The Negro Ensemble Company (Douglas Turner Ward, Robert Hooks and Gerald S. Krone, Founders)
Written by Joseph A. Walker
 

Best Featured Actor in a Play

1974 Nominee
Douglas Turner Ward
 

Best Featured Actress in a Play

1974 Nominee
Roxie Roker

Drama Desk Award

Most Promising Playwright

1973 Winner
Written by Joseph A. Walker
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