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Uptown...It's Hot!
Musical
Revue
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Jan 29, 1986
Closing Date
Feb 16, 1986
1st Preview
Jan 16, 1986
1st Preview
Jan 16, 1986
Previews
13
Performances
24
Musical
Revue
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Jan 29, 1986
Close Date: Feb 16, 1986
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
(Jan 29, 1986 - Feb 16, 1986)
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Owned / Operated by
The Messrs. Nederlander
Produced by
Allen Spivak
and
Larry Magid
; Associate Producer:
Stanley Kay
Narrations written by
Jeffrey V. Thompson
and
Marion Ramsey
; Musical Director:
Frank Owens
; Dance arrangements by
Frank Owens
and
Thom Bridwell
; Additional orchestrations by
Charles Green
,
Chris White
and
Fred Norman
; Featuring songs by
Louis Armstrong
("Swing That Music"),
Horace Gerlach
("Swing That Music"),
Duke Ellington
("Cotton Club Stomp", "Daybreak Express"),
Frank Owens
("Tap Along With Me"),
Harry Akst
("Dinah"),
Harold Arlen
("Ill Wind", "Stormy Weather"),
E. A. Swan
("When Your Lover Has Gone"),
Jimmy McHugh
("Diga Diga Doo"),
George Gershwin
("Lady Be Good"),
Cab Calloway
("Jim Jam Jumpin'"),
Chick Webb
("Chick Webb Theme Song - Let's Get Together"),
Ella Fitzgerald
("A-Tisket A-Tasket"),
Van Alexander
("A-Tisket A-Tasket"),
John Green
("Body & Soul"),
Edward Heyman
("Body & Soul"),
Robert Sour
("Body & Soul"),
Frank Eyton
("Body & Soul"),
Count Basie
("Jitterbiggin'! Jumpin' at the Woodside"),
Frankie Lymon
("Why Do Fools Fall In Love"),
M. A. Brunner
("Old Landmark"),
Sam Cooke
("You Send Me"),
Al Lewis
("Blueberry Hill"),
Vincent Rose
("Blueberry Hill"),
Larry Stock
("Blueberry Hill"),
Richard Penniman
("Tutti Frutti"),
Chuck Berry
("Johnny B. Goode"),
Carole King
("Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?"),
Gerald Goffin
("Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?"),
Phil Spector
("Be My Baby"),
Ellie Greenwich
("Be My Baby"),
Jeff Barry
("Be My Baby"),
Smokey Robinson
("Don't Mess With Bill"),
Stevie Wonder
("Superstition", "Keep On Running", "Higher Ground", "Do I Do"),
Prince
("1999"),
Marvin Gaye
("Dancin' in the Streets"),
Ivy Joe Hunter
("Dancin' in the Streets"),
William Stevenson
("Dancin' in the Streets"),
Brian Holland
("Stop in the Name of Love"),
Lamont Herbert Dozier
("Stop in the Name of Love"),
Eddie Holland
("Stop in the Name of Love", "Ain't Too Proud To Beg"),
Norman J. Whitfield
("Ain't Too Proud To Beg"),
John C. Fogarty
("Proud Mary"),
B. T. Express
("Express"),
Dorothy LaBostrie
("Tutti Frutti"),
Joe Lubin
("Tutti Frutti") and
Leon Evans
("Superstition", "Keep On Running", "Higher Ground", "Do I Do"); Featuring songs with lyrics by
Dorothy Fields
("Diga Diga Doo"),
Ted Koehler
("Ill Wind", "Stormy Weather"),
Sam M. Lewis
("Dinah") and
Joe Young
("Dinah")
Conceived by
Maurice Hines
; Directed by
Maurice Hines
; Choreographed by
Maurice Hines
; Assistant Choreographer:
Mercedes Ellington
Scenic Design by
Tom McPhillips
; Lighting Design by
Marc B. Weiss
; Costume Design by
Ellen Lee
; Wig Design by
Cody Armstrong
; Sound Consultant:
Otts Munderloh
; Assistant Lighting Design:
Susan A. White
General Manager:
Roy A. Somlyo
; Company Manager:
Jodi Moss
Production Supervisor:
Beverley Randolph
; Production Stage Manager:
Gwendolyn M. Gilliam
; Stage Manager:
Jerry Cleveland
Musical Supervisor:
Frank Owens
; Music Consultant:
Stanley Kay
Film Design:
Prometheus Productions
General Press Representative:
Michael Alpert
and
Ruth Jaffe
; Asst. to the Choreographer:
Tiffney Lyn Myers
and
Michael Franks
; Advertising:
Serino, Coyne & Nappi
; Promotions:
Marketing Entertainment Group of America, Inc.
; Dance Captain:
Sheila D. Barker
Maurice Hines
Performer
Alisa Gyse
Performer
Lawrence Hamilton
Performer
Tommi Johnson
Performer
Marion Ramsey
Performer
Jeffrey V. Thompson
Performer
Sheila D. Barker
Ensemble
Toni-Maria Chalmers
Ensemble
Leon Evans
Ensemble
Robert H. Fowler
Ensemble
Michael Franks
Ensemble
Lovette George
Ensemble
Ruthanna Graves
Ensemble
Yolanda Graves
Ensemble
Emera Hunt
Ensemble
Lisa Ann Malloy
Ensemble
Delphine T. Mantz
Ensemble
Gerry McIntyre
Ensemble
Christopher T. Moore
Ensemble
Elise Neal
Ensemble
Leesa M. Osborn
Ensemble
Marishka Shanice Phillips
Ensemble
R. Lachanze Sapp
Ensemble
Cheryl Ann Scott
Ensemble
Darius Keith Williams
Ensemble
Leslie Williams-Jenkins
Ensemble
Understudies:
Leon Evans
(Performer),
Robert Fowler
(Performer),
Michael Franks
(Performer),
Yolanda Graves
(Performer) and
Gerry McIntyre
(Performer)
Songs
Act 1
Swing That Music
(music by
Louis Armstrong
and
Horace Gerlach
; lyrics by
Louis Armstrong
and
Horace Gerlach
)
Cotton Club Stomp
(music by
Duke Ellington
)
Daybreak Express
(music by
Duke Ellington
)
Tap Along with Me
(music by
Frank Owens
)
Dinah
(music by
Harry Akst
; lyrics by
Sam M. Lewis
and
Joe Young
)
When Your Lover Has Gone
(music by
E. A. Swan
; lyrics by
E. A. Swan
)
Ill Wind
(music by
Harold Arlen
; lyrics by
Ted Koehler
)
Body and Soul
(music by
Johnny Green
; lyrics by
Frank Eyton
,
Edward Heyman
and
Robert Sour
)
Stormy Weather
(music by
Harold Arlen
; lyrics by
Ted Koehler
)
Diga Diga Doo
(music by
Jimmy McHugh
; lyrics by
Dorothy Fields
)
Lady Be Good
(music by
George Gershwin
)
Jim Jam Jumpin'
(music by
Cab Calloway
)
Let's Get Together
(music by
Chick Webb
)
A-Tisket, A-Tasket
(music by
Van Alexander
and
Ella Fitzgerald
; lyrics by
Van Alexander
and
Ella Fitzgerald
)
Jumpin' at the Woodside
(music by
Count Basie
)
Act 2
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
(music by
Morris Levy
and
Frankie Lymon
; lyrics by
Morris Levy
and
Frankie Lymon
)
His Eye Is on the Sparrow
Amazing Grace
Just a Closer Walk with Thee
Old Landmark
(music by
M. A. Brunner
; lyrics by
M. A. Brunner
)
You Send Me
(music by
Sam Cooke
; lyrics by
Sam Cooke
)
Blueberry Hill
(music by
Al Lewis
,
Vincent Rose
and
Larry Stock
; lyrics by
Al Lewis
,
Vincent Rose
and
Larry Stock
)
Tutti Frutti
(music by
Dorothy LaBostrie
,
Joe Lubin
and
Richard Penniman
; lyrics by
Dorothy LaBostrie
,
Joe Lubin
and
Richard Penniman
)
Johnny B. Goode
(music by
Chuck Berry
; lyrics by
Chuck Berry
)
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
(music by
Jerry Goffin
and
Carole King
; lyrics by
Jerry Goffin
and
Carole King
)
Be My Baby
(music by
Jeff Barry
,
Ellie Greenwich
and
Phil Spector
; lyrics by
Jeff Barry
,
Ellie Greenwich
and
Phil Spector
)
Don't Mess with Bill
(music by
Smokey Robinson
; lyrics by
Smokey Robinson
)
Dancin' in the Streets
(music by
Marvin Gaye
,
Ivy Joe Hunter
and
William Stevenson
; lyrics by
Marvin Gaye
,
Ivy Joe Hunter
and
William Stevenson
)
Stop! in the Name of Love
(music by
Lamont Herbert Dozier
,
Brian Holland
and
Eddie Holland
; lyrics by
Lamont Herbert Dozier
,
Brian Holland
and
Eddie Holland
)
Ain't Too Proud to Beg
(music by
Eddie Holland
and
Norman J. Whitfield
; lyrics by
Eddie Holland
and
Norman J. Whitfield
)
Proud Mary
(music by
John C. Fogarty
; lyrics by
John C. Fogarty
)
Superstition
(music by
Leon Evans
and
Stevie Wonder
; lyrics by
Leon Evans
and
Stevie Wonder
)
Keep on Running
(music by
Leon Evans
and
Stevie Wonder
; lyrics by
Leon Evans
and
Stevie Wonder
)
Higher Ground
(music by
Leon Evans
and
Stevie Wonder
; lyrics by
Leon Evans
and
Stevie Wonder
)
Do I Do
(music by
Leon Evans
and
Stevie Wonder
; lyrics by
Leon Evans
and
Stevie Wonder
)
Express
(music by
B. T. Express
; lyrics by
B. T. Express
)
1999
(music by
Prince
; lyrics by
Prince
)
Awards
Tony Award®
Best Actor in a Musical
1986 Nominee
Maurice Hines
Statistics
Season:
1985-86
View Graph
Week Ending
Gross
% Gross Pot.
Attendance
% Capacity
# Previews
# Perf.
Statistics supplied are courtesy of
The Broadway League
.
Uptown...It's Hot! Statistics
1985-86 Season
GROSS
ATTENDANCE
Gross
Week Ending
Attendance
Week Ending
People
Songs
Awards
Statistics
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Owned / Operated by
The Messrs. Nederlander
Produced by
Allen Spivak
and
Larry Magid
; Associate Producer:
Stanley Kay
Narrations written by
Jeffrey V. Thompson
and
Marion Ramsey
; Musical Director:
Frank Owens
; Dance arrangements by
Frank Owens
and
Thom Bridwell
; Additional orchestrations by
Charles Green
,
Chris White
and
Fred Norman
; Featuring songs by
Louis Armstrong
("Swing That Music"),
Horace Gerlach
("Swing That Music"),
Duke Ellington
("Cotton Club Stomp", "Daybreak Express"),
Frank Owens
("Tap Along With Me"),
Harry Akst
("Dinah"),
Harold Arlen
("Ill Wind", "Stormy Weather"),
E. A. Swan
("When Your Lover Has Gone"),
Jimmy McHugh
("Diga Diga Doo"),
George Gershwin
("Lady Be Good"),
Cab Calloway
("Jim Jam Jumpin'"),
Chick Webb
("Chick Webb Theme Song - Let's Get Together"),
Ella Fitzgerald
("A-Tisket A-Tasket"),
Van Alexander
("A-Tisket A-Tasket"),
John Green
("Body & Soul"),
Edward Heyman
("Body & Soul"),
Robert Sour
("Body & Soul"),
Frank Eyton
("Body & Soul"),
Count Basie
("Jitterbiggin'! Jumpin' at the Woodside"),
Frankie Lymon
("Why Do Fools Fall In Love"),
M. A. Brunner
("Old Landmark"),
Sam Cooke
("You Send Me"),
Al Lewis
("Blueberry Hill"),
Vincent Rose
("Blueberry Hill"),
Larry Stock
("Blueberry Hill"),
Richard Penniman
("Tutti Frutti"),
Chuck Berry
("Johnny B. Goode"),
Carole King
("Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?"),
Gerald Goffin
("Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?"),
Phil Spector
("Be My Baby"),
Ellie Greenwich
("Be My Baby"),
Jeff Barry
("Be My Baby"),
Smokey Robinson
("Don't Mess With Bill"),
Stevie Wonder
("Superstition", "Keep On Running", "Higher Ground", "Do I Do"),
Prince
("1999"),
Marvin Gaye
("Dancin' in the Streets"),
Ivy Joe Hunter
("Dancin' in the Streets"),
William Stevenson
("Dancin' in the Streets"),
Brian Holland
("Stop in the Name of Love"),
Lamont Herbert Dozier
("Stop in the Name of Love"),
Eddie Holland
("Stop in the Name of Love", "Ain't Too Proud To Beg"),
Norman J. Whitfield
("Ain't Too Proud To Beg"),
John C. Fogarty
("Proud Mary"),
B. T. Express
("Express"),
Dorothy LaBostrie
("Tutti Frutti"),
Joe Lubin
("Tutti Frutti") and
Leon Evans
("Superstition", "Keep On Running", "Higher Ground", "Do I Do"); Featuring songs with lyrics by
Dorothy Fields
("Diga Diga Doo"),
Ted Koehler
("Ill Wind", "Stormy Weather"),
Sam M. Lewis
("Dinah") and
Joe Young
("Dinah")
Conceived by
Maurice Hines
; Directed by
Maurice Hines
; Choreographed by
Maurice Hines
; Assistant Choreographer:
Mercedes Ellington
Scenic Design by
Tom McPhillips
; Lighting Design by
Marc B. Weiss
; Costume Design by
Ellen Lee
; Wig Design by
Cody Armstrong
; Sound Consultant:
Otts Munderloh
; Assistant Lighting Design:
Susan A. White
General Manager:
Roy A. Somlyo
; Company Manager:
Jodi Moss
Production Supervisor:
Beverley Randolph
; Production Stage Manager:
Gwendolyn M. Gilliam
; Stage Manager:
Jerry Cleveland
Musical Supervisor:
Frank Owens
; Music Consultant:
Stanley Kay
Film Design:
Prometheus Productions
General Press Representative:
Michael Alpert
and
Ruth Jaffe
; Asst. to the Choreographer:
Tiffney Lyn Myers
and
Michael Franks
; Advertising:
Serino, Coyne & Nappi
; Promotions:
Marketing Entertainment Group of America, Inc.
; Dance Captain:
Sheila D. Barker
Maurice Hines
Performer
Alisa Gyse
Performer
Lawrence Hamilton
Performer
Tommi Johnson
Performer
Marion Ramsey
Performer
Jeffrey V. Thompson
Performer
Sheila D. Barker
Ensemble
Toni-Maria Chalmers
Ensemble
Leon Evans
Ensemble
Robert H. Fowler
Ensemble
Michael Franks
Ensemble
Lovette George
Ensemble
Ruthanna Graves
Ensemble
Yolanda Graves
Ensemble
Emera Hunt
Ensemble
Lisa Ann Malloy
Ensemble
Delphine T. Mantz
Ensemble
Gerry McIntyre
Ensemble
Christopher T. Moore
Ensemble
Elise Neal
Ensemble
Leesa M. Osborn
Ensemble
Marishka Shanice Phillips
Ensemble
R. Lachanze Sapp
Ensemble
Cheryl Ann Scott
Ensemble
Darius Keith Williams
Ensemble
Leslie Williams-Jenkins
Ensemble
Understudies:
Leon Evans
(Performer),
Robert Fowler
(Performer),
Michael Franks
(Performer),
Yolanda Graves
(Performer) and
Gerry McIntyre
(Performer)
Act 1
Swing That Music
(music by
Louis Armstrong
and
Horace Gerlach
; lyrics by
Louis Armstrong
and
Horace Gerlach
)
Cotton Club Stomp
(music by
Duke Ellington
)
Daybreak Express
(music by
Duke Ellington
)
Tap Along with Me
(music by
Frank Owens
)
Dinah
(music by
Harry Akst
; lyrics by
Sam M. Lewis
and
Joe Young
)
When Your Lover Has Gone
(music by
E. A. Swan
; lyrics by
E. A. Swan
)
Ill Wind
(music by
Harold Arlen
; lyrics by
Ted Koehler
)
Body and Soul
(music by
Johnny Green
; lyrics by
Frank Eyton
,
Edward Heyman
and
Robert Sour
)
Stormy Weather
(music by
Harold Arlen
; lyrics by
Ted Koehler
)
Diga Diga Doo
(music by
Jimmy McHugh
; lyrics by
Dorothy Fields
)
Lady Be Good
(music by
George Gershwin
)
Jim Jam Jumpin'
(music by
Cab Calloway
)
Let's Get Together
(music by
Chick Webb
)
A-Tisket, A-Tasket
(music by
Van Alexander
and
Ella Fitzgerald
; lyrics by
Van Alexander
and
Ella Fitzgerald
)
Jumpin' at the Woodside
(music by
Count Basie
)
Act 2
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
(music by
Morris Levy
and
Frankie Lymon
; lyrics by
Morris Levy
and
Frankie Lymon
)
His Eye Is on the Sparrow
Amazing Grace
Just a Closer Walk with Thee
Old Landmark
(music by
M. A. Brunner
; lyrics by
M. A. Brunner
)
You Send Me
(music by
Sam Cooke
; lyrics by
Sam Cooke
)
Blueberry Hill
(music by
Al Lewis
,
Vincent Rose
and
Larry Stock
; lyrics by
Al Lewis
,
Vincent Rose
and
Larry Stock
)
Tutti Frutti
(music by
Dorothy LaBostrie
,
Joe Lubin
and
Richard Penniman
; lyrics by
Dorothy LaBostrie
,
Joe Lubin
and
Richard Penniman
)
Johnny B. Goode
(music by
Chuck Berry
; lyrics by
Chuck Berry
)
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
(music by
Jerry Goffin
and
Carole King
; lyrics by
Jerry Goffin
and
Carole King
)
Be My Baby
(music by
Jeff Barry
,
Ellie Greenwich
and
Phil Spector
; lyrics by
Jeff Barry
,
Ellie Greenwich
and
Phil Spector
)
Don't Mess with Bill
(music by
Smokey Robinson
; lyrics by
Smokey Robinson
)
Dancin' in the Streets
(music by
Marvin Gaye
,
Ivy Joe Hunter
and
William Stevenson
; lyrics by
Marvin Gaye
,
Ivy Joe Hunter
and
William Stevenson
)
Stop! in the Name of Love
(music by
Lamont Herbert Dozier
,
Brian Holland
and
Eddie Holland
; lyrics by
Lamont Herbert Dozier
,
Brian Holland
and
Eddie Holland
)
Ain't Too Proud to Beg
(music by
Eddie Holland
and
Norman J. Whitfield
; lyrics by
Eddie Holland
and
Norman J. Whitfield
)
Proud Mary
(music by
John C. Fogarty
; lyrics by
John C. Fogarty
)
Superstition
(music by
Leon Evans
and
Stevie Wonder
; lyrics by
Leon Evans
and
Stevie Wonder
)
Keep on Running
(music by
Leon Evans
and
Stevie Wonder
; lyrics by
Leon Evans
and
Stevie Wonder
)
Higher Ground
(music by
Leon Evans
and
Stevie Wonder
; lyrics by
Leon Evans
and
Stevie Wonder
)
Do I Do
(music by
Leon Evans
and
Stevie Wonder
; lyrics by
Leon Evans
and
Stevie Wonder
)
Express
(music by
B. T. Express
; lyrics by
B. T. Express
)
1999
(music by
Prince
; lyrics by
Prince
)
Tony Award®
Best Actor in a Musical
1986 Nominee
Maurice Hines
Season:
1985-86
View Graph
Week Ending
Gross
% Gross Pot.
Attendance
% Capacity
# Previews
# Perf.
Statistics supplied are courtesy of
The Broadway League
.
Uptown...It's Hot! Statistics
1985-86 Season
GROSS
ATTENDANCE
Gross
Week Ending
Attendance
Week Ending
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