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

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
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.
Comments
"This play is dedicated to my mother and father and to highly underrated Black daddies everywhere." - Joseph A. Walker
Produced by The Negro Ensemble Company (Douglas Turner Ward, Robert Hooks and Gerald S. Krone, Founders)
Premiered December 5, 1972 at St. Mark's Playhouse
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
General Manager: Dorothy Olim Associates, Inc.
Production Stage Manager: Garland Lee Thompson; Production Coordinator: Gerald S. Krone; Assistant Stage Mgr: Wyatt Davis
Scenery Supervisor: Edward Burbridge; Costume Supervisor: Edward Burbridge
General Press Representative: Howard Atlee; Press Associate: Clarence Allsopp; Press Assistant: Charles E. House and Chuck Artesona; NEC Playwrights Workshop Director and Production Coordinator: Steve Carter; Advertising: Sheldon Baron and Krone-Olim Advertising, Inc.; Photographer: Bert Andrews
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 , Louise Heath and Dean Irby (Jeff Williams)

Brooks Atkinson Theatre (Mar 27, 1973 - Nov 25, 1973)

Incidental music by Dorothy Dinroe-Walker

Cast

Taurean Blacque
Skeeter
Barbara Clarke
Mattie Williams
Arthur French
Johnny Williams
Robert Stephens
 
 
Understudies: David Downing and Roxie Roker (Mattie Williams)

Tony Award®

Best Play

1974 Winner
 

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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