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Singin' the Blues
Play
Drama
Play with music
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Sep 16, 1931
Closing Date
Oct 24, 1931
Performances
45
Play
Drama
Play with music
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Sep 16, 1931
Close Date: Oct 24, 1931
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Liberty Theatre
(Sep 16, 1931 - Oct 24, 1931)
Description
A play in three acts
Setting
Johnson's Pool Hall, Chicago; A Chicago Street; Crocker's Place, Harlem; Susan's Room; The Magnolia Club; The Harlem Police Station.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Alex. A. Aarons
and
Vinton Freedley
Written by
John McGowan
; Music by
Jimmy McHugh
and
Burton Lane
; Lyrics by
Dorothy Fields
and
Harold Adamson
; Music orchestrated by
Robert Russell Bennett
Staged by
Bertram Harrison
; Choreographed by
Sammy Lee
Scenic Design by
Donald Oenslager
; Costume Design by
Kiviette
Amy Bates
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Estelle Bernier
Edith
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Susaye Brown
A Singer
Bruce Johnson's Washboard Serenaders
Performer
Joe Byrd
Colored Policeman
Jack Carter
Dave Crocker
Ashley Cooper
"Potato-Eyes" Johnson
Hyacinth Curtis
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Ethel Duke
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Eubie Blake and His Orchestra
Performer
Four Flash Devils
Performer
George and Betty
The Lindy Hoppers
C. C. Gill
Tod
Theresa Jentry
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Shirley Jordon
Eddie
Jordon and Jordon
The Lindy Hoppers
Ruby Kennedy
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Irma Miles
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Millard Mitchell
"Whitey" Henderson
Mantan Moreland
"Knuckles" Lincoln
Ethel Moses
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Lucia Moses
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Johnny Reid
Rocky
Maud Russell
"Sizzles" Brown
Selma Sales
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Jeannie Sammons
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Jennie Sammons
Mazie
Selma Sammons
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Shorty and Esalene
The Lindy Hoppers
John Sims
"Bad Alley" Joe
James Stark
Officer Frank
Ralph Theodore
Sam Mason
Percy Verwayne
Jack Wilson
Percy Wade
Sid
Reta Walker
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
S. W. Warren
Jay
Fredi Washington
Elise Joyce
Isabell Washington
Susan Blake
Delores Watson
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Elida Webb
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Wen Talbert's Choir
Performer
Susan Whaley
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Dora White
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Frank Wilson
Jim Williams
James Young
Dooley
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Alex. A. Aarons
and
Vinton Freedley
Written by
John McGowan
; Music by
Jimmy McHugh
and
Burton Lane
; Lyrics by
Dorothy Fields
and
Harold Adamson
; Music orchestrated by
Robert Russell Bennett
Staged by
Bertram Harrison
; Choreographed by
Sammy Lee
Scenic Design by
Donald Oenslager
; Costume Design by
Kiviette
Amy Bates
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Estelle Bernier
Edith
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Susaye Brown
A Singer
Bruce Johnson's Washboard Serenaders
Performer
Joe Byrd
Colored Policeman
Jack Carter
Dave Crocker
Ashley Cooper
"Potato-Eyes" Johnson
Hyacinth Curtis
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Ethel Duke
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Eubie Blake and His Orchestra
Performer
Four Flash Devils
Performer
George and Betty
The Lindy Hoppers
C. C. Gill
Tod
Theresa Jentry
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Shirley Jordon
Eddie
Jordon and Jordon
The Lindy Hoppers
Ruby Kennedy
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Irma Miles
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Millard Mitchell
"Whitey" Henderson
Mantan Moreland
"Knuckles" Lincoln
Ethel Moses
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Lucia Moses
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Johnny Reid
Rocky
Maud Russell
"Sizzles" Brown
Selma Sales
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Jeannie Sammons
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Jennie Sammons
Mazie
Selma Sammons
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Shorty and Esalene
The Lindy Hoppers
John Sims
"Bad Alley" Joe
James Stark
Officer Frank
Ralph Theodore
Sam Mason
Percy Verwayne
Jack Wilson
Percy Wade
Sid
Reta Walker
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
S. W. Warren
Jay
Fredi Washington
Elise Joyce
Isabell Washington
Susan Blake
Delores Watson
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Elida Webb
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Wen Talbert's Choir
Performer
Susan Whaley
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Dora White
Chorus at the Magnolia Club
Frank Wilson
Jim Williams
James Young
Dooley
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