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Brown Sugar
Play
Melodrama
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Dec 02, 1937
Closing Date
Dec 04, 1937
Performances
4
Play
Melodrama
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Dec 02, 1937
Close Date: Dec 04, 1937
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Biltmore Theatre
(Dec 02, 1937 - Dec 04, 1937)
Setting
In Harlem; Lily May's Apartment; Louella's Kitchen; Dock at Foot of Mester Street.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
George Abbott
Incidental music by
Haven Johnson
; Written by
Bernie Angus
Staged by
George Abbott
Scenic Design by
Cirker & Robbins
; Costume Design by
Helene Pons
John T.L. Bunn
Trot
Eric Burroughs
Musken
Alvin Childress
Slim
Martin de C. Slade
Lonny
Beth Dixon
Stella
Beulah E. Edmonds
Louella
Ruby Elzy
Sarah
George Fitzpatrick
O'Hara
Georgette Harvey
Lily May
Juan Hernandez
Sam
Irene Hill
Cleo
Bertram Holmes
Jeb
Richard Huey
Bartender
Haven Johnson
Rosco
Ira Johnson
Charlie
Paul Johnson
Tar
Kathryn Lavall
Ruby
Canada Lee
Henry
Richard McMyers
Sylvester
Butterfly McQueen
Lucille
Julian Miles
Officer Leroy
Ernest Rowan
First Mate
John Shellie
Pete Malley
George W. Smith
Officer Kent
T. Burton Smith
Tom Warfield
Allen Tinney
George
William Tinney
Walter
Frederick Wallace
McQuade
Jimmy Waters
Man
Christola Williams
Rosalinda
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
George Abbott
Incidental music by
Haven Johnson
; Written by
Bernie Angus
Staged by
George Abbott
Scenic Design by
Cirker & Robbins
; Costume Design by
Helene Pons
John T.L. Bunn
Trot
Eric Burroughs
Musken
Alvin Childress
Slim
Martin de C. Slade
Lonny
Beth Dixon
Stella
Beulah E. Edmonds
Louella
Ruby Elzy
Sarah
George Fitzpatrick
O'Hara
Georgette Harvey
Lily May
Juan Hernandez
Sam
Irene Hill
Cleo
Bertram Holmes
Jeb
Richard Huey
Bartender
Haven Johnson
Rosco
Ira Johnson
Charlie
Paul Johnson
Tar
Kathryn Lavall
Ruby
Canada Lee
Henry
Richard McMyers
Sylvester
Butterfly McQueen
Lucille
Julian Miles
Officer Leroy
Ernest Rowan
First Mate
John Shellie
Pete Malley
George W. Smith
Officer Kent
T. Burton Smith
Tom Warfield
Allen Tinney
George
William Tinney
Walter
Frederick Wallace
McQuade
Jimmy Waters
Man
Christola Williams
Rosalinda
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