Lost in the Stars

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Music Box Theatre , (10/30/1949 - 7/01/1950)

Category: Musical, Tragedy, Original, Broadway

Setting: The Present.

Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by Irving Berlin and The Estate of Sam H. Harris
Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Kurt Weill; John F. Wharton)
Book by Maxwell Anderson; Lyrics by Maxwell Anderson; Music by Kurt Weill; Based on the novel "Cry, the Beloved Country" by Alan Paton; Music orchestrated by Kurt Weill; Music arranged by Kurt Weill
Production Supervised by Rouben Mamoulian; Directed by Rouben Mamoulian; Choreographed by La Verne French
Scenic Design by George Jenkins; Costume Design by Anna Hill Johnstone; Johannesburg backdrop by Horace Armistead; Assistant to Mr. Jenkins: Leo Kerz
Business Manager: Victor Samrock
General Stage Manager: Andy Anderson; Stage Manager: Edward Brinkmann; Assistant Stage Mgr: Roy Allen
Conducted by Maurice Levine; Choral Group trained by Maurice Levine; Orchestra Manager: Morris Stonzek; Viola: Ted Isreal and Alexander Solomon; Cello: Leopold Teraspulsky and Shepard Coleman; Bass: William Finebloom; Flute, Clarinet, 1st Saxaphone: Don Hammond; Oboe, Clarinet, Tenor Saxaphone: Jack Cressy; Bassoon, Clarinet, Alto Saxaphone: Maurice Kogan; Trumpet: Mannie Cohen; Piano: Irving Schlein; Harp: Nancy Uber; Percussion: William Kessler
Press Representative: William Fields; Assistant Press Representative: Walter Alford and Arthur Cantor; Production Coordinator: Alan Anderson; Assistant to Mr. Mamoulian on casting: Edward Brinkmann

Cast

Understudies: Roy Allen (Johannes Pafuri), Sibol Cain (Linda), Yvonne Coleman (Nita), William Davidson (Alex), William Greaves (Absalom Kumalo), Georgette Harvey (Grace Kumalo), Joseph James (Stephen Kumalo), William Marshall (John Kumalo, Stephen Kumalo), Van Prince (Matthew Kumalo), Richard Rhoades (Edward Jarvis), Jerome Shaw (Arthur Jarvis, Burton, Eland), William C. Smith (John Kumalo), Guy Spaull (James Jarvis), Christine Spencer (Irina), John W. Stanley (The Judge) and Lucretia West (Mrs. M'kize)

ACT 1	Sung By
The Hills of Ixtapo	Leader and Singers
Thousands of Miles	Stephen Kumalo
Train to Johannesburg	Leader and Singers
The Search	Stephen Kumalo, Leader and Singers
The Little Grey House	Stephen Kumalo and Singers
Who'll Buy?	Linda
Trouble Man	Irina
Murder in Parkwold	Singers
Fear	Singers
Lost in the Stars	Stephen Kumalo and Singers
ACT 2	Sung By
The Wild Justice	Leader and Singers
O Tixo, Tixo, Help Me	Stephen Kumalo
Stay Well	Irina
Cry, the Beloved Country	Leader and Singers
Big Mole	Alex
A Bird of Passage	Villager and Singers
Thousands of Miles (Reprise)	Singers