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Eubie!   

 
Ambassador Theatre , (9/20/1978 - 10/07/1979)
First Preview:Sep 14, 1978 Total Previews:7
Opening Date:Sep 20, 1978   
Closing Date:Oct 07, 1979 Total Performances:439

Category: Musical, Revue, Original, Broadway


Production Staff
Produced by Ashton Springer; Produced in association with Frank C. Pierson and Jay J. Cohen; Associate Producer: John N. Hart Jr.
Conceived by Julianne Boyd; Music by Eubie Blake; Lyrics by Noble Sissle, Andy Razaf, Johnny Brandon, F. E. Miller and Jim Europe; Music arranged by Danny Holgate; Musical Director: Vicki Carter; Music orchestrated by Neal Tate; Choral arrangements by Chapman Roberts
Directed by Julianne Boyd; Choreographed by Billy Wilson; Choreography and tap choreography by Henry LeTang
Scenic Design by Karl Eigsti; Costume Design by Bernard Johnson; Lighting Design by William Mintzer; Sound Design by Lou Gonzalez
Production Supervisor: Ron Abbott; Production Stage Manager: Donald Christy; Stage Manager: Harrison Avery
Musical Supervisor: Danny Holgate; Conducted by Vicki Carter; Associate Conductor: Frank Anderson; Piano: Vicki Carter and Frank Anderson; Guitar-Harmonica, Banjo, Flute: Rudy Stevenson; Drums: Percy Brice; Bass, Tuba: Gregory Maker; Trumpet, Flugel Horn: E.V. Perry; Lead Trumpet: Ernest Royal; Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute: Zane Paul; Trombone: Arthur Hamilton
Press Representative: Max Eisen and Francine L. Trevens
Cast
Ethel Beatty Performer
Terry Burrell Performer
Leslie Dockery Performer
Lynnie Godfrey Performer
Gregory Hines Performer
Maurice Hines Performer
Mel Johnson, Jr. Performer
Lonnie McNeil Performer
Janet Powell Performer
Marion Ramsey Performer
Alaina Reed Performer
Jeffrey V. Thompson Performer
Understudies: Deborah Burrell (Performer), Skip Cunningham (Performer), Leslie Dockery (Performer), David Jackson (Performer), Nathan Jennings, Jr. (Performer), Jenifer Lewis (Performer), Carol Lynn Maillard (Performer) and Bernard J. Marsh (Performer)
1979 Tony Award® Best Original Score
 Music by Eubie Blake; Lyrics by Noble Sissle, Andy Razaf, Johnny Brandon, F. E. Miller and Jim Europe [nominee]
1979 Tony Award® Best Featured Actor in a Musical
 Gregory Hines [nominee]
1979 Tony Award® Best Choreography
 Henry LeTang [nominee]
 Billy Wilson [nominee]
1979 Theatre World Award
winnerGregory Hines [winner]
1979 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Musical
 Produced by Ashton Springer; Produced in association with Frank C. Pierson and Jay J. Cohen [nominee]
1979 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
 Lynnie Godfrey [nominee]
1979 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Choreography
 Henry LeTang [nominee]
 Billy Wilson [nominee]
music by Eubie Blake; lyrics by Noble Sissle
(Unless otherwise noted)
  

ACT 1
Goodnight Angeline
Charleston Rag
Shuffle Along
In Honeysuckle Time
I'm Just Wild About Harry
Baltimore Buzz
Daddy (Won't You Please Come Home)
There's a Million Little Cupids in the Sky
I'm a Great Big Baby
(lyrics by Andy Razaf)
My Handyman Ain't Handy Anymore
(lyrics by Andy Razaf)
Low Down Blues
Gee, I Wish I Had Someone to Rock Me in the Cradle of Love
I'm Just Simply Full of Jazz
ACT 2
High Steppin' Days
(lyrics by Johnny Brandon)
Dixie Moon
Weary
(lyrics by Andy Razaf)
Roll Jordan
(lyrics by Andy Razaf)
Memories of You
(lyrics by Andy Razaf)
If You've Never Been Vamped by a Brownskin, You've Never Been Vamped at All
You Got to Git the Gittin While the Gittin's Good
(lyrics by F. E. Miller)
Oriental Blues
I'm Craving for That Kind of Love
Hot Feet
Goodnight Angeline