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Honky Tonk Nights

How Billy Sampson and Company Left Hell's Kitchen for the Promised Land and What They Found There

Biltmore Theatre , (8/07/1986 - 8/09/1986)

Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway

Setting: SAMPSON'S MUSIC HALL, on a winter evening, New York City's Hell's Kitchen, 1912. THE PROMISED LAND SALOON, summer, Harlem, 1922.

Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by Murray Hill Investments, Inc.
Produced by Edward H. Davis and Allen M. Shore; Produced in association with Marty Feinberg and Schellie Archbold
Book by Ralph Allen and David Campbell; Lyrics by Ralph Allen and David Campbell; Music by Michael Valenti; Musical Director: George Broderick; Vocal arrangements by George Broderick; Music orchestrated by Jim Tyler; Dance arrangements by David Krane
Directed by Ernest O. Flatt; Choreographed by Ernest O. Flatt; Associate Choreographer: Toni Kaye
Scenic Design by Robert Cothran; Costume Design by Mardi Philips; Lighting Design by Natasha Katz; Sound Design by Jack Mann; Hair Design by Marc Daniels
Production Stage Manager: Larry Forde; Stage Manager: Mark Rubinsky; Assistant Stage Mgr: Clifford Schwartz; Production Supervisor: Jeremiah Harris
Music Contractor: Seymour "Red" Press
Magic Consultant: William Veloric
Casting: Stuart Howard Associates; General Press Representative: Mark Goldstaub Public Relations; Dance Captain: Robin Kersey; Advertising: Serino, Coyne & Nappi; Photographer: Bert Andrews; Circus Skill Coordinator: Hovey Burgess; Finale fur coat by Kip Kirkendall

Cast

Kaman Adilifu	Sampson Philharmonia Member
Susan Beaubian	Countess Aida
George Broderick	Sampson Philharmonia Member
Teresa Burrell	Lily Meadows
M. Demby Cain	Montgomery Boyd
Lloyd Culbreath	Sparks Roberts
John Gale	Sampson Philharmonia Member
Yolanda Graves	Ruby Bush
Ira Hawkins	Billy Sampson
Robert Keller	Sampson Philharmonia Member
Robin Kersey	Kitty Stark
David Krane	Sampson Philharmonia Member
Kyme	Ivy Vine
Gregory Maker	Sampson Philharmonia Member
Joe Morton	Barney Walker
Charles Bernard Murray	Patron
Keith Rozie	Winston Grey
James Sedlar	Sampson Philharmonia Member
Andrew Stein	Sampson Philharmonia Member
Danny Strayhorn	Armistead Sampson
Reginald Vel Johnson	George Gooseberry
Quinten White	Sampson Philharmonia Member

Understudies: Susan Beaubian (Lily Meadows), Lloyd Culbreath (Armistead Sampson), Yolanda Graves (Ivy Vine), Julia Lema-Jackson (Countess Aida, Kitty Stark, Ruby Bush), Charles Bernard Murray (Montgomery Boyd, Sparks Roberts, Winston Grey), Keith Rozie (Billy Sampson, George Gooseberry) and Danny Strayhorn (Barney Walker)

ACT 1	Sung By
The Honky Tonk Nights Rag (or Professor Walker and His Solo Symphony)	The Sampson Philharmonia
Honky Tonk Nights	Sampson and His Company
Hot and Bothered	Lily Meadows
Roll with the Punches	Barney Walker, Armistead Sampson, Countess Aida, Ivy Vine, Kitty Stark and Ruby Bush
Lily of the Alley	Billy Sampson, Winston Grey, Montgomery Boyd, Sparks Roberts, Barney Walker and Lily Meadows
Choosing a Husband's a Delicate Thing	Armistead Sampson, Barney Walker and George Gooseberry
Little Dark Bird	Lily Meadows
Withered Irish Rose	Barney Walker
A Lush Ballad	Billy Sampson
Withered Irish Rose	Armistead Sampson
A Lush Ballad	Countess Aida
Withered Irish Rose	George Gooseberry
A Lush Ballad	Ivy Vine
Withered Irish Rose	Montgomery Boyd and Lily Meadows
Eggs	Barney Walker and Lily Meadows
A Ticket to the Promised Land	The Sampson Company
ACT 2	Sung By
Overture: The Promised Land	The Pyromaniacs
Stomp the Blues Away	The Sampson Company
I've Had It	Barney Walker and Lily Meadows
The Sampson Beauties	Ivy Vine, Kitty Stark and Ruby Bush
The Reform Song	Barney Walker, George Gooseberry and Armistead Sampson
I Took My Time	Lily Meadows
The Brothers Vendetto	Barney Walker, George Gooseberry and Armistead Sampson
A Man of Many Parts	Barney Walker
Finale	The Sampson Company