PlayDrama Play with musicOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Mar 01, 1933
Closing Date
Jun 17, 1933
Performances
126
PlayDrama Play with musicOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

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Theatres
Lyric Theatre
(Mar 01, 1933 - Jun 17, 1933)

Description
A play in four scenes

Setting
The Parsonage in a small Southern town; The Meeting Place of the New Day Pilgrims; Toomer's Bottom; Hope Baptist Church.

Produced by Robert Rockmore
Written by Hall Johnson; Incidental music composed and arranged by Hall Johnson
Directed by Frank Merlin; Dances arranged by Doris Humphrey
Scenic Design by Cleon Throckmorton; Costume Design by Helene Pons
Choral Director: Hall Johnson
Tansadi Tongole
Tongola's Dancers
Tansadi Tongole
Tongola's Dancers
Katherine Ahnor
Soprano
Pilgrim Choir
Pilgrim Choir
Tansadi Tongole
Tongola's Dancers
Pilgrim Orchestra
Irma Allen
Soprano
Pilgrim Choir
Tansadi Tongole
Tongola's Dancers
The Rev. Sister Luella Strong
Pilgrim Choir
Service Bell
Baritone
Pilgrim Choir
The Rev. Jones
Pastor of the Hope Baptist Church
Tansadi Tongole
Tongola's Dancers
Brother Lu-Te
Chief Singer of the New Day Pilgrims
Tansadi Tongole
Tongola's Dancers
Tansadi Tongole
Tongola's Dancers
Brother George W. Jenkins
 
Pilgrim Choir
Pilgrim Choir
Pilgrim Orchestra
Mother Kanda
Daughter of Tongola
Jim
Rev. Jones' Son
Tansadi Tongole
Tongola's Dancers
Bessiola Hicks
 
Pilgrim Choir
Brother Moses
Young Priest
Tansadi Tongole
Tongola's Dancers
George Clark
Baritone
Pilgrim Choir
Children
Jean Cutler
Soprano
Pilgrim Choir
Novitiate
Novitiate
Pilgrim Orchestra
Lucille Dickson
Soprano
Pilgrim Choir
Mame
of Toomer's Bottom
Blanche Eckles
Soprano
Pilgrim Choir
Tansadi Tongole
Tongola's Dancers
Novitiate
Tansadi Tongole
Tongola's Dancers
Charlie Frye
Tenor
Pilgrim Choir
Tansadi Tongole
Tongola's Dancers
Pilgrim Choir
Tansadi Tongole
Tongola's Dancers
Tansadi Tongole
Tongola's Dancers
Novitiate
Bessie Guy
Soprano
Belle
of Toomer's Bottom
 
Pilgrim Choir
Organist
 
Tansadi Tongole
Tongola's Dancers
Pilgrim
Pilgrim Orchestra
Sister Susie May Hunt
Sister Lulu Jane Hunt
Pilgrim Orchestra
Novitiate
Sue Scott
of Toomer's Bottom
Sister Mahalie Ockletree
 
Pilgrim Choir
Pilgrim Choir
Milton Lacey
Baritone
Brother Jeremiah Johnson
 
Pilgrim Choir
Tansadi Tongole
Tongola's Dancers
Pilgrim Orchestra
Pilgrim Choir
Tansadi Tongole
Tongola's Dancers
Brother Jo-Ba
Herald of Joy
 
Pilgrim Choir
Tansadi Tongole
Tongola's Dancers
Effie McDowell
Soprano
Pilgrim Choir
Novitiate
Pilgrim Orchestra
Tansadi Tongole
Tongola's Dancers
Tansadi Tongole
Tongola's Dancers
Pilgrim Choir
Tansadi Tongole
Tongola's Dancers
Pilgrim
Tansadi Tongole
Tongola's Dancers
Sister Flossie Lou Little
Brother Esau Redd
Chairman of Deacon Board of Hope, Baptist Church
Sister Mata
Priestess
Pilgrim
Tansadi Tongole
Tongola's Dancers
Sister Judy Ann Hicks
Tansadi Tongole
Tongola's Dancers
Mag
Sulamai's Mother
Novitiate
Ernest Shaw
Baritone
Pilgrim Choir
Sister Mattie Fullilove
Brother Goliath Simpson
Pilgrim
Elder Tongola
Prophet of the New Day Pilgrims
Tansadi Tongole
Tongola's Dancers
Pilgrim Orchestra
Children
The Reverend Ebeneezer Allen
Local Preacher
Children
 
Tansadi Tongole
Tongola's Dancers
Pilgrim Choir
Jeems Jackson
 
Pilgrim Choir
Pilgrim
George White
Tenor
Pilgrim Choir
Novitiate
Reba
Daughter of Kanda
Tansadi Tongole
Tongola's Dancers
Children
Tansadi Tongole
Tongola's Dancers
Brother Bartholomew Little
music by Hall Johnson
Act 1
Sung By
Church in the Dale
The Choir
Bye and Bye
Song of the Hill
Charlie
Processional/Credo/Moon-Music/Tangola Dance Music
Sister Mata and Soloist
Act 2
Sung By
I Can't Stay Here by Myself
Sister Flossie Lou Little
Song of the Hill
Charlie
Steal Away/Amazing Grace/Oh, Jesus, Come Dis-A-Way
The Choir
Run Little Chillun
So Glad/Return, Oh Holy Dove/Lord, Oh Have Mercy on Me
The Choir
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