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(Original Broadway Production, 1986)

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Production Information
Previews:April 01, 1986 (8 previews)
Opening:April 10, 1986
Closing:June 08, 1986
# Performances:69
Theatres:Broadway Theatre
(4/10/1986 - 6/8/1986)
Broadway Theatre
(4/1/1986 - 6/8/1986)
Production Type:Original Production
Production Status: Closed
Run Type:Open Run
Market:Broadway
Intermissions:1
Version:Original Broadway Version
 
Production Staff
Ralph Burns
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Orchestrator
Jules Fisher
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Lighting Designer
Bob Fosse
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Director/Choreographer
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Choreographer
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Director
Romaine Greene
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Hair Designer
Abe Jacob
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Sound Designer
Peter Larkin
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Scenic Designer
Patricia Zipprodt
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Costume Designer
 
Original Cast | Replacements
Bryant Baldwin
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Dancer (Standby)
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Second Narrator (Understudy)
Gary Chapman
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Kokomo/Dancin' Dan
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Dancin' Dan
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Kokomo
Wayne Cilento
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1st Narrator
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First Narrator
Vince Cole
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Dancer (Standby)
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Sunnyboy (Understudy)
Desiree Coleman
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Phoebe
Lloyd Culbreath
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Dancer
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Willie (Understudy)
Kim Darwin
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Dancer
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First Shadow (Understudy)
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Second Shadow (Understudy)
Bruce Anthony Davis
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2nd Narrator
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Second Narrator
Cleavant Derricks
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Charley
Loretta Devine
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Lilly
Kenneth Hanson
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Kokomo (Understudy)
Cady Huffman
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Dancer
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Pearl (Understudy)
Ciscoe Bruton II
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Dancer
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Dancin' Dan (Understudy)
Mel Johnson, Jr.
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Sunnyboy
Alde Lewis, Jr.
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Otis
Mel Johnson, Jr.
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Sunnyboy
Diana Laurenson
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Dancer (Standby)
Alde Lewis, Jr.
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Otis
Emanuel MacDonald
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Little Willie (film sequence)
Bernard J. Marsh
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Judge/Bandleader
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Judge and Bandleader
Amelia Marshall
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Dancer
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Phoebe (Understudy)
Larry Marshall
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Slick
Frank Mastrocola
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Dancer
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First Narrator (Understudy)
Mennie Nelson
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Millie (film sequence)
Bill Newman
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The Clerk (film sequence)
Valarie Pettiford
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Pearl/Band Singer/1st Shadow
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Band Singer
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First Shadow
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Pearl
Stephanie Pope
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Dancer
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First Shadow (Understudy)
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Lilly (Understudy)
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Second Shadow (Understudy)
Roumel Reaux
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Dancer
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Little Willie
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Dancin' Dan (Understudy)
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Otis (Understudy)
George Russell
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Dancer
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Dancer
James Stovall
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Judge and Bandleader (Standby)
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Sunnyboy (Standby)
Candace Tovar
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Announcer
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Dancer
Byron Utley
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Charley (Standby)
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Slick (Standby)
Alan Weeks
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Willie
Barbara Yeager
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Second Shadow
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