Production Information
Previews: February 08, 2008 (20 previews) Opening: February 28, 2008 Closing: July 20, 2008 # Performances: 165 Theatres: Belasco Theatre (2/8/2008 - 7/20/2008) Production Type: Original Production Production Status: Closed Run Type: Open Run Market: Broadway Running Time: 2 hours and 10 minutes, with one intermission Intermissions: 1 This coming-of-age musical about a young African-American's voyage of discovery continues the journey and moves to Broadway.
Production Staff
Stew
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Orchestrator
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Musical Supervisor
Kevin Adams
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Lighting Designer
Karole Armitage
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Choreographer
Elizabeth Hope Clancy
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Costume Designer
Annie Dorsen
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Director
David Korins
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Scenic Designer
Tom Morse
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Sound Designer
Heidi Rodewald
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Orchestrator
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Musical Supervisor
Original Cast Replacements
Stew
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Narrator
de'Adre Aziza
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Edwina
(A teenage goddess)
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Marianna
(A neo-hippy)
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Sudabey
(An avant-garde filmmaker and writer)
Daniel Breaker
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Youth
Eisa Davis
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Mother
Colman Domingo
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Franklin
(Church pianist, choir director, Reverend's son)
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Joop
(A body liberationist)
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Mr. Venus
(A performance artist)
Chad Goodridge
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Hugo
(A militant essayist)
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Christophe
(An academic who moonlights)
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Terry
(A bad kid at church)
Billy Eugene Jones
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Franklin
(Understudy) (Church pianist, choir director, Reverend's son)
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Joop
(Understudy) (A body liberationist)
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Mr. Venus
(Understudy) (A performance artist)
Rebecca Naomi Jones
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Sherry
(A bad kid at church)
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Renata
(An abstract artist and cafe waitress)
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Desi
(A den mother and social engineer)
Kelly McCreary
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Desi
(Understudy) (A den mother and social engineer)
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Edwina
(Understudy) (A teenage goddess)
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Marianna
(Understudy) (A neo-hippy)
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Renata
(Understudy) (An abstract artist and cafe waitress)
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Sherry
(Understudy) (A bad kid at church)
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Sudabey
(Understudy) (An avant-garde filmmaker and writer)
Karen Pittman
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Mother
(Understudy)
David Ryan Smith
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Narrator
(Understudy)
Lawrence Stallings
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Christophe
(Understudy) (An academic who moonlights)
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Hugo
(Understudy) (A militant essayist)
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Terry
(Understudy) (A bad kid at church)
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Youth
(Understudy)
Stew
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Narrator
de'Adre Aziza
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Edwina (A teenage goddess)
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Marianna (A neo-hippy)
....
Sudabey (An avant-garde filmmaker and writer)
Daniel Breaker
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Youth
Eisa Davis
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Mother
Colman Domingo
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Franklin (Church pianist, choir director, Reverend's son)
....
Joop (A body liberationist)
....
Mr. Venus (A performance artist)
Chad Goodridge
....
Hugo (A militant essayist)
....
Christophe (An academic who moonlights)
....
Terry (A bad kid at church)
Billy Eugene Jones
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Franklin (Understudy) (Church pianist, choir director, Reverend's son)
....
Joop (Understudy) (A body liberationist)
....
Mr. Venus (Understudy) (A performance artist)
Rebecca Naomi Jones
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Sherry (A bad kid at church)
....
Renata (An abstract artist and cafe waitress)
....
Desi (A den mother and social engineer)
Kelly McCreary
....
Desi (Understudy) (A den mother and social engineer)
....
Edwina (Understudy) (A teenage goddess)
....
Marianna (Understudy) (A neo-hippy)
....
Renata (Understudy) (An abstract artist and cafe waitress)
....
Sherry (Understudy) (A bad kid at church)
....
Sudabey (Understudy) (An avant-garde filmmaker and writer)
Karen Pittman
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Mother (Understudy)
David Ryan Smith
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Narrator (Understudy)
Lawrence Stallings
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Christophe (Understudy) (An academic who moonlights)
....
Hugo (Understudy) (A militant essayist)
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Terry (Understudy) (A bad kid at church)
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Youth (Understudy)
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