Production Staff
Lil Armstrong
Composer/Lyricist
Eubie Blake
Composer/Lyricist
Shelton Brooks
Composer/Lyricist
Cab Calloway
Composer/Lyricist
Jimmy Cox
Composer/Lyricist
Eddie de Lange
Lyricist
Duke Ellington
Composer/Lyricist
Benny Goodman
Composer/Lyricist
W. C. Handy
Composer/Lyricist
Arthur Herzog
Composer/Lyricist
Billy Higgins
Lyricist
Earl "Fatha" Hines
Composer/Lyricist
Danny Holgate
Composer
(additional)
(additional)
Billie Holiday
Composer/Lyricist
Emme Kemp
Composer
(additional)
(additional)
Rosetta LeNoire
Source Material
(based on concept)
(based on concept)
Avon Long
Composer/Lyricist
Lillian Lopez
Composer
(additional)
(additional)
Irving Mills
Lyricist
Loften Mitchell
Bookwriter
Lyricist
W. Benton Overstreet
Composer/Lyricist
Mitchell Parish
Lyricist
Maceo Pinkard
Composer/Lyricist
Andy Razaf
Lyricist
Alex Rogers
Lyricist
Edgar Sampson
Composer/Lyricist
Noble Sissle
Composer/Lyricist
Will E. Skidmore
Composer/Lyricist
Billy Strayhorn
Composer/Lyricist
Renton Tunnah
Composer/Lyricist
Thomas "Fats" Waller
Composer/Lyricist
Chick Webb
Composer/Lyricist
Paul Webster
Lyricist
Bert Williams
Composer/Lyricist
Bert Andrews
Production Photographer
Barry Arnold
Lighting Designer
Lawrence Weiner and Associates
Advertising
Richard Bell
Producer
Susan Chase
Assistant General Manager
Robert M. Cooper
Director
Producer
Clarke Dunham
Scenic Designer
Projection Designer
Max Eisen
General Press Representative
Sam Ellis
Production Stage Manager
Joel S. Fichman
Sound Designer
Barbara Glenn
Press Representative
J. Lloyd Grant
Producer
Lucie D. Grosvenor
Projection Designer
Kenneth Hanson
Stage Manager
Danny Holgate
Composer
(Additional Music)
(Additional Music)
Musical Director
Fred Hoot
Press Representative
Media House
Producer
(Original Producer)
(Original Producer)
Moe Septee Inc.
Producer
(In Association With)
(In Association With)
Stanley James
Hair Designer
Bernard Johnson
Costume Designer
Costume Designer
Carolyne A. Jones
Company Manager
Emme Kemp
Composer
(Additional Music)
(Additional Music)
Lillian Lopez
Composer
(Additional Music)
(Additional Music)
Michael Maurer
Production Stage Manager
I. Mitchell Miller
Production Supervisor
E. Lynn Nickerson
Assistant Stage Manager
Dyann Robinson
Assistant to the Choreographer
Gene Sheppard
Hair Designer
Ashton Springer
Producer
General Manager
Rudy Stevenson
Music Contractor
Guitar and Flute
Neal Tate
Pianist
Anthony Whitehouse
Assistant Stage Manager
Billy Wilson
Choreographer
Choreographer
Awards and Nominations
1977 Olivier Awards
Performance of the Year in a Musical: Charles Augins was nominated but did not win.
Performance of the Year in a Musical: Helen Gelzer was nominated but did not win.
1976 Tony Awards
Best Choreography: Billy Wilson was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: J. Lloyd Grant was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Richard Bell was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Robert M. Cooper was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Moe Septee was nominated but did not win.
1973 Tony Awards
Best Choreography: Gower Champion was nominated but did not win.
Best Direction of a Musical: Gower Champion was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: David Merrick was nominated but did not win.
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