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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (1984)

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PlaywrightAugust Wilson

Music - SongsLillian Hardeway Henderson

Music - SongsWalter Melrose

Music - SongsJoseph Oliver

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Picture of Cort Theatre

VenueCort Theatre138 W. 48th St. New York, NY

Licensed ByUnknown

Opening DateOct 11th 1984

Closing DateJun 9th 1985

Creative Team
Director
Lloyd Richards
Original
Music Director
Dwight Andrews
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Set Designer
Charles Henry McClennahan
Original
Costume Designer
Daphne Pascucci
Original
Lighting Designer
Peter Maradudin
Original
Sound Designer
Jan Nebozenko
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Casting
Meg Simon
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Fran Kumin
Original
Production Stage Management
K White
Original
Mortimer Halpern
Original
K. White
Original
Cast
Toledo
Robert Judd
Original
Arthur French
Original
Levee
Charles S. Dutton
Original
Dussie Mae
Ebony Jo Ann
Original
Aleta Mitchell
Original
Cutler
Bill Cobbs
Original
Joe Seneca
Original
Ma Rainey
Theresa Merritt
Original
Irvin
Lou Criscuolo
Original
Slow Drag
Leonard Jackson
Original
Sturdyvant
Peter Boyden
Original
John Carpenter
Original
Sylvester
Scott Davenport Richards
Original
Policeman
Christopher Loomis
Original
Artistic Production
Executive Producer
The Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center
Original
Producer
Ivan Bloch
Original
Nicholas Paleologos
Original
Robert Cole
Original
Frederick M. Zollo
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Yale Repertory Theatre
Original
General Management
General Management
Kingwill & Goossen Inc.
Original
Assistant General Management
Susan Sampliner
Original

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