Black and Blue
Minskoff Theatre
Previews Began: December 27, 1988
Opening Night: January 26, 1989
Closing Night: January 20, 1991
Music: Multiple Artists
Lyrics: Multiple Artists
Concept: Héctor Orezzoli
Claudio Segovia
This revue celebrates the blues and jazz music and dance made popular by black performers in the 1920s and 1930s.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
I’m a Woman……………………………..Linda, Ruth, Carrie
Royal Garden Blues…………………………..The Musicians
St. Louis Blues………………………………………………..Ruth
Everybody Loves My Baby……………………The Dancers
After You’ve Gone……..Linda, Bernard, Male Dancers
If I Can’t Sell It, I’ll Keep Sittin’ on It………………..Ruth
I Want a Big Butter and Egg Man……….Carrie, Kevin,
Ted, Eugene
Rhythm Is Our Business……..Savion, Cyd, Dormeshia
Mystery Song……….Tanya, Rashamella, Valerie Smith
Stompin’ at the Savoy……………………………………Jimmy
I’ve Got a Right to Sing the Blues…………………..Carrie
Black and Tan Fantasy…………………….Bunny, Dancers
Come Sunday………………………………………………..Linda
Daybreak Express…………………………….The Musicians
T’Ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do……………..Ruth, Linda
That Rhythm Man……………………………….The Dancers
ACT TWO
Swinging…………………………………………….The Dancers
Wednesday Night Hop……………………….The Dancers
Cry Like a Baby……………………………………………..Linda
Memories of You………………….Diane, Bernard, Kevin
Body and Soul…………………………………………………Ruth
I’m Confession’……..Kyme, Bernard, Kevin, Fred, Ted
East St. Louis Toodle-oo…………………………Ralph, Lon
Am I Blue……………………………………………………..Carrie
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love……………..Angela,
Eugene,
Dancers
In a Sentimental Mood………………………………….Bunny
Black and Blue…….Ruth, Linda, Carrie, Jimmy, Bunny
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Ruth Brown Singer
Linda Hopkins Singer
Carrie Smith Singer
Frederick J. Boothe Dancer
Bunny Briggs Hoofer
Ralph Brown Hoofer
Lon Chaney Hoofer
Rashamella Cumbo Dancer
Eugene Fleming Dancer
Tanya Gibson Dancer
Cyd Glover Younger Generation
Savion Glover Younger Generation
Germaine Goodson Dancer
Angela Hall Dancer
Kyme Dancer
Ted Levy Dancer
Valerie Macklin Dancer
Bernard Manners Dancer
Deborah Mitchell Dancer
Van Porter Dancer
Kevin Ramsey Dancer
Ken Roberson Dancer
Jimmy Slyde Hoofer
Valerie E. Smith Dancer
Dormeshia Sumbry Younger Generation
Dianne Walker Hoofer
Melvin Washington Dancer
Standby: Melba Joyce (Singer), Tarik Winston (Younger Generation)
REPLACEMENTS
La Vern Baker Singer
Adrian Bailey Dancer
Buster Brown Hoofer
Edward Campbell IV Dancer
Michael Clory Dancer
Walter Freeman Dancer
Chuck Green Hoofer
Dulé Hill Younger Generation
George Hillman Hoofer
Dexter Jones Dancer
Bernard Manners Hoofer
Greg Poland Dancer
Michael Rainey Dancer
Michelle M. Robinson Dancer
Keith Thomas Dancer
Theara J. Ward Dancer
Tarik Winston Younger Generation
Mona Wyatt Dancer
Standby: Daniel B. Wooten, Jr. (Younger Generation)