Buck White
George Abbott Theatre
Previews Began: November 15, 1969
Opening Night: December 2, 1969
Closing Night: December 6, 1969
Music: Oscar Brown, Jr.
Lyrics: Oscar Brown, Jr.
Book: Oscar Brown, Jr.
A militant black lecturer addresses a meeting organized by a black political group in this musical adaptation of Joseph Dolan Tuotti’s play Big Time Buck White.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Honey Man Song…………………………………..Honey Man
Money, Money, Money……………..Weasel, Honey Man
Nobody, Does My Thing……………………………….Hunter
Step Across That Line…………………………Rubber Band
H.N.I.C…………………………………………………………….Jive
Beautiful Allelujah Days…………..Jive, Weasel, Hunter,
Rubber Band, Honey Man
Tap the Plate……………Jive, Rubber Band, Honey Man
Big Time Buck White Chant………………………Company
ACT TWO
Big Time Buck White Chant…………….Buck, Company
Better Far……………………………………………………….Buck
We Came in Chains…………………………Buck, Company
Black Balloons…………………………………Buck, Company
Look at Them………………………………………………Whitey
Mighty Whitey………………………………..Buck, Company
Get Down……………………………………….Buck, Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Muhammad Ali Buck
Herschell Burton Hunter
David Moody Honey Man
Ron Rich Jive
Ted Ross Weasel
Eugene Smith Whitey
Don Sutherland Black Man
Charles Weldon Rubber Band
Understudies: Paul F. Canavan (Whitey), Van Kirksey (Weasel), Arnold Williams (Rubber Band)