But Never Jam Today
Longacre Theatre
Previews Began: July 20, 1979
Opening Night: July 31, 1979
Closing Night: August 5, 1979
Music: Bert Keyes
Bob Larimer
Lyrics: Bob Larimer
Book: Vinnette Carroll
Bob Larimer
An all-black musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland,” about a girl’s trip into a magical dreamland with an eccentric cast of characters.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Curiouser and Curiouser…………………………………Alice
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star………Persona Non Grata,
Caterpillar, Company
Long Live the Queen………………….Black Queen, Alice
A Real Life Lullabye………………………..Duchess, Cooks
The More I See People………………………..Cheshire Cat
My Little Room……………………………………………….Alice
But Never Jam Today………………..White Queen, Alice
Riding For A Fall………………Persona Non Grata, Alice,
Humpty Dumpty
All the Same To Me…………Tweedledee, Tweedledum
I’ve Got My Orders…………………………………………Alice
ACT TWO
God Could Give Me Anything…………………..Two, Five,
Seven of Spades
But Never Jam Today (Reprise)….Persona Non Grata,
Company
I Like To Win………………………………………………….Alice
And They All Call the Hatter
Mad………………………………………….Persona Non Grata
Jumping From Rock To Rock………Mock Turtle, Alice,
Company
They……………………………..Two, Five, Seven of Spades
Long Live the Company (Reprise)……………..Company
I’ve Got My Orders (Reprise)………….Alice, Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter The White Rabbit
The Cheshire Cat
The Mock Turtle
Mushroom
Brenda Braxton Mushroom
Sharon K. Brooks Mushroom
Lynne Clifton-Allen The Black Queen
Celestine DeSaussure The Dormouse
Mushroom
Cook
Cleavant Derricks Caterpillar
Tweedledee
The Seven of Spades
Cook
Sheila Ellis The March Hare
The Five of Spades
Cook
Charlene Harris The White Queen
The Queen of Hearts
Reginald Vel Johnson The Duchess
Humpty-Dumpty
The King of Hearts
Garry Q. Lewis Mushroom
Guard
Jai Oscar St. John The Mad Hatter
Tweedledum
The Two of Spades
Clayton Strange Mushroom
Guard
Lynne Thigpen Persona Non Grata
Marilynn Winbush Alice