Comin' Uptown
Winter Garden Theatre
Previews Began: December 4, 1979
Opening Night: December 20, 1979
Closing Night: January 27, 1980
Music: Garry Sherman
Lyrics: Peter Udell
Book: Philip Rose
Peter Udell
This musical update of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol recasts Scrooge as a contemporary Harlem slumlord.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Christmas Is Comin’ Uptown…….Christmas Shopper,
Trio, Scrooge
Somebody’s Got To Be the Heavy………………..Scrooge
Christmas Is Comin’ Uptown
(Reprise)………………………………….Christmas Shoppers
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep………………………Scrooge
Get Your Act Together…………………………………Marley
Lifeline……………………………………Christmas Past, Trio
What Better Time for Love……..Scrooge, Young Mary
It Won’t Be Long…………Gospel Singer, Congregation
What I’m Gonna Do for You………………………..Scrooge
What Better Time for Love (Reprise)………….Scrooge,
Young Mary
Get Down Brother, Get Down……Christmas Present,
Presents
Sing a Christmas Song……………………………….Carolers
Sing a Christmas Song (Reprise)……..Cratchit Family,
Carolers
Have I Finally Found My Heart?………………….Scrooge
ACT TWO
Nobody Really Do…………………Christmas Future, Trio
Goin’, Gone………………………………….Christmas Future
Get Down Brother, Get Down
(Reprise)………………………..Cratchit Family, Mourners
One Way Ticket to Hell……………………………………Trio
Nobody Really Do (Reprise)…..Christmas Future, Trio
Born Again…………………………………………………Scrooge
Born Again (Reprise)…………………..Scrooge, Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Gregory Hines Scrooge
Kevin Babb Tiny Tim
Ensemble
Shirley Black-Brown Crachit Daughter
Ensemble
Deborah Lynn Bridges Salvation Army Trio Member
Ensemble
Deborah Burrell Salvation Army Trio Member
Ensemble
Roslyn Burrough Ensemble
Barbara Christopher Ensemble
Duane Davis Young Scrooge
Ensemble
Loretta Devine Young Mary
Ronald Dunham Ensemble
Milton Grayson Ensemble
Tiger Haynes Marley
Robert Jackson Minister
Christmas Future
Linda James Ensemble
Kevin Jeff Ensemble
Jenifer Lewis Salvation Army Trio Member
Ensemble
Carol Lynn Maillard Martha Crachit
Ensemble
Allison R. Manson Crachit Daughter
Ensemble
Esther Marrow Gospel Singer
Ensemble
Larry Marshall Tenant’s Representative
Christmas Past
Saundra McClain Mary
Recreation Center Director
Christmas Present
Virginia McKinzie Mrs. Crachit
Deacon’s Wife
Frances Lee Morgan Time
Ensemble
Raymond Patterson Ensemble
Vernal Polson Young Scrooge’s Assistant
Ensemble
John Russell Bob Crachit
Deacon
Gloria Sauve Ensemble
Eric Sawyer Ensemble
Kiki Shepard Ensemble
Faruma Williams Ensemble
Ned Wright Reverend Byrd
Ensemble
Understudies: Prudence Darby (Ensemble), Otis Sallid (Christmas Past, Ensemble)