Doctor Jazz
Winter Garden Theatre
Previews Began: February 4, 1975
Opening Night: March 19, 1975
Closing Night: March 22, 1975
Music: Buster Davis
Luther Henderson
Multiple Artists
Lyrics: Buster Davis
Multiple Artists
Book: Buster Davis
The story of a young jazz musician serves as the backdrop for the birth of jazz in America.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Doctor Jazz……………………Steve Anderson, Musicians,
Spasm Band
We’ve Got Connections…………………..Steve Anderson,
Georgia Sheridan,
Harriet Lee
Georgia Shows ’em How……………….Georgia Sheridan,
Georgia’s Girls
Cleopatra Had a Jazz Band……………..Steve Anderson,
Ballyhoo Band
Juba Dance……………Edna Mae Sheridan, Spasm Band
Charleston Rag………..Jonathan’s Band, Harriet’s Girls
I’ve Got Elgin Watch Movements in My
Hips………………………………………….Edna Mae Sheridan
Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gave to
Me……………………………………………………Ballyhoo Band
Good-Time Flat Blues…………………..Georgia Sheridan
Evolution Papa…….Edna Mae Sheridan, Lead Dancer,
Troupe
Rehearsal Tap……………………………………………….Group
Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gave to Me
(Reprise)…………………………………………Steve Anderson
I Love It…………………………………….Edna Mae Sheridan
Anywhere the Wind Blows……………….Steve Anderson
ACT TWO
Those ‘Sheik-of-Araby’…………Blues Singers, Dancers
Look Out for Lil…………..Edna Mae Sheridan, Dancers
Swanee Strut…………………………………..Steve Anderson
All I Want Is My Black Baby
Back…………………………………………Edna Mae Sheridan
Everybody Leaves You……………………..Steve Anderson
Free and Easy……………Edna Mae Sheridan, Company
I Love It (Reprise)…………………………..Steve Anderson,
Edna Mae Sheridan
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Bobby Van Steve Anderson
Lola Falana Edna Mae Sheridan
Lillian Hayman Georgia Sheridan
Gail Benedict Harriet’s Girl
Dancer
James Braet Singer
Sarah Coleman Harriet’s Girl
Showgirl
Annie Joe Edwards Georgia’s Girl
Singer
Paul Eichel Henry
Rudy
Harry
Singer
Quitman Fludd III Spasm Band Member
Dancer
Maggy Gorrill Harriet’s Girl
Dancer
Marian Haraldson Singer
Bob Heath Dancer
Bruce Heath Member of “The Group”
Spasm Band Member
Dancer
David Hodo Dancer
Bonita Jackson Georgia’s Girl
Member of “The Group”
Dancer
Kitty Jones Harriet’s Girl
Showgirl
Jack Landron Jonathan Jackson Jr.
Michael Litchefeld Dancer
Evelyn McCauley Singer
Héctor Jaime Mercado Lead Dancer
Spasm Band Member
Diana Mirras Harriet’s Girl
Dancer
Sally Neal Harriet’s Girl
Member of “The Group”
Dancer
Peggy Pope Harriet Lee
Yolanda Raven Harriet’s Girl
Member of “The Group”
Dancer
Catherine Rice Harriet’s Girl
Dancer
Michele Simmons Georgia’s Girl
Member of “The Group”
Dancer
Dan Strayhorn Dancer
Eron Tabor Pete
Singer
Jeff Veazey Spasm Band Member
Dancer
Understudies: Marshall Blake (Swing Dancer), Jo Ann Ogawa (Swing Dancer)