Grind
Mark Hellinger Theatre
Previews Began: March 25, 1985
Opening Night: April 16, 1985
Closing Night: June 22, 1985
Music: Larry Grossman
Lyrics: Ellen Fitzhugh
Book: Fay Kanin
In a Depression-era burlesque theatre, a black comic attempts to build a relationship with a stripper, an Irish ex-terrorist haunted by his past takes a job as a stooge for a blind comic, and everyone must confront their own hardships and the racism that divides the company.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
This Must Be the Place…………………………….Company
Cadava……………………………………..Solly, Gus, Romaine
A Sweet Thing Like Me……………..Satin, Earle’s Pearls
I Get Myself Out………………………………………………Gus
My Daddy Always Taught Me To Share…………..Leroy
All Things To One Man…………………………………..Satin
The Line……………………………………Leroy, Earl’s Pearls
Katie, My Love………………………………………………Doyle
The Grind………………………………………..Gus, Company
Yes, Ma’am……………………………………………………Doyle
Why, Mama, Why…………………………………Satin, Leroy
This Crazy Place……………………………Leroy, Company
ACT TWO
From the Ankles Down……………..Leroy, Earle’s Pearls
Who Is He……………………………………………………..Satin
Never Put It In Writing…………………………………….Gus
I Talk, You Talk……………………………………………..Doyle
Timing……………………………………………..Romaine, Solly
These Eyes of Mine…………………..Maybelle, Company
New Man………………………………………………………Leroy
Down…………………………………………………………….Doyle
A Century of Progress…….Leroy, Satin, Earle’s Pearls
Finale………………………………………………………Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Leilani Jones Satin
Stubby Kaye Gus
Timothy Nolen Doyle
Ben Vereen Leroy
Donald Acree Grover
Ruth Brisbane Mrs. Faye
Candy Brown Kitty
Hope Clarke Ruby
Leonard John Crofoot Knockabout
Stooge
Tough
Joey Faye Solly
Brian McKay Louis
Sharon Murray Romaine
Steve Owsley Knockabout
Tough
Jackie Jay Patterson Mechanical Man
Malcolm Perry Knockabout
Tough
Valarie Pettiford Fleta
Marion Ramsey Vernelle
Ray Roderick Knockabout
Tough
Wynonna Smith Linette
Oscar Stokes Mike
Lee Wallace Harry
Kelly Walters Knockabout
Tough
Carol Woods Maybelle
Swing: David Reitman
Understudies: Dwight Baxter (Mechanical Man), Dana Lorge (Romaine), Raymond Rickman (Grover), Gayle Samuels (Ruby, Kitty, Vernelle, Fleta, Linette)
REPLACEMENTS
Obba Babatundé Leroy