Lost in the Stars
Music Box Theatre
Previews Began: -
Opening Night: October 30, 1949
Closing Night: July 1, 1950
Music: Kurt Weill
Lyrics: Maxwell Anderson
Book: Maxwell Anderson
Two South African families, one black and one white, are brought together by a tragic murder charge in the age of apartheid, in this musical adaptation of Alan Paton’s novel Cry the Beloved Country.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
ACT ONE
The Hills of Ixtapo……………Leader, Answerer, Singers
Thousands of Miles……………………..Stephen Kumalo
Train to Johannesburg…………………..Leader, Singers
The Search……………Stephen Kumalo, Leader, Singers
The Little Grey House………..Stephen Kumalo, Singers
Stay Well…………………………………Absalom Kumalo
Trouble Man……………………………………………Irina
Murder in Parkwold………………………………..Singers
Fear…………………………………………………..Singers
Lost in the Stars……………….Stephen Kumalo, Singers
ACT TWO
The Wild Justice…………………………..Leader, Singers
O Tixo, Tixo, Help Me…………………..Stephen Kumalo
Cry, the Beloved Country………………..Leader, Singers
Big Mole………………………………………………..Alex
Thousands of Miles (Reprise)…………………….Singers
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Roy Allen William
Leslie Banks James Jarvis
LaCoste Brown Singer
Robert Byrn Policeman
Singer
Sibol Cain Singer
Herbert Coleman Alex
Warren Coleman John Kumalo
Joseph Crawford Singer
Todd Duncan Stephen Kumalo
La Verne French The Young Man
Russell George Singer
William Greaves Matthew Kumalo
Charles Grunwell Eland
Sheila Guyse Linda
Mabel Hart The Young Woman
Georgette Harvey Mrs. M’kize
Alma Hubbard Singer
Joseph James Answerer
Singer
Gertrude Jeanette Grace Kumalo
Mark Kramer White Man
Singer
Moses La Mar Singer
Elen Longone Singer
Paul Mario Singer
William Marshall Hlabeni
Inez Matthews Irina
Julian Mayfield Absalom Kumalo
Robert McFerrin Villager
Singer
June McMechen Singer
Charles McRae Paulus
John Morley Arthur Jarvis
Van Prince Johannes Pafuri
Biruta Ramoska White Woman
Singer
Judson Rees Edward Jarvis
Elayne Richards Nita
Frank Roane Leader
Jerome Shaw Foreman
The Guard
Gloria Smith Rose
William C. Smith Jared
Singer
Guy Spaull The Judge
Christine Spencer Singer
John W. Stanley Burton
Constance Stokes Singer
Joseph Theard Singer
Lucretia West Singer
Understudies: Yvonne Coleman (Nita), William Davidson (Alex), Richard Rhoades (Edward Jarvis)
REPLACEMENTS
Roy Allen Servant
Leon Bibb Singer
Yvonne Coleman A Child
William Dillard Answerer
Jared
Singer
John Garth III Singer
Norman Hawley Singer
Van Hawley Singer
Anne Humphrey Singer
Joseph James Hlabeni
Alma Lillie Singer
Elen Longone White Woman
George Rees Foreman
The Guard
Jerome Shaw Burton
Guy Spaull James Jarvis
John W. Stanley The Judge
Clyde Turner Singer
Lucretia West Mrs. M’kize
OTHER PRODUCTIONS
