Lost in the Stars
Imperial Theatre
Previews Began: April 12, 1972
Opening Night: April 18, 1972
Closing Night: May 21, 1972
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
Babafumi Akunyun Drummer
Ruby Greene Aspinall The Young Woman
Singer
Therman Bailey Singer
Peter Bailey-Britton Eland
Marki Bey Linda
Lana Caradimas Singer
Suzanne Cogan Singer
Donald Coleman Singer
Staats Cotsworth The Judge
Margaret Cowie Irina
Mark Dempsey Foreman
Policeman
Giancarlo Esposito Alex
Damon Evans Matthew Kumalo
Don Fenwick Arthur Jarvis
Karen Ford Mrs. Jarvis
Singer
Aleesaa Foster Singer
Raymond Frith Singer
Judy Gibson Rose
Jack Gwillim James Jarvis
Amelia Haas Singer
Michael Harrison Dancer
Roy Hausen Policeman
The Guard
Wayne Stevenson Hayes Dancer
Leonard Hayward Paulus
McRae
Singer
Lee Hooper Answerer
Edna Husband Singer
Leonard Jackson John Kumalo
David Jay Edward Jarvis
Rosetta LeNoire Grace Kumalo
Urylee Leonardos Singer
Sid Marshall The Young Man
Oba-Ya Dancer
Michael Oiwake Dancer
Autris Paige Johannes Pafuri
Singer
Rod Perry Leader
Rona Leslie Pervil Singer
Brock Peters Stephen Kumalo
Adam Petroski Stationmaster
Harold Pierson Dancer
William
Gilbert Price Absalom Kumalo
Alexander Reed Burton
Garrett Saunders Hlabeni
Mandingo Shaka Singer
Richard Triggs Servant
Singer
Alyce Elizabeth Webb Mrs. M’kize
Understudies: Douglas Grant (Alex), Riley Mills (Edward Jarvis), Clyde Walker (Stephen Kumalo, Leader)
REPLACEMENTS
Ian Martin The Judge
OTHER PRODUCTIONS
