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Run, Little Chillun
Broadway
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Run, Little Chillun Playbill - Mar 1933
Run, Little Chillun
Broadway
Original
Lyric Theatre
213 W. 42nd St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Hall Johnson
music:
Hall Johnson
People (108)
Olive Ball
The Rev. Sister Luella Strong
(Original)
Harry Bolden
The Rev. Jones
(Original)
James Thomas Boxwill
Brother Lu-Te
(Original)
Edward Broadnax
Brother George W. Jenkins
(Original)
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Olga Burgoyne
Mother Kanda
(Original)
Alston Burleigh
Jim
(Original)
Marietta Canty
Bessiola Hicks
(Original)
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Jack Carr
Brother Moses
(Original)
Mabel Diggs
Mame
(Original)
Bessie Guy
Belle
(Original)
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Carolyn Hughes
Sister Susie May Hunt
(Original)
Lulu Hunt
Sister Lulu Jane Hunt
(Original)
Rosalie King
Sister Mahalie Ockletree
(Original)
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Lulu B. King
Sue Scott
(Original)
Milton Martin
Brother Jo-Ba
(Original)
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
John Milton Lacey
Brother Jeremiah Johnson
(Original)
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Bertha Powell
Sister Flossie Lou Little
(Original)
Walter Price
Brother Esau Redd
(Original)
Ethel Purnello
Sister Mata
(Original)
Pauline Rivers
Sister Judy Ann Hicks
(Original)
Cecil Scott
Mag
(Original)
Mattie Shaw
Sister Mattie Fullilove
(Original)
Gus Simons
Brother Goliath Simpson
(Original)
Andrew Taylor
The Reverend Ebeneezer Allen
(Original)
Edna Thomas
Ella
(Original)
Fredi Washington
Sulamai
(Original)
Jimmie Waters
Jeems Jackson
(Original)
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Waldine Williams
Reba
(Original)
Ray Yeates
Brother Bartholomew Little
(Original)
A. Adderly
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
E. Adderly
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Katherine Ahnor
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Lavetta Albright
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
R. Alday
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Irma Allen
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
G. Allen
Pilgrim Orchestra
(Original)
I Baker
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Ernest Baskette
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Service Bell
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Dorothy Boxwill
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
R. Branch
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
R. Brathwaite
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
R. Brown
Pilgrim Orchestra
(Original)
Ernest Brown
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
E. Caesar
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Maggie Carter
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
George Clarke
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Edna Commodore
Children
(Original)
Jean Cutler
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
E. Davis
Novitiate
(Original)
Mayme Davis
Novitiate
(Original)
L. DePaure
Pilgrim Orchestra
(Original)
Lucille Dickson
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Blanche Eckles
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Irene Ellington
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Eva Evelyn
Novitiate
(Original)
A. Ferguson
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Charlie Frye
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
C. Gibson
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Amy Goodwin
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
J. Gordon
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
O. Gordon
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Alice Grant
Novitiate
(Original)
Esther Hall
Organist
(Original)
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Eneida Hamlett
Pilgrim
(Original)
C. Harris
Pilgrim Orchestra
(Original)
A. Izanaga
Pilgrim Orchestra
(Original)
Annie Jennings
Novitiate
(Original)
Perrin Knight
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Larri Laurier
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
C. Lewis
Pilgrim Orchestra
(Original)
Carrington Lewis
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Alice Magee
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Assotta Marshall
Pilgrim
(Original)
A. McCullough
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Effie McDowell
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Jack Meredith
Novitiate
(Original)
T. Moody
Pilgrim Orchestra
(Original)
J. Nealy
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Bruce Nugent
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Dorothy Perry
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
W. Polhamus
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Ray Polite
Pilgrim
(Original)
O. Portier
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Alma Reynolds
Pilgrim
(Original)
Odelle Ricks
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
M. Sands
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Emma Sealy
Novitiate
(Original)
Ernest Shaw
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Paul Smellie
Pilgrim
(Original)
Harold Sneed
Elder Tongola
(Original)
L. Stirrup
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
A. Stokes
Pilgrim Orchestra
(Original)
Bennie Tattnall
Children
(Original)
Nell Taylor
Children
(Original)
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Arthur Walker
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Rosina Weston
Pilgrim
(Original)
George White
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
H.J. Williams
Novititate
(Original)
E. Wilson
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Henri Wood
Children
(Original)
Clarence Yates
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
View All Current Cast
Olive Ball
The Rev. Sister Luella Strong
(Original)
Harry Bolden
The Rev. Jones
(Original)
James Thomas Boxwill
Brother Lu-Te
(Original)
Edward Broadnax
Brother George W. Jenkins
(Original)
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Olga Burgoyne
Mother Kanda
(Original)
Alston Burleigh
Jim
(Original)
Marietta Canty
Bessiola Hicks
(Original)
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Jack Carr
Brother Moses
(Original)
Mabel Diggs
Mame
(Original)
Bessie Guy
Belle
(Original)
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Carolyn Hughes
Sister Susie May Hunt
(Original)
Lulu Hunt
Sister Lulu Jane Hunt
(Original)
Rosalie King
Sister Mahalie Ockletree
(Original)
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Lulu B. King
Sue Scott
(Original)
Milton Martin
Brother Jo-Ba
(Original)
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
John Milton Lacey
Brother Jeremiah Johnson
(Original)
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Bertha Powell
Sister Flossie Lou Little
(Original)
Walter Price
Brother Esau Redd
(Original)
Ethel Purnello
Sister Mata
(Original)
Pauline Rivers
Sister Judy Ann Hicks
(Original)
Cecil Scott
Mag
(Original)
Mattie Shaw
Sister Mattie Fullilove
(Original)
Gus Simons
Brother Goliath Simpson
(Original)
Andrew Taylor
The Reverend Ebeneezer Allen
(Original)
Edna Thomas
Ella
(Original)
Fredi Washington
Sulamai
(Original)
Jimmie Waters
Jeems Jackson
(Original)
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Waldine Williams
Reba
(Original)
Ray Yeates
Brother Bartholomew Little
(Original)
A. Adderly
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
E. Adderly
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Katherine Ahnor
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Lavetta Albright
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
R. Alday
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Irma Allen
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
G. Allen
Pilgrim Orchestra
(Original)
I Baker
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Ernest Baskette
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Service Bell
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Dorothy Boxwill
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
R. Branch
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
R. Brathwaite
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
R. Brown
Pilgrim Orchestra
(Original)
Ernest Brown
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
E. Caesar
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Maggie Carter
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
George Clarke
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Edna Commodore
Children
(Original)
Jean Cutler
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
E. Davis
Novitiate
(Original)
Mayme Davis
Novitiate
(Original)
L. DePaure
Pilgrim Orchestra
(Original)
Lucille Dickson
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Blanche Eckles
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Irene Ellington
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Eva Evelyn
Novitiate
(Original)
A. Ferguson
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Charlie Frye
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
C. Gibson
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Amy Goodwin
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
J. Gordon
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
O. Gordon
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Alice Grant
Novitiate
(Original)
Esther Hall
Organist
(Original)
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Eneida Hamlett
Pilgrim
(Original)
C. Harris
Pilgrim Orchestra
(Original)
A. Izanaga
Pilgrim Orchestra
(Original)
Annie Jennings
Novitiate
(Original)
Perrin Knight
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Larri Laurier
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
C. Lewis
Pilgrim Orchestra
(Original)
Carrington Lewis
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Alice Magee
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Assotta Marshall
Pilgrim
(Original)
A. McCullough
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Effie McDowell
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Jack Meredith
Novitiate
(Original)
T. Moody
Pilgrim Orchestra
(Original)
J. Nealy
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Bruce Nugent
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Dorothy Perry
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
W. Polhamus
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Ray Polite
Pilgrim
(Original)
O. Portier
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Alma Reynolds
Pilgrim
(Original)
Odelle Ricks
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
M. Sands
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Emma Sealy
Novitiate
(Original)
Ernest Shaw
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Paul Smellie
Pilgrim
(Original)
Harold Sneed
Elder Tongola
(Original)
L. Stirrup
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
A. Stokes
Pilgrim Orchestra
(Original)
Bennie Tattnall
Children
(Original)
Nell Taylor
Children
(Original)
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Arthur Walker
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
Rosina Weston
Pilgrim
(Original)
George White
Pilgrim Choir
(Original)
H.J. Williams
Novititate
(Original)
E. Wilson
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
Henri Wood
Children
(Original)
Clarence Yates
Tansadi Tongole
(Original)
View All Cast
Hall Johnson
Writer
Choral Director
Incidental Music
Frank Merlin
Director
Doris Humphrey
Choreographer
Cleon Throckmorton
Scenic Design
Helene Pons
Costume Design
Robert Rockmore
Producer
View All Production Team
Pro Info
Opening Date
Mar
1
1933
Closing Date
Jun
17
1933
Performances
126
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