Eartha Kitt
Stage work

Eartha Kitt

Section Title: Stage work
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Year	Title	Location	Role	Notes

1945	Blue Holiday	Broadway	Performer	as a member of the Katherine Dunham Troupe; a short-lived production at the Belasco Theatre

Carib Song	Broadway	Company	as a member of the Katherine Dunham Troupe; performed at the Adelphi Theatre as an Original Broadway production

1946	Bal Nègre	Broadway, and Europe	Performer	as a member of the Katherine Dunham Troupe; widely acclaimed Concert at the Belasco Theatre

unknown	Mexico	Performer	performed successfully as a member of the Katherine Dunham Troupe which was under contract with Teatro Americano for more than two months at the request of Doris Duke

1948	Caribbean Rhapsody	West End, and Paris	Chorus girl	as a member of the Katherine Dunham Troupe; performed at the Prince of Wales Theatre (West End) and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (Paris)

1949-50	unknown	Paris	Herself, Performer	first solo show / leading performance; performed at Carroll's Niterie; is where Orson Welles discovered her

1950	Time Runs	Paris	Helen of Troy	In segment based on Faust; performed "Hungry Little Trouble" written by Duke Ellington; cast by Orson Welles

An Evening With Orson Welles	Frankfurt

1951	Dr. Faustus	Paris	with Orson Welles

1952	New Faces of 1952	Broadway	Polynesian girl, Featured dancer, Featured singer

1954	Mrs. Patterson	Broadway	Theodora (Teddy) Hicks	Original Broadway production

1957	Shinbone Alley	Broadway	Mehitabel	Original Broadway production

1959	Jolly's Progress	Broadway	Jolly Rivers

1965	The Owl and the Pussycat	U.S. National tour	Performer

1967	Peg	Regional (US)

1970	The High Bid	London	Performer

1972	Bunny	London	Performer

1974	Bread and Beans and Things	Aquarius Theater	Performer

1976	A Musical Jubilee	U.S. National tour	Performer

1978	Timbuktu!	Broadway	Shaleem-La-Lume	Nominated: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical

1980	Cowboy and the Legend	Regional (US)	Performer

1982	New Faces of 1952 (Revival)	Off-Off-Broadway	Polynesian girl Featured dancer Featured singer

1985	Blues in the Night	U.S. National tour	Performer

1987	Follies (London Revival)	London	Carlotta Campion	Replacement for Dolores Gray

1989	Aladdin	Palace Theatre, Manchester	Performer

1989	Eartha Kitt in Concert	London	Performer

1994	Yes	Edinburgh	Performer

1995	Sam's Song	Unitarian Church of All Souls	Performer	Benefit concert

1996	Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill	Chicago	Performer

1998	The Wizard of Oz (return engagement) off-Broadway	U.S. National tour	The Wicked Witch

2000	The Wild Party	Broadway	Delores	Original Broadway production Nominated: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical Nominated: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

Cinderella	Madison Square Garden, and U.S. National tour	Fairy Godmother

2003	Nine	Broadway	Liliane La Fleur	Replacement for Chita Rivera

2004	Cinderella (New York City Opera revival)	David H. Koch Theater	Fairy Godmother

2006	Mimi le Duck	Off-Off-Broadway	Madame Vallet

2007	All About Us	Westport Country Playhouse	Performer

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Kitt appeared in the 1945 original Broadway theatre production of the Carib Song.

final_sentence: Kitt appeared in the 1945 original Broadway theatre production of the Carib Song.