The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-08-14

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BY ulysses boykin

The demand for Negro folk productions has brought
about revival Of another Broadway musical The name
the show Run Little Chillum an a-colored musical
Edrama by Clarence Muse and Hall Johnson The play is
heduled to open New York Hudson theater this week
M the Broadway revival is Detroiters might get
4, chance to it this fall when it goes the road
4 run Little ChIIun" which had a run of several
months back in 1893, deals with conflicting re-
ligions in Toomers Bottom, mythical small town in
,be South The music the cult ritual in the show
was written by Hall Johnson The other numbers of
the arranged by him. The johnson choir
of so make most of the cast. Clarence Muse, the
movie actor, appears in the show. Muse is aging the
show and Mr. johnson is supervising the music The
cast includes Helen Dowdy, Charles Holland Edna
Mae Harris, Caleb Peterson, p. Jay Sidney Gertrude
Saunders, Viola Anderson and Myrtle Anderson.
NIGHT CLUBS
Fyng Home is the successful revue of the week at
|Broad Club Zombie Marcellus Wilson is the producer
After opened last Monday night Wilson left for
business trip to Chicago and turned the job of to
Rollo Vest Roo is doing good job. He has shown
remarkable improvement since the days when he had
rncl-h at the Club Congo The male member of the
team Of Mer-and Boo Gee is a dancer of sensational
liability His smooth light dancing is something worth
ling The Two MaGhands jump dance and joke up
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The Cory Corner, Detroit's popular uptown night
spot has a show FIVE nights week The swing
music is being furnished by George Washington's
swngsers. The Cory Corner is air-condoned.
lets Have Party" featuring the Three Toppers,
lis the current at Henrys Fred Harris and his
Rhythm Rockers furnish the music The & theater
ba has lloyd Wilson's orchestra for the music while Com
edy star Ash Can LaRue produces the shows The place
lis packed all the time.
In New York Jen LeCon, who sings in EARLY to
Bed current Broadway musical doubles at the
Blue Angle Hal Mclntyres orchestra replaces Duke
Ellington at the Hurricane Sept. Is. Hazel
Scott the pianist replaces the Golden Gate quartet at
Cafe Society uptown. Maxine Sullivan will open at
the Ruban Bleu Sept 9.
OPERA
yerdi's LA Travata' will be presented Aug. 2S at
the Potomac Water Gate Washington, DC An aco-
ored cast will be headed by Madam Lillian Evan as Nio-
eia Josephine Lipscombe Alfredo and Charles Cole
as Cermont. The National Negro Opera COMPANY,
re- presenting the production and Frederick VaJda,
conductor of the Metropolitan Opera as
ISOLATION viii stage and conduct the opera
NOTES
The Virginia Booking and Promotion office at
Richmond, Va is anxious to book Detroit bands seek
ing promoters in the neghborhoods OF Richmond Pe-
tersburg and Norfolk Downbeat reports FREDDIE
Webster is leaving Jimmie Lunceford to join a La,
California aggregation. Dooley Wilson has signed TO
head jam band sequence in movie Crnics state
that when Andy Kirk lost Mary Lou Williams, pianist
he only lost a composer and an arranger out ms
only genuine movating power The only eoioreu
band leader of serving IN the armed forces -
Horace Henderson of Chicago. Count Basic and MS
band will work in three pictures on the coast oefore
he returns to the East.
Papa de- Johnson the man who can sell ngh cAe's'
now operating hotel at Mt Clemens