Tan Manhattan
Contributors: Miller, Flournoy E., 1886-1971; Razaf, Andy, 1895-1973; Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983; Le Tang, Henry; Carey, Addison; Coe, Richard L. (Richard Livingstone), 1914-1995, annotator; Howard Theatre (Organization : Baltimore, Md.); Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1941
Language: eng
Description: Pre-Broadway showing, the new musical revue "Tan Manhattan," 2 acts and 18 scenes, sketches by Flournoy E. Miller, lyrics by Andy Razaf, music by Eubie Blake, dances by Henry Le Tang and Addison Carey, vocal arrangements Ona Welch, orchestrations, Tom Whaley, entire production staged under personal direction Irvin C. Miller.
Notes: Howard, a Lichtman Theatre, Monday January 20, (Inaugural Day), one week thru Sunday, January 29th, [1941].

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Johnny Vigal, Flournoy E. Miller, Evelyn Keys, Winnie Johnson, Avon Long, Sallie Gooding, Walter Mosby, Louis Douglas, Nina Mae McKinney, Louis Simms, Slim Bo Jenkins, Hilda Ofley, Dot Saulters, Misses Hubard, Ugganes and Anderson, Oliver Foster, Creighton Thompson, Charles Reed, Herbert Flemming, Harvey White, Ona Welch Choir, Charles Reed, James Sherman, Joe Ranson, Warner Rich, Kenneth Mitchell, Roger Kennedy, Lillian Rollins, Kathern Stevenson, Wahnetta Sans, Mae Fox, Labu Yuen, Birdie Edison, Hilda Brown, Pauline Moore, Margaret, Jackie Lewis, Ruby Davis, Toni Ellis, Gladis Osorrio, Bebe Santos, Ann Craven, Sue Jenkins, Elsa Long, Bonita Dorn.

Act one. Scene I: Down by the Railroad Track. Scene II: At the Station. Scene III: Magnolia Rose. Scene IV: I am a Great Big Baby. Scene V. Tan Manhattan Grill. Song: Your Nickle for a Dime. Scene VI. Doing the Slim Bo. Scene VII. Steve Jenkins Home in the City. Song: Shaking Up the Folks Below -- Act two. Scene 1: Tan Town Divorce. Scene II. Hep Cat. Scene III. The Wrong Side of the Ocean. Song: "Say Goodbye to the Folks Back Home". Scene IV. Public Stenographer Office. Scene V. Toeing the Line. Scene VI. It All Began With a Dream. Scene VII. Check Room. Scene VIII. No Worries, Inc. Scene IX. Dixie Ann from Afghanistan. Scene X. Hit eh Road You Bum Bumble Bee. Scene XI. Down by the Railroad Track. Song: We are Americans Too.

LC copy has notations by Coe. The name Dot Saulters has been crossed off in cast list, the name Rena Lang added in ink. Accompanied by scrap of paper with note: "Dick: Alma Hubbard" and note by Coe.

In: Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress).