Rhapsody in black
Contributors: Leslie, Lew, 1886-1963; Shubert-Belasco Theatre (Organization : Washington, D.C.); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1931
Language: eng
Description: Shubert-Belasco Theatre, direction Messrs. Lee and J.J. Shubert, L. Stoddard Taylor, resident manager. Twenty-seventh season. Leslie Productions, Inc. present Ethel Waters in Lew Leslie's "Rhapsody in Black," a symphony of blue notes and black rhythm featuring Berry Brothers, Cecil Mack's Choir, Valaida, Dusty Fletcher and Bessie Dudley, Blue McAllister, Avis Andrews, Geneva Washinton, Eloise Uggams and Pike Davis' Continental Orchestra, lyrics and music by George Gershwin, Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols, Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, Ken Macomber, Rosamond Johnson and Cecil Mack. Vocal arrangements for spirituals and folk songs by Cecil Mack, entire production conceived and staged by Lew Leslie. Costumes designed by Charles LeMaire and executed by Brooks Costume Company, properties by G.A. Wiedhaas.
Notes: Shubert-Belasco Theatre, Washington, D.C., beginning Monday, November 9, 1931. Matinees on Thursday and Saturday at 2:30.

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Ethel Waters, Dusty Fletcher. Cecil Mack's Choir: Eloise Uggams, Avis Andrews, Louisa Howard, Jamesena McMahan, Olive Ball, Slika Pettiford, Marguerite Hall, Geneva Washington, Ernest Boyd, William Burns, Frank Jackson, William Carr, Harold Thompson, William Allen, James Skelton, Sam H. Gray.

In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).