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Production Staff

Ossie Davis Source Material
(based on play)
Bookwriter
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Gary Geld Composer
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Philip Rose (i) Bookwriter
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Peter Udell Bookwriter
Lyricist
Ernest Adler Hair Designer
Ingram Ash Advertising
Leonard Auerbach Production Stage Manager
Charles Briggs Assistant Stage Manager
Joyce Brown Musical Director
Patty Brown Rehearsal Pianist
Joyce Brown Conductor
Gary Chester Music Contractor
Merle Debuskey Press Representative
Ben Edwards Scenic Designer
Scenic Designer
Faith Geer Press Representative
Mortimer Halpern Stage Manager
Luther Henderson Dance Music Arranger
Orchestrator
Orchestrations/Vocal Arrangements
Dance Music Arranger
Vocal Music Arranger
Louis Johnson Choreographer
Robert Liftin Sound Designer
The Shubert Organization Theatre Owner / Operator
The Shubert Organization is America's oldest professional theatre company and the largest theatre owner on the Broadway. Since the dawn of the 20th Century, Shubert has operated hundreds of theatres and produced hundreds of plays and musicals both in New York City and throughout the United States. Shubert currently owns and operates seventeen Broadway theatres and six off-Broadway venues. ... read more
Harold Pierson Dance Captain
Shirley Prendergast Assistant to Thomas Skelton
Robert Pusilo Assistant to Ann Roth
Helen Stern Richards General Manager
Mabel Robinson Assistant to the Choreographer
Philip Rose (i) Director
Producer
Ann Roth Costume Designer
Costume Designer
Roth is a Carnegie Mellon graduate who began her career as a scenery painter for the Pittsburgh Opera. She intended to remain in the field of production design until she met Irene Sharaff at the Bucks County Playhouse. Sharaff invited her to California to assist her with costumes on the film Brigadoon and suggested Roth apprentice with her for five films and five Broadway productions before setting out on her own. Roth's first Hollywood film was 1964's The World of Henry Orient, where her designs included "monogrammed handmade yellow silk pajamas" for glamorous womanizer Peter Sellers. Roth next designed costumes for ... read more
Garry Sherman Orchestrator
Musical Supervisor
Vocal Music Arranger
Thomas Skelton Lighting Designer
Blaine Thompson Advertising
Linda Watson Casting
Lynda Watson Casting
Ray Wright Music Arranger
(Additional Arrangements)
Music Arrangements
(additional)

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Awards and Nominations

1970 Theatre World Awards
Performance: Melba Moore won.

1970 Tony Awards
Best Choreography: Louis Johnson was nominated but did not win.
Best Direction of a Musical: Philip Rose was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Peter Udell was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Ossie Davis was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Philip Rose was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Gary Geld was nominated but did not win.

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