Production Info
Previews:
no date entered yet
(preview count not listed yet)
Opening
May 9, 1928
Closing:
June 15, 1929
Length of Run:
518 perf.
Run Type:
Open-ended
Location Info
Location: New York, NY
Credits
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Staging and Concept
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Cast
Musical Numbers
The musical numbers list has been verified as correct.
Prologue
- The Call of the South .... Hall Johnson's Blackbird Choir
- Shuffle Your Feet .... Ruth Johnson & Marjorie Hubbard
- Dixie .... Aida Ward & Entire Company
Act One
- Aunt Jemima Stroll .... Crawford Jackson, Blue McAllister, & Lloyd Mitchell
- Diga Diga Doo .... Adelaide Hall & Her Blackbird Chorus
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love .... Aida Ward & Willard McLean
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love (reprise) .... Adelaide Hall, Aida Ward & Willard McLean
- Bandana Babies .... Adelaide Hall, Ruth Johnson, Crawford Jackson & Blackbird Chorus
- Magnolia's Wedding Day .... Company
- Finale .... Entire Company
Act Two
- Porgy .... Aida Ward, Hall Johnson's Blackbird Choir & Others
- Doin' the New Low Down .... Bill Robinson & Blackbird Chorus
- I Must Have That Man .... Adelaide Hall
- Doin' the New Low Down (reprise) .... Earl
- Here Comes My Blackbird .... Adelaide Hall, Blue McAllister, Crawford Jackson & Blackbird Chorus
- Finale .... Entire Company
Additional Musical Numbers Lists
No additional musical numbers lists yet.
Trivia & History
On 12/31/1928, the title was shortened to simply Blackbirds.
Posters & Promo Art
Photos
Video Clips
Audio Clips
Production Info
Previews:
no date entered yet
(preview count not listed yet)
Opening
May 9, 1928
Closing:
June 15, 1929
Length of Run:
518 perf.
Run Type:
Open-ended
Location Info
Location: New York, NY
Venues
Main Run
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Liberty Theatre (New York, NY)
May 9, 1928 - No date entered yet -
Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre (New York, NY)
October 15, 1928 - June 15, 1929
Tryout
- No tryout venues listed yet.
Audio Recordings
Commercial Recordings
Private Recordings
- No private audio listed yet.
Broadcast Recordings
- No broadcast audio listed yet.
Archival Recordings
- No archival audio listed yet.
