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Eubie

Title: Eubie [videorecording] / E.M.A. Productions and Group W Cable in association with Showtime Entertainment ; directed by Gary Halvorson ; produced by Bill Siegler ; music by Eubie Blake ; staged by Ron Abbott ; choreography and tap choreography by Henry Le Tang.
Publication: c1980.

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Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) ( 83 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

Revue of songs and dances to the music of African-American composer Eubie Blake (1883-1983). This production lacks some of the numbers performed in the original Broadway show.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Pamela Koslow.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Musicals.
Video.

Note

Title from original container. End credits on frame.

Credits (note)

Musical direction and arrangements, Danny Holgate ; costumes, Bernard Johnson ; executive producer, Bob Rubin. Broadway production conceived and directed by Julianne Boyd ; original choreography and staging, Billy Wilson ; original set design, Karl Eigsti.

Performer (note)

Gregory Hines, Maurice Hines, Terry Burrell, Leslie Dockery, Lynnie Godfrey, Donna Ingram, David Jackson, Mel Johnson Jr., Bernard J. Marsh, Alaina Reed, Jeffery V. Thompson.

Event (note)

Recorded in performance onstage.

Contents

Prologue -- Shuffle along -- In honeysuckle time -- I'm just wild about Harry / includes tap solo by Maurice Hines -- Baltimore buzz -- Daddy -- I'm a great big baby -- My handyman ain't handy no more -- Low down blues / sung by Gregory Hines -- Gee, I wish I had someone to rock me in the cradle of love -- Low down blues (reprise) -- High steppin' days -- Dixie moon / includes tap duet by Gregory Hines and Maurice Hines -- Weary -- Roll Jordan -- Memories of you -- If you've never been vamped by a brownskin / Gregory Hines plays the role of a judge in this number -- You got to git the gittin' while the gittin's good / sung and danced by Maurice Hines -- Oriental blues -- I'm craving for that kind of love -- Hot feet / sung and danced by Gregory Hines -- Good night Angeline -- Finale: I'm just wild about Harry (reprise).

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-8046

OCLC

NYPY05-F24

Title

Eubie [videorecording] / E.M.A. Productions and Group W Cable in association with Showtime Entertainment ; directed by Gary Halvorson ; produced by Bill Siegler ; music by Eubie Blake ; staged by Ron Abbott ; choreography and tap choreography by Henry Le Tang.

Imprint

c1980.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Credits

Musical direction and arrangements, Danny Holgate ; costumes, Bernard Johnson ; executive producer, Bob Rubin. Broadway production conceived and directed by Julianne Boyd ; original choreography and staging, Billy Wilson ; original set design, Karl Eigsti.

Cast

Gregory Hines, Maurice Hines, Terry Burrell, Leslie Dockery, Lynnie Godfrey, Donna Ingram, David Jackson, Mel Johnson Jr., Bernard J. Marsh, Alaina Reed, Jeffery V. Thompson.

Event

Recorded in performance onstage.

Local Subject

Musical comedies. Eubie.

Added Author

Halvorson, Gary, director.

Siegler, Bill. Producer

Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983, composer.

Le Tang, Henry, choreographer.

Abbott, Ron. Restager

Holgate, Danny, conductor.

Holgate, Danny, arranger of music.

Johnson, Bernard, costume designer.

Hines, Gregory, performer.

Hines, Maurice, performer.

Burrell, Terry, performer.

Dockery, Leslie, performer.

Godfrey, Lynnie, performer.

Ingram, Donna, performer.

Jackson, David, performer.

Johnson, Mel, performer.

Marsh, Bernard J., performer.

Reed, Alaina, performer.

Thompson, Jeffery V., performer.

E. M. A. Productions.

Group W Cable Inc.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-8046

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