Eubie!
Musical revue in 2 acts: Music by Eubie Blake: Conceived by Julianne Boyd
Ambassador Theatre, Broadway - September 20, 1978 (439 Perfs)
Originally presented 2 February, 1978 at Theatre-Off-Park for 12 performances in a substantially different form as a revival of Shuffle Along
Original Poster design by Arlene Granston www.arlenegraston.com/broadway_posters.htm
This toe-tapping revue of Eubie Blake songs stormed Broadway during the 1978 season to become the most recent success in a 75-year career for this master of American melody. With over twenty wonderful songs such as "I'm Just Wild About Harry", "Memories of You", "Daddy" and "Shuffle Along", this is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser.
Principals:
5 Male, 6 Female. (Can be expanded or reduced)
Musical Numbers:
Prologue
- Goodnight Angeline
- Charleston Rag
Act 1
- Shuffle Along
- In Honeysuckle Time
- I'm Just Wild About Harry
- Baltimore Buzz
- Daddy (Won't You Please Come Home)
- There's a Million Little Cupids in the Sky
- I'm a Great Big Baby (Lyrics By Andy Razaf)
- My Handyman Ain't Handy Anymore (Lyrics By Andy Razaf)
- Low Down Blues
- Gee, I Wish I Had Someone to Rock Me in the Cradle of Love
- I'm Just Simply Full of Jazz
Act 2
- High Steppin' Days (Lyrics By Johnny Brandon)
- Dixie Moon
- Weary (Lyrics By Andy Razaf)
- Roll Jordan (Lyrics By Andy Razaf)
- Memories of You (Lyrics By Andy Razaf
- If You've Never Been Vamped by a Brownskin, You've Never Been Vamped at All
- You Got to Git the Gittin While the Gittin's Good (Lyrics By F. E. Miller)
- Oriental Blues
- I'm Craving for That Kind of Love
- Hot Feet
- Goodnight Angeline
Instrumentation:
Reed (flute/clarinet/soprano sax/alto sax), 2 trumpets, trombone, percussion, guitar db banjo, piano, double bass db tuba