- Description
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Shuffle Along / Henry LeTang [theatrical performance]
- Title
- Shuffle Along [Theatrical Performance]
- Performers
- LeTang, Henry
- Lee, Mable
- Rector, Eddie
- Published/Created
- 1952-05-08
- Genre
- Theatrical Performance
- Venue
- Broadway Theatre
- Abstract
- A revival of the musical comedy (1921) in two acts, 9 scenes. Revised book by Flournoy Miller and Paul Girard Smith. Music by Eubie Blake. Lyrics by Noble Sissle. Directed by Paul Gerard Smith. Chor. by Henry LeTang. Entire production devised and staged by George Hale. Opened 8 May 1952 at the Broadway Theatre and closed 10 May 1952 after 4 performances.
Featured dancers Mable Lee in "Bongo Boola" and "Here Tis" and Eddie Rector in "Swanee Moon" in which he reprised his famous Sand Dance. - Source
- Norton Anthology of Drama: Norton Anthology of Drama: Nineteenth Century to the Present (Vol. 2). W.W. Norton & Company (2009).
- Billman, Larry: Film Choreographers and Dance Directors: An Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia, 1893-1955. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland (1997).
- Stearns, Marshall and Jean Stearns: Jazz Dance: The Story of American Vernacular Dance. New York: Macmillan (1968).
Last Updated: 12-16-2015