Yeah Man Rector, Eddie performer Theatrical Performance 1932-05-26 Park Lane Theater An all-Negro revue of song, dance and laughter in two acts, a prologue and 23 scenes. Dialogue (sketches) by Leigh Whipper and Billy Mills. Music and Lyrics by Al Wilson, Charles Weinberg, Ken Macomber, (Proter Granger). Staged by Walter Campbell. Dances by Marcus Slayter. Opened 26 May 1932 at the Park Lane Theatre and closed 27 May 1932 after 2 performances. Starring Mantan Moreland, Billy Miles, Leigh Whipper, Marcus Slaytor, Eddie Rector, The Melodee Four, Rose Henderson, Lily Yuen, Hilda Perleno, Roy and Rastus; with a Stepping Quintette, The Lindy Hoppers (Pansey Peryment, Ralaph Henry, Edith Austin, Rabitt Taylor, Esselene Hinton, Shorty Snowden), Yeah Man Singers, Billy Butler's "Yeah Men" Marcus Slayter's Sixteen Brownskin Hurricanes. E. Bennett with the Stepping Quintette in "At the Barbecue" Act I Scene 5; H. Perleno, M. Slayter, Eddie Rector in "I'm Always Happy When I'm In Your Arms" Act I Scene 5; Eddie Rector in "Specialty" Act I Scene 12;R. Henderson, E. Rector and M. Moreland in "The Spell of Those Harlem Nights" Act II Scene 1; Stepping Quintette in "Shady Dan" Act II Scene 4;H. Perleno and E. Rector in "Give Me Your Love" Act II Scene 5; E. Rector with the Entire Company in "Finale" Act II Scene 11. (Norton 1932.12) Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Norton Anthology of Drama: Norton Anthology of Drama: Nineteenth Century to the Present (Vol. 2). W.W. Norton & Company (2009). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html Eddie Rector (biography) loc.music.tdabio.158 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.1559