Minstrel man

Item

Record ID

851

Identifier

90511

Genre

Operetta/Music Theater/Musical

Work Title

Minstrel man

Uniform Title

Minstrel man

Program/Series Title

Minstrel man

Composer

Karlin, Fred

Text Author

Karlin, Meg

Script

Shapiro, Richard ; Shapiro, Esther Mayesh ; Morrison, Tony (script consultant)

Production Year

1976

Transmission/Release Date

3/2/77

Transmission/Release Year

1977

Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform

CBS

Soloists

Glynn Turman (Harry Brown Jr.) ; Ted Ross (Charles Bates) ; Stanley Clay (Rennie Brown) ; Saundra Sharp (Jessamine) ; Art Evans (Tambo) ; Gene Bell (Harry ; Sr. Fat man) ; Earl Billings (George) ; Anthony Amos (young Harry Jr.) ; Amechi Uzodinma (young Rennie) ; Arthur Rooks (Robert) ; Carol Sutton (Tess) ; Wilbur Swartz (Finch) ; Robert Erle (Turpin) ; Don Lutenbacher (Carmichael) ; Billy Holliday (Pitchman) ; Robert L. Harper (Fair Manager)

TV/Film Director

Graham, William A.

Sets

Brown, Hilyard (art director)

Choreography

McKaye, Donald

Production Company

Roger Gimbel Tomorrow Enterprises production ; First Artists

Producer

Brower, Mitchell ; Lovenheim, Robert

Executive Producer

Gimbel, Roger (co-executive producer) ; Rissien, Edward L. (co-executive producer)

Technical Information

Film

Other Information

Musical drama set in the 1880's about black entertainers appearing in minstrel shows.

Duration

ca. 120'

Archive

Peabody Awards Collection University of Georgia Libraries

Sourcemat

DLCAT - 18 (X)