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Raisin

(Original Broadway Production, 1973)

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Production Information
Previews:October 10, 1973 (9 previews)
Opening:October 18, 1973
Closing:December 07, 1975
# Performances:847
Theatres:Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
(1/13/1975 - 12/7/1975)
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
(1/13/1975 - 12/7/1975)
46th Street Theatre
(10/18/1973 - 12/18/1974)
46th Street Theatre
(10/10/1973 - 12/28/1974)
Production Type:Original Production
Production Status: Closed
Run Type:Open Run
Market:Broadway
Intermissions:1
Version:Original Broadway Version
 
Production Staff
Al Cohn
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Orchestrator
Robert M. Freedman
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Orchestrator
Bernard Johnson
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Costume Designer
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Costume Designer
Donald McKayle
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Director/Choreographer
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Choreographer
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Director
William Mintzer
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Lighting Designer
Howard Roberts
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Musical Director
Robert U. Taylor
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Scenic Designer
 
Original Cast | Replacements
Loretta Abbott
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Victim
Deborah Allen
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Beneatha Younger
Deborah Allen (i)
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Beneatha Younger
Elaine Beener
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Bar Girl
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People of the Southside
Chief Bey
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African Drummer
Glenn Brooks
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People of the Southside
Walter P. Brown
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Willie Harris
Karen Burke
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People of the Southside
Virginia Capers
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Lena Younger
Paul Carrington
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People of the Southside
Ralph Carter
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Travis Younger
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Travis Younger
Herb Downer
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Pastor
Marilyn Hamilton
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People of the Southside
Ernestine Jackson
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Ruth Younger
Robert Jackson
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Joseph Asagai
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Joseph Asagai
Don Jay
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People of the Southside
Eugene Little
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People of the Southside
Helen Martin
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Mrs. Johnson
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Mrs. Johnson
Joe Morton
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Walter Lee Younger
Marenda Perry
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Pastor's Wife
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People of the Southside
Al Perryman
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Pusher
Zelda Pulliam
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People of the Southside
Renne Rose
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People of the Southside
Ted Ross
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Bobo Jones
Richard Sanders
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Karl Linder
Chuck Thorpe
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People of the Southside
Gloria Turner
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People of the Southside
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