Simply Heavenly

Theatre

Name:	Renata Theatre
Address:	144 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012

Production Information

Number of performances:	63
First performance date:	November 8, 1957
Opening date:	November 8, 1957
Closing date:	December 31, 1957

Opening Night Credits

Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	Langston Hughes	Playwright
	David Martin	Music
	Langston Hughes	Lyricist

	Joshua Shelley	Director

Cast

	Actor	Role
	Marilyn Berry	Joyce Lane
	John Bouie	Melon
	Dagmar Craig	Mrs. Caddy / Nurse / Party Guest
	Anna English	Zarita
	Maxwell Glanville	Big Boy
	Wihelmina Gray	Madame Butler
	Stanley Greene	Boyd
	Charles Harrigan	John Jasper
	Allegro Kane	Character
	Brownie McGhee	Gitfiddle
	Claudia McNeil	Mamie
	Charles A. McRae	Bodiddly
	Willie Pritchett	Bar Pianist
	Melvin Stewart	Simple
	Duke Williams	Hopkins
	Josephine Woods	Arcie

Notes

First played at the 85th Street Playhouse May 21, 1957 then transferred to the Playhouse Theatre on Broadway for an August 20, 1957 opening. This production is the transfer back from Broadway with the same cast.