Eubie!

Eubie!
Music	Eubie Blake
Lyrics	Noble Sissle Andy Razaf Johnny Brandon F. E. Miller Jim Europe
Book	Revue
Productions	1978 Broadway

Eubie! is a revue featuring the music of Eubie Blake, with lyrics by Noble Sissle, Andy Razaf, Johnny Brandon, F. E. Miller, and Jim Europe.

Production

After seven previews, the Broadway production, conceived and directed by Julianne Boyd and choreographed by Billy Wilson and Henry LeTang, opened on September 20, 1978 at the Ambassador Theatre, where it ran for 439 performances. The cast included Alaina Reed, Lynnie Godfrey, and the Hines brothers, Gregory and Maurice. An original cast recording was released in 1979, but has not been released on CD.

The theater setting was designed to be reminiscent of the 1920s, with "curlicued settings, dancers diving down a staircase in a pie-shaped wedge, a girl in a mantilla with a Spanish rose in her teeth".^[1] Many of the songs were from the Blake-Sissle 1921 show Shuffle Along. Among the songs were "Charleston Rag", "Daddy", "My Handyman Ain't Handy No More", "Gee, I Wish I Had Someone to Rock Me in the Cradle of Love", and "There's a Million Little Cupids in the Sky" (from the Blake-Sissle show "The Chocolate Dandies).^[2]

Songs

Prologue Goodnight Angeline Charleston Rag Act 1 Shuffle Along In Honeysuckle Time I'm Just Wild About Harry Baltimore Buzz (Mime Staged by Dana Manno) Daddy (Won't You Please Come Home) (Musical Staging by Julianne Boyd) There's a Million Little Cupids in the Sky I'm a Great Big Baby (Lyrics By Andy Razaf) My Handyman Ain't Handy Anymore (Lyrics By Andy Razaf) Low Down Blues Gee, I Wish I Had Someone to Rock Me in the Cradle of Love (Duet Arrangement by Vicki Carter) I'm Just Simply Full of Jazz

Act 2 High Steppin' Days (Lyrics By Johnny Brandon) Dixie Moon Weary (Lyrics By Andy Razaf)(Vocal arrangement by Chapman Roberts) Roll Jordan (Lyrics By Andy Razaf)(Vocal arrangement by Chapman Roberts) Memories of You (Lyrics By Andy Razaf If You've Never Been Vamped by a Brownskin, You've Never Been Vamped at All You Got to Git the Gittin While the Gittin's Good (Lyrics By F. E. Miller) Oriental Blues I'm Craving for That Kind of Love (Musical Staging by Julianne Boyd) Hot Feet Goodnight Angeline

Awards and nominations

Original Broadway production

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
1979	Tony Award	Best Original Score	Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle, Andy Razafe, F.E. Miller, Johnny Brandon and Jim Europe	Nominated
		Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical	Gregory Hines	Nominated
		Best Choreography	Billy Wilson and Henry LeTang	Nominated
	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Musical		Nominated
		Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical	Lynnie Godfrey	Nominated
		Outstanding Choreography	Billy Wilson and Henry LeTang	Nominated
	Theatre World Award		Gregory Hines	Won

References

1. Kerr, Walter. "Arts, mini-review", The New York Times, November 6, 1978, p. 54
2. Kroll, Jack. "Wild About Eubie", Newsweek, October 2, 1978

External links

• Eubie! at the Internet Broadway Database
• Eubie! at the Music Theatre International website