- Cantata: "Son of Man".
- Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- The Green Pastures (1930). Musical. Musical Director: Hall Johnson. Directed by Marc Connelly. Mansfield Theatre: 26 Feb 1930- 29 Aug 1931 (640 performances).
- Pagan Lady (1930). Drama. Incidental music by Hall Johnson. Directed by John D. Williams. 48th Street Theatre: 20 Oct 1930- Mar 1931 (closing date unknown/152 performances).
- Run, Little Chillun (1933). Drama. Written by Hall Johnson. Incidental music composed and arranged by Hall Johnson. Dances arranged by Doris Humphrey. Scenic Design by Cleon Throckmorton. Costume Design by Helene Pons. Directed by Frank Merlin. Lyric Theatre: 1 Mar 1933- 17 Jun 1933 (126 performances). Cast: A. Adderly (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), E. Adderly (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Katherine Ahnor (as "Soprano/Pilgrim Choir"), Lavetta Albright (as "Alto/Pilgrim Choir"), R. Alday (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), G. Allen (as "Pilgrim Orchestra"), Irma Allen (as "Soprano/Pilgrim Choir"), I Baker (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Olive Ball (as "The Rev. Sister Luella Strong"), Ernest Baskette (as "Bass/Pilgrim Choir"), Service Bell (as "Baritone/Pilgrim Choir"), Harry Bolden (as "The Rev. Jones, Pastor of the Hope Baptist Church") [Broadway debut], Dorothy Boxwill (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), James Thomas Boxwill (as "Brother Lu-Te. Chief Singer of the New Day Pilgrims"), R. Branch (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), R. Brathwaite (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Edward Broadnax (as "Brother George W. Jenkins/Bass/Pilgrim Choir"), Ernest Brown (as "Bass/Pilgrim Choir"), R. Brown (as "Pilgrim Orchestra"), Olga Burgoyne (as "Mother Kanda, Daughter of Tongola"), Alston Burleigh (as "Jim, Rev. Jones' Son"), E. Caesar (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Marietta Canty (as "Bessiola Hicks/Alto/Pilgrim Choir"), Jack Carr (as "Brother Moses, Young Priest"), Maggie Carter (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), George Clark (as "Baritone/Pilgrim Choir"), Edna Commodore (as "Children"), Jean Cutler (as "Soprano/Pilgrim Choir"), E. Davis (as "Novitiate"), Mayme Davis (as "Novitiate"), L. DePaure (as "Pilgrim Orchestra"), Lucille Dickson (as "Soprano/Pilgrim Choir"), Mabel Diggs (as "Mame, of Toomer's Bottom"), Blanche Eckles (as "Soprano/Pilgrim Choir"), Irene Ellington (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Eva Evelyn (as "Novitiate"), A. Ferguson (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Charlie Frye (as "Tenor/Pilgrim Choir"), C. Gibson (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Amy Goodwin (as "Alto/Pilgrim Choir"), J. Gordon (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), O. Gordon (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Alice Grant (as "Novitiate"), Bessie Guy (as "Belle, of Toomer's Bottom/Soprano/Pilgrim Choir"), Esther Hall (as "Organist/Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Eneida Hamlett (as "Pilgrim"), C. Harris (as "Pilgrim Orchestra"), Carolyn Hughes (as "Sister Susie May Hunt"), Lulu Hunt (as "Sister Lulu Jane Hunt"), A. Izanaga (as "Pilgrim Orchestra"), Annie Jennings (as "Novitiate"), Lulu King (as "Sue Scott, of Toomer's Bottom"), Rosalie King (as "Sister Mahalie Ockletree/Alto/Pilgrim Choir"), Perrin Knight (as "Tenor/Pilgrim Choir"), Milton Lacey (as "Brother Jeremiah Johnson/Baritone/Pilgrim Choir"), Larri Laurier (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), C. Lewis (as "Pilgrim Orchestra"), Carrington Lewis (as "Tenor/Pilgrim Choir"), Alice Magee (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Assotta Marshall (as "Pilgrim"), Milton Martin (as "Brother Jo-Ba, Herald of Joy/Tenor/Pilgrim Choir"), A. McCullough (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Effie McDowell (as "Soprano/Pilgrim Choir"), Jack Meredith (as "Novitiate"), T. Moody (as "Pilgrim Orchestra"), J. Nealy (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Bruce Nugent (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Dorothy Perry (as "Alto/Pilgrim Choir"), W. Polhamus (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Ray Polite (as "Pilgrim"), O. Portier (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Bertha Powell (as "Sister Flossie Lou Little"), Walter Price (as "Brother Esau Redd, Chairman of Deacon Board of Hope, Baptist Church"), Ethel Purnello (as "Sister Mata, Priestess"), Alma Reynolds (as "Pilgrim"), Odelle Ricks (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Pauline Rivers (as "Sister Judy Ann Hicks"), M. Sands (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Cecil Scott (as "Mag, Sulamai's Mother"), Emma Sealy (as "Novitiate"), Ernest Shaw (as "Baritone/Pilgrim Choir"), Mattie Shaw (as "Sister Mattie Fullilove"), Gus Simons (as "Brother Goliath Simpson"), Paul Smellie (as "Pilgrim"), Harold Sneed (as "Elder Tongola/Prophet of the New Day Pilgrims"), L. Stirrup (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), A. Stokes (as "Pilgrim Orchestra"), Bennie Tattnall (as "Children"), Andrew Taylor (as "The Reverend Ebeneezer Allen, Local Preacher"), Nell Taylor (as "Children/Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Edna Thomas (as "Ella"), Arthur Walker (as "Tenor/Pilgrim Choir"), Fredi Washington (as "Sulamai"), Jimmie Waters (as "Jeems Jackson/Tenor/Pilgrim Choir"), Rosina Weston (as "Pilgrim"), George White (as "Tenor/Pilgrim Choir"), H.J. Williams (as "Novitiate"), Waldine Williams (as "Reba, Daughter of Kanda"), E. Wilson (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Henri Wood (as "Children"), Clarence Yates (as "Tansadi Tongole/Tongola's Dancers"), Ray Yeates (as "Brother Bartholomew Little"). Produced by Robert Rockmore.
- The Green Pastures (1935). (revival). Choral arrangements written by Hall Johnson. Directed by Marc Connelly. 44th Street Theatre: 26 Feb 1935- 27 Apr 1935 (71 performances).
- Run, Little Chillun (1943). Drama (revival). Music by Hall Johnson. Written by Hall Johnson. Musical Director: Hall Johnson. Production Supervised by Lew Cooper. Directed by Clarence Muse. Hudson Theatre: 11 Aug 1943- 26 Aug 1943 (16 performances). Cast: John Alele (as "Chorus"), Roger Alford (as "Brother Absalom Brown/Novitiate"), Myrtle Anderson (as "Mame, of Toomer's Bottom"), Viola Anderson (as "Belle, of Toomer's Bottom"), Olive Ball (as "The Rev. Sister Luella Strong"), Service Bell (as "Elder Tongola, Prophet of the New Day Pilgrims"), Alfred Bledger (as "Dancer"), Miriam Burton (as "Bessiola Hicks/Pilgrim Choir"), Howard Carter (as "Pilgrim Choir"), Maggie Carter (as "Sister Judy Ann Hicks"), Thornton Cherokee (as "Chorus"), Sylvanna Cole (as "Chorus"), Ruth Collins (as "Pilgrim Choir"), William O. Davis (as "Brother Goliath Simpson/Novitiate"), Helen Dowdy (as "Ella"), Roxie Foster (as "Dancer"), Awilda Frazier (as "Organist"), Olive Gordon (as "Dancer"), Frank Green (as "Dancer"), Bessie Guy (as "Sister Mattie Fullilove"), Clarence Harris (as "Blind Man"), Edna Mae Harris (as "Sulamai"), Mabel Hart (as "Dancer"), Robert Harvey (as "Brother Esau Redd, Chairman of Deacon Board of Hope, Baptist Church"), Adolph Henderson (as "Sexton of the Hope Baptist Church"), Elijah Hodges (as "Novitiate/Brother George W. Jenkins"), Charles Holland (as "Charlie/Singer"), Martin James (as "Chorus"), James Jones (as "Novitiate"), Lulu B. King (as "Sue Scott, of Toomer's Bottom"), Rosalie King (as "Sister Mahalie Ockletree"), Okey Lawson (as "Chorus"), Robert Lopez (as "Dancer"), Fredye Marshall (as "Sister Mata, Priestess"), Means Mases (as "Chorus"), Inez Matthews (as "Soloist"), Violet McDowell (as "Mary Lou Mack"), Norma Miller (as "Dancer"), Walter Mosby (as "Brother Jo-Ba, Herald of Joy"), Joseph A. Noble (as "Dancer"), Bill O'Neil (as "Dancer"), Caleb Peterson (as Jim, Rev. Jones' Son"), Nyoka Pleasant (as "Dancer"), Bertha Powell (as "Sister Flossie Lou Little"), Geraldine Prillerman (as "Dancer"), James Flash Riley (as "Dancer"), Garfield Ritter (as "Dancer"), Lillian Roberts (as "Dancer"), Edwin Roche (as "Jeems Jackson/Pilgrim Choir"), Norma Ross (as "Dancer"), Gertrude Saunders (as "Gulamai's Mother"), Wardell Saunders (as "Brother Bartholomew Little/Novitiate"), Louis Sharp (as "The Rev. Jones, Pastor of the Hope Baptist Church"), P. Jay Sidney (as "Brother Moses, Young Priest"), Maude Simmons (as "Mother Kanda (as "Daughter of Tongola"), Joan Smith (as "Dancer"), Randall Steplight (as "Brother Jeremiah Johnson"), Andrew Taylor (as "Novitiate"), Eloise Uggams (as "Sister Lulu Jane Hunt"), Eva Vaughan (as "Sister Susie May Hunt"), Dorothy Williams (as "Dancer"), Enid Williams (as "Dancer"). Produced by Lew Cooper. Produced in association with Meyer Davis and George Jessel.
- Blue Holiday (1945). Musical revue. Musical Director: Hall Johnson. Directed by Monroe B. Hack. Belasco Theatre: 21 May 1945- 26 May 1945 (8 performances).
- The Green Pastures (1951). Musical (revival). Musical Director: Hall Johnson. Directed by Marc Connelly. Mansfield Theatre: 15 Mar 1951- 21 Apr 1951 (44 performances).
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