On stage 6 productions, 9 years
| 1972 | Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope Playhouse Theatre · Original · directed by Vinnette Carroll | 1,065 perf. |
| 1972 | Pippin Imperial Theatre · Revival · directed by Bob Fosse | 1,944 perf. |
| 1973 | The Pajama Game Lunt Fontanne Theatre · Revival · directed by Zoya Leporska | 65 perf. |
| 1975 | The Wiz Majestic Theatre · Original · directed by Geoffrey Holder (Gilbert Moses uncredited) | 1,672 perf. |
| 1975 | Treemonisha Uris Theatre · Original · directed by Frank Corsaro | 64 perf. |
| 1981 | Dreamgirls Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by Michael Bennett | 1,521 perf. |
Each row is a staging this name appears in the cast list of, read from the production record rather than from the person record. The person record names works instead, and a work cannot say which run somebody was in — that is how Elaine Stritch ends up filed under Show Boat 1927 when she was in the 1994 revival. No row here says what part was played, because no cast list records it.
Worked with more than once12 names
| Vicki Frederick | 2 productions |
| Tiger Haynes | 2 productions |
| Thea Barnes | 2 productions |
| Sally Neal | 2 productions |
| Ronald Dunham | 2 productions |
| Rhetta Hughes | 2 productions |
| Phylicia Ayers Allen | 2 productions |
| Mabel Robinson | 2 productions |
| Joni Palmer | 2 productions |
| Jo Ann Ogawa | 2 productions |
| Hinton Battle | 2 productions |
| Andy Torres | 2 productions |
Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking. 9 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.
In the literature8 passages
- Book writer/lyricist Tom Eyen handled that scene brilliantly. Manager Curtis Taylor, Jr. (Ben Harney), told the Dreamettes that he’d signed a contract for better engagements, higher pay, and improved living conditions. Only after they were all excited about the good news did he deliver the catch: Effie and Deena would be changing places.…ebooks/Filichia, Peter/Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks - Peter Filichia.txt
- Cast: Obba Babatunde, Cleavant Derricks, Loretta Devine, Ben Harney, Jennifer Holliday, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Deborah Burrellebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
- IMAN enters as Ben Harney/Curtis Taylor, jr She sees hint and goes over to tenderly sing in his ear, but then she blasts hint on the "Iebooks/Portantiere, Gerard Alessandrini;Michael/B0030EGEYY EBOK - Gerard Alessandrini;Michael Portantiere.txt
- BEN HARNEY, OBBA BABATUNDE, CLEAVANT DERRICKS, JENNIFER HOLLIDAY, LORETTA DEVINE, SHERYL LEE RALPH in “DREAMGIRLS”theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
- 6 Tonys including musical actress and actor (Jennifer Holliday and Ben Harney) and featured actor (Cleavontheatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
- produced by Michael Bennett, Bob Avian, Geffen Records (David Geffen), and the Shubert Organization starring Obba Babatunde, Cleavant Derricks, ee Ben Harney, Jennifer Holliday, and Sheryl Lee Ralphtheatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
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