Betty Benson

On stage 2 productions, 2 years

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• Cast : Marge and Gower Champion , Harry Belafonte , The Voices of Walter Schumann , Hiram Sherman (Story Teller), Betty Benson; Chorus: John Bennett, Robert Brink, Andrew Case, Gina Christen, Diane Doxee, Elaine Drew, Joyce L. Foss, Dorothy Gill, Nancy Harp, Jimmy Harris, Mark Karl, Jerry Madison, Robert Miller, Ned Romero, Jack Steele, B…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Act Two: “Fly Bird” (Betty Benson, The Voices of Walter Schumann); “Noah” (traditional)/“Take My Mother Home” (traditional)/“In That Great Gettin’ Up Mornin’” (traditional; arranged by Jester Herston) (Harry Belafonte, with Millard Thomas on guitar); “The Lecture” (read by Hiram Sherman, danced by Marge and Gower Champion); “Matilda” (lyr…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

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