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Inez Matthews

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ActorOn stage 19421952

Inez Matthews was an American mezzo-soprano who appeared in Kurt Weill's Lost in the Stars (1949) and the title role in productions of Carmen Jones.

On stage 6 productions, 10 years

1942 The Pirate Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by Alfred Lunt 177 perf.
1943 Carmen Jones Broadway Theatre · Original · directed by Hassard Short, Charles Friedman 502 perf.
1943 Run, Little Chillun Hudson Theatre · Revival · directed by Clarence Muse 16 perf.
1945 Carmen Jones City Center · Revival · directed by Hassard Short 21 perf.
1949 Lost in the Stars Music Box · Original · directed by Rouben Mamoulian 273 perf.
1952 Four Saints in Three Acts Broadway Theatre · Revival · directed by Virgil Thomson 15 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Sibol Cain 3 productions
Mabel Hart 3 productions
Fredye Marshall 3 productions
Elijah Hodges 3 productions
Bill O Neil 3 productions
William Dillard 2 productions
Walter Mosby 2 productions
Viola Anderson 2 productions
Ruth Crumpton 2 productions
Randall Steplight 2 productions
P Jay Sidney 2 productions
Napoleon Reed 2 productions

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In the literature4 passages

  • Studio cast (1951) : Lawrence Winters, Camilla Williams, Inez Matthews, Warren Coleman, Avon Long, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, Lehman Engel (conductor). Columbia OSL 163; reissued on Odyssey 32 36 0018 (nearly complete on three LPs).ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
  • The musical was revived at City Center three times, the first on May 2, 1945, for twenty-one performances (Muriel Smith and Inez Matthews, and Napoleon Reed and LeVern Hutcherson) and the second on April 7, 1946, for thirty-two performances (Muriel Smith and Urylee Leonardos, and Napoleon Reed and LeVern Hutcherson). The current 1956 revi…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast: Muriel Smith (or Inez Matthews), Luther Saxon, Carlotta Franzell, Glenn Bryant, June Hawkins, Cosy Coleebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Todd Duncan, Leslie Banks, Warren Coleman, Inez Matthews, Julian Mayfield, Frank Roane, Sheila Guyse, Herbert Colemanebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt

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