Keith David

On stage 7 productions, 20 years

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Worked with more than once12 names

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Also credited on1 work

Jelly’s Last Jam

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In the literature8 passages

• Cast: Gregory Hines, Keith David, Savion Glover, Stanley Wayne Mathis, Tonya Pinkins, Mary Bond Davis, Ann Duquesnay, Mamie Duncan-Gibbs, Stephanie Pope, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Allison Williamsebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• Topping an absolutely sensational cast, including Keith David, Tonya Pinkins and Savion Glover, Jelly's Last jam starred the tap dancer Gregory Hines as Morton. Tailoring the Morton story to Hines' dancing strengths proved something of a dramatic liability; Jelly Roll Morton had not been known for his dancing. Still, this lack of verisimi…ebooks/Singer, Barry/Ever After_ The Last Years of Musical Theater and Beyond - Barry Singer.txt
• CAST Roger Babb, Suzanne Baxtresser, Shami Chaikin, Craig Chang, Victor Cook, Keith David, Patrick Jude, Aisha Kahlil, Esther Levy,theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1979-80 Season, v. 36 (Willis).txt
• CAST: Jeff Bates (Duke Ellington/Walt Maxton), Donna Brown (Pearl Wright), Keith David (Earl Dancer/Narrator), Robin Dunn (Young Lady), Douglas Frazier (Buddy/Bartender), Yolanda Graves (Maggie Lucille Harley (Momweez/Understudy), Luther Henderson (Fletcher Henderson), Mary Louise (Ethel Waters), Ronald Mann (Milton Starr/Irving Berlin),…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1982-83 Season, v. 39 (Willis).txt
• COMPANY F Murray Abraham. Arnold Bankston IIL Christian Baskous. Deborah Bremer, Rocky Carroll, Ivonne Coll, Bertila Damas, Keith David, Mariye Inouye, Jeffery Logan, Jordan Lund, Judith Moreland, Rene Moreno, James Puig. Mac Randall, Michael Rivera, Rene R. Rivera, Yukio Tsuji, Ching Valdes-Arantheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1986-87 Season, v. 43 (Willis, John).txt
• Stephen Bogardus, Mary Munger in “Genesis” Above: Christopher Walken, Keith David in “Coriolanus”theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1988-89 Season, v. 45 (Willis).txt

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