The run closed June 15, 1929
- Opened
- May 9, 1928
- Closed
- June 15, 1929
- Performances
- 518
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Liberty Theatre
Of the 2,148 productions we hold that opened in the 1920s and record a performance count, this is the 20th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it39 named
Baby Banks
Margaret Cherot
George Cooper
Billie Cortez
Dorothy Dobson
Alice Hoffman
Blanche Howell
Marjorie Hubbard
Dorothy Irving
Burkie Jackson
Crawford Jackson
Ruth Johnson
Harry Lucas
Asalyn Lynch
Blue Mcallister
Willard Mclean
Irma Miles
Lloyd Mitchell
Julia Noisette
Philip Patterson
Margaret Rhodes
Thelma Salmonds
Mamie Savoy
Bernice Smith
Mabelle Staples
James Strange
Earl Tucker
Eloise Uggams
Rosie White
Dorothy Williams
9 of these 39 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 30 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Creative team
- Director
- Lew Leslie
- Producer
- Lew Leslie
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Around this production
- She had previously made a splash with her lyrics to Jimmy McHugh’s music for Blackbirds of 1928 (5/9/28; 519 performances). The team’s hit song for the Lew Leslie revue was “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love.” Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 189
- Blackbirds of 1928 (5/9/28; 519 performances) was one of the most successful. It featured a stellar cast, including Adelaide Hall, Mantan Moreland, Aida Ward, Elisabeth Welch, and Bill Robinson. The score by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh included “Doin’ the New Low-Down,” “I Can’t Give You Anything but Love,” and “Po… Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 318
- Dorothy Fields woman first wrote songs for Blackbirds of 1928. Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 320
- 9 May: Blackbirds of 1928, a show with an African American cast and a score by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh (including “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love”), opens at the Liberty Theater and runs for 518 performances. Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical Volume 22 William A Everett Paul R, p. 20
- Blackbirds of 1928 (with a “white” score from the debuting team of Jimmy More Opening Nights On Broadway A Critical Quotebook of Compiled By Steven Suski, p. 139
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
- No recording is held for Blackbirds Of 1928 at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.