Theatre Register

Singin' the Blues, 1931

Shows · Liberty Theatre, 1931

Original BroadwayLiberty Theatre 45 performances

The run closed October 24, 1931

Opened
September 16, 1931
Closed
October 24, 1931
Performances
45
Previews
Theatre
Liberty Theatre

Of the 1,388 productions we hold that opened in the 1930s and record a performance count, this is the 477th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.

Who was in it45 named

Amy Bates
Estelle Bernier
Susaye Brown
Bruce Johnson S Washboard Serenaders
Joe Byrd
Jack Carter
Ashley Cooper
Hyacinth Curtis
Ethel Duke
Eubie Blake and His Orchestra
Four Flash Devils
George and Betty
C C Gill
Theresa Jentry
Shirley Jordon
Jordon and Jordon
Ruby Kennedy
Irma Miles
Millard Mitchell
Ethel Moses
Lucia Moses
Johnny Reid
Maud Russell
Selma Sales
Jeannie Sammons
Jennie Sammons
Selma Sammons
Shorty and Esalene
John Sims
James Stark
Ralph Theodore
Percy Verwayne
Percy Wade
Reta Walker
S W Warren
Fredi Washington
Isabell Washington
Delores Watson
Elida Webb
Wen Talbert S Choir
Susan Whaley
Dora White
Frank Wilson
James Young

1 of these 45 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 44 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
Bertram Harrison
Choreographer
Bertram Harrison
Producer
Alex. A. Aarons

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.

What this page does not know

  • No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
  • No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
  • No recording is held for Singin' the Blues at all.
  • No show page for Singin' the Blues. The work is here as a title and a year, and nothing more has been gathered about it.
  • Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.

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