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Raisin / Original Broadway Cast


Release Date: 11/24/1992 
Label:  Sony   Catalog #: 32754   Spars Code: ADD 
Composer:  Judd Woldin
Performer:  Ted Ross,  Marenda Perry,  Walter P. Brown,  Loretta Abbott,   ... 
Number of Discs: 1 
Length:  1 Hours  2 Mins. 

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Principal cast: Ernestine Jackson (Ruth Younger); Ralph Carter (Travis Younger); Helen Martin (Mrs. Johnson); Joe Morton (Walter Lee Younger); Debbie Allen (Beneatha Younger); Virgina Capers (Mama Lena Younger); Robert Jackson (Joseph Asagai).
Recorded at Columbia Records 30th Street Studio, New York on October 27, 29 and November 2, 1973. Includes liner notes by Robert Brittan and Judd Woldin.
All songs written by Judd Woldin and Robert Brittan.
RAISIN opened at the 46th Street Theatre in New York on October 18, 1973 and ran for 847 performances, closing on December 8, 1975. Principal cast: Ernestine Jackson (Ruth Younger); Ralph Carter (Travis Younger); Helen Martin (Mrs. Johnson); Joe Morton (Walter Lee Younger); Debbie Allen (Beneatha Younger); Virgina Capers (Mama Lena Younger); Robert Jackson (Joseph Asagai).
Recorded at Columbia Records 30th Street Studio, New York on October 27, 29 and November 2, 1973. Includes liner notes by Robert Brittan and Judd Woldin.
All songs written by Judd Woldin and Robert Brittan.
RAISIN opened at the 46th Street Theatre in New York on October 18, 1973 and ran for 847 performances, closing on December 8, 1975. Read less

Works on This Recording

1. Raisin by Judd Woldin
Performer:  Ted Ross (Voice), Marenda Perry (Voice), Walter P. Brown (Voice),
Loretta Abbott (Voice), Debbie Allen (Voice), Ernestine Jackson (Voice),
Virginia Capers (Voice), Joe Morton (Voice), Robert Jackson (Voice),
Helen Martin (Voice), Elaine Beener (Voice), Herb Downer (Voice),
Al Perryman (Voice), Richard Sanders (Voice)
Period: 20th Century 

Sound Samples

Prologue (Orchestra)
Man Say (Joe Morton, Ernestine Jackson) (Voice)
Whose Little Angry Men (Ernestine Jackson) (Voice)
Runnin' to Meet The Man (Joe Morton, Company) (Voice)
A Whole Lotta Sunlight (Virginia Capers) (Voice)
Booze (Elaine Beener, Walter P. Brown, Ted Ross, Joe Morton, Company) (Voice)
Alaiyo (Robert Jackson, Deborah Allen) (Voice)
Sweet Time (Ernestine Jackson, Joe Morton) (Voice)
You Done Right (Joe Morton, Virginia Capers) (Voice)
He Come Down This Morning (Downer, Capers, Perry, Martin, Jackson, Carter, Company) (Voice)
It's A Deal (Joe Morton) (Voice)
Sidewalk Tree (Ralph Carter) (Voice)
It's A Deal - Coda (Joe Morton) (Voice)
Not Anymore (Joe Morton, Ernestine Jackson, Deborah Allen, Virginia Capers) (Voice)
It's A Deal (Reprise) (Joe Morton, Ernestine Jackson, Virginia Capers) (Voice)
Measure The Valleys (Deborah Allen, Virginia Capers) (Voice)
Finale (Company) (Voice)

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