Hot Chocolates is a musical revue with music by Fats Waller and Harry Brooks and book by Andy Razaf. [1] It was originally titled Tan Town Topics in hopes it would be picked up by Broadway. [2] Performed at the Hudson Theater in New York City, it was directed by Leonard Harper and ran for 219 performances from June 20, 1929, to December 14, 1929. [3] It is also referred to as Connie's Hot Chocolates. It was staged, directed and produced by Leonard Harper. While the revue featured music and singing, including the subsequent hit " Aint Misbehavin'," it was praised for the cast's dancing, including its male and female chorus lines. [4]
Louis Armstrong made his Broadway debut as part of the show's ensemble. [5] Cab Calloway later joined the cast as a replacement at Armstrong's recommendation. [6] Calloway later adopted the song " (What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue," originally sung by Edith Wilson, for his performances decades later. [7]
Cast
- Louis Armstrong Ensemble
- Jimmie Baskette Ensemble
- Paul Bass Ensemble
- Madeline Belt Ensemble
- Dick Campbell Ensemble
- Baby Cox Ensemble
- Eddie Green (comedy sketches) Ensemble
- Billy Higgins Ensemble
- Louise Higgins Ensemble
- Jubilee Singers Ensemble
- Billy Marey Ensemble
- Dolly McCormick Ensemble
- Paul Meers Ensemble
- Thelma Meers Ensemble
- Jazzlips Richardson Ensemble
- Margaret Simms Ensemble
- Three Midnight Steppers Ensemble
- Edith Wilson Ensemble
- Cab Calloway Ensemble
See also
References
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"Hot Chocolates". Playbill.com. Playbill, Inc. 20 June 1929. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
Andy Razaf - Book; Thomas "Fats" Waller - Music; Harry Brooks - Music
- ^ Brothers, Thomas (2014). Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company. p. 341. ISBN 978-0-393-06582-4.
- ^ "IBDB". ibdb.com. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ Brothers, Thomas (2014). Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company. pp. 345–46. ISBN 978-0-393-06582-4.
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"Hot Chocolates". Playbill.com. Playbill, Inc. 20 June 1929. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
Louis Armstrong - Ensemble
- ^ Hildebrand, David K.; Schaaf, Elizabeth M. (2017). Musical Maryland: A History of Song and Performance from the Colonial Period to the Age of Radio. JHU Press. p. 138. ISBN 978-1-4214-2239-8.
- ^ Brothers, Thomas (2014). Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company. pp. 352–53. ISBN 978-0-393-06582-4.
External links
- https://www.amazon.com/Rhythm-Sale-Grant-Harper-Reid/dp/0615678289
- http://www.rhythmforsale.com/
- Hot Chocolates at the Internet Broadway Database
- Hot Chocolates at the Playbill Vault ( archive)
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