Full Synopsis
Eubie! is a toe-tapping revue of Eubie Blake songs. Blake was a composer, lyricist and performer who broke down racial barriers on the Broadway stage in the 1910s and '20s. With his frequent partner, Noble Sissle, Blake wrote the groundbreaking show, Shuffle Along, which was the first American musical directed, produced, written and performed by African Americans to appear on the Broadway stage. Eubie! strings together some of Blake's best known tunes with an ensemble of eleven to twenty actors. Each song is part of a vignette that deals with the themes of the song and the time period when Blake was at his peak, as well as relationships. The songs appear in the following order:
Act One
"Goodnight, Angeline" / "Charleston Rag"
"Shuffle Along"
"In Honeysuckle Time"
"I'm Just Wild about Harry"
"Baltimore Buzz"
"Daddy"
"I'm a Great Big Baby"
"My Handyman Ain't Handy Anymore"
"Low Down Blues"
"Gee, I wish I Had Someone to Rock Me in the Cradle of Love"
"I'm Just Simply Full of Jazz"
Act Two
"High Steppin' Days"
"Dixie Moon"
"Weary"
"Roll Jordan"
"Memories of You"
"If You've Never Been Vamped by a Brownskin, You've Never Been Vamped at All"
"You Got to Git the Gittin' While the Gittin's Good"
"Oriental Blues"
"I'm Craving for That Kind of Love"
"Hot Feet"
"Goodnight, Angeline"
Show History
Inspiration
Eubie! is a revue of the music of composer, lyricist and pianist, Eubie Blake. Theatre director, Julianne Boyd, conceived the idea behind the revue; each song was part of a vignette that deals with the themes of the song and the time period when Blake was at his peak, as well as relationships. Boyd brought together a collection of Blake's most famous songs, along with lyrics from his
Critical Reaction
"Blake's compositions, obviously boosted by Sissle's (and in several instances Andy Razaf's) lyrics, are done with brilliantly humorous style and taste."
– Variety
Drama Desk Award
Tony® Award
Theater World Award
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Billing
- Music by
- Lyrics by
- Conceived and originally directed by
Requirements
Included Materials
Item | Quantity Included |
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LIBRETTO/VOCAL BOOK | 15 |
PIANO CONDUCTOR'S SCORE | 2 |
Production Resources
Resource |
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HOW DOES THE SHOW GO ON-10/CS |
HOW DOES THE SHOW GO ON? |
REFERENCE RECORDING |
STANDARD ORCHESTRATION
Instrumentation | Doubling |
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BASS | BASS , TUBA |
DRUMS | BELLS , CHIMES |
GUITAR | BANJO , GUITAR |
REED 1 | ALTO SAXOPHONE , CLARINET , FLUTE , SOPRANO SAX |
TROMBONE | |
TRUMPET | |
TRUMPET 2 |