GBH Openvault
Say Brother; Slices of Black Theatre
Part of Say Brother.
09/28/1978
License Clip
This program cannot be made available on Open Vault.
More material may be available from this program at the GBH Archives. If you would like research access to the collection at GBH, please email archive_requests@wgbh.org.
- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Slices of Black Theatre
- Program Number
901
- Series Description
Say Brother is WGBH's longest running public affairs television program by, for and about African Americans, and is now known as Basic Black. Since its inception in 1968, Say Brother has featured the voices of both locally and nationally known African American artists, athletes, performers, politicians, professionals, and writers including: Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, Thomas Atkins, Amiri Baraka, Doris Bunte, Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, Louis Farrakhan, Nikki Giovanni, Odetta Gordon, Henry Hampton, Benjamin Hooks, Jesse Jackson, Hubie Jones, Mel King, Eartha Kitt, Elma Lewis, Haki Madhubuti, Wallace D. Muhammad, Charles Ogletree, Babatunde Olatunji, Byron Rushing, Owusu Sadaukai, and Sonia Sanchez. Series release date: 7/15/1968
- Program Description
Program focusses on African American theater, with an emphasis on the national tour of the Broadway musical The Wiz. Host Barbara Barrow-Murray speaks with members of Wiz cast Ken Prymus (the Lion), Peggy Blue (Aunty Em), and Kamal (a former member of the National Center of Afro-American Artists who plays the "Wiz") about their professional careers prior to their engagement with the touring company, their professional goals, whether or not The Wiz is a new adaptation of Baum's text, and what they have enjoyed about working on The Wiz. Program includes musical performances by "Wiz" guests and previously aired studio performances by Chip Garnett (Duke Ellington's song "Sophisticated Lady," which he performed in the Broadway production of "Bubbling Brown Sugar"), and Barbara Alston and Paula Larke (who both performed in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Not Enuf by Ntozake Shange).
- Duration
00:60:00
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Wiz, The (Theatrical production)
- Blue, Peggy
- African American singers
- Larke, Paula
- African American theater
- African American women
- Music--Performance
- For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Not Enuf (Theatrical production)
- Kamal
- Alston, Barbara
- Garnett, Chip
- Raisin in the Sun, A (Theatrical production of)
- Prymus, Ken
- African American musicians
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Barbara Barrow-Murray (Producer)
- Moore, Melvin (Associate Producer)
- Contributors
- Lou Cronin, Mary (Audio)
- Kane, Pat (Videotape Recordist)
- Demers, Leo (Videotape Recordist)
- Fairweather, Bill (Video)
- Bordett, Bruce (Stage Manager)
- Yang, Eileen (Researcher)
- Mackles, Gene (Graphic Designer)
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Host)
- Koppel, Tiit (Camera)
- Sullivan, John L. (Lighting Director)
- Carey, Nancy (Intern)
- Bundy, Kissette (Assistant Cameraman)
- Morton, Wil (Audio)
- DeVitt, Doug (Videotape Recordist)
- Chigas, Basil (Assistant Cameraman)
- Plausse, John (Lighting Assistant)
- Tomaselli, Robert (Camera)
- Wilson, Bob (Stage Manager)
- St. Onge, David (Videotape Recordist)
- Buccheri, Ron (Switcher)
- Stewart, Aubrey (Video)
- Mahard, Fran (Scenic Design)
- Heller, Dick (Director Program Segment)
- Holden, Dick (Camera)
- Merhar, Milan (Videotape Recordist)
- Johnson, Nat (Audio)
- Clarke, Brian (Assistant Director)
- Coleman, Vern (Audio)
- McGonagle, Richard (Assistant Cameraman)
- Smith, Lee (Camera)
- Waters, Mitch (Lighting Assistant)
- McKenna, Jim (Stage Manager)
- Rivera, George (Production Assistant)
- MacKnight, John (Videotape Recordist)
- Shah, Bruce (Director Program Segment)
- Correia, Dennis (Video)
- Norton, Chas (Lighting Director)
- Wareham, Skip (Stage Manager)
- Himes, Eric (Director Program Segment)
- Gray, Randolph (Lighting Assistant)
- Simons, Fred (Videotape Recordist)
- LeCain, Larry (Camera)
- Lewis, Webster (Theme Music)
- Hill, Rebecca (Fashion Consultant)
- MacDonald, Greg (Camera)
- Smith, Kathy (Switcher)
- O'Brien, Lindsey (Assistant Cameraman)
- White, Conrad (Stage Manager)
- Lane, Frank (Camera)
- Hutton, David (Videotape Recordist)
- Handyside, Keith (Video)
- Crane, David (Videotape Recordist)
- Balhatchet, Tom (Audio)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Slices of Black Theatre,” 09/28/1978, GBH Archives, accessed December 31, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B58840F8B286444D936DC732794D5145.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Slices of Black Theatre.” 09/28/1978. GBH Archives. Web. December 31, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B58840F8B286444D936DC732794D5145>.
- APA: Say Brother; Slices of Black Theatre. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B58840F8B286444D936DC732794D5145