Raisin / Original Broadway Cast

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Sony Masterworks
Release Date
December 16, 2009
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      WOLDIN, JUDD
    • PERFORMER
      Marenda, Debbie, Perry, Helen, Allen, Ernestine, Martin, Richard, Jackson, Virginia, Sanders, Capers
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      December 16, 2009
    • UPC
      074643275422
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SONY32754
    • LABEL
      Sony Masterworks
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Musicals & Cast Recordings
    Works ⌄

    1. Prologue

      Composer: Judd Woldin

      Conductor: Howard Roberts

    2. Act I: Man Say (Walter Lee Younger, Ruth Younger)

      Composer: Judd Woldin

      Performer: Ernestine Jackson, Joe Morton

      Conductor: Howard Roberts

    3. Act I: Whose Little Angry Man (Ruth Younger)

      Composer: Judd Woldin

      Performer: Ernestine Jackson

      Conductor: Howard Roberts

    4. Act I: Runnin' to Meet the Man (Walter Lee Younger, Company)

      Composer: Judd Woldin

      Performer: Joe Morton, Ernestine Jackson, Ralph Carter, Helene Martin, Debbie Allen, Virginia Capers, Robert Jackson, Al Perryman, Loreta Abbott, Elaine Beener, Ted Ross, Chief Bey, Herb Downer

      Conductor: Howard Roberts

    5. Act I: A Whole Lotta Sunlight (Mama)

      Composer: Judd Woldin

      Performer: Virginia Capers

      Conductor: Howard Roberts

    6. Act I: Booze (Bar Girl, Bobo Jones, Walter Lee Younger, Willie Harris, Company)

      Composer: Judd Woldin

      Performer: Ernestine Jackson, Ralph Carter, Helene Martin, Joe Morton, Debbie Allen, Virginia Capers, Robert Jackson, Al Perryman, Loreta Abbott, Elaine Beener, Ted Ross, Chief Bey, Herb Downer

      Conductor: Howard Roberts

    7. Act I: Alaiyo (Joseph Asagai, Beneatha Younger)

      Composer: Judd Woldin

      Performer: Debbie Allen, Robert Jackson

      Conductor: Howard Roberts

    8. Act I: Sweet Time (Ruth Younger, Walter Lee Younger)

      Composer: Judd Woldin

      Performer: Ernestine Jackson, Joe Morton

      Conductor: Howard Roberts

    9. Act I: You Done Right (Walter Lee Younger, Mama)

      Composer: Judd Woldin

      Performer: Joe Morton, Virginia Capers

      Conductor: Howard Roberts

    10. Act II: He Come Down This Morning (Pastor, Pastor's Wife, Mama, Mrs. Johnson)

      Composer: Judd Woldin

      Performer: Helene Martin, Virginia Capers

      Conductor: Howard Roberts

    11. Act II: It's a Deal (Walter Lee Younger)

      Composer: Judd Woldin

      Performer: Joe Morton

      Conductor: Howard Roberts

    12. Act II: Sidewalk Tree (Travis Younger)

      Composer: Judd Woldin

      Performer: Ralph Carter

      Conductor: Howard Roberts

    13. Act II: It's a Deal (coda) (Walter Lee Younger)

      Composer: Judd Woldin

      Performer: Joe Morton

      Conductor: Howard Roberts

    14. Act II: Not Anymore (Walter Lee Younger, Ruth Younger, Beneatha Younger)

      Composer: Judd Woldin

      Performer: Joe Morton, Ernestine Jackson, Debbie Allen

      Conductor: Howard Roberts

    15. Act II: It's a Deal (reprise) (Walter Lee Younger)

      Composer: Judd Woldin

      Performer: Joe Morton

      Conductor: Howard Roberts

    16. Act II: Measure the Valleys (Mama)

      Composer: Judd Woldin

      Performer: Virginia Capers

      Conductor: Howard Roberts

    17. Act II: Finale (Company)

      Composer: Judd Woldin

      Performer: Ernestine Jackson, Ralph Carter, Helene Martin, Joe Morton, Debbie Allen, Virginia Capers, Robert Jackson, Al Perryman, Loreta Abbott, Elaine Beener, Ted Ross, Chief Bey, Herb Downer

      Conductor: Howard Roberts


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.