Slappy Wallace
Disambituation
editNot to confused with the Wallace Brothers of Boston:[1]
- Norman Wallace (né Norman Albert Wallace; 1919–2008)[2]
- Scott Wallace (né Andrew Scott Wallace; 1923–1998)
Roles
edit- 1931: Hot Rhythm
- 1932: Harlem Hot Shots, featuring Eddie Deas, Publix Allyn Theatre, Hartford
- 1932: Dixie to Harlem Revue, Warren Theatre and Dudley Theatre, Boston
- Slappy Wallace
- Al Brantley[3]
- Dixie to Harlem Orchestra, directed by Marty Sandiford
- 1933: Hi-De-Ho, Wilbur Theatre, Boston[4] Charles Davis (1894–1963) ‡ [Note 1] and Addison Carey (1899–1952),[Note 2] directors
- 1933: Blackbirds of 1933, Apollo Theatre, New York (December 2, 1933 – December 1933)
- 1935: Stepin Fetchit, Fay's Theatre (demolished 1964), Philadelphia, Market Street near North Preston Street
- 1939: Black and White Burlesque, Columbia Theatre, Boston
Notes and references
editNotes
edit- ^ Charles Davis aka C. Columbus Davis (1894–1963), when he died, was living in Englewood, New Jersey, at 111 Reis Avenue. His big break came as a principal dancer in Shuffle Along, after which, he rapidly rose to notability as a choreographer at the Apollo and Lafayette Theatres in Harlem. He and his wife, Cecile (1898–1975), had two daughters, Meta J. Davis (1919–2012) and Anna L. Davis (1921–2016) (Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre, by John Childs Franceschina, McFarland & Company, 2000, p. 14; OCLC 469316674)
- ^ Addison Carey (likely a pseudonym; 1899–1952) was initially a dancer and bass singer; he became a prominent choreographer and producer of musical reviews, notably at the Harlem Opera House and the Lafayette Theatre in Harlem from the mid-1920s to the late 1940s; He often collaborated with Charles Davis, also a choreographer; the Lafayette, owned and operated by Frank Schiffman (1893–1974), was at the time Harlem's flagship vaudeville theatre
References
edit- ^ My Life in Jazz (1st ed.), by Max Kaminsky, Harper & Row (1963); LCCN 63-10602; OCLC 817578
- ^ "Norman Wallace; Tap Dancer Who Started In Vaudeville," Boston Globe, Septemberf 16, 2008, p. D8 (accessible via Newspapers.com; subscription required)
- ^ "Allen Brantley, Jr. Died in Cleveland," Pittsburgh Courier, March 12, 1938, p. 3 (accessible via fultonhistory.com at link)
- ^ The Complete Book of 1930s Broadway Musicals,
by Dan Dietz (born 1945), Roman and Littlefield (2018)
LCCN 2017-48915 (hardback)
LCCN 2017-54081 (ebook)
ISBN 978-1-5381-0276-3 (hardback)
ISBN 978-1-5381-0277-0 (ebook)
Re: Hi-De-Ho, p. 270