Mule Bone
Play - Original
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Data not verified
- First Preview: January 15, 1991
- Opening Date: February 14, 1991
- Closing Date: April 14, 1991
- Previews: 28
- Performances: 68
Playwright: Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston
Synopsis
Two African-American male friends come to blows over a woman, and one goes to trial for knocking the other out with a mule bone, in this adaptation of an unfinished play by Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, based on one of Hurston's short stories.
Opening Night Cast
| Akosua Busia | Daisy | |
| Marilyn Coleman | Sister Taylor | |
| Paul S. Eckstein | Lum Boger | |
| Clebert Ford | Old Man Brazzle | |
| Francis Foster | Sister Lewis | |
 |
Arthur French | Reverend Singletary |
| Sonny Jim Gaines | Deacon Hambo | |
| Fanni Green | Sister Thomas |
Opening Night Production Credits
 |
Langston Hughes | Writer |
| Zora Neale Hurston | Writer | |
| George Houston Bass | Prologue and Epilogue | |
| Michael Schultz | Director | |
| Dianne McIntyre | Dances Staged | |
| Edward Burbridge | Scenic Design |
Awards
Grosses
| Week Ending | Week # | This Week Gross Potential Gross | Diff $ | Avg Ticket Top Ticket | Seats Sold Seats in Theatre | Perfs (Prev) | % Cap This Week | Diff % Cap |
| Apr. 14, 1991 | 45 | $72,526 - |
$9,221 | $16.67 - |
4350 1054 |
8 0 |
51.59% | 5.71% |
| Apr. 7, 1991 | 44 | $63,305 - |
$5,769 | $16.36 - |
3869 1054 |
8 0 |
45.88% | 4.34% |
| Mar. 31, 1991 | 43 | $57,536 - |
-$3,193 | $16.42 - |
3503 1054 |
8 0 |
41.54% | 3.26% |
| Mar. 24, 1991 | 42 | $60,729 - |
- | $18.81 - |
3228 1054 |
8 0 |
38.28% | - |
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Totals |
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| Last 4 Weeks |
$254,096 - |
$17.07 | 14950 33728 |
32 0 |
44.33 % | |||
| Cumulative |
$907,603 - |
$14.34 $0.00 |
65135 101184 |
68 28 |
64.37 % | |||
