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In Dahomey
''In Dahomey: A Negro Musical Comedy'' was a landmark American musical comedy, "the first full-length musical written and played by blacks to be performed at a major Broadway house."〔Bordman, Gerald, ''Musical Theatre: A Chronicle'' (New York: Oxford University Press, 1978), p. 190.〕 It featured music by Will Marion Cook, book by Jesse A. Shipp, and lyrics by poet Paul Laurence Dunbar.〔Riis, Thomas L., ed. (1996). (''The music and scripts of'' In Dahomey ). A-R Editions. ISBN 0-89579-342-3.〕
==Production history==
Produced by McVon Hurtig and Harry Seamon, this musical was the first to star African American performers Bert Williams and George Walker, two of the leading comedians in America at the time.〔Charters, Ann. ''Nobody: The Story of Bert Williams'' (London: The MacMillan Company, 1970), pp. 69-71.〕 ''In Dahomey'' opened on February 18, 1903, at the New York Theater, and closed on April 4, 1903 after 53 performances (then considered a successful run).〔Riis, Thomas L., ''Just Before Jazz: Black Musical Theater in New York, 1890-1915'' (London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989), p. 91〕 It had a tour in the United Kingdom, followed by a highly successful tour of the United States, which lasted a total of four years.〔
The musical was revived on Broadway, opening at the Grand Opera House on August 27, 1904 and closing on September 10, 1904 after 17 performances. Bert Williams (as Shylock Homestead), George Walker (as Rareback Pinkerton) and Aida Overton Walker (as Rosetta Lightfoot) reprised their roles.〔("'In Dahomey' 1904 Broadway" ) Internet Broadway Database, accessed September 24, 2015〕
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