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At Home with Ethel Waters
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At Home with Ethel Waters
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48th Street Theatre
157 W. 48th St., New York, NY, New York, NY
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Ethel Waters
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Harry Akst
Music for "Am I Blue" and "Dinah"
Hoagy Carmichael
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Sidney Easton
Music for "Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night"
Lyrics for "Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night"
Ethel Waters
Music for "Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night"
Lyrics for "Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night"
Samuel M. Lewis
Music for "Half of Me"
Lyrics for "Half of Me" and "Dinah"
Peter De Rose
Music for "Half of Me"
Lyrics for "Half of Me"
Harold Arlen
Music for "Happiness is Jes' a Thing Called Joe" and "Stormy Weather"
Herb Magidson
Music for "I Ain't Gonna Sin No More"
Lyrics for "I Ain't Gonna Sin No More"
Con Conrad
Music for "I Ain't Gonna Sin No More"
Lyrics for "I Ain't Gonna Sin No More"
George Gershwin
Music for "Lady Be Good"
Cole Porter
Music for "Love For Sale"
Maurice Yvain
Music for "My Man"
Otis René
Music for "Sleepy Time Down South"
Lyrics for "Sleepy Time Down South"
Leon René
Music for "Sleepy Time Down South"
Lyrics for "Sleepy Time Down South"
Clarence Muse
Music for "Sleepy Time Down South"
Lyrics for "Sleepy Time Down South"
W. C. Handy
Music for "St. Louis Blues"
Lyrics for "St. Louis Blues"
Irving Berlin
Music for "Suppertime"
Lyrics for "Suppertime"
Vernon Duke
Music for "Takin' a Chance on Love" and "Cabin in the Sky"
Shelton Brooks
Music for "Throw Dirt"
Lyrics for "Throw Dirt"
Alberta Nichols
Music for "Washtub Rubstudy," "Dance Hall Hostess" and "Somethin' Told Me..."
Channing Pollock
English Lyrics for "My Man"
Jacques Charles
French Lyrics for "My Man"
Albert Willemetz
French Lyrics for "My Man"
Grant Clarke
Lyrics for "Am I Blue"
Joe Young
Lyrics for "Dinah"
E.Y. Harburg
Lyrics for "Happiness is Jes' a Thing Called Joe"
Ira Gershwin
Lyrics for "Lady Be Good"
Ted Koehler
Lyrics for "Stormy Weather"
Ted Fetter
Lyrics for "Takin' a Chance on Love"
John La Touche
Lyrics for "Takin' a Chance on Love" and "Cabin in the Sky"
Mann Holiner
Lyrics for "Washtub Rubstudy," "Dance Hall Hostess" and "Somethin' Told Me..."
Richard Barr
Staging
Producer
Oliver Smith
Scenic Design
Robert Mackintosh
Costume Design
Elliot Martin
Production Stage Manager
Charles Bowden
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Opening Date
Sep
22
1953
Closing Date
Oct
10
1953
Performances
23
as of Jun 14, 2025
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