Kwamina is a musical which originally debuted on Broadway on October 23, 1961 at the 54th Street

54th Street (Manhattan)

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 Theatre, and ran for 32 performances, ending on November 18, 1961. It starred Sally Ann Howes

Sally Ann Howes

Sally Ann Howes is a British actress and singer, who currently holds dual British-American citizenship. Her career on stage, screen and television has spanned over six decades...

, Terry Carter

Terry Carter

Terry Carter is an American actor and filmmaker who is known for his roles as "Sgt. Joe Broadhurst", on the seven year hit TV series McCloud and as "Colonel Tigh" on the original Battlestar Galactica.-Early life:...

, Robert Guillaume

Robert Guillaume

Robert "Bob" Guillaume is an American stage and television actor, best known for his role as Benson Du Bois on the TV-series Soap and the spin-off Benson, voicing the mandrill Rafiki in The Lion King and as Isaac Jaffe on Sports Night...

, and Brock Peters

Brock Peters

Brock Peters was an American actor, best known for playing the role of Tom Robinson in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird...

 among others and was written by Richard Adler

Richard Adler

Richard Adler is an American lyricist, composer and producer of several Broadway shows.-Biography:Born in New York City, Adler had a musical upbringing, his father being a concert pianist. After serving in the Navy he began his career as a lyricist, teaming up with Jerry Ross in 1950...

 and choreographed by Agnes de Mille

Agnes de Mille

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Original cast album

The original cast album was recorded for Capitol Records on Monday, November 20, 1961 following the Saturday close two days earlier. A cast album had already been planned based on hopes that the show would be a hit, but Capitol Records, despite the extremely short run of the show, went ahead and made and released the album, and it has since reached a cult status. It has recently been made available for online download on iTunes and Amazon (UK).

Songs

Act I

• The Cocoa Bean Song
• Welcome Home
• The Sun is Beginning to Crow
• Did You Hear That?
• You're As English As
• Seven Sheep, Four Red Shirts, and a Bottle of Gin
• Nothing More To Look Forward To
• What's Wrong With Me?
• Something Big
• Ordinary People
• A Man Can Have No Choice
• What Happened to me Tonight?

Act II

• One Wife
• Another Time, Another Place