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Broadway Rastus was a 1915-1928 revue written by Irvin Miller. It toured for several years at various venues with casts including many successful performers. Miller performed in the show. Other cast members included Esther Bigeou and Henry Jines. Lester Walton reviewed a Philadelphia performance of the show lauding many of the performances and calling the show a diamond in the rough that would benefit from more funding.

Lillyn Brown eventually succeeded Esther Bigeou in the show's starring role.

Maceo Pinkard's work was in the show.

Cast

• Esther Bigeou (later succeeded in the show by Lillyn Brown
• Edna Alexander
• Billy Cumby
• James Woodson

References

1. Peterson, Bernard L. (1993). A Century of Musicals in Black and White: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, Or Involving African Americans. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-313-26657-7.
2. Peterson, Bernard L. (2001). Profiles of African American Stage Performers and Theatre People, 1816-1960. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 181–183. ISBN 978-0-313-29534-8.
3. Wintz, Cary D.; Finkelman, Paul (August 6, 2004). Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance: K-Y. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781579584580 – via Google Books.
4. ""Broadway Rastus"". The New York Age. July 12, 1917. p. 6 – via newspapers.com.
5. Jasen, David A.; Jones, Gene (October 31, 2013). Spreadin' Rhythm Around: Black Popular Songwriters, 1880-1930. Routledge. ISBN 9781135509798 – via Google Books.

• Revues
• 1915 in theatre