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"Soul Baby June"
Antwerp, Belgium
18 November to 10 December
1999
Mieke Vivian
Marie- Wanda Gyle Ange Jean Donald Robert Gerald
Delanghe Black Angle T. Joosten
Waddy Nawasadio Vijdt Mc Collom Walker Lamar
"Soul Baby June" set
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"Belle A Mourir"
(To Die For)
Au Théâtre Le Public
Brussels, Belgium
09 September to 30 October 1999
A musical comedy by Thomas Gunzig
Based on Kendal Nezan in Kurde "Mamé
Alan, Épopée
kurde", Paris, Gallimard, 1999
Music by Hughes de Courson
Director & Choreographer: José Besprosvany
Gyle
Patrick Thierry Sabine Gaïtaine
Waddy Brüll Lefevre Kabongo
Cast
Patrick Brüll........................................................Narrator,
Paulie
Sabine Kabongo............................................................................Zin
Pierrette Laffineuse......................Narrator, a friend of Zin
Thierry Lefèvre.....................................................Narrator,
Walt
Ange Nawasadio........................................................................Anton
Gyle Waddy...................Clément d'Isobare l'Apostat, Pierce
Musicians
Fabian
Fiorini............................................................................Piano
Vincent Jacquemin.........................................................Clarinette
Frédéric Malempré.....................................................Percussions
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"Come With Us... Wherever
You Want To Go"
(A Freda Scott Production)
The Nat Horne Theater
440 West 42nd. Street
Manahattan, New York City
6 December 1978
Written & Directed by
Freda Scott
Music - Conga Drum - Mio Morales
Guitar - A Wayne Ferguson
Choreographer: Nat Horne
Costumes by Venida Evans
Executive Producer - Albert Reyes
Producer - Sarah Miley
Cast
Gyle Waddy,
Deidra Albert, Maxine Barry,
Andy Davis, Vincenetta Gunn, KLouis Klaff,
Edward Kramer, Mindy Levy, TLynn Marlowe,
Milledge MosleyIsabel Papagno, Elaine Wildes,
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"The
Wiz"
(The Film)
1978 Universal City Studios Film
Lyrics & Songs by Charlie Smalls
Screenplay by Joel Schumacher
Music Adapted & Supervised by Quincy Jones
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Costumes & Production Design by Tony Walton
Producer Rob Cohen
Cast
Diana
Ross...............................................................................Dorothy
Michael Jackson..............................................................Scarecrow
Nipsey Russell.........................................................................Tinman
Ted
Ross...........................................................................................Lion
Mabel
King...............................................................................Evillene
Theresa Merritt......................................................................Aunt
Em
Thelma
Carpenter.................................................................Miss
One
Lenea Horne..........................................................Glinda The
Good
Richard Pryor........................................................................The
Wiz
Stanley Greene.............................................................Uncle
Henry
Clyde J. Barrett..................................... ...........Subway Peddleer
Derrick Bell, Roderick Spencer Sibert........The Four Crows
Kashka Banjoko, Ronald (Smokey) Steven ..The Four Crows
Tony Brealond.............................................................Gold
Footman
Clinton Jackson, Charles Rodriguez................Green Footmen
Carlton Johnson..........................................................Head
Winkie
Ted Williams..................................................................Munchkin
#1
Mabel Robinson...........................................................Munchkin
#2
Damon Pearce...............................................................Munchkin
#3
Donna Patrice Ingram...............................................Munchkin #4
Harry Madsen.........................................................................Cheetah
Glory Van Scott....................................................Rolls Royce
Lady
Aunt Em's Party
Gyle Waddy................................................Boy
friend of Dorothy
Dorothy Fox................................................Gyle
Waddy's mother
Carlos Cleveland, Mariann Aalda, Aaron Boddie, Gay Faulkner,
Ted, Butler, T.B. Skinner, Jamie Perry, Daphne Mc Williams,
Douglas Berring, James Shaw, Johnny Brown, Frances Salisbury,
Beatrice Dunmore, Traci Core, Donald King, Claude Brooks,
Billie Allen,Willie Carpenter, Denise DeJon, Kevin Stockton, Alvin Alexis
Diana Ross & Director Sidney Lumet
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"Trouble In Tahiti"
An Opera In One Act
(An Afternoon of Leonard Bernstein)
Goddard-Riverside Community Center
at the Trinity School
101 West 91street
Manhattan, New York City
28 March 1977
Lyrics by
Music composed by Leonard Bernstein
Conducted by Norman Carey
Directed by Lou Rodgers
Executive Producer Goddard-Riverside Community Center
Cast
Gyle Waddy......................................................(The
Trio) Baritone
Michael Calkins.....................................................(The Trio)
Tenor
Stephanie Tisheff...........................................(The Trio) Soprano
Paula Stark....................................................................................Dinah
Robert Manzari...............................................................................Sam
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"Jesus Christ, Lawd Today"
American Theater
Washington D.C.
01 June to 04 July 1976
Lyrics by E.L. James &
Glenda Dickerson
Music composed by Clyde-Jacques Barrett
Conducted by Richard Smallwood
Conceived, compiled & staged by Glenda Dickerson
Choreography by Debbie Allen
Costumes by Alberta Wheeler
Executive Producer Paul R. Allen
Director's Note
"Babylon the great is
falling. Come out of her, my people, that you do not take part in her sins; for
her sins have reached to heaven and God has remembered her iniquities."
Cast
Verona Barnes..............................................Mary,
Mother of God
Byron Utley..................................................................................Jesus
Amii
Stewart.......................................................................Magdelene
Anna English......................................................Queen of the
South
Milledge Mosley...................................John the Baptist & Martin
Kenneth Daugherty.....................................................................Pilate
Jon LaValle
Jackson..............................................................Malcom
The Apostles
Robert Monroe............................................................Simon
(Peter)
Milledge Mosley...............................Andrew (his older brother)
Harold Fore...................................................James (The Greater)
Jon LaValle Jackson.......................John (his younger brother)
Kenneth Daugherty....................................................................Phillip
Gyle Waddy....................................................................Bartholomew
Curtis Price...............................................................................Thomas
Al Perryman.............................................................................Matthew
Reggie Arthur.........................James (The Less, Jesus' Cousin)
Daniel Barton.......................................................................Thaddeus
Michael Ebbin................................................................Simon
Zealot
Al
Thomas.....................................................................Judas
Iscariot
Three Wise Men
Gyle Waddy................................................................................Racism
Reggie
Arthur.......................................................................Capitalism
Robert Monroe.........................................................................Fascism
Four Angles
Thelma
Drayton............................................................................North
Meachie Jones.............................................................................South
Amii
Stewart....................................................................................East
Katherine Singleton.....................................................................West
The Institutions
Al Perryman.............................................................................Caiaphas
Daniel Barton................................................................................Annas
Twanna Kilgore........................................................C & P
Telephone
Gyle Waddy............................................................................The
Pope
Jon LaValle
Jackson...........................................................;..........CIA
Reggie
Arthur.........................................................................AFL-CIO
Curtis Price...........................................National Rifle
Association
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Michael Ebbin...................................................................................War
Jon LaValle
Jackson...........................................................Pestilence
Robert Pittman.............................................................................Famine
Al Perryman......................................................................................Death
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"Someone Sort of Grandish"
A Musical Tribute to E.Y.(Yip)
Harburg
Unitarian Church of all
Souls
80th. Street & Lexington Avenue
Manhattan, New York City
22 to 26 January 1976
Cast
Lyrics by E. (Yip) Harburg
Music composed by Different composers
Conceived & Directed by Tran William Rhodes
Pianos by David Lahm & Tran William Rhodes
Orchestrations by David Lahm & Tran William Rhodes
Choreography by Kirby Lewellen
Costumes by Hank Laurencelle
Cast
Gyle Waddy,
Dana Coen, Hester Lewellen,
Linda Lipson, Dick Pohlers, Kathleen Roche-Zujko,
Monona Rossol, Allan Smith, Tina Tymus, Roger Whitmarsh
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"A Musical"
The Kennedy Center
34 West 134th. Street
Harlem, New York City
26 Octobre 1975
Conception - Joseph
Williams
Direction - Joseph Williams
Arrangements musicales by Joseph Williams
Pianists - Tommy Foster, William Gregg Hunter, Aaron Thornton, Joseph Williams
Cast
Gyle Waddy...................................................................................Bariton
Vanessa Shaw...............................................................Mezzo-soprano
David Weatherspoon.....................................................................Tenor
Essie
Kemp......................................................................Mezzo-soprano
Chanie
Neal.................................................................................Soprano
Lorraine Smalls.............................................................Mezzo-soprano
Fern Howell.........................................................................................Alto
Donald
Shannon...........................................................................Bariton
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"Hair"
1975 summer tour
Candlewood Theatre
Lakes Region Playhouse
New Fairfield, Connecticut
Gilford, New Hampshire
02 September 1975
18 August 1975
Book & Lyrics by Gerome
Ragni & James Rado
Music composed by Galt Mac Dermot
Conducted by Larry Klug
Directed by Michael Greenblatt
Originally Directed by Tom O'Horgan
Original Choreography by Julie Arenal
Costumes by Marianne P. Parker
A Ken Gaston/Wally Griffin Production
Executive Producer Don E. Branker
Producer is Michael Galloway
Cast
Steven Menken........................................................................Claude
Michael Greenblatt................................................................Berger
Robin Grean...............................................................................Sheila
Alan Braunstein...........................................................................Woof
Carl Scott.........................................................................................Hud
Tribe
Gyle Waddy,
Otis Carr, Shirley Cunningham,
George Fluffer Hirsch, Howard Johnston, Yvette Freeman,
Susan D'Elia, René Mills, John DeLuca, Al Abrams, Judy Charney
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"Jesus Christ Superstar"
1975 summer tour in
different citys of New York
Smithville
Cape Cod Melody Tent
Tappan Zee Playhouse
New Jersey
Hyannis, Massachusetts
Nyack, New York
30 June to 7 July
07 July to 12 July
21 July
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Music composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Directed by Charles Gray
Originally Directed for Broadway by Tom O'Horgan
Original Produced by Robert Stigwood
A William Ross Production
Costumes by Barbara Sabella
Executive Producer Don E.
Branker
Producer is Michael Galloway
Cast
James Sbano............................................................Judas
Iscariot
B.G. Gibson........................................................Jesus of
Nazareth
Linda Rios..............................................................Mary
Magdelene
Alan Braunstein............................................First Priest/Apostle
Frank Hooper..........................................Second Priest/Apostle
William
PArry......................................................................Caiaphas
Ernest Mucci.............................................................................Annas
A. Willia................................Simon Zealotes/Merchant/Leper
Michael
Jason............................................................................Peter
Scott Johnston..........................................................Pontius
Pilate
Michael Eha.......................................Soldier/Judas Tormenter
Mark Shannon...................................Soldier/Judas Tormenter
Cecelia Norfleet...............................Apostle Woman/Soul Girl
Zenobia Conkerit..............................Apostle Woman/Soul Girl
Laura Michaels...................................Apostle Woman/Soul Girl
Pat Gorman...........................Apostle Woman/Maid by the Fire
Bruce
Cryer.............................................................................Apostle
Victor Henderson
Vail.........................................................Apostle
Gyle Waddy.........................................................Apostle/Old
Man
Jon
Stevens......................................................................King
Herod
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"Joe's Opera"
(The story of
Joe's Life or the way it seemed to him)
The Musical Lab at St.
Clement's a joint project of
The Stuart Ostrow Foundation & St. Clement's
Manhattan, New York City
28 Feburary to 9 March 1975
Book & Lyrics by Tom
Mandel
Music composed by Tom Mandel
Directed by Robert Allan Ackerman
Choreography by Edmond Kresley
Executive Producer is Stephanie Copeland
Cast
Gyle Waddy.
Zenobia Conkerite, Richard Dunne
Victor Garber, Ronald Hall, Paul Kreppel,
Peter Norman, Deborah Offner, Tony Travis, Armelia Mc Queen
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"Yestermorrow"
Manhattan, New York City
1974
(Life As You Can Make It)
Book & Lyrics by J.B Rise
Music composed by Dan Ruskin
Original idea by Karen Weinberg
Directed & Staged by Joe Donovan
Co-producers are Michael Mann/Kren Weinberg/Joe Donovan
Cast
Gyle Waddy..........................................................Reverend
Sunday, Mah-jong master 2
Francesca Bartoccini.....................................................................................Astra
Spaarkle
John Bryan.................................................................................................................Sanso,
W.B.
Ron Jennings.......................................................................................Prince,
Sanso's Father
Wayne Scherzer..........................................................................................................Kandinski
Roberta Baum.....................................................................................................................Helena
Linda Rae Hager..........................................................................................................Governess
David Hendricks...........................................................................................................Master
3
Nina Machlin......................................................................................................................Galind
Jeff Weller........................................................................................Pimp,
servant, Master 1
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"Freedom
Train"
Martin Theater
Manhattan, New York City 1974
Children's Theater Group
Written by Marvin Gordon
Directed by Gloria Jones Schultz
Traditional Music arranged by Garrett Morris
& Ron Burton
Cast
Gyle Waddy..........................................................David,
William, ASM
Robbie Mc Cauley........................................................Harriet
Tubman
Stacey Hines..........................................................................................Jim
Yolande Bryant..............................................................................Mother
Joseph Attles..................................................................................Father
"Freedom Train" tells the story of Harriet Tubman - The Moses of her people who
founded the Underground Railroad ( the escape route to the North from the South
of the U.S.A.) to liberate the slaves to freedom.
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"Carmen
Jones"
German Tour 1973
German, Switzerland, Italy
Composer original by
Geroges Bizet
Musical adaptation by Oscar Hammerstein II
Director musical William Barkhymer
Choreographie by Ward Flemming
Cast
Gyle Waddy..........................................................Corporal
Morrel
Elzar Levister....................................................................Cindy
Lou
Alexander Yancy...........................................................................Joe
Walter Reeves................................................................................Joe
Milton Irons...........................................................Sergeant
Brown
Colette Warren.........................................................Carmen
Jones
Ethel Ayler...................................................................Carmen
Jones
Elzar Levister....................................................................Cindy
Lou
Vanessa Shaw..............................................................................Myrt
Gyse Breler.............................................................................Frankie
Gale Doss........................................................................................Rum
Kosto Kilroy..................................................................................Dink
John Swift....................................................................Husky
Miller
George Goodman.........................................................Husky
Miller
Antonie Pariss........................................................................Foreman
Sandra Cooper..............................................................................Sally
Linda Griffin................................................................................Sally
Gene
Law...................................................................................T-Bone
Ken
Herbert........................................................................President
David Serame......................................................................Bartender
Elzar Levister....................................................................Cindy
Lou
Geraldine Connor........................................................Miss
Higgins
Ken Herbert.............................................................................Poncho
David Serame..................................................................Bullet
Head
Jeff Biddeau........................................................................Drummer
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Lysistrata
by Aristophane
Stage production in 1969
 
Here we find Gyle Waddy in
one of his first Los Angeles City College productions, the drama 'Lysistrata'. I
was 26 years old at this time when I was going to L.A.C.C. to get my drama
degree.
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