Synopsis
Langston Hughes's Little Ham
Published by Samuel French Inc
8 Male 6 Female
The downtown mob is threatening to take over the uptown numbers game. Only Hamlet Hitchcock Jones, known as Little Ham, stands in their way
A smooth operator with big dreams and fast feet, he rallies his neighbors and wins his lady love
"A jazzy musical bauble with fine songs ... An uptown Guys and Dolls ... with a high spirited melodious score ... The music plumbs a great tradition with skill and joy ... The lyrics are also terrific ... [There is] a heartbreaking second act show stopper" ~ N.Y. Times
"The effortlessly tuneful jazz score [is] the best of its kind in years!" ~ Time Magazine