A Hand Is on the Gate is a collection of Black poetry and song that had a limited run on Broadway in 1966.
The production marked the directorial debut of actor Roscoe Lee Browne, who also arranged the material and served as the show's emcee.
[1] It was produced by Ivor David Balding and Stephen Aaron; its music was arranged by Bill Lee and Stuart Scharf, and its lighting design was by Jules Fisher.
[2] The cast of eight also included Josephine Premice—who received a Tony Award nomination as Best Featured or Supporting Actress in a Musical for her performance[3]—as well as Leon Bibb, Gloria Foster, Moses Gunn, Ellen Holly, James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson.
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