
Memphis Bound (1945) – repro
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Don Walker, Clay Warnick, and Albert Barker’s 'Memphis Bound' arrived at the Broadway Theatre in 1945, running for an accomplished commercial residency as an exceptionally unique late-century variety showcase. Conceived as a high-stepping, syncopated swing musical comedy pastche parody that masterfully transposes Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic operetta *H.M.S. Pinafore* onto a Southern showboat vessel landscape, the fast-paced plot features an elite all-Black company of performers executing synchronized routines, starring Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.

