{"id":17305,"date":"2023-02-03T19:14:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T19:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/?p=17305"},"modified":"2025-04-21T07:16:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:16:20","slug":"from-ballet-to-broadway-and-black-lew-leslies-blackbirds-of-1939-edith-hurd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2023\/02\/03\/from-ballet-to-broadway-and-black-lew-leslies-blackbirds-of-1939-edith-hurd\/","title":{"rendered":"From Ballet to Broadway and Black & Lew Leslie’s Blackbirds of 1939: Edith Hurd"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Ballet to Broadway and Black and Edith Hurd<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Visit Edith Hurd’s Orbit in From Ballet To Broadway And Black<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Carmen Jones Playbill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Edith Hurd was part of the Negro Unit of the Ballet Theatre<\/a>. One of her notable performances was in Black Ritual<\/em> \u00a0<\/a>along with Lavinia Williams<\/a>, Muriel Cook<\/a> and Mabel Hart<\/a>. On Broadway, Hurd also originated a role in Blackbirds of 1939 <\/em>with Williams and Cook. She was also part of the original cast for a number of other shows including The Will O\u2019 the Wisp<\/em> (1923), \u2018Op-O\u2019-Me Thumb<\/em> (1924), and\u00a0Carmen Jones\u00a0<\/em>(1943-45).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sources<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Edith Hurd \u2013 Broadway Cast & Staff, IBDB<\/a>
\nEdith Hurd Full Biography, Broadway World<\/a>
\n<\/span>Edith Hurd, MoBBallet<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
\nCarmen Jones (Broadway, Broadway Theatre, 1943), Playbill<\/a><\/p>\n

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More about Edith Hurd<\/h2>\n

Edith Hurd was born in 1916 and was a member of the Negro Unit of Ballet Theatre<\/a>. Hurd appeared in Agnes de Mille\u2019s Black Ritual<\/em><\/a>. She performed in the original Broadway casts of Lew Leslie\u2019s\u00a0Blackbirds of 1939<\/em>,\u00a0Swingin\u2019 the Dream<\/em>\u00a0(1939),\u00a0\u2018Op-O\u2019-Me Thumb<\/em>\u00a0(1924), and\u00a0The Will O\u2019 the Wisp<\/em>\u00a0(1923). Hurd was also featured in\u00a0Carmen Jones<\/em>\u00a0on Broadway, which ran from December 1943 to February 1945.<\/p>\n

See more.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sources<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Edith Hurd, MoBBallet<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sana Jawa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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