| A Hand Is on the Gate | |
| Director: | Roscoe Lee Browne |
| Premiere: | 1966 |
| Place: | Longacre Theatre, New York City, USA. |
| Orig Lang: | English |
| Genre: | Drama, musical |
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.