Book by Dan Owens
Music by Judd Woldin
Lyrics by Richard Engquist and Judd Woldin
Based on the play Little Ham by Langston Hughes
From a concept by Eric Krebs
At the height of the Harlem Renaissance, the downtown mob is threatening to take over the uptown numbers game played in the streets. Only Hamlet Hitchcock Jones, known as Little Ham, stands in their way. With the promise of big money, the gangsters coerce smooth and witty Little Ham into helping the shakedown. But when he's assigned to shake down Tiny Lee's Beauty Shop, he's faced with an agonizing choice. A smooth operator with big dreams and fast feet, Little Ham rallies his neighbors and wins his lady love.
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