- (1933 - 1955) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1933) Stage Play: Hummin' Sam. Musical comedy. Book by Eileen Nutter. Based on the play "In Old Kentucky" by Charles T. Dazey. Music by Alexander Hill. Lyrics by Alexander Hill. Musical Director: Jimmie Davis. Music orchestrated by Arthur Knowlton. Dances and ensembles staged by Carey and Davis. Directed by Allan K. Foster [uncredited]. New Yorker Theatre: 8 Apr 1933 (1 performance). Produced by Allan K. Foster.
- (1936) Stage Play: Walk Together Chillun.
- Conjur Man Dies (1936).
- Turpentine (1936). Written by J.A. Smith and Peter Morell. Scenic Design by Manuel Essman. Directed by Emjo Basshe and Augustus Smith. Lafayette Theatre: 26 Jun 1936- Aug 1936 (closing date unknown/62 performances). Cast: Alonzo Bozan, Estelle Hemsley, Thurman Jackson, John D. Johnson, Bertram Miller, Thomas Moseley, Alberta Perkins, Gus Smith, Charles Wayne. Produced by Negro Theatre Unit of the Federal Theatre Project of the WPA and John Houseman.
- Androcles and the Lion (1938).
- Dark Hammock (1944).
- Strange Fruit (1945).
- A Long Way From Home (1948).
- Set My People Free (1948). Written by Dorothy Heyward. Directed by Martin Ritt. Hudson Theatre: 3 Nov 1948- 27 Nov 1948 (29 performances). Cast: Somar Alberg (as "Trader Henri"), Thomas Anderson (as "Jesse Blackwood"), Edith Atuka-Reid (as "Tina"), Harry Bolden (as "Belleisle"), Alonzo Bozan (as "Pompey"), John Bouie (as "Perault Prioleau"), Samuel Brown (as "1st Drummer"), Eric Burroughs (as "Mingo Harth"), Tyler Carpenter (as "Patrolman"), Blaine Cordner (as "Captain Wilson"), Harold Des Verney (as "Blind Philip"), George Dosher (as "Jemmy"), Gail Gladstone (as "Eliza"), Juano Hernandez (as "Denmark"), Theodore Hines (as "Cuppy"), Earl Jones (as "Ned Bennett"), Wanza L. King (as "Benbow"), Canada Lee (as "George/Head Slave"), Urylee Leonardos (as "Blanche"), Fredye Marshall (as "Rachel"), William Marshall (as "Rolla Bennett"), William McDaniel (as "Pharaoh"), Charles McRae (as "Monday Gell"), Moses Mianns (as "2nd Drummer"), Bertha T. Powell (as "The Mauma"), Marion Scanlon (as "Phyllis"), Louis Sharp (as "Lot"), Richard Silver (as "Frank Ferguson"), Merritt Smith (as "Adam"), Mildred Joanne Smith (as "Rose"), Earl Sydnor (as "Peter Poyas"), William Warfield (as "Aneas"), Leigh Whipper (as "Gullah Jack"), Musa Williams (as "Sinah"), Frank Wilson (as "Morris Brown"). Produced by The Theatre Guild (Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner: Administrative Directors). Associate Producer: Allyn Rice.
- (1949) Stage Play: Two Blind Mice. Comedy. Written by Sam Spewack. Directed by Sam Spewack. Cort Theatre: 2 Mar 1949- 16 Jul 1949 (157 performances). Cast: Alonzo Bozan [credited as Alonzo Bosan] (as "Simon"), Raymond Bramley, Walter Brooke, Melvyn Douglas (as "Tommy Thurston"), Howard Fischer, Jane Hoffman, Richard Kendrick, Robert P. Lieb, Geoffrey Lumb, Mabel Paige, Laura Pierpont, Robert Pike, Elliott Reid, Howard St. John, Jan Sterling (as "Karen Norwood"), Frank Tweddell (as "Sen. Kruger"), Robert Webber (as "Sergeant"), Roland Wood (as "Mr. Murray"). Replacement actor: Marlyn Monk (as "Karen Norwood"). Produced by Archer King and Harrison Woodhull.
- (1950) Stage Play: The Wisteria Trees. Drama. Written by Joshua Logan. Based on "The Cherry Orchard" by Anton Chekhov. Lighting and Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Musical arrangements by Lehman Engel. Directed by Joshua Logan. Martin Beck Theatre: 29 Mar 1950- 16 Sep 1950 (165 performances). Cast: Helen Hayes, Walter Abel, Peggy Conklin, Kent Smith, Alonzo Bozan (as "Scott"), Georgia Burke, Vinie Burrows, Patsy Carol, Ossie Davis (as "Jacques"), Patricia DeCoursey, Maurice Ellis, Reri Grist, Ellen Cobb-Hill, Bethel Leslie, Emory S. Richardson, Ralph Robertson Jr., Maude Simmons, G. Albert Smith, Kitty Snapper, Elisa Toca, Irene Treadwill, Mary Vallee, Bentley Wallace, Douglas Watson, Duke Williams. Produced by Leland Hayward and Joshua Logan.
- (1951) Stage Play: The Green Pastures (Revival). Written by Marc Connelly. Suggested by the Southern sketches "Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun" by Roark Bradford. All choral arrangements used have been written especially for "The Green Pastures" by Hall Johnson. Production Design by Robert Edmond Jones. Directed by Marc Connelly. Broadway Street Theatre: 15 Mar 1951- 21 Apr 1951 (44 performances). Cast: Alice Ajay, Rodger Alford, Leona Avery, Lawson Bates, Mabel Bergen, Ernest Bloomfield, Eugene Bloomfield, Patricia Bloomfield, Alonzo Bozan (as "Noah/Abraham"), John Boule, Philip Brinson, Maudine Brown, Vinie Burrows, Jimmie Burton, Miriam Burton, Jack Carr, Calvin Dash, Ossie Davis (as "Gabriel"), William O. Davis, Pierre Dillard, Beatrice Edwards, Hope Foye, James Fuller, Joyce Gissentanner, Dierdre Greenway, Curtis Hawkins, Louise Hawthorne, Philip Hepburn, George Hill, Alma Hubbard, Milroy Ingram, Yvonne Jiggets, Oci Johnson, Alonzo Jones, Jumel Jones, Avon Long, John Marriott, Tina Marshall, William Marshall (as "God"), Willie Mays (as "Female Alto/Choir"), William McDaniel, Robert McFerrin, Courtenaye Olden, Louise Parker, Madeline Preston, Van Prince, Ethel Purnello, John Rainey, John H. Rainey, Anna Mae Richardson, George Royston, Randolph Sawyer, Marcia Titus, Robert Titus, William Veasey, Louvinia White, Margaret Williams, George O. Willis, Beecher Wilson, Mary Young. Produced by The Wigreen Company. Produced in association with Harry Fromkes.
- (1951) Stage Play: Seventeen. Musical comedy. Music by Walter Kent. Lyrics by Kim Gannon. Material by Sally Benson. Dances and Musical Numbers by Dania Krupska. Based on the novel by Booth Tarkington. Music arranged by Ted Royal. Musical Director: Vincent Travers. Choral arrangements by Crane Calder. Dance Musical Arrangements by Jess Meeker. Book Directed by Richard Whorf. Directed by Hassard Short. Broadhurst Theatre: 21 Jun 1951- 24 Nov 1951 (182 performances). Cast: Frank Albertson, Bob Bakanic, Penny Bancroft, Margaret Baxter, Alonzo Bozan (as "Mr. Genesis"), Joan Bowman, Bonnie Brae, King Calder (as "Mr. Parcher") [final Broadway role], Carol Cole, Ann Crowley, Doris Dalton, Maurice Ellis, Richard France, Stan Grover, Joseph James, Dick Kallman, Henry Lawrence, Dorothy Manko, Ellen McCown, Sherry McCutcheon, Jim Moore, Harrison Muller, Kenneth Nelson, Darrell Notara, Bill Nuss, Greg O'Brien, Elizabeth Pacetti, Bill Reilly, Betty Jane Seagle, John Sharpe, Jeanne Shea, Paula Stewart, Ray Thomas, Helen Wood. Produced by Milton Berle, Sammy Lambert and Bernie Foyer.
- (1952) Stage Play: My Darlin' Aida. Musical.
- (1955) Stage Play: The Wisteria Trees. Drama (revival). Written by Joshua Logan. Based on the "The Cherry Orchard" by Anton Chekhov. Music Selected and Arranged By: Max Marlin. Scenic Design by Herbert Gahagan. Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard. General Costume Director: Grace Houston; Lighting Design by Feder. Directed by John Stix. City Center: 2 Feb 1955- 13 Feb 1955 (15 performances). Cast: Jonelle Allen (as "Little Miss Lucy"), Linda Berlin (as "Party Guest"), Alonzo Bozan (as "Scott") [final Broadway role], Patty Burke (as "Child"), Jarmila Daubek (as "Party Guest"), Evelyn Davis (as "Cassie"), Ossie Davis (as "Jacques"), Philip Dean (as "Servant"), David Eliot (as "Party Guest"), Maurice Ellis (as "Henry Arthur Henry"), Bramwell Fletcher (as "Gavin Leon Andree"), Frances Foster (as "Dolly May"), Will Geer (as "Bowman Witherspoon"), Helen Hayes (as "Lucy Andree Ransdell"), Hilda Haynes (as "Servant"), Keith Kirby (as "Party Guest"), Alison Landor (as "Party Guest"), Lily Lodge (as "Party Guest"), Walter Matthau (as "Yancy Loper"), Warren Oates (as "Party Guest") [only Broadway role], Ella Raines (as "Martha"), Cliff Robertson (as "Peter Whitfield"), Brook Seawell (as "Gracie"), Lois Smith (as "Antoinette"), Christopher Snell (as "Frankie"), Jackson Young (as "Party Guest"). Produced by New York City Theatre Company.
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