- Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- The Bottom of the Cup (1927). Written by John Tucker Battle and William J. Perlman. Directed by Henry Stillman. Mayfair Theatre: 31 Jan 1927- Feb 1927 (closing date unknown/6 performances). Cast: Eva Benton (as "Mammy Lou"), Cass Burt (as "Doctor Jeffrey"), Daniel L. Haynes (as "Charles Thompson") [Broadway debut], Warren K. Hill (as "A Detective"), Harlan E. Knight (as "Sheriff Bolton"), Roderick Maybee (as "Robert Kinney"), George W. Nixon (as "Willis Thompson"), Adelaide Rondelle (as "Rosalie Fitzhugh"), William Thompson (as "Colonel Fitzhugh"). Produced by Mayfair Productions.
- Earth (1927). Written by Emjo Basshe. Directed by Russell Wright and Hemsley Winfield. 52nd Street Theatre: 9 Mar 1927- Mar 1927 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Jerome N. Addison (as "Mathias"), Ruth Carr (as "Sera"), Inez Clough (as "Deborah"), Harold Des Verney (as "Peter"), H. Webster Elkins (as "Moses"), Geraldine Evans (as "Suzanna"), Daniel L. Haynes (as "Brother Elijah"), Dannie Morgan (as "Dinah"), Hayes Pryor (as "Abner"), McKinley Reeves (as "Ebenezer"), William Townsend (as "Senon"), Hemsley Winfield (as "Barnabas"), Elsie Winslow (as "Naomi"), Marie Young (as "Mary"). Produced by New Playwrights Theatre.
- Rang Tang (1927). Musical revue. Book by Kaj Gynt. Lyrics by Jo Trent. Directed by Charles Davis and Miller and Lyles. Royale Theatre (moved to The Majestic Theatre from Sep 1927- close): 12 Jul 1927- Oct 1927 (closing date unknown/119 performances). Cast: May Barnes, George Battles, Inez Draw, Josephine Hall, Daniel L. Haynes, Gilbert Holland, Crawford Jackson, Josephine Jackson, Zaidee Jackson, Byron Jones, A. Lyles, Lavinia Mack, Marie Mahood, F.E. Miller, Evelyn Preer, Le'etta Revells, James Strange, Edward Thompson, Lillian Westmoreland, Josephine Willis. Produced by Mr. Walker and Mr. Kavanaugh.
- The Green Pastures (1930).
- The Green Pastures (1935). (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. Directed by Marc Connelly. 44th Street Theatre: 26 Feb 1935- 27 Apr 1935 (71 performances). Cast: Jerome Addison, Mildred Allison, Laura Anderson, Myrtle Anderson, Freddie Archibald, Olive Ball, Marie Benton, Henry Blake, Franklin Brown, George Brown, Ruth Carl, George Carroll, Allen Charles, John Charles, Wilbur Cohen Jr., Alice Cottingham, Billy Cumby, Beatrice Davis, Ruby Davis, Gertrude De Verney, Robert Ecton, Richard Emory (as "Gambler"), Reginald Fenderson, William Fenton (as "King of Babylon"), Florence Fields, Mary Frances, Anna Mae Fritz, James Fuller, Alice Geneva (as "Third Woman"), Mercedes Gilbert (as "Zipporah"), Geraldine Gooding, Earl Gough, Edna Mae Harris, Mattie Harris, Richard B. Harrison, Daniel L. Haynes (as "Adam"), Richard Henderson, T. Lloyd Hickman, Charles Hill, Harold Hines, Randall Homer, Frank Horace, Harriet Hoyt, Alma L. Hubbard, Nell Hunter, Charles Ivan, Roland Jones, Florence Lee, Carrington Lewis, Theon Lewis, J.E. Lightfoot, James Lindsay, Jack Mann, Willis Martin, Willie Mays (as "Female Alto/Choir"), John McAllister, William McFarland, Roy McKinley, Morris McKinney (as "Noah"), Walter Meadows, Viola Mickens, George Milton, Charles H. Moore, James Morrison, Willis Morton, Willis Norton, Massie Patterson, Oscar Polk (as "Gabriel"), Arthur Porter, Martin Quinn, Benjamin John Ragsdale, George Randol, McKinley Reeves, Emory Richardson, Jazzlips Richardson, Mabel Ridley, Thomas Russell, Ivan Sharp, Carl Shorter, D. Jay Sidney, Nonie Simmons, Augustus Simons, Frances Smith, Alice Snyder, Janet Stevens, Susie Sutton, James Taylor, Harry Thompson, J. Homer Tutt, Constance Van Dyke, Lloyd Warren, Marie Warren, Anna Washington, Benveneta Washington, Booker T. Washington Jr. (as "Child"), Irene Watts, Ashley Webb, Walter Whitfield, Dow K. Williams, Milton J. Williams, Rudolph Williams, Frank H. Wilson (as "Moses"), Gertrude Wilson, Leona Winkler, Charles Winter Wood, Bertha Wright, Edgar Yancey. Produced by Laurence Rivers, Inc. Note: Filmed as The Green Pastures (1936).
- Androcles and the Lion (1938). (Revival). Music by George Couvreur. Scenic Design by Manuel Essman. Costume Design by Perry Watkins. Lighting Design by Feder. Written by George Bernard Shaw. Directed by Samuel Rosen. Lafayette Theatre: 16 Dec 1938- Mar 1939 (closing date unknown/104 performances). Cast: Add Bates (as "Lion"), Alonzo Bosan (as "Menagerie Keeper"), Julian Costello (as "Ox-driver"), Maurice Ellis (as "Caesar"), Daniel L. Haynes (as "Ferrovius"), Charles Johnson (as "Beggar"), J. Louis Johnson (as "Editor"), Paul Johnson (as "Secutor"), Joseph Pope Jones (as "Retiarius"), John Milton Lacey (as "Call-boy"), Al Moore (as "Metellus"), Thomas Mosely (as "Centurian"), Hilda Offley (as "Megaera"), Wardell Saunders (as "Spintho"), P. Jay Sidney (as "Captain"), Edna Thomas (as "Lavinia"), Percy Verwayne (as "Lentulus"), Arthur Wilson (as "Androcles"). Produced by Federal Theatre Project of The WPA and Philip Barber.
- (1927) Stage "Show Boat" (musical) Music by Jerome Kern, Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Was understudy for Jules Bledsoe as "Joe".
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