Cast
- Larry Fisburne — Vaughn "Dap" Dunlap
- Giancarlo Esposito — Julian (Dean Big Brother Almighty)
- Tisha Campbell — Jane Toussaint
- Kyme — Rachel Meadows
- Joe Seneca — President McPherson
- Ellen Holly — Odrie McPherson
- Art Evans — Cedar Cloud
- Ossie Davis — Coach Odom
- Bill Nunn — Grady
- James Bond III — Monroe
- Branford Marsalis — Jordam
- Kadeem Hardison — Edge
- Eric Payne — Booker T.
- Spike Lee — Darrell "Half-Pint" Dunlap
- Anthony Thompkins — Doo-Doo Breath
- Darryl M. Bell — Big Brother X-Ray Vision
- Joie Lee — Lizzie Life
- Alva Rogers — Doris Witherspoon
- Paula Brown - Miriam
- Jasmine Guy — Dina
- Samuel L. Jackson — Leeds
- Cassi Davis - Paula
- Phyllis Hyman - Phyllis
Vanessa L. Williams was originally considered for the role of Jane Toussaint, and Phyllis Yvonne Stickney for the role of Rachel Meadows. However, due to her recent dethroning from her Miss America title because of controversy over nude photos published in Penthouse, Williams turned down the role. She cited a sex scene between Jane and Julian (Dean Big Brother Almighty) (which became well known) and said she wanted to distance herself from that image.
Spike Lee was so impressed by Tisha Campbell's singing performance in Little Shop of Horrors (1986) that he cast her for the part of Jane. Stickney left the production over "artistic differences."
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“It was always the work that was the gyroscope in my life. I don’t know who could have lived with me. As an architect you’re absolutely devoured. A woman’s cast in a lot of roles and a man isn’t. I couldn’t be an architect and be a wife and mother.”
—Eleanore Kendall Pettersen (b. 1916)
“By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future.”
—Zelda Fitzgerald (1900–1948)
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—Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Mark 11:23.
Matthew 21:21 also refers to this speech.