MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Nov 06, 1957
Closing Date
Dec 14, 1957
Performances
45
MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Alvin Theatre
(Nov 06, 1957 - Dec 14, 1957)
Description
A musical comedy in two acts and ten scenes with a prologue
Setting
Somewhere in Oblivia; New York.
Produced by Paula Stone and Michael Sloane
Book by Irving Phillips; Music by Ernest G. Schweikert; Lyrics by Frank Reardon; Music orchestrated by Ted Royal; Musical Director: Frederick Dvonch; Dance arrangements by Robert Atwood
Directed by Jack Donohue; Choreographed by Bob Hamilton
Scenic Design by George Jenkins; Costume Design by Alvin Colt; Lighting Design by George Jenkins
General Manager: Robert Rapport
Production Stage Manager: Edward Padula; Stage Manager: Chet O'Brien and Clayton Coots
Press Representative: Bill Doll, Samuel J. Friedman, Maurice Turet and Shirley Herz
Milo Boulton
J. B. Conway
Bill Carter
Ensemble
Sari Clymas
Judy's Friend
 
Nurse
 
Ensemble
Clayton Coots
Chief of Oblivia
Jerome Cowan
Dr. Wellington Winslow
Stephen Douglass
Nelson Crandal
Eddie Foy, Jr.
Rumple
Elliott Gould
Photographer
 
Weird One
 
He Who Gets Slapped
 
Ensemble
Claire Gunderman
The Match Box
 
Ensemble
Ken Harvey
Brannigan
 
Lt. Mallory
 
Voice of Oblivia
Larry Howard
Ensemble
Gail Kuhr
Weird One
 
Ensemble
Doris Lorenz
Weird One
 
Girl on a Bench
 
Ensemble
George Martin
The Dissenter
 
Ensemble
William Milié
Weird One
 
Ensemble
Lois O'Brien
Judy Marlowe
Roy Palmer
Ensemble
Ginny Perlowin
Ginny
Barbara Perry
Anna
Lila Popper
Weird One
 
Girl on a Bench
 
Ensemble
Larry Stevens
Photographer
 
Ensemble
Janyce Wagner
Judy's Friend
 
Ensemble
Jackie Warner
Barney
Bonnie West
Judy's Friend
 
The Unravelled
 
Ensemble
Eddie Weston
Reporter
 
Ensemble
Patricia White
Weird One
 
The Powder Room
 
Ensemble
Sally Wile
Judy's Friend
 
Ensemble
Gretchen Wyler
Kate Drew
Understudies: Ken Harvey (Nelson Crandal, Dr. Wellington Winslow), Ginny Perlowin (Judy Marlowe), Jackie Warner (Rumple), Bonnie West (Kate Drew) and Sally Wile (Anna)
music by Ernest G. Schweikert; lyrics by Frank Reardon
Act 1
Sung By
It's You for Me
Nelson Crandal and Judy Marlowe
In Times Like These
Rumple and Anna
Red Letter Day
Kate Drew, Ensemble and Barney
The First Time I Spoke of You
Nelson Crandal and Judy Marlowe
Oblivia
Rumple and Anna
Peculiar State of Affairs
Rumple and Kate Drew
How Do You Say Goodbye?
Judy Marlowe
Gentlemen of the Press
Nelson Crandal, Cartoon Characters and Holiday Girls
Act 2
Sung By
To Adjust Is a Must
Dr. Wellington Winslow and Weird Ones
Coax Me
Kate Drew
How Do You Say Goodbye? (Reprise)
Nelson Crandal
All Dressed Up
Kate Drew and Ensemble
In Times Like These (Reprise)
Kate Drew and Dr. Wellington Winslow
Peculiar State of Affairs (Reprise)
Anna
Wish
Rumple
Finale
Entire Company

Tony Award®

 

Best Actor in a Musical

1958 Nominee
Eddie Foy, Jr.
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