MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Nov 10, 1965
Closing Date
Apr 16, 1966
1st Preview
Oct 18, 1965
1st Preview
Oct 18, 1965
Previews
24
Performances
179
MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Cort Theatre
(Nov 10, 1965 - Apr 16, 1966)
Setting
Johannesburg in the Republic of South Africa
Produced by Dore Schary and Theodore Mann
Book by Howard Da Silva and Felix Leon; Music by Harold J. Rome; Lyrics by Harold J. Rome; Based on a story by Dan Jacobson; Music orchestrated by Meyer Kupferman
Directed by Dore Schary
Scenic Design by William and Jean Eckart; Costume Design by Frank Thompson; Lighting Design by William and Jean Eckart
Production Stage Manager: Jeb Schary and Harry Young
Musical Supervisor: Meyer Kupferman; Conducted by Michael Spivakowsky
Press Representative: Lawrence Belling, Violet Welles, Merle Debuskey and Reuben Rabinovitch
Norman Barrs
Tommy Layton
Sarah Cunningham
Helen Grossman
Ossie Davis
Johannes
Peter DeAnda
Peter
Louis Gossett
Paulus
Ed Hall
William
Robert Hewitt
Groenwald
James Higgins
Koofer
Max Jacobs
Dyckboom
John Randolph Jones
Eric
Sandra Kent
Woman with Baby Carriage
 
Nurse
Yaphet Kotto
John
Sholom Ludvinsky
Mourner
David Mogck
Policeman
Charles Moore
Mr. Lamene
John Pleshette
David Grossman
Joe Silver
Harry Grossman
Menasha Skulnik
Zayda
Christine Spencer
Joan
Ella Thompson
Mrs. Lamene
Philip Vandervort
Arthur Grossman
Understudies: Sandra Kent (Helen Grossman), Charles Moore (Peter, William) and Ella Thompson (Joan)

Cort Theatre (Nov 10, 1965 - Apr 16, 1966)

Cast

Salem Ludwig
Mourner
Leslie Redford
Tommy Layton
Understudies: Ed Hall (Johannes), Yaphet Kotto (Paulus) and Salem Ludwig (Zayda, Harry Grossman)
music by Harold Rome; lyrics by Harold Rome
Act 1
Sung By
Tkambuza
Johannes
Crocodile Wife
Johannes
Good To Be Alive
Zayda and Paulus
The Water Wears Down the Stone
Johannes
Rivers of Tears
Zayda
Like the Breeze Blows
Peter, Joan and Ensemble
Oisgetzaychnet
Zayda and Ensemble
Act 2
Sung By
Some Things
Ensemble
Zulu Love Song
Paulus
L'Chayim
Zayda
Cold, Cold Room
Johannes
Good To Be Alive (Reprise)
Zayda and Paulus
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