PlayPlay with musicOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
May 19, 1964
Closing Date
Jun 06, 1964
1st Preview
May 18, 1964
1st Preview
May 18, 1964
Previews
1
Performances
23
PlayPlay with musicOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Henry Miller's Theatre
(May 19, 1964 - Jun 06, 1964)
Setting
In, out and around the White House before, during and after the occupancy of the men and the women who lived at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Comments
The events depicted...relevant and irrelevant, reverent and irreverent...are based upon letters, diaries, and documents written by the Presidents and their Ladies, or about them by their contemporaries.
  • People
    Henry Miller's Theatre General Manager: George Banyai
    Produced by Gilbert Miller, Helen Bonfils and Morton Gottlieb
    Written by A. E. Hotchner; Music composed and selected by Lee Hoiby; Original lyrics by A. E. Hotchner
    Directed by Henry Kaplan
    Scenic Design by Ed Wittstein; Costume Design by Ed Wittstein; Lighting Design by Jules Fisher
    General Manager: George Banyai; Company Manager: Richard Seader; Assistant Co. Mgr: Ronald Lee
    Production Stage Manager: Warren Crane; Stage Manager: Robert Crawley
    General Press Representative: Dorothy Ross; Assistant to the Director: Nelle Nugent; Press Assistant: Richard O'Brien; Advertising: Ingram Ash
    James Daly
    George Washington
     
    James Monroe
     
    Martin Van Buren
     
    William Henry Harrison
     
    James Buchanan
     
    Andrew Johnson
     
    Grover Cleveland
     
    Theodore Roosevelt
    Helen Hayes
    Abigail Adams
     
    Dolley Madison
     
    Rachel Jackson
     
    Mrs. Franklin Pierce
     
    Leonora Clayton
     
    Mary Todd Lincoln
     
    Julia Grant
     
    Mrs. James G. Blaine
     
    Mrs. Grover Cleveland
     
    Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt
     
    Edith Wilson
     
    Mrs. Benjamin Harrison
    Fritz Weaver
    Thomas Jefferson
     
    Andrew Jackson
     
    Millard Fillmore
     
    Franklin Pierce
     
    Abraham Lincoln
     
    Mark Twain
     
    Captain Sigsbee
     
    Woodrow Wilson
    Eric Berry
    John Adams
     
    James K. Polk
     
    Nathaniel Hawthorne
     
    Alexander Graham Bell
     
    Chester A. Arthur
     
    William McKinley
     
    George Bernard Shaw
    Sorrell Booke
    Daniel Webster
     
    Reverend Fuller
     
    Stephen A. Douglas
     
    Ulysses S. Grant
     
    Dr. W. W. Keen
     
    John Hay
     
    A Senator
    Gene Wilder
    John Quincy Adams
     
    John Van Buren
     
    John Tyler
     
    Vernon
     
    Robert Lincoln
     
    Rutherford B. Hayes
    Nancy Franklin
    White House Maid
     
    Martha Jefferson
     
    Second Fitter
     
    Miss Thorndyke
    Bette Henritze
    First Fitter
     
    Priscilla Tyler
     
    Mary Ames
     
    Lucy Webb Hayes
     
    Mrs. McBurke
    Michael O'Sullivan
    Washington Irving
     
    The Drover
     
    Henry Clay
     
    Prosecuting Attorney
     
    Charles Guiteau
     
    A Senator
    Eugene Roche
    White House Butler
     
    French John
     
    Zachary Taylor
     
    Dr. Grayson
Henry Miller's Theatre General Manager: George Banyai
Produced by Gilbert Miller, Helen Bonfils and Morton Gottlieb
Written by A. E. Hotchner; Music composed and selected by Lee Hoiby; Original lyrics by A. E. Hotchner
Directed by Henry Kaplan
Scenic Design by Ed Wittstein; Costume Design by Ed Wittstein; Lighting Design by Jules Fisher
General Manager: George Banyai; Company Manager: Richard Seader; Assistant Co. Mgr: Ronald Lee
Production Stage Manager: Warren Crane; Stage Manager: Robert Crawley
General Press Representative: Dorothy Ross; Assistant to the Director: Nelle Nugent; Press Assistant: Richard O'Brien; Advertising: Ingram Ash
James Daly
George Washington
 
James Monroe
 
Martin Van Buren
 
William Henry Harrison
 
James Buchanan
 
Andrew Johnson
 
Grover Cleveland
 
Theodore Roosevelt
Helen Hayes
Abigail Adams
 
Dolley Madison
 
Rachel Jackson
 
Mrs. Franklin Pierce
 
Leonora Clayton
 
Mary Todd Lincoln
 
Julia Grant
 
Mrs. James G. Blaine
 
Mrs. Grover Cleveland
 
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt
 
Edith Wilson
 
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison
Fritz Weaver
Thomas Jefferson
 
Andrew Jackson
 
Millard Fillmore
 
Franklin Pierce
 
Abraham Lincoln
 
Mark Twain
 
Captain Sigsbee
 
Woodrow Wilson
Eric Berry
John Adams
 
James K. Polk
 
Nathaniel Hawthorne
 
Alexander Graham Bell
 
Chester A. Arthur
 
William McKinley
 
George Bernard Shaw
Sorrell Booke
Daniel Webster
 
Reverend Fuller
 
Stephen A. Douglas
 
Ulysses S. Grant
 
Dr. W. W. Keen
 
John Hay
 
A Senator
Gene Wilder
John Quincy Adams
 
John Van Buren
 
John Tyler
 
Vernon
 
Robert Lincoln
 
Rutherford B. Hayes
Nancy Franklin
White House Maid
 
Martha Jefferson
 
Second Fitter
 
Miss Thorndyke
Bette Henritze
First Fitter
 
Priscilla Tyler
 
Mary Ames
 
Lucy Webb Hayes
 
Mrs. McBurke
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Irving
 
The Drover
 
Henry Clay
 
Prosecuting Attorney
 
Charles Guiteau
 
A Senator
Eugene Roche
White House Butler
 
French John
 
Zachary Taylor
 
Dr. Grayson
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