PlayComedyRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Dec 24, 1950
Closing Date
Jun 30, 1951
Performances
233
PlayComedyRevivalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
ANTA Playhouse
(Dec 24, 1950 - Jan 07, 1951)
Fulton Theatre
(Jan 09, 1951 - Jun 30, 1951)

Description
A play in three acts

After at two-week run at the ANTA Playhouse, this revival was moved, under the production sponsorship of Jose Ferrer, to the Fulton Theatre.

Setting
Aboard the Twentieth Century Limited between Chicago and New York.

Theatre Owned / Operated by The American National Theatre and Academy
Written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur; Based on a play by Bruce Millholland
Directed by José Ferrer
Scenic Design by Wolfgang Roth; Lighting Design by Wolfgang Roth; Costume Design by Noel Taylor; Lily Garland's costumes conceived by Gloria Swanson; Sound Design by Masque Sound Engineering Company
Stage Manager: Buford Armitage
Oscar Jaffe
Dec 24, 1950 - Jun 02, 1951
Lily Garland
Dec 24, 1950 - Jun 02, 1951
George Smith
Oliver Webb
Second Beard
Judas
Anita Highland
Dr. Johnson
Grover Lockwood
Red Cap
Flannagan
First Beard
Cristus
First Detective
Matthew Clark
Conductor
Pullman Conductor
 
Red Cap
Waiter
Second Detective
Max Jacobs
Porter
Train Secretary
Owen O'Malley

ANTA Playhouse (Dec 24, 1950 - Jan 07, 1951)

Fulton Theatre (Jan 09, 1951 - Jun 30, 1951)

Produced by José Ferrer
General Manager: Milton Baron
Production Manager: Buford Armitage; Stage Manager: Thomas J. King
Press Representative: Peggy Phillips; General Press Representative: David Lipsky; Assistant to the Producer: Robinson Stone; Assistant Press Representative: Joseph G. Lustig

Cast

Binnie Barnes
Broadway debut
Lily Garland
Jun 04, 1951 - Jun 30, 1951
Robert Preston
Broadway debut
Oscar Jaffe
Jun 04, 1951 - Jun 30, 1951
Flannagan
Owen O'Malley
Second Detective
 
Red Cap
Matthew Clark
Jun 1951 - ?
Pullman Conductor
 
Second Detective
 
Red Cap
Matthew Clark
Standby: Polly Rowles (Lily Garland)
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