MusicalOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Apr 23, 1968
Closing Date
Apr 27, 1968
1st Preview
Apr 11, 1968
1st Preview
Apr 11, 1968
Previews
9
Performances
7
MusicalOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Mark Hellinger Theatre
(Apr 23, 1968 - Apr 27, 1968)
Description
A musical fable in two acts.
Setting
Various locales in and around Jerusalem around 100 B.C.
Theatre Owned / Operated by Max Stahl and Stanley Stahl
Produced by Zvi Kolitz, Solomon Sagall and Abe Margolies; Associate Produced by Philip Turk and Kalman Ginzburg
Book by Anne Croswell and Dan Almagor; Music by Ernest Gold; Lyrics by Anne Croswell; Based On An Original Play 'King Solomon and the Cobbler' by Sammy Gronemann; American Adaptation in Collaboration with Zvi Kolitz; Special Material by David Finkle and Bill Weeden; Music orchestrated by Hershy Kay; Vocal arrangements by Gershon Kingsley; Dance arrangements by Dorothea Freitag; Musical Director: Gershon Kingsley
Entire Production Directed and Supervised by Michael Benthall; Dances and Musical Numbers Staged by Donald McKayle
Scenic Design by Rouben Ter-Arutunian; Costume Design by Jane Greenwood; Lighting Design by Martin Aronstein
General Manager: Al Goldin; Company Manager: Oscar Berlin
Production Stage Manager: Mortimer Halpern; Stage Manager: Norman Shelly and Bert Wood
Orchestra Contractor: Morris Stonzek; Head Copyist: Bob Haring, Jr.
Assistant to the Director: Howard Rosenman; Asst. to the Choreographer: Leah Levin
General Press Representative: Max Eisen; Production Assistant: Cheryl Sue Dolby; Special Press: Ed Jaffe; Advertising: L. Gratz and Diener & Dorskind
Dick Shawn
Solomon
 
Yoni (a Cobbler)
Mary Barnett
F'htar (Princess Nofrit's Slave)
Salome Jens
Makedah (a Member of the Queen of Sheba's Party)
Carmen Mathews
Bathsheba (Solomon's Mother)
Karen Morrow
Na'Ama (Yoni's Wife)
Fred Pinkard
Ranor (Ambassador of the Queen of Sheba)
Paul Reed
Ben-Hesed (Commander of the Royal Guard)
Barbara Webb
Princess Nofrit (Solomon's Favorite Wife)
Clifford Allen
Ensemble
Meir Alon
Meir (the Drummer)
 
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Lynn Archer
Bruria (a Harlot)
 
Other Wife
Jeri Barto
Solomon's Concubine
 
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Connie Burnett
Solomon's Concubine
 
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Chris Callan
Other Wife
 
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Al Cohen
Ensemble
Gordon Cook
An Officer of the Royal Guard
 
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Nikolas Dante
Ensemble
Esteban De Leon
Ensemble
Al De Sio
Ali (the Flute Player)
 
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Jacque Dean
Other Wife
 
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John Dorrin
Issac (a Tavern Keeper)
 
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Miriam Ehrenberg
Solomon's Concubine
 
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Ed Ericksen
Lemech (a Dyer)
 
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Alice Evans
Aviva (a Harlot)
 
Other Wife
Carol Flemming
Solomon's Concubine
 
Other Wife
 
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Stokely Gray
Ensemble
Rodney Griffin
Ensemble
Jerry Grimes
Ensemble
Marsha Hastings
Other Wife
 
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Nat Horne
An Ambassador
 
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Mary Jane Houdina
Solomon's Concubine
 
Other Wife
 
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Jason Howard
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Nina Janik
Solomon's Concubine
 
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Sherry Lambert
Other Wife
 
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Johnny LaMotta
Mago (Architect of the Temple)
 
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Carol Manning
Solomon's Concubine
 
Other Wife
 
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Garrett Morris
Aide to Ranor
 
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Sally Neal
Tavern Dancer
 
Solomon's Concubine
 
Other Wife
 
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Keith Perry
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Martha Pollak
Solomon's Concubine
 
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Ken Richards
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Renee Rose
Solomon's Concubine
 
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Kenneth Scott
Yoel (Temple Building Supervisor)
Jeffrey Shawn
Ensemble
Clay Taliaferro
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Joan Tannen
Solomon's Concubine
 
Other Wife
 
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Caryl Tenney
Rachel (one of Solomon's Wives)
 
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Nina Trasoff
Solomon's Concubine
 
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Kyle Weaver
Ensemble
Bruce Wells
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Myrna White
Solomon's Concubine
 
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Standby: Alfred Toigo (Solomon, Yoni)
Understudies: Lynn Archer (Bathsheba, Princess Nofrit), Al Cohen (Mago), Jacque Dean (Bruria), John Dorrin (Ben-Hesed), Alice Evans (Na'Ama), Carol Flemming (Princess Nofrit, Makedah), Nat Horne (Ranor), Garrett Morris (Yoel, Lemech), Keith Perry (Issac), Martha Pollak (Tavern Dancer), Renee Rose (F'htar), Joan Tannen (Aviva) and Myrna White (Rachel)
music by Ernest Gold; lyrics by Anne Croswell
(Unless otherwise noted)
Act 1
Sung By
David & Bathsheba
Yoni and People of Jerusalem
Hail the Son of David
Solomon, Courtiers and Wives
Preposterous
Solomon
Have You Heard?
People of Jerusalem
The Citation
Ben-Hesed
In Love With a Fool
Na'Ama
Someone Like Me
Solomon
In Someone Else's Sandals
Yoni, Bathsheba, Slaves and Concubines
The Three Riddles
Ranor, Ben-Hesed, Solomon and People of Jerusalem
Act 2
Sung By
Once in 2.7 Years
Solomon's Wives
Have You Ever Been Alone with a King Before?
(music by Bill Weeden; lyrics by David Finkle)
Yoni and Na'Ama
Lord I Am But a Little Child
Solomon
I Am What I Am
Solomon
Something In His Eyes
Na'Ama
That Guilty Feeling
(music by Bill Weeden; lyrics by David Finkle)
Yoni
Time to Let Go
Bathsheba
With Your Hand in My Hand
Yoni, Na'Ama, Bathsheba and People of Jerusalem
Lord I Am But a Little Child (Reprise)
Entire Company
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