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Home Sweet Homer
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| First Preview: | Dec 26, 1975 | Total Previews: | 11 |
| Opening Date: | Jan 04, 1976 | ||
| Closing Date: | Jan 04, 1976 | Total Performances: | 1 |
Category: Musical, Romantic Comedy, Original, Broadway
| Production Staff | |
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| Theatre Owned / Operated by The Messrs. Nederlander | |
| Produced by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | |
| Music by Mitch Leigh; Book by Roland Kibbee and Albert Marre; Lyrics by Charles Burr and Forman Brown; Musical Director: Ross Reimueller; Music orchestrated by Buryl Red | |
| Directed by Albert Marre; Musical Staging by Albert Marre; Choreographic Assistant: Michael Mann | |
| Scenic Design by Howard Bay; Lighting Design by Howard Bay; Costume Design by Howard Bay and Ray Diffen; Miss Diener's Hairstyles by Wayne Herndon | |
| General Manager: Wolsk & Azenberg | |
| Stage Manager: Patrick Horrigan and Gregory A. Hirsch | |
| Musical Coordinator: Earl Shendell; Associate Conductor: Terrill Jory | |
| Assistant to the Director: Dwight Frye; General Press Representative: Betty Lee Hunt Associates, Inc.; Casting: Dwight Frye; Advertising: The Blaine Thompson Company; Press Representative: Ruth Cage; Assistant to Mitch Leigh: Sy Mann | |
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| Yul Brynner | Odysseus | |
| Joan Diener | Penelope Odysseus' wife |
| Russ Thacker | Telemachus Odysseus' son |
| John Aristides | Pimteus suitor of Penelope |
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| Daniel Brown | Eurymachus suitor of Penelope |
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| Diana Davila | Nausikaa King Alkinoos' daughter |
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| Brian Destazio | Leokritos suitor of Penelope |
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| Les Freed | Polybos suitor of Penelope |
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| Darel Glaser | Kerux | |
| Bill Mackey | Ktesippos suitor of Penelope |
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| P. J. Mann | Dektai Evdomi The Seventeenth |
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| Bill Nabel | Melios suitor of Penelope |
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| Shev Rodgers | King Alkinoos | |
| Cecile Santos | Melantho handmaiden of Nausikaa |
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| Suzanne Sponsler | Therapina handmaiden of Nausikaa |
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| Ian Sullivan | Pilokrates suitor of Penelope |
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| Christine Uchida | Hippodameia handmaiden of Nausikaa |
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| Martin Vidnovic | Antinous suitor of Penelope |
| Swing: Linda Byrne (Swing) |
| Standby: Karen Shepard (Penelope) |
| Understudies: Daniel Brown (Antinous), Darel Glaser (Telemachus), Shev Rodgers (Odysseus), Suzanne Sponsler (Nausikaa) and Ian Sullivan (King Alkinoos) |
music by Mitch Leigh; lyrics by Charles Burr and Forman Brown
| ACT 1 | Sung By |
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| The Sorceress | Penelope (Odysseus' wife) and Suitors |
| The Departure | Odysseus and Dektai Evdomi (The Seventeenth) |
| Home Sweet Homer | Odysseus |
| The Ball | Nausikaa (King Alkinoos' daughter) and Handmaidens |
| How Could I Dare to Dream | Odysseus and Telemachus (Odysseus' son) |
| I Never Imagined Goodbye | Penelope (Odysseus' wife) |
| Love Is the Prize | Odysseus |
| Penelope's Hand | Antinous (suitor of Penelope) |
| He Will Come Home Again | Telemachus (Odysseus' son) |
| Did He Really Think | Penelope (Odysseus' wife) |
| I Was Wrong | Odysseus |
| The Rose | Penelope (Odysseus' wife) |
| Tomorrow | Antinous (suitor of Penelope) and Suitors |
| The Contest | Odysseus, Telemachus (Odysseus' son), Antinous (suitor of Penelope) and Suitors |