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| First Preview: | Nov 14, 1986 |
Total Previews: | 11 |
| Opening Date: | Nov 24, 1986 |
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| Closing Date: | Jan 03, 1987 |
Total Performances: | 48 |
| Production Staff |
| Theatre Owned / Operated by The Messrs. Nederlander |
| Produced by Lawrence Gordon, Richard M. Kagan and Sidney L. Shlenker; Associate Producer: Barbara Livitz, Ronald Balser and Barbara Balser |
| Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Book by Howard Ashman; Lyrics by Howard Ashman; Based on the screenplay by Jerry Belson; Musical Director: Paul Gemignani; Music orchestrated by Sid Ramin, Bill Byers, Dick Hazard and Torrie Zito; Vocal arrangements by Buster Davis |
| Directed by Howard Ashman; Musical Staging by Mary Kyte; Assistant Director: Albert Tavares; Assistant Choreographer: Liza Gennaro-Evans |
| Scenic Design by Douglas W. Schmidt; Costume Design by William Ivey Long; Lighting Design by Paul Gallo; Sound Design by Otts Munderloh; Hair Design by Angela Gari |
| General Manager: Gatchell & Neufeld, Ltd.; Company Manager: Roger Gindi |
| Production Stage Manager: Alan Hall; Stage Manager: Ruth E. Rinklin; Assistant Stage Mgr: Paul Mills Holmes and Betsy Nicholson; Technical Supervisor: Theatrical Services, Inc. |
| Music Contractor: Mike Berkowitz; Associate Conductor: Ronald Melrose; Orchestra: John Beal, Michael Berkowitz, Francis Bonny, Anthony Cecere, Nick Cerrato, Andy Drelles, Dennis Elliott, Eileen Folson, Jack Gale, Clarissa Howell, Al Hunt, Steve Marzullo, Ronald Melrose, John J. Moses, Brian O'Flaherty, Caryl Paisner, Dean Plank, Marilyn Reynolds, Eugene Scholtens, Les Scott, Ron Sell, Steve Uscher, Lorraine Wolf and Ann Yarbrough |
| General Press Representative: The Fred Nathan Company, Inc.; Dance Captain: Liza Gennaro-Evans; Casting: Albert Tavares; Advertising: Fisher / LeDonne / Wilner; Poster Design by Jeffrey Adams |
| Swings: Michael Bologna (Swing), Susan Dow (Swing), Linda Hess (Swing), Woody Howard (Swing) and Joyce Nolen (Swing) |
| Understudies: Mana Allen (Robin Gibson), Michael Bologna (Tommy French), Susan Dow (Robin Gibson, Sandra-Kay Macaffee), Donna Marie Elio (Doria Hudson, Maria Gonzales), Lauren Goler (Shawn Christianson), Andrea Leigh-Smith (Valerie Sherman), Mia Malm (Valerie Sherman), Joyce Nolen (Brenda DiCarlo Freelander), Cindy Oakes (Sandra-Kay Macaffee), Nikki Rene (Maria Gonzales), Deanna D. Wells (Doria Hudson, Shawn Christianson), Jeffrey Wilkins (Big Bob Freelander) and K. C. Wilson (Dale Wilson-Shears, Ted Farley) |
| 1987 Tony Award® Best Book of a Musical |
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| | Book by Howard Ashman [nominee] | | 1987 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical |
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| | Michael O'Gorman [nominee] |
| 1987 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design |
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| | William Ivey Long [nominee] |
| ACT 1 | Sung By |
| Prologue | The Contestants |
| Orientation/Postcard #1 | Brenda DiCarlo Freelander, Robin Gibson (Contestant/Antelope Valley) and The Contestants |
| Disneyland | Doria Hudson (Contestant/Yuba City) |
| Shine | The Contestants, Tommy French (The pageant choreographer) and Brenda DiCarlo Freelander |
| Postcard #2 | Robin Gibson (Contestant/Antelope Valley) |
| Nerves | The Contestants |
| Young amd American (Preliminary Night) | The Contestants |
| Until Tomorrow Night | The Contestants, Brenda DiCarlo Freelander and Big Bob Freelander |
| ACT 2 | Sung By |
| Postcard #3/Dressing Room Scene | Robin Gibson (Contestant/Antelope Valley), Doria Hudson (Contestant/Yuba City), Ted Farley (An Emcee) and The Contestants |
| Smile | Ted Farley (An Emcee) and The Contestants |
| In Our Hands | The Contestants |
| Pretty as a Picture | Ted Farley (An Emcee), Big Bob Freelander, Robin Gibson (Contestant/Antelope Valley) and The Contestants |
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