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The Day Before Spring   

 
National Theatre , (11/22/1945 - 4/13/1946)
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Opening Date:Nov 22, 1945   
Closing Date:Apr 13, 1946 Total Performances:167

Category: Musical, Original, Broadway
Description: A musical in two acts
Setting: The Townsends' apartment, New York City; various places in Harrison. Twenty-four hours on a day -- and night -- in June.


Production Staff
Produced by John C. Wilson
Music by Frederick Loewe; Book by Alan Jay Lerner; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner; Music orchestrated by Harold Byrns; Vocal arrangements by Frederick Loewe; Musical Director: Franz Allers and Maurice Abravanel
Staged by John C. Wilson; Book directed by Edward Padula; Choreographed by Anthony Tudor
Scenic Design by Robert Davison; Costume Design by Miles White; Assistant to Miles White: Sylvia Saal
General Manager: C. Edwin Knill
General Stage Manager: Ward Bishop; Stage Manager: John Sola; Assistant Stage Mgr: Clarence Geiger
Orchestra Manager: Morris Stonzek
Press Representative: William Keefe and David Tebet; Casting: Richard La Marr
Cast
Bette Anderson Lucille
Vocal Ensemble
John Archer Peter Townsend
Richard Astor Dancer
Lucille Benson May Tompkins
Paul Best Voltaire
Bruce Cartwright Dancer
Ronald Chetwood Dancer
Janice Cioffi Dancer
Charles Danford Vocal Ensemble
Nina Dean Vocal Ensemble
Shirley Dean Vocal Ensemble
Lois Eastman Vocal Ensemble
Robert Field Harry Scott
Lucille Floetman Leonore
Vocal Ensemble
Bert Freed Bill Tompkins
Mattlyn Gevurtz Dancer
Ralph Glover Plato
Arlouine Goodjohn Susan
Vocal Ensemble
Tom Helmore Gerald Barker
Bill Johnson Alex Maitland
Erik Kristen Dancer
Hugh Laing Alex
in book
Hermann Leopoldi Freud
Karol Loraine Marie
Vocal Ensemble
Estelle Loring Marjorie
Vocal Ensemble
Robert Lussier Vocal Ensemble
Irene Manning Katherine Townsend
Dwight Marfield Eddie Warren
Paul Mario Vocal Ensemble
Patricia Marshall Christopher Randolph
Tommy Matthews Vocal Ensemble
Don Mayo Joe McDonald
Keny McCord Vocal Ensemble
Jack Miller Dancer
Isabel Mirrow Dancer
June Morris Dancer
Mary Ellen Moylan Katherine
in book
Betty Jean Smythe Anne
Vocal Ensemble
Eva Soltesz Dancer
Alfred Sukey Vocal Ensemble
Ernest Taylor Vocal Ensemble
Eleanor Treiber Dancer
Bernard Tunisse Vocal Ensemble
Sonja Tyven Dancer
Jeffrey Warren Vocal Ensemble
Frank Westbrook Dancer
music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner 

ACT 1Sung By
The Day Before Spring Katherine Townsend
God's Green World Alex Maitland and Ensemble
You Haven't Changed at All Katherine Townsend and Alex Maitland
My Love Is a Married Man Christopher Randolph
The Day Before Spring (Reprise)Katherine Townsend and Alex Maitland
ACT 2Sung By
Friends to the End Bill Tompkins, Joe McDonald, Harry Scott, Gerald Barker and Alumni
A Jug of Wine Christopher Randolph
I Love You This Morning Katherine Townsend and Alex Maitland
The Day Before Spring (Reprise)Alex Maitland and Katherine Townsend
Where's My Wife? Peter Townsend and Ensemble
This Is My Holiday Katherine Townsend