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Paint Your Wagon

Shubert Theatre, (11/12/1951 - 7/19/1952)
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Opening:Nov 12, 1951   
Closing:Jul 19, 1952 Total Performances:289


Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Setting: Northern California, 1853.





by opening date



Produced by Cheryl Crawford

Book by Alan Jay Lerner; Music by Frederick Loewe; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner; Music orchestrated by Ted Royal; Dance arrangements by Trude Rittman

Directed by Daniel Mann; Choreographed by Agnes De Mille

Scenic Design by Oliver Smith; Costume Design by Motley; Lighting Design by Peggy Clark; Assistant to Motley: Frank Spencer

General Manager: John Yorke

Production Stage Manager: Ward Bishop; Stage Manager: Stone Widney; Assistant Stage Mgr: John Schmidt

Conducted by Franz Allers; Choral Director: Franz Allers; Assistant Conductor: David Sackson; Assistant Choral Dir: John Schmidt; Orchestra Manager: Sol Gusikoff

Asst. to the Choreographer: James Mitchell; Production Associate: Bea Lawrence; Costume Co-ordinator Vee MacNee; General Press Representative: Wolfe Kaufman; Press Assistant: Merle Debuskey


Opening Night Cast

James Barton Ben Rumson  
Tony Bavaar Julio Valveras   
James Mitchell Pete Billings   
Olga San Juan
Broadway debut 
Jennifer Rumson   
Richard Aherne Edgar Crocker  
Tom Ai Sing Yuy  
Delbert Anderson Sam  
 Singer  
John Anderson Singer  
Gino Baldi Singer  
Edward Becker Singer  
Ralph Bunker Salem Trumbull  
Mary Burr Suzanne Duval  
 Dancer  
Tamara Chapman Dancer  
Stephen Cheng Lee Zen  
Jack Dabdoub Singer  
Gemze de Lappe Yvonne Sorel  
 Dancer  
Gordon Dilworth Reuben Sloane  
 Raymond Janney  
Joan Djorup Dancer  
John Faulkner Singer  
Robert Flavelle Singer  
Katia Geleznova Dancer  
Lorraine Havercroft Carmelita  
Dorothy Hill Dancer  
Stuart Hodes Dancer  
Jean Houloose Dancer  
Carmelita Lanza Dancer  
Marijane Maricle Elizabeth Woodling  
Bert Matthews Walt  
Kay Medford Cherry  
Robert Morrow Dancer  
Ilona Murai Dancer  
Paul Olson Dancer  
Robert Penn Jake Whippany  
Dick Price Dancer  
John Randolph Mike Mooney  
Charlotte Ray Dancer  
Mavis Ray Dancer  
Jared Reed Sandy Twist  
Frederick Schaeffen Dancer  
John Schickling Singer  
John Schmidt Singer  
Jack Sheehan Dutchie  
Jan Sherwood Sarah Woodling  
Rufus Smith Steve Bullnack  
John Smolko Dancer  
John Spach Singer  
Guy Stanbaugh Dancer  
Newton Sullivan Singer  
Gisella Svetlik Elsie  
 Dancer  
James Tarbutton Rocky  
 Dancer  
Feodore Tedick Singer  
David Thomas Dr. Newcomb  
 Singer  
Edgar Thompson Singer  
Ted Thurston Jasper  
 Singer  
Norman Weise Joe  
 Singer  
Josh Wheeler Jacob Woodling  

Understudies: John Anderson (Steve Bullnack), Gino Baldi (Julio Valveras), Jack Dabdoub (Jacob Woodling), Nola Fairbanks (Jennifer Rumson), Lorraine Havercroft (Elizabeth Woodling, Sarah Woodling), Stuart Hodes (Pete Billings), Carmelita Lanza (Carmelita, Cherry), Bert Mathews (Ben Rumson), Ilona Murai (Suzanne Duval), Mavis Ray (Yvonne Sorel), John Schmidt (Mike Mooney), John Smolko (Rocky), Newton Sullivan (Sandy Twist), David Thomas (Raymond Janney, Reuben Sloane, Salem Trumbull), Ted Thurston (Edgar Crocker, Jake Whippany), Norman Weise (Dr. Newcomb, Dutchie).