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| First Preview: | Total Previews: | ||
| Opening Date: | Oct 07, 1948 | ||
| Closing Date: | May 14, 1949 | Total Performances: | 252 |
Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Setting: Sketches from 1791 to the present day.
| Production Staff | |
|---|---|
| Theatre Operated by City Playhouses, Inc. (Louis A. Lotito, President) | |
| Produced by Cheryl Crawford | |
| Book by Alan Jay Lerner; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner; Music by Kurt Weill; Musical Director: Joseph Littau; Music orchestrated by Kurt Weill; Music arranged by Kurt Weill; Additional music by Irving Schlein | |
| Directed by Elia Kazan; Choreographed by Michael Kidd | |
| Scenic Design by Boris Aronson; Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard; Lighting Design by Peggy Clark; Asssistant to Mr. Aronson: Lisa Jalowetz; Assistant to Miss Ballard: Anna Hill Johnstone | |
| General Manager: John Yorke | |
| Production Stage Manager: Robert Calley; Stage Manager: James C. Wicker and Jules Racine | |
| Orchestra Manager: Morris Stonzek | |
| Press Director: Wolfe Kaufman; Assistant to Mr. Weill on ballet music: Irving Schlein | |
| Cast |
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| Nanette Fabray | Susan Cooper | |
| Ray Middleton | Sam Cooper |
| Wana Allison | Mother | |
| Dancer | ||
| Rosalie Alter | Tot | |
| Child | ||
| Cheryl Archer | Elizabeth Cooper | |
| Elly Ardelty | Trapeze Artist | |
| Dorothea Berthelson | Singer | |
| Lyle Bettger | William Taylor | |
| Bill Bradley | One of the Speedy Pair | |
| Robert Byrn | Hank | |
| A Go-Getter | ||
| Singer | ||
| Tony Charmoli | Lawyer | |
| Dancer | ||
| Victor Clarke | Charlie Hamilton | |
| Boylan | ||
| Interlocutor | ||
| A Go-Getter | ||
| Singer | ||
| Jack Claus | Father | |
| Hep Cat | ||
| Dancer | ||
| David Collyer | Leffcourt | |
| A Go-Getter | ||
| Singer | ||
| Virginia Conwell | Entertainer | |
| Lenn Dale | Ben | |
| Tot | ||
| Child | ||
| John Diggs | One of the Quartette | |
| Nina Frenkin | Child | |
| Dancer | ||
| Janet Gaylord | Dancer | |
| Elizabeth Gibson | Trapeze Artist | |
| Vincent Gugleotti | Child | |
| Tot | ||
| Pat Hammerlee | One of the Speedy Pair | |
| Hep Cat | ||
| Dancer | ||
| Holly Harris | Mary Jo | |
| Miss Horoscope | ||
| Singer | ||
| Joseph James | One of the Quartette | |
| Jean Kinsella | Correspondent | |
| One of the Flighty Pair | ||
| Hep Cat | ||
| Dancer | ||
| Mark Kramer | Will | |
| A Go-Getter | ||
| Singer | ||
| Josephine Lambert | Girl | |
| Singer | ||
| Marie Leidal | Girl | |
| Singer | ||
| Jay Lloyd | Hep Cat | |
| Dancer | ||
| Jay Marshall | The Magician | |
| Carolyn Maye | Singer | |
| Miss Mysticism | ||
| Barbara McCutcheon | Judy | |
| Dancer | ||
| Scott Merrill | Bell Hop | |
| One of the Flighty Pair | ||
| Hep Cat | ||
| Dancer | ||
| Mariane Oliphant | Hep Cat | |
| Dancer | ||
| Lily Paget | Soloist | |
| Singer | ||
| Arthur Partington | Punch | |
| Dancer | ||
| Jules Racine | Judge | |
| A Go-Getter | ||
| Larry Robbins | Slade | |
| A Go-Getter | ||
| Singer | ||
| Stanley Simmons | Dancer | |
| Faye Elizabeth Smith | Soloist | |
| Singer | ||
| Sylvia Stahlman | Miss Ideal Man | |
| Singer | ||
| Johnny Stewart | Johnny Cooper | |
| David Thomas | George Hamilton Beacon | |
| Harvey | ||
| Leader | ||
| Mr. Cynic | ||
| A Go-Getter | ||
| Singer | ||
| Johnny Thompson | Hobo | |
| Evans Thornton | Tim | |
| Walt | ||
| Singer | ||
| Gene Tobin | Jonathan Anderson | |
| A Go-Getter | ||
| Singer | ||
| Peggy Turnley | Singer | |
| William Veasey | One of the Quartette | |
| Frank Westbrook | Lawyer | |
| Dancer | ||
| James Young | One of the Quartette |
| Understudies: Wana Allison (Miss Horoscope, Miss Ideal Man, Miss Mysticism), Robert Byrn (Interlocutor), Victor Clarke (Leader), David Collyer (Mr. Cynic), Lenn Dale (Johnny Cooper), Holly Harris (Susan Cooper), Carol O'Donnell (Elizabeth Cooper), Jules Racine (The Magician, Walt) and Evans Thornton (Hobo, Sam Cooper, Will) |
| 1949 Tony Award® Best Actress (Musical) | |
|---|---|
 | Performer: Nanette Fabray [winner] |
music by Kurt Weill; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
| ACT 1 | Sung By |
|---|---|
| Who Is Samuel Cooper? | Mary Jo, George Hamilton Beacon, Jonathan Anderson, Charlie Hamilton, Hank and Women |
| My Name is Samuel Cooper | Sam |
| Here I'll Stay | Susan and Sam |
| Progress | The Go-Getters |
| I Remember It Well | Susan and Sam |
| Green-Up Time | Susan, Men and Women |
| Green-Up Time (Dance) | Punch and Dancers |
| Economics | Quartette |
| Mother's Getting Nervous | Three Tots |
| My Kind of Night | Sam |
| Women's Club Blues | Susan and Women |
| Dance | Dancers |
| Love Song | Hobo |
| I'm Your Man | Sam, Slade, Charlie Hamilton, George Hamilton Beacon and Leffcourt |
| ACT 2 | Sung By |
| Ho, Bill O! | Madigral Singers |
| I Remember It Well (Reprise) | Sam and Susan |
| Is It Him or Is It Me | Susan |
| Punch and Judy Get a Divorce (Ballet) | Dancers |
| This Is the Life | Sam |
| Here I'll Stay (Reprise) | Charlie Hamilton |
| Minstrel Parade | Minstrels |
| Madame Zuzu | Miss Horoscope and Miss Mysticism |
| Taking No Chances | Mr. Cynic |
| Mr. Right | Susan and Miss Ideal Man |