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The Best Man   

 
Morosco Theatre , (3/31/1960 - 7/08/1961)
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Opening Date:Mar 31, 1960   
Closing Date:Jul 08, 1961 Total Performances:520

Category: Play, Original, Broadway
Description: A play in three acts
Setting: A Presidential Convention in Philadelphia. Summer, 1960.


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization; Morosco Theatre Managing Director: Louis A. Lotito
Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; S.N. Behrman; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Sidney Howard); Associate Producer: Lyn Austin
Written by Gore Vidal
Directed by Joseph Anthony
Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Costume Design by Theoni V. Aldredge; Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner; Associate Scenic Design: John Harvey; Associate Lighting Design: John Harvey; Assistant Scenic Design: Hugh Hardy and Ming Cho Lee
Company Manager: Morton Gottlieb
Production Stage Manager: Bill Ross; Stage Manager: Howard Fischer; Assistant Stage Mgr: Martin Fried
Press Representative: Abner D. Klipstein; Casting: Terry Fay
Cast
Melvyn Douglas William Russell
Frank Lovejoy Joseph Cantwell
Lee Tracy Arthur Hockstader
Leora Dana Alice Russell
Kathleen Maguire Mabel Cantwell
Ruth McDevitt Mrs. Gamadge
Chairman of the Women's Division
Joseph Sullivan Bill Blades
Karl Weber Dick Jensen
Russell's campaign manager
Barbara Berjer Third Reporter
Tony Bickley Second Reporter
Gordon B. Clarke Senator Carlin
John Dorrin Ensemble
Mitchell Erickson Ensemble
Howard Fischer First Reporter
Hugh Franklin Dr. Artinian
Martin Fried Mike
Graham Jarvis Sheldon Marcus
Ruth Maynard Assistant to Dick Jensen
Tom McDermott Fourth Reporter
Ruth Tobin Ensemble
Understudies: Barbara Berjer (Alice Russell, Mabel Cantwell), Tony Bickley (Bill Blades, Joseph Cantwell), John Dorrin (Fourth Reporter), Mitchell Erickson (First Reporter), Howard Fischer (Arthur Hockstader, Senator Carlin), Hugh Franklin (Dick Jensen, William Russell), Ruth Maynard (Mrs. Gamadge), Tom McDermott (Dr. Artinian, Sheldon Marcus) and Ruth Tobin (Assistant to Dick Jensen, Third Reporter)
1960 Tony Award® Best Play
 Written by Gore Vidal; Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; S.N. Behrman; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Sidney Howard) [nominee]
1960 Tony Award® Best Actor in Play
winnerPerformer: Melvyn Douglas and Lee Tracy [winner]
1960 Tony Award® Best Featured Actress in a Play
 Leora Dana [nominee]
1960 Tony Award® Best Scenic Design (Play)
 Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner [nominee]
1960 Tony Award® Best Direction of a Play
 Joseph Anthony [nominee]