Shubert Theatre, (5/7/1953 - 6/25/1955)

Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Setting: Paris, 1893.

Opening Night Production Credits 

Theatre Operated by Affiliated Theatre Building Co., Inc.

Produced by Feuer & Martin

Music by Cole Porter; Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Abe Burrows; Musical Director: Milton Rosenstock; Music orchestrated by Philip J. Lang; Dance arrangements by Genevieve Pitot; Additional Orchestrations by Robert Noeltner

Directed by Abe Burrows; Dances and Musical Numbers Staged by Michael Kidd

Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner; Costume Design by Motley; Hair and Wig Design by Ronald De Mann; Assistant to Mr. Mielziner: John Harvey

Managing Executive: Monty Shaff; Company Manager: Joseph Harris

Production Stage Manager: Henri Caubisens; Stage Manager: Herman Magidson; Assistant Stage Mgr: David Collyer

Music Contractor: Henry Topper

General Press Representative: Karl Bernstein; Casting: Ira Bernstein; Press Representative: Harvey B. Sabinson

Lilo	La Mome Pistache
Hans Conried	Boris Adzinidzinadze
Peter Cookson	Judge Aristide Forestier
Gwen Verdon	Claudine
	Eve "The Garden of Eden"
C. K. Alexander	Judge Paul Barriere
Sheila Arnold	Customer
Meredith Baylis	Dancer
Ralph Beaumont	Policeman
	Dancer
	Leopard "The Garden of Eden"
Socrates Birsky	Policeman
	Dancer
	Inchworm "The Garden of Eden"
Michael Cavallaro	Registrar
	Doctor
Mary Ann Cohan	Gabrielle
David Collyer	Bailiff
Joe Cusanelli	Policeman
	Cafe Customer
Michael De Marco	Policeman
	Dancer
Shelah Hackett	Dancer
	Flamingo "The Garden of Eden"
Ina Hahn	Dancer
	Inchworm "The Garden of Eden"
Ferdinand Hilt	Second Waiter
	Customer
	Prosecutor
Clarence Hoffman	Waiter
Jean Kraemer	Celestine
Dania Krupska	Mimi
	Dancer
Al Lanti	Dancer
	Frog "The Garden of Eden"
Vera Lee	Dancer
	Frog "The Garden of Eden"
Phil Leeds	Theophile
Bert May	Dancer
	Snake "The Garden of Eden"
Tom Panko	Dancer
	Sea Horse "The Garden of Eden"
Arthur Partington	Dancer
	Flamingo "The Garden of Eden"
Robert Penn	Hercule
Eddie Phillips	Dancer
	Penguin "The Garden of Eden"
Richard Purdy	Etienne
Beverly Purvin	Marie
Erik Rhodes	Hilaire Jussac
Arthur Rubin	Policeman
	Second
Michael Scrittorale	Dancer
	Kangaroo "The Garden of Eden"
Jon Silo	Policeman
	Cafe Waiter
Beverly Tassoni	Dancer
	Kangaroo "The Garden of Eden"
David Thomas	Court President Henri Marceaux
	Customer
Pat Turner	Model
	Dancer
	Leopard "The Garden of Eden"
Ruth Vernon	Dancer
	Sea Horse "The Garden of Eden"
Deedee Wood	Jailer
	Dancer
	Penguin "The Garden of Eden"

Understudies: Michael Cavallaro (Etienne), David Collyer (Judge Paul Barriere), Rita Dmitri (La Mome Pistache), Ferdinand Hilt (Hilaire Jussac, Judge Aristide Forestier), Clarence Hoffman (Hercule), Phil Leeds (Boris Adzinidzinadze), Jon Silo (Theophile), Deedee Wood (Claudine).