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Camelot

Majestic Theatre, (12/3/1960 - 1/5/1963)
Preview:Dec 1, 1960 Total Previews:2
Opening:Dec 3, 1960   
Closing:Jan 5, 1963 Total Performances:873


Category: Musical, Original, Broadway
Setting: In and around Camelot; a battlefield in France. A long time ago.





by opening date


Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization


Book by Alan Jay Lerner; Based on "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White; Music by Frederick Loewe; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner; Musical Director: Franz Allers; Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang; Dance and choral arrangements by Trude Rittman

Staged by Moss Hart; Choreographed by Hanya Holm

Scenic Design by Oliver Smith; Costume Design by Adrian (Worked on the designs for 3 months before he died in September 1959) and Tony Duquette; Lighting Design by Feder; Hair Design by Ernest Adler; Sound Design by Jack Mitnick; Assistant to Mr. Smith: Bill Pitkin and Jack Brown; Assistant to Mr. Duquette: Stanley Simmons

General Manager: C. Edwin Knill; Assistant Gen. Mgr: Charles Gnys

Production Stage Manager: Robert Downing; Stage Manager: Edward Preston, Bernard Hart and Jonathan Anderson

Orchestra Personnel Manager: Sol Gusikoff; Assistant Conductor: Saul Schecter

Press Representative: Richard Maney and Martin Shwartz; Advertising: Lawrence Weiner; Asst. to the Choreographer: Pat Drylie; Assistant to the Producer: Stone Widney


Opening Night Cast

Julie Andrews Guenevere  
Richard Burton Arthur  
Robert Coote King Pellinore   
John Cullum
Broadway debut 
Sir Dinadan   
M'el Dowd Morgan Le Fey   
Robert Goulet Lancelot Du Lac   
Roddy McDowall Mordred   
Virginia Allen Lady Catherine  
 Dancer  
Judi Allinson Dancer  
Laurie Archer Dancer  
Joan August Singer  
Mary Sue Berry Singer  
Frank Bouley Singer  
Jerry Bowers Dancer  
Marnell Bruce Singer  
Carlene Carroll Dancer  
Michael Clarke-Laurence Dap  
Joan Coddington Dancer  
Jack Dabdoub Sir Gwilliam  
 Singer  
Peter De Visé A Page  
Peter Deign Dancer  
Randy Doney Dancer  
Richard Englund Dancer  
James Fox Singer  
Richard Gain Dancer  
James Gannon Sir Sagramore  
 Singer  
Gene GeBauer Dancer  
Katia Geleznova Dancer  
Christina Gillespie Lady Anne  
Murray Goldkind Singer  
Judy Hastings Singer  
Warren Hays Singer  
Paul Huddleston Singer  
David Hurst Merlyn  
Benita James Singer  
Adriana Keathley Dancer  
Michael Kermoyan Sir Ozanna  
 Singer  
James Kirby Dancer  
Richard Kuch Clarius  
 Dancer  
Donald Maloof Singer  
Leland Mayforth A Page  
Dawn Mitchell Dancer  
Larry Mitchell Singer  
Joe Nelson Dancer  
Paul Richards Singer  
Claudia Schroeder Dancer  
Beti Seay Dancer  
Marjorie Smith Nimue  
 Singer  
John Starkweather Herald  
 Dancer  
Robin Stewart Tom of Warwick  
Shelia Swenson Singer  
John Taliaferro Singer  
Jimmy Tarbutton Dancer  
Leesa Troy A Lady  
 Singer  
Dorothy White Singer  
Bruce Yarnell Sir Lionel  

Standby: Inga Swenson (Guenevere).

Understudies: Mary Sue Berry (Nimue), Frank Bouley (Dap), Michael Clarke-Laurence (King Pellinore, Merlyn), John Cullum (Arthur, Mordred), Peter De Visé (Tom of Warwick), James Gannon (Lancelot Du Lac), Donald Maloof (Sir Lionel), Larry Mitchell (Sir Dinadan), Paul Richards (Mordred), Leesa Troy (Guenevere, Morgan Le Fey).