Camelot

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Majestic Theatre , (12/03/1960 - 1/05/1963)

First Preview:	Dec 01, 1960	Total Previews:	2
Opening Date:	Dec 03, 1960
Closing Date:	Jan 05, 1963	Total Performances:	873

Category: Musical, Original, Broadway

Setting: In and around Camelot; a battlefield in France. A long time ago.

Opening Night Credits
Awards
Songs

Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization
Produced by Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe and Moss Hart
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

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) and Leesa Troy (Guenevere, Morgan Le Fey)

1961 Tony Award^® Best Actor in a Musical
	Richard Burton [winner]
1961 Tony Award^® Best Actress in a Musical
	Julie Andrews [nominee]
1961 Tony Award^® Best Scenic Design (Musical)
	Scenic Design by Oliver Smith [winner]
1961 Tony Award^® Best Costume Design (Musical)
	Costume Design by Adrian and Tony Duquette [winner]
1961 Tony Award^® Best Conductor and Musical Director
	Musical Director: Franz Allers [winner]
1961 Theatre World Award
	Robert Goulet [winner]

ACT 1	Sung By
I Wonder What the King Is Doing Tonight? (music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner)	Arthur
The Simple Joys of Maidenhood (music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner)	Guenevere
Camelot (music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner)	Arthur and Guenevere
Follow Me (music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner)	Nimue
C'est Moi (music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner)	Lancelot Du Lac
The Lusty Month of May (music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner)	Guenevere and Ensemble
Then You May Take Me to the Fair (music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner)	Guenevere, Sir Dinadan, Sir Sagramore and Sir Lionel
How to Handle a Woman (music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner)	Arthur
The Jousts (music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner)	Arthur, Guenevere and Ensemble
Before I Gaze at You Again (music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner)	Guenevere
ACT 2	Sung By
If Ever I Would Leave You (music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner)	Lancelot Du Lac
The Seven Deadly Virtues (music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner)	Mordred
What Do the Simple Folk Do? (music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner)	Guenevere and Arthur
The Persuasion (music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner)	Mordred and Morgan Le Fey
Fie on Goodness! (music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner)	Knights
I Loved You Once in Silence (music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner)	Guenevere
Guenevere (music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner)	Ensemble
Camelot (Reprise) (music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner)	Arthur