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Midgie Purvis
Play
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Feb 01, 1961
Closing Date
Feb 18, 1961
Performances
21
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Open Date: Feb 01, 1961
Close Date: Feb 18, 1961
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Martin Beck Theatre
(Feb 01, 1961 - Feb 18, 1961)
Description
A play in two acts
Setting
A midwestern American city. The time is the present.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Robert Whitehead
; Produced in association with
Roger L. Stevens
and
Alfred R. Glancy, Jr.
Written by
Mary Chase
; Incidental music by
Sol Kaplan
Directed by
Burgess Meredith
Scenic Design by
Ben Edwards
; Costume Design by
Guy Kent
; Lighting Design by
Ben Edwards
Production Stage Manager:
Edmund Baylies
; Stage Manager:
William Callan
Press Representative:
Richard Maney
,
Martin Shwartz
and
Anne Woll
Tallulah Bankhead
Midgie Purvis
Jean Bruno
Babe Jensen
William Callan
Jack Feddersen
Mary Farrell
Mrs. Durkee
Red Granger
Bill Lomax
Joseph Grassi
Harry
Russell Hardie
Edwin Gilroy Purvis
John Cecil Holm
Luther Plunkett
Paul Mace
Wesley
Janice Mars
Vivian Stubbs
Kip McArdle
Mother
Alice Pearce
Dorothy Plunkett
Richard Prahl
Louis Kronfeldt
William Redfield
Canfield Purvis
Clinton Sundberg
Dr. Monroe Sidensticker
Jane Van Duser
Emma Pasternack
Nydia Westman
Althea Malone
Pia Zadora
Cleo June
Awards
Tony Award®
Best Actress in a Play
1961 Nominee
Tallulah Bankhead
People
Awards
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Robert Whitehead
; Produced in association with
Roger L. Stevens
and
Alfred R. Glancy, Jr.
Written by
Mary Chase
; Incidental music by
Sol Kaplan
Directed by
Burgess Meredith
Scenic Design by
Ben Edwards
; Costume Design by
Guy Kent
; Lighting Design by
Ben Edwards
Production Stage Manager:
Edmund Baylies
; Stage Manager:
William Callan
Press Representative:
Richard Maney
,
Martin Shwartz
and
Anne Woll
Tallulah Bankhead
Midgie Purvis
Jean Bruno
Babe Jensen
William Callan
Jack Feddersen
Mary Farrell
Mrs. Durkee
Red Granger
Bill Lomax
Joseph Grassi
Harry
Russell Hardie
Edwin Gilroy Purvis
John Cecil Holm
Luther Plunkett
Paul Mace
Wesley
Janice Mars
Vivian Stubbs
Kip McArdle
Mother
Alice Pearce
Dorothy Plunkett
Richard Prahl
Louis Kronfeldt
William Redfield
Canfield Purvis
Clinton Sundberg
Dr. Monroe Sidensticker
Jane Van Duser
Emma Pasternack
Nydia Westman
Althea Malone
Pia Zadora
Cleo June
Tony Award®
Best Actress in a Play
1961 Nominee
Tallulah Bankhead
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