Broadway Theatre, (3/22/1956 - 2/23/1957)

Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Description: A musical comedy in two acts
Setting: New York City; Union City, N.J.; Miami, Florida. Time: The Present.

Opening Night Production Credits 

Operated by Trebuhs Realty Co., Inc.; Owned by The Shubert Organization

Produced by Jule Styne and George Gilbert; Produced in association with Lester Osterman, Jr.

Book by Joseph Stein and Will Glickman; Music by Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener and George Weiss; Lyrics by Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener and George Weiss; Musical Director: Morton L. Stevens; Music orchestrated by Ted Royal and Morton L. Stevens; Production Conceived by Jule Styne; Featuring songs by Sam Coslow ("Sing, You Sinners"), W. Franke Harling ("Sing, You Sinners"), Sid Kuller ("Daddy, Uncle and Me"), Arthur Hammerstein ("Because of You"), Dudley Wilkinson ("Because of You"), Harold Arlen ("That Old Black Magic"), Johnny Mercer ("That Old Black Magic"), Buddy DeSylva ("Birth of the Blues"), Lew Brown ("Birth of the Blues"), Ray Henderson ("Birth of the Blues"), Cole Porter ("It's All Right With Me"), Benny Davis ("Dearest"), Harry Akst ("Dearest"), George Gershwin ("Liza"), Ira Gershwin ("Liza") and Gus Kahn ("Liza")

Directed by Jack Donohue

Scenic Design by Oliver Smith; Costume Design by Robert Mackintosh; Lighting Design by Peggy Clark

In Charge of Production: Sylvia Herscher

Production Stage Manager: John Barry Ryan; Stage Manager: Bernard Gersten and Michael Wettach

Musical and Vocal Supervision by Oscar Kosarin

Press Representative: John L. Toohey and Max Gendel

Jack Carter	Fred Campbell
Sammy Davis, Jr.	Charlie Welch
Olga James	Ethel Pearson
Will Mastin Trio
Chita Rivera	Rita Romano
Marvin Arnold	Hoofer
Malcolm Lee Beggs	Mr. Foster
Ann Buckles	Unemployed Actress
Marilyn Cooper	Little Girl
Richard Curry	Song Plugger
Sammy Davis, Sr.	Dad
Dorothy D'Honau	Acrobat
Rina Falcone	Soprano
Herb Fields	Counterman
Tempy Fletcher	Dancer
Charlotte Foley	Annie's Friend
Harold Gordon	Bop Musician
Shirley Graser	Dancer
Jerri Gray	Cigarette Girl
T. J. Halligan	Talent Scout
Suan Hartman	Dancer
Bob Kole	Stage Manager
Gail Kuhr	Sister
Ronnie Lee	Sophie's Boy
Barbara Leigh	Sister
Bob Leslie	A Comic
Larry B. Leslie	A Comic
Hal Loman	Hal
Pat Marshall	Lil Campbell
Frank Marti	Stagehand
Will Mastin	Uncle
Sherry McCutcheon	Sister
Sally Neal	Dancer
John Pelletti	Johnnie
Ginny Perlowin	Script Girl
Albert Popwell	Bop Musician
Bill Reilly	Hoofer
Patti Ann Rita	Dancer
Tony Rossi	Stagehand
Sylvia Shay	Dancer
Karen Shepard	A Singer
Claude Thompson	Bop Musician
Jimmie Thompson	Hoofer
Patti Wharton	Dancer
Pat Wilkes	Audition Annie

Understudies: T. J. Halligan (Mr. Foster), Bob Leslie (Fred Campbell), Jimmie Thompson (Hal), George Watts (Dad, Uncle), Patti Wharton (Rita Romano), Pat Wilkes (Lil Campbell), Louise Woods (Ethel Pearson).