MusicalRevueOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Jun 14, 1956
Closing Date
Dec 22, 1956
Performances
220
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

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Ethel Barrymore Theatre
(Jun 14, 1956 - Dec 22, 1956)
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    Theatre Owned / Operated by Barrymore Theatre Corporation
    Produced by Leonard Sillman and John Roberts; Produced in association with Yvette Schumer
    "Stars in the Rough," "Steady Edna," "Darts" sketches by Paul Lynde; "The Broken Kimona" sketch by Richard Maury; "A Canful of Trash" sketch by Louis Botto; "Madame Interpreter" sketch by Neil Simon and Danny Simon; "Twenty Years in the Blackboard Jungle" sketch by Terry Ryan and Barry Blitzer; Music by Dean Fuller ("One Perfect Moment"; "Isn't She Lovely"; "Scratch My Back"; "This is Quite a Perfect Night"; "Mustapha..."; "She's Got Everything") and John Rox; Lyrics by Marshall Barer ("One Perfect Moment"; "Isn't She Lovely"; "Scratch My Back"; "This is Quite a Perfect Night"; "Mustapha ..."; "She's Got Everything"); Music for "The Washingtons Are Doin' Okay" by Michael Brown; Lyrics for "The Washingtons Are Doin' Okay" Michael Brown; Lyrics ("Tell Her," "A Doll's House," "Don't Wait...," "Boy Most Likely...," "White Witch") by June Carroll; Music ("Tell Her," "A Doll's House," "Don't Wait...," "Boy Most Likely...," "White Witch") by Arthur Siegel; Music for "Hurry," "April in Fairbanks," "Rouge" by Murray Grand; Music for "The Greatest Invention" by Matt Dubey and Sid Silvers; Music for "What Does Dream Mean?" and "The Greatest Invention" by Harold Karr; Lyrics for "What Does Dream Mean?" and "The Greatest Invention" by Matt Dubey; Music and lyrics for "Girls 'n' Girls 'n' Girls" by Irvin Graham; Opening number music and lyrics by Ronny Graham; Music and lyrics for "I Could Love Him" and "Talent" by Paul Nassau; Music for "One Perfect Moment" by Leslie Julian Jones; Lyrics for "Hurry" by Elisse Boyd; Lyrics for "The Broken Kimona" by Richard Maury; Music for "The Broken Kimona" by Robert Stringer; Lyrics for "The Greatest Invention" by Harold Karr and Sid Silvers; Music orchestrated by Ted Royal, Albert Sendrey and Joe Glover; Musical Director: Jay Blackton
    Conceived by Leonard Sillman; Production Supervised by Leonard Sillman; Musical Numbers Staged and Directed by David Tihmar; Sketches directed by Paul Lynde
    Scenic Design by Peter Larkin; Costume Design by Thomas Becher; Lighting Design by Peggy Clark
    General Manager: J.H. Del Bondio
    Production Stage Manager: Morty Halpern; Stage Manager: Leonard Auerbach; Assistant Stage Mgr: Bill O'Brien
    Orchestra Manager: Meyer Davis; Head Copyist: Mathilde Pincus
    Asst. to the Choreographer: Peter Conlow; Associate for Sillman and Roberts Productions: Jacqueline Adams; National Press Representative: Bill Doll; Associate Press Representative: Robert Ullman; Press Assistant: Seymour Krawitz
    Franca Baldwin
    Dreamer's Dream
     
    Dancer, "Tell Her"
     
    Princess Doll
     
    Grace
     
    Pony
     
    Entr'Acte Singer, "Don't Wait"
     
    Girl Monitor
     
    Member of the Graduating Class
     
    Townsperson
     
    Lola
     
    Harem Houris
    Suzanne Bernard
    Dreamer's Dream
     
    Urchin
     
    Ava
     
    Pony
     
    Gamin
     
    Member of the Graduating Class
     
    Townsperson
     
    Tourist
     
    Harem Houris
    Jane Connell
    Mme. Interpreter
     
    Old Lady
     
    Singer, "April in Fairbanks"
     
    Edna
     
    Miss Hat
     
    Singer, "Rouge"
     
    Harem Houris
     
    Wife
    Billie Hayes
    Dreamer's Dream
     
    Sweeper Doll
     
    Singer, "I Could Love Him"
     
    Pony
     
    Teacher
     
    Townsperson
     
    Singer, "The Greatest Invention"
    Johnny Haymer
    Italy
     
    Dreamer
     
    Dreamer's Dream
     
    Violinist
     
    Moe
     
    Eric
     
    Singer, "The Pioneer"
     
    Broken Kimona
     
    Roue
     
    Singer, "The Greatest Invention"
     
    Superintendent
     
    M.C.
    Tiger Haynes
    Dreamer's Dream
     
    Singer, "The Washingtons Are Doin' Okay"
     
    Levine
     
    Singer, "Scratch My Back"
     
    Water Color
    Ann Henry
    Dreamer's Dream
     
    Singer, "Scratch My Back"
     
    Filly
     
    Singer, "And He Flipped"
    T. C. Jones
    Introduction to the Opening
     
    Helen Hunt
     
    Introduction to "Isn't She Lovely"
     
    Moth of Desire
     
    Introduction to "Entr'Acte"
     
    Introduction to "Twenty Years in the Blackboard Jungle"
     
    Daughter
     
    Hope Diamond
     
    Introduction to "Powers Below"
    Johnny Laverty
    Dreamer's Dream
     
    Tony Taps
     
    2nd Sanitation Man
     
    Johnny
     
    Father in "Steady Edna"
     
    Chorus Boy
     
    Entr'Acte Singer, "I Could Love Him"
     
    Member of the Graduating Class
     
    Messenger
     
    Tourist
     
    Aristocrat
     
    Roger
    Virginia Martin
    Brazil
     
    Dreamer's Dream
     
    Zelda
     
    Mother Doll
     
    Marilyn
     
    Introduction to "Steady Edna"
     
    Miss Bird Cage
     
    Hairy Hilda
     
    Singer, "Talent"
     
    Femme du Monde
     
    Mrs. Carruthers
    Bill McCutcheon
    Great Britain
     
    Dreamer's Dream
     
    Lover
     
    Manny
     
    Doc
     
    The Boy Friend
     
    Principal in "Twenty Years in the Blackboard Jungle"
     
    George
     
    Principal in "Boy Most Likely to Succeed"
     
    Bamboo Brother
    John Reardon
    U.S.S.R.
     
    Announcer
     
    Singer, "Tell Her"
     
    Father in "Girls 'n' Girls 'n' Girls"
     
    Production Singer
     
    Husband
     
    Man
     
    Bamboo Brother
     
    Native Man
     
    Aristocrat
    Amru Sani
    India
     
    Singer, "Hurry"
     
    Mrs. Mustapha
    Bob Shaver
    United States
     
    Junk Man
     
    Chorus Boy
     
    Kowalski
     
    Class Valedictorian
     
    Caller
     
    Adolescent
     
    Tourist
     
    Aristocrat
    Jimmy Sisco
    Dreamer's Dream
     
    Dancer, "Tell Her"
     
    Father Doll
     
    Chorus Boy
     
    Entr'Acte Singer, "Blues"
     
    Mahoney
     
    Flower Vendor
     
    Member of the Graduating Class
     
    Bartender
     
    Overseer
     
    Aristocrat
     
    Ice Cream Vendor
    Maggie Smith
    France
     
    Woman
     
    Introduction to "A Canful of Trash"
     
    Nurse
     
    Steffany
     
    Miss Orange
     
    Harriet
     
    Introduction to "The Pioneer"
     
    Introduction to "The Broken Kimona"
     
    Pura
     
    Tourist
     
    Harem Houris
    Dana Sosa
    Dreamer's Dream
     
    Patty Potts
     
    Girl Doll
     
    Pony
     
    Entr'Acte Singer, "Girls 'n Girls"
     
    Girl
     
    Member of the Graduating Class
     
    Townsperson
     
    Native Woman
     
    Harem Houris
     
    Girl in "Don't Wait 'Til it's too Late..."
    Rod Strong
    Dreamer's Dream
     
    1st Sanitation Man
     
    Prince Doll
     
    Native Chief
     
    Chorus Boy
     
    Entr'Acte Singer, "Tell Her"
     
    Policeman
     
    Boy
     
    Member of the Graduating Class
     
    Bamboo Brother
     
    Introduction to "La Ronde: This is Quite a Perfect Night"
     
    Boy in "Don't Wait til it's too Late..."
    Inga Swenson
    Soprano
     
    Tina
     
    Mother
     
    Miss Blue Fish
     
    Wife
     
    Singer, "Boy Most Likely To Succeed"
     
    Jeune Fille
     
    Harem Houris
    Understudies: Shellie Farrell , Paula Lloyd , Bill Mullikin , Alice Nunn , Bill O'Brien , Jack Parker , Jack Payne , Tom Roland , Ruth Tarson and Patti Williams

    Ethel Barrymore Theatre (Jun 14, 1956 - Dec 22, 1956)

    Musical Director: Anton Coppola
Theatre Owned / Operated by Barrymore Theatre Corporation
Produced by Leonard Sillman and John Roberts; Produced in association with Yvette Schumer
"Stars in the Rough," "Steady Edna," "Darts" sketches by Paul Lynde; "The Broken Kimona" sketch by Richard Maury; "A Canful of Trash" sketch by Louis Botto; "Madame Interpreter" sketch by Neil Simon and Danny Simon; "Twenty Years in the Blackboard Jungle" sketch by Terry Ryan and Barry Blitzer; Music by Dean Fuller ("One Perfect Moment"; "Isn't She Lovely"; "Scratch My Back"; "This is Quite a Perfect Night"; "Mustapha..."; "She's Got Everything") and John Rox; Lyrics by Marshall Barer ("One Perfect Moment"; "Isn't She Lovely"; "Scratch My Back"; "This is Quite a Perfect Night"; "Mustapha ..."; "She's Got Everything"); Music for "The Washingtons Are Doin' Okay" by Michael Brown; Lyrics for "The Washingtons Are Doin' Okay" Michael Brown; Lyrics ("Tell Her," "A Doll's House," "Don't Wait...," "Boy Most Likely...," "White Witch") by June Carroll; Music ("Tell Her," "A Doll's House," "Don't Wait...," "Boy Most Likely...," "White Witch") by Arthur Siegel; Music for "Hurry," "April in Fairbanks," "Rouge" by Murray Grand; Music for "The Greatest Invention" by Matt Dubey and Sid Silvers; Music for "What Does Dream Mean?" and "The Greatest Invention" by Harold Karr; Lyrics for "What Does Dream Mean?" and "The Greatest Invention" by Matt Dubey; Music and lyrics for "Girls 'n' Girls 'n' Girls" by Irvin Graham; Opening number music and lyrics by Ronny Graham; Music and lyrics for "I Could Love Him" and "Talent" by Paul Nassau; Music for "One Perfect Moment" by Leslie Julian Jones; Lyrics for "Hurry" by Elisse Boyd; Lyrics for "The Broken Kimona" by Richard Maury; Music for "The Broken Kimona" by Robert Stringer; Lyrics for "The Greatest Invention" by Harold Karr and Sid Silvers; Music orchestrated by Ted Royal, Albert Sendrey and Joe Glover; Musical Director: Jay Blackton
Conceived by Leonard Sillman; Production Supervised by Leonard Sillman; Musical Numbers Staged and Directed by David Tihmar; Sketches directed by Paul Lynde
Scenic Design by Peter Larkin; Costume Design by Thomas Becher; Lighting Design by Peggy Clark
General Manager: J.H. Del Bondio
Production Stage Manager: Morty Halpern; Stage Manager: Leonard Auerbach; Assistant Stage Mgr: Bill O'Brien
Orchestra Manager: Meyer Davis; Head Copyist: Mathilde Pincus
Asst. to the Choreographer: Peter Conlow; Associate for Sillman and Roberts Productions: Jacqueline Adams; National Press Representative: Bill Doll; Associate Press Representative: Robert Ullman; Press Assistant: Seymour Krawitz
Franca Baldwin
Dreamer's Dream
 
Dancer, "Tell Her"
 
Princess Doll
 
Grace
 
Pony
 
Entr'Acte Singer, "Don't Wait"
 
Girl Monitor
 
Member of the Graduating Class
 
Townsperson
 
Lola
 
Harem Houris
Suzanne Bernard
Dreamer's Dream
 
Urchin
 
Ava
 
Pony
 
Gamin
 
Member of the Graduating Class
 
Townsperson
 
Tourist
 
Harem Houris
Jane Connell
Mme. Interpreter
 
Old Lady
 
Singer, "April in Fairbanks"
 
Edna
 
Miss Hat
 
Singer, "Rouge"
 
Harem Houris
 
Wife
Billie Hayes
Dreamer's Dream
 
Sweeper Doll
 
Singer, "I Could Love Him"
 
Pony
 
Teacher
 
Townsperson
 
Singer, "The Greatest Invention"
Johnny Haymer
Italy
 
Dreamer
 
Dreamer's Dream
 
Violinist
 
Moe
 
Eric
 
Singer, "The Pioneer"
 
Broken Kimona
 
Roue
 
Singer, "The Greatest Invention"
 
Superintendent
 
M.C.
Tiger Haynes
Dreamer's Dream
 
Singer, "The Washingtons Are Doin' Okay"
 
Levine
 
Singer, "Scratch My Back"
 
Water Color
Ann Henry
Dreamer's Dream
 
Singer, "Scratch My Back"
 
Filly
 
Singer, "And He Flipped"
T. C. Jones
Introduction to the Opening
 
Helen Hunt
 
Introduction to "Isn't She Lovely"
 
Moth of Desire
 
Introduction to "Entr'Acte"
 
Introduction to "Twenty Years in the Blackboard Jungle"
 
Daughter
 
Hope Diamond
 
Introduction to "Powers Below"
Johnny Laverty
Dreamer's Dream
 
Tony Taps
 
2nd Sanitation Man
 
Johnny
 
Father in "Steady Edna"
 
Chorus Boy
 
Entr'Acte Singer, "I Could Love Him"
 
Member of the Graduating Class
 
Messenger
 
Tourist
 
Aristocrat
 
Roger
Virginia Martin
Brazil
 
Dreamer's Dream
 
Zelda
 
Mother Doll
 
Marilyn
 
Introduction to "Steady Edna"
 
Miss Bird Cage
 
Hairy Hilda
 
Singer, "Talent"
 
Femme du Monde
 
Mrs. Carruthers
Bill McCutcheon
Great Britain
 
Dreamer's Dream
 
Lover
 
Manny
 
Doc
 
The Boy Friend
 
Principal in "Twenty Years in the Blackboard Jungle"
 
George
 
Principal in "Boy Most Likely to Succeed"
 
Bamboo Brother
John Reardon
U.S.S.R.
 
Announcer
 
Singer, "Tell Her"
 
Father in "Girls 'n' Girls 'n' Girls"
 
Production Singer
 
Husband
 
Man
 
Bamboo Brother
 
Native Man
 
Aristocrat
Amru Sani
India
 
Singer, "Hurry"
 
Mrs. Mustapha
Bob Shaver
United States
 
Junk Man
 
Chorus Boy
 
Kowalski
 
Class Valedictorian
 
Caller
 
Adolescent
 
Tourist
 
Aristocrat
Jimmy Sisco
Dreamer's Dream
 
Dancer, "Tell Her"
 
Father Doll
 
Chorus Boy
 
Entr'Acte Singer, "Blues"
 
Mahoney
 
Flower Vendor
 
Member of the Graduating Class
 
Bartender
 
Overseer
 
Aristocrat
 
Ice Cream Vendor
Maggie Smith
France
 
Woman
 
Introduction to "A Canful of Trash"
 
Nurse
 
Steffany
 
Miss Orange
 
Harriet
 
Introduction to "The Pioneer"
 
Introduction to "The Broken Kimona"
 
Pura
 
Tourist
 
Harem Houris
Dana Sosa
Dreamer's Dream
 
Patty Potts
 
Girl Doll
 
Pony
 
Entr'Acte Singer, "Girls 'n Girls"
 
Girl
 
Member of the Graduating Class
 
Townsperson
 
Native Woman
 
Harem Houris
 
Girl in "Don't Wait 'Til it's too Late..."
Rod Strong
Dreamer's Dream
 
1st Sanitation Man
 
Prince Doll
 
Native Chief
 
Chorus Boy
 
Entr'Acte Singer, "Tell Her"
 
Policeman
 
Boy
 
Member of the Graduating Class
 
Bamboo Brother
 
Introduction to "La Ronde: This is Quite a Perfect Night"
 
Boy in "Don't Wait til it's too Late..."
Inga Swenson
Soprano
 
Tina
 
Mother
 
Miss Blue Fish
 
Wife
 
Singer, "Boy Most Likely To Succeed"
 
Jeune Fille
 
Harem Houris
Understudies: Shellie Farrell , Paula Lloyd , Bill Mullikin , Alice Nunn , Bill O'Brien , Jack Parker , Jack Payne , Tom Roland , Ruth Tarson and Patti Williams

Ethel Barrymore Theatre (Jun 14, 1956 - Dec 22, 1956)

Musical Director: Anton Coppola
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