Majestic Theatre, (11/4/1954 - 12/1/1956)
Belasco Theatre, (12/4/1956 - 12/16/1956)

Category: Musical, Original, Broadway
Setting: In and around the Old Port of Marseilles over a period of years. Not so long ago.

Opening Night Production Credits 

Theatre Owned by The Shubert Organization; Theatre Operated by the Magoro Operating Corporation

Produced by David Merrick and Joshua Logan

Book by S. N. Behrman and Joshua Logan; Music by Harold Rome; Lyrics by Harold Rome; Based on the trilogy "Marius," "Fanny" and "Cesar" by Marcel Pagnol; Musical Director: Lehman Engel; Vocal arrangements by Lehman Engel; Music orchestrated by Philip J. Lang; Musical Continuity by Trude Rittman

Directed by Joshua Logan; Choreographed by Helen Tamiris

Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner; Costume Design by Alvin Colt; Hair Design by Ernest Adler; Make-Up Design by Ernest Adler; Assistant Designer to Mr. Mielziner: John Harvey and Warren Clymer; Assistant to Mr. Mielziner: John Harvey and Warren Clymer; Assistant to Mr. Colt: Joseph Fretwell III and Frank Spencer

General Manager: Jack Schlissel

Production Manager: Jean Barrere; Stage Manager: Kermit Kegley and Charles Blackwell

Conducted by Pembroke Davenport; Assistant to Mr. Rome: Gerald Alters and John Childs; Music Contractor: Morris Stonzek

Publicity Director: Dick Weaver; Press Representative: Robert Hector; Casting Consultant: Martin Baum and Abe Newborn; Assistant to Mr. Logan: Joseph Curtis; Advertising: Fred Golden and John Golden; Assistant to the Director: Joseph Curtis; Assistant to Miss Tamaris: Dorothy Etheridge; Speech Consultant: Dr. Simon R. Mitchneck

Ezio Pinza	Cesar proprietor of cafe on waterfront
Walter Slezak	Panisse wealthy sailmaker
Florence Henderson	Fanny daughter of Honorine
William Tabbert	Marius son of Cesar
Nejla Ates	Arab Dancing Girl
Herb Banke	Sailor
	Clown "Cirque Français"
Margaret Baxter	Customer
	Oyster Fancier
Jack Beaber	Fisherman
Charles Blackwell	Moroccan Drummer
	Acrobat "Cirque Français"
	Colonial Soldier
Don Braswell	Sailor
Alan Carney	Escartifique a ferryboat captain
Betty Carr	Lace Vendor
	Living Statue "Cirque Français"
Ronald Cecill	Friend of Charles
	Living Statue "Cirque Français"
Dean Crane	Friend of Charles
	Aerialist "Cirque Français"
Michael De Marco	Friend of Charles
	Acrobat "Cirque Français"
Norma Doggett	Nanette friend of Fanny
	Living Statue "Cirque Français"
Ray Dorian	Priest
	Acrobat "Cirque Français"
	Living Statue "Cirque Français"
Florence Dunlap	Fish-stall Woman
Mohammed el Bakkar	Arab Rug Seller
Pat Finch	Maid
Tom Gleason	Garage Owner
	1st Sailor
Katherine Graves	Maori Vendor
Michael Gugleotti	Fisherman
Jane House	Michellette friend of Fanny
Lindsay Kirkpatrick	Customer
Ruth Kuzub	Customer
Daniel Labielle	Acolyte
Mike Mason	Butler
	Clown "Cirque Français"
Ellen Matthews	Marie friend of Fanny
	Living Statue "Cirque Français"
Carolyn Maye	Mimi friend of Fanny
Don McHenry	M. Brun customs inspector recently returned from Paris
Henry Michel	Second Mate
	Clown "Cirque Français"
Bill Pope	Friend of Charles
	Acrobat "Cirque Français"
Edna Preston	Honorine Fanny's mother, a fish-stall keeper
Gerald Price	The Admiral an eccentric waterfront character
Lloyd Reese	Cesario
Ruth Schumacher	Nun
Michael Scrittorale	An Arab
	Sailor
Dran Seitz	Claudette twin sister of Claudine, friend of Fanny
	Trained Seal "Cirque Français"
Tani Seitz	Claudine twin sister of Claudette, friend of Fanny
	Trained Seal "Cirque Français"
Dolores Smith	Customer
	Living Statue "Cirque Français"
Wally Strauss	Charles
	Pony "Cirque Français"
Jack Washburn	Sailmaker
	Clown "Cirque Français"
Toni Wheelis	Customer
	Acrobat "Cirque Français"
Steve Wiland	Fisherman
	Pony Trainer "Cirque Français"
Gary Wright	Acolyte

Understudies: C. K. Alexander (Panisse), Charles Blackwell (Arab Singer), Patricia Finch (Fishwife), Tom Gleason (M. Brun, The Admiral), Henry Michel (Cesar, Escartifique), Dolores Smith (Arab Dancing Girl).