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The Bad Seed   

 
46th Street Theatre , (12/08/1954 - 4/23/1955)
Coronet Theatre , (4/25/1955 - 9/27/1955)
First Preview: Total Previews:
Opening Date:Dec 08, 1954   
Closing Date:Sep 27, 1955 Total Performances:334

Category: Play, Original, Broadway
Description: A play in two acts
Setting: The apartment of Col. and Mrs. Penmark, in the suburb of a Southern city.


Production Staff
Theatre Owned by The Shubert Organization; Theatre Operated by City Playhouses, Inc. (Louis A. Lotito, President)
Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; S.N. Behrman; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Sidney Howard)
Written by Maxwell Anderson; From the novel by William March
Staged by Reginald Denham
Scenic Design by George Jenkins; Costume Design by Sal Anthony; Lighting Design by George Jenkins; Miss Kelly's Clothes Supervised by Virginia Volland
Business Manager: Victor Samrock; Company Manager: Ben Rosenberg
Production Stage Manager: Porter Van Zandt
Press Representative: William Fields; Associate Press Representative: Reginald Denenholz; Production Assistant: Malcolm Wells; Press Assistant: Betty Burkhalter
Cast
Nancy Kelly Christine Penmark
Thomas Chalmers Richard Bravo
Joan Croydon Miss Fern
George Gino Messenger
Lloyd Gough Reginald Takser
Eileen Heckart Mrs. Daigle
Joseph Holland Emory Wages
Henry Jones Leroy
Patty McCormack Rhoda Penmark
John O'Hare Col. Kenneth Penmark
Wells Richardson Mr. Daigle
Evelyn Varden Monica Breedlove
1955 Tony Award® Best Actress in a Play
winnerNancy Kelly [winner]