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Morosco Theatre , (3/24/1955 - 11/17/1956)
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Opening Date:Mar 24, 1955   
Closing Date:Nov 17, 1956 Total Performances:694

Category: Play, Drama, Original, Broadway
Setting: The Pollitt family estate in Mississippi.


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; Robert Anderson; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Roger L. Stevens; John F. Wharton)
Written by Tennessee Williams
Staged by Elia Kazan
Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner; Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard; Assistant Designer to Jo Mielziner: John Harvey; Assistant to Lucinda Ballard: Florence Klotz
Business Manager: Victor Samrock; Company Manager: Ben Rosenberg
Production Stage Manager: Robert Downing; Stage Manager: Daniel Broun; Assistant Stage Mgr: Richard Durham
Press Representative: William Fields; Associate Press Representative: Walter Alford and Reginald Denenholz; Assistant to Mr. Kazan: Marguerite Lamkin and Jean Stein; Production Assistant: Malcolm Wells
Cast
Barbara Bel Geddes Maggie
Burl Ives Big Daddy
Mildred Dunnock Big Mama
Ben Gazzara Brick
R. G. Armstrong Dr. Baugh
Janice Dunn Trixie
Seth Edwards Sonny
Maxwell Glanville Lacey
Pauline Hahn Dixie
Pat Hingle Gooper
Brother Man
Brownie McGhee Brightie
Darryl Richard Buster
Madeleine Sherwood Mae
Sister Woman
Eva Vaughn Smith Daisy
Fred Stewart Rev. Tooker
Sonny Terry Small
Musa Williams Sookey
1956 Tony Award® Best Play
 Written by Tennessee Williams; Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; Robert Anderson; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Roger L. Stevens; John F. Wharton) [nominee]
1956 Tony Award® Best Actress in a Play
 Barbara Bel Geddes [nominee]
1956 Tony Award® Best Scenic Design
 Jo Mielziner [nominee]
1956 Tony Award® Best Director
 Staged by Elia Kazan [nominee]
1955 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
winnerWritten by Tennessee Williams [winner]