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Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright

Booth Theatre, (12/22/1962 - 1/19/1963)
Preview:Dec 18, 1962 Total Previews:6
Opening:Dec 22, 1962   
Closing:Jan 19, 1963 Total Performances:33


Category: Play, Drama, Original, Broadway
Setting: The kitchen and backyard of Mama's house on the outskirts of New Orleans, late August in the early 1950's.





by opening date


Produced by Oliver Smith and Roger L. Stevens; Associate Producer: Lyn Austin and Victor Samrock

Written by Peter S. Feibleman; Suggested by the novel "A Place Without Twilight" by Peter S. Feibleman

Staged by Joshua Logan

Scenic Design by Oliver Smith; Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard; Lighting Design by Feder

Production Stage Manager: David Gray, Jr.; Stage Manager: Neil Havens

General Press Representative: Samuel Lurie


Opening Night Cast

Alvin Ailey Clarence Morris  
Paul Barry Mr. Keres  
Roscoe Lee Browne Deacon Sittre Morris  
Rudy Challenger Second Neighbor  
Al Freeman, Jr. Dan Morris  
Ellen Holly Cille Morris  
Bobby Dean Hooks Dewey Chipley  
Robert Macbeth Sergeant Jameson  
Janet MacLachlan First Neighbor  
Claudia McNeil Mama  
Diana Sands Adelaide Smith  
Cicely Tyson Celeste Chipley  

Understudies: Ruth Attaway (Mama), Cicely Tyson (Adelaide Smith), Billy Dee Williams (Clarence Morris).