Broadhurst Theatre, (10/24/1963 - 8/9/1964)

Category: Musical, Original, Broadway
Setting: A western state from dawn to midnight of a summer day in a time of drought.

Opening Night Production Credits 

Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization

Produced by David Merrick; Produced with the cooperation of Rainbow Ventures, Inc.

Music by Harvey Schmidt; Lyrics by Tom Jones; Book by N. Richard Nash; Based on the play "The Rainmaker" by N. Richard Nash; Musical Director: Donald Pippin; Music orchestrated by Hershy Kay; Dance arrangements by William Goldenberg; Vocal arrangements by Robert DeCormier; Assistant Musical Dir.: Frederick Vogelgesang; Assistant to Mr. Kay: Bill Stegmeyer

Directed by Joseph Anthony; Choreographed by Agnes De Mille

Scenic Design by Oliver Smith; Costume Design by Motley; Lighting Design by John Harvey; Hair Design by Michel Kazan; Assistant to Mr. Smith: Robin Wagner

General Manager: Jack Schlissel; Company Manager: Ethel Davis; Assistant to Mr. Schlissel: David Payne

Production Stage Manager: Bill Ross; Stage Manager: Charles Blackwell; Assistant Stage Mgr: May Muth; Production Supervisor: Neil Hartley

Music Contractor: Morris Stonzek; Music Copyist: Bob Haring, Jr.

General Press Representative: Harvey B. Sabinson and Lee Solters; Press Representative: David Powers; Secretary to Mr. Merrick: Helen Nickerson; Dance Captain: Vernon Lusby; Advertising: Fred Golden; Assistant to the Director: Ann McIntosh; Asst. to the Choreographer: Mavis Ray

Stephen Douglass	File
Robert Horton	Bill Starbuck
Inga Swenson	Lizzie Curry
George Church	Toby
Will Geer	H. C. Curry
Steve Roland	Noah Curry
Scooter Teague	Jimmy Curry
Lesley Warren	Snookie
Don Atkinson	Townsperson
Barbara Bossert	Townsperson
Lynne Broadbent	Townsperson
Don Crabtree	Geshy Toops
Gretchen Cryer	Townsperson
Dori Davis	Townsperson
Diane Deering	Mrs. Jensen
	Townsperson
Frank Derbas	Townsperson
Jerry Dodge	Gil Demby
	Townsperson
Renee Dudley	Belinda
Clifford Fearl	Townsperson
Leslie Franzos	Olive Barrow
	Townsperson
Ben Gillespie	Townsperson
Loren Hightower	Wally Skacks, III
	Townsperson
Carolyn Kemp	Townsperson
Lucia Lambert	Townsperson
Urylee Leonardos	Townsperson
David London	Townsperson
Vernon Lusby	Bo Dollivan
	Townsperson
Carl Nicholas	Wally Skacks
	Townsperson
Stan Page	Townsperson
Seth Riggs	Phil Mackey
Donna Sanders	Townsperson
Robert Shepard	Mr. Curtis
Evelyn Taylor	Maurine Toops
	Townsperson
Esther Villavicencio	Townsperson
Christopher Votos	Tommy
Arthur Whitfield	Townsperson
Florence Willson	Townsperson

Standbys: Joan Fagan (Lizzie Curry), Seth Riggs (Bill Starbuck).

Understudies: Don Crabtree (Noah Curry), Jerry Dodge (Jimmy Curry), Vernon Lusby (Toby), Carl Nicholas (Toby), Stan Page (File), Robert Shepard (H. C. Curry), Florence Willson (Snookie).