PlayDramaOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Nov 11, 1963
Closing Date
Nov 16, 1963
1st Preview
Nov 06, 1963
1st Preview
Nov 06, 1963
Previews
5
Performances
8
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
(Nov 11, 1963 - Nov 16, 1963)
Setting
The early 1930s. Chicago.
Theatre Owned / Operated by Feuer & Martin Musicals, Inc.
Produced by David Merrick; Associate Producer: Neil Hartley
Written by Bertolt Brecht; Book adapted by George Tabori; Incidental music by Jule Styne; Music orchestrated by Ray Ellis
Directed by Tony Richardson
Production Design by Rouben Ter-Arutunian; Make-up Supervisor: Mitchell Erickson; Lighting Assistant: Martin Aronstein
General Manager: Jack Schlissel; Company Manager: A. Gino Giglio; Assistant to Mr. Schlissel: David Payne
Stage Manager: Bernard Gersten; Assistant Stage Mgr: Jim Stark and Antony Ponzini
Conducted by James Leon; Trumpet: Dom Speara; Trombone: Marshal Hawk; Drums: Joe Marshall, Jr.; Clarinet and Saxophone: Phil Olivella; Baritone Saxophone: Henry Topper; Violin: Irving Raymond and Joseph Cali; Cello: Abe Borodkin; Organ: Robert Wyatt; Music Contractor: Morris Stonzek
General Press Representative: Lee Solters and Harvey B. Sabinson; Press Representative: Leo Stern; Assistant to the Director: Elizabeth Roberts; Secretary to Mr. Merrick: Helen Nickerson; Staff Associate: Sylvia Schwartz, Carol Capelletti and Warren Lyons
Christopher Plummer
Arturo Ui
Michael Constantine
Dogsborough
Elisha Cook
Giuseppe Givola
Roger De Koven
The Actor
Hugh Franklin
Clark
Henry Lascoe
Butcher
Lionel Stander
Manuele Giri
Murvyn Vye
Ernesto Roma
Sandy Baron
Bowl
 
Priest
 
Ensemble
Leonardo Cimino
Fish
 
Ensemble
Oliver Clark
Young Dogsborough
James Coco
O'Casey
 
Ensemble
George Cotton
Mulberry
James Frawley
Flake
 
Ensemble
Harold Gary
Arturo Ui's Bodyguard
Louis Guss
Ragg
 
Ensemble
Chuck Haren
Inna
 
Ensemble
Diane Higgins
Ensemble
Dossie Hollingsworth
Dockdaisy
Bobby Dean Hooks
Ensemble
John Karlen
Shorty
 
Ensemble
Frank Loren
Ensemble
Gubi Mann
Ensemble
John Marriott
Jim Crocket
 
Ensemble
Paul Michael
The Barker
 
Goodwill
David O'Brien
Defense Counsel
 
Ensemble
Tom Pedi
Arturo Ui's Bodyguard
Antony Ponzini
Ensemble
Beah Richards
The Woman
Madeleine Sherwood
Betty Dullfeet
William Shust
Sheet
 
Ensemble
Jim Stark
Ensemble
Glenn Stensel
Doctor
 
Ensemble
Warren Wade
Gaffles
 
Judge
Robert Weil
Ignatius Dullfeet
Understudies: Sandy Baron (Arturo Ui), Leonardo Cimino (Giuseppe Givola), James Coco (Clark, Ignatius Dullfeet), George Cotton (Dogsborough, Judge), James Frawley (Ernesto Roma, Prosecutor), Louis Guss (Butcher, Gaffles), Chuck Haren (Defense Counsel, Sheet), Bobby Dean Hooks (Jim Crocket, Shorty), John Karlen (Arturo Ui's Bodyguard, Sheet, O'Casey, Doctor, Inna), Gubi Mann (Betty Dullfeet, Dockdaisy, The Woman), David O'Brien (Flake), Tom Pedi (Manuele Giri, The Barker), Antony Ponzini (Ragg, Fish), William Shust (The Actor, Goodwill), James Stark (Arturo Ui's Bodyguard, Bowl), Glenn Stensel (Young Dogsborough) and Warren Wade (Mulberry)

Tony Award®

 

Best Costume Design

1964 Nominee
Production Design by Rouben Ter-Arutunian
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