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Mame

Winter Garden Theatre, (5/24/1966 - 10/4/1969)
Broadway Theatre, (10/6/1969 - 1/3/1970)
Preview:May 18, 1966 Total Previews:5
Opening:May 24, 1966   
Closing:Jan 3, 1970 Total Performances:1508


Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Setting: Mame's Beekman Place apartment and various locales in which she becomes involved. 1928 - 1946.





by opening date


Produced by Fryer, Carr & Harris Inc; Associate Producer: John Bowab

Book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee; Music by Jerry Herman; Lyrics by Jerry Herman; Based on the novel "Auntie Mame" by Patrick Dennis; Based on the play "Auntie Mame" by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee; Musical Director: Donald Pippin; Vocal arrangements by Donald Pippin; Music orchestrated by Philip J. Lang; Dance arrangements by Roger Adams

Directed by Gene Saks; Choreographed by Onna White; Assistant Choreographer: Tom Panko

Scenic Design by William and Jean Eckart; Costume Design by Robert Mackintosh; Lighting Design by Tharon Musser; Hair Design by Ronald De Mann

General Manager: Joseph P. Harris; Company Manager: Richard Grayson

Production Stage Manager: Terence Little; Stage Manager: Ralph Linn and Delman Hendricks; Assistant Stage Mgr: Stan Page and Nancy Lynch

Conducted by Donald Pippin; Orchestra Personnel Manager: Morris Stonzek

Press Representative: David Lipsky; Associate Press Representative: Lisa Lipsky and Marian Graham; Dance Captain: Pat Cummings; Advertising: Lawrence Weiner and Associates


Opening Night Cast

Angela Lansbury Mame Dennis  
Beatrice Arthur Vera Charles   
Jane Connell Agnes Gooch   
Frankie Michaels Patrick Dennis, age 10   
Willard Waterman Dwight Babcock   
Diana Baffa Mame's Friend  
John C. Becher Mr. Upson  
Jack Blackton Mame's Friend  
Charles Braswell Beauregard Jackson Picket Burnside  
David Chaney Mame's Friend  
George Coe M. Lindsay Woolsey  
Diane Coupé Pegeen Ryan  
Pat Cummings Mame's Friend  
Jack Davison Bishop  
 Leading Man  
 Mame's Friend  
Johanna Douglas Dance Teacher  
 Mrs. Upson  
Clifford Fearl Uncle Jeff  
Margaret Hall Sally Cato  
Hilda Harris Mame's Friend  
Charlotte Jones Madame Branislowski  
 Mother Burnside  
Tommy Karaty Mame's Friend  
Nicole Karol Mame's Friend  
Gene Kelton Mame's Friend  
Randy Kirby Junior Babcock  
Jerry Lanning Patrick Dennis, age 19-29  
Nancy Lynch Mame's Friend  
Michael Maitland Peter Dennis  
Art Matthews Doorman  
 Stage Manager  
 Mame's Friend  
Ross Miles Mame's Friend  
Stan Page Elevator Boy  
 Mame's Friend  
Ruth Ramsey Cousin Fan  
 Mame's Friend  
Betty Rosebrock Mame's Friend  
Scotty Salmon Mame's Friend  
Bella Shalom Mame's Friend  
Sab Shimono Ito  
Bill Stanton Messenger  
 Mame's Friend  
John Taliaferro Gregor  
 Mame's Friend  
Jo Tract Art Model  
 Mame's Friend  
Diana Walker Gloria Upson  
Jodi Williams Mame's Friend  
Kathy Wilson Mame's Friend  
Ron Young Ralph Devine  

Standby: Charlotte Fairchild (Mame Dennis).

Understudies: Jack Blackton (Patrick Dennis, age 19-29), David Chaney (Gregor, Junior Babcock, Stage Manager), Jack Davison (M. Lindsay Woolsey), Clifford Fearl (Dwight Babcock, Mr. Upson), Laurie Franks (Gloria Upson), Hilda Harris (Ito), Michael Maitland (Patrick Dennis, age 10), Art Matthews (Beauregard Jackson Picket Burnside), Stan Page (Uncle Jeff), Betty Rosebrock (Pegeen Ryan), Jo Tract (Madame Branislowski, Mother Burnside, Sally Cato), Jodi Williams (Agnes Gooch, Cousin Fan, Dance Teacher, Mrs. Upson).