MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Dec 05, 1966
Closing Date
Jun 15, 1968
1st Preview
Dec 01, 1966
1st Preview
Dec 01, 1966
Previews
4
Performances
560
MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
46th Street Theatre
(Dec 05, 1966 - Jun 15, 1968)
Setting
A bedroom. The story covers fifty years of marriage, beginning just before the turn of the century.
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization; 46th Street Theatre Managing Director: Lester Osterman; 46th Street Theatre General Manager: Richard Horner
Produced by David Merrick
Book by Tom Jones; Lyrics by Tom Jones; Music by Harvey Schmidt; Based on "The Fourposter" by Jan De Hartog; Musical Director: John Lesko; Music orchestrated by Philip J. Lang
Directed by Gower Champion
Scenic Design by Oliver Smith; Costume Design by Freddy Wittop; Lighting Design by Jean Rosenthal
General Manager: Jack Schlissel; Company Manager: Fred Cuneo; Assistant to Mr. Schlissel: Robert Greenwald
Production Supervisor: Lucia Victor; Stage Manager: Wade Miller; Assistant Stage Mgr: Robert Avian and Patricia Drylie
Piano: Woody Kessler and Albert Mello; Music Copyist: Tom Brown; Music Assistant: Ben Pickering and Herbert Schutz
Assistant to Mr. Smith: David Guthrie; Assistant to Mr. Wittop: Albert Wolsky; Assistant to Miss Rosenthal: William H. Batchelder; Production Assistant to Miss Rosenthal: Candace King
Casting Director: Linda Otto; Associate Casting Director: Geoffrey Johnson; General Press Representative: Harvey B. Sabinson and Lee Solters; Press Representative: Ben Washer; Assistant to the Director: Lucia Victor; Secretary to Mr. Merrick: Helen Nickerson; Advertising: Blaine-Thompson and Fred Golden; Costumes Executed by Barbara Matera Ltd.; Staff Associate: Sylvia Schwartz, Lynn Middleton and Juliet Taylor
Mary Martin
She (Agnes)
Dec 01, 1966 - Dec 02, 1967
Robert Preston
He (Michael)
Dec 01, 1966 - Dec 02, 1967

46th Street Theatre (Dec 05, 1966 - Jun 15, 1968)

Company Manager: Richard Highley
Piano: Jack Holmes
Press Representative: Jay Russell

Cast

Carol Lawrence
Matinees only
She (Agnes)
Dec 04, 1967 - Jun 15, 1968
 
She (Agnes)
Oct 18, 1967 - Dec 02, 1967
Alternate
Gordon MacRae
Matinees only
He (Michael)
Dec 04, 1967 - Jun 15, 1968
 
He (Michael)
Oct 18, 1967 - Dec 02, 1967
Alternate
Standby: Stephen Douglass (He (Michael)) and Dran Hamilton (She (Agnes))
music by Harvey Schmidt; lyrics by Tom Jones
Act 1
Sung By
All the Dearly Beloved
Both
Together Forever
Both
I Do! I Do!
Both
Good Night
Both
I Love My Wife
He (Michael)
Something Has Happened
She (Agnes)
My Cup Runneth Over
Both
Love Isn't Everything
Both
Nobody's Perfect
Both
A Well Known Fact
He (Michael)
Flaming Agnes
She (Agnes)
The Honeymoon Is Over
Both
Act 2
Sung By
Where Are the Snows
Both
When the Kids Get Married
Both
The Father of the Bride
He (Michael)
What Is a Woman
She (Agnes)
Someone Needs Me
She (Agnes)
Roll up the Ribbons
Both
This House
Both

Tony Award®

 

Best Musical

1967 Nominee
 

Best Composer and Lyricist

1967 Nominee
Lyrics by Tom Jones
Music by Harvey Schmidt

Best Actor in a Musical

1967 Winner
Robert Preston
 

Best Actress in a Musical

1967 Nominee
Mary Martin
 

Best Scenic Design

1967 Nominee
Scenic Design by Oliver Smith
 

Best Costume Design

1967 Nominee
Costume Design by Freddy Wittop
 

Best Direction of a Musical

1967 Nominee
Directed by Gower Champion
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