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King of Hearts
A New Musical

Minskoff Theatre, (10/22/1978 - 12/3/1978)
Preview:Oct 17, 1978 Total Previews:6
Opening:Oct 22, 1978   
Closing:Dec 3, 1978 Total Performances:48


Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Setting: The French town of DuTemps and the trenches that surround it. One day in September, 1918, toward the end of World War I.





by opening date


Theatre Owned / Operated by Minskoff Organization

Produced by Joseph Kipness and Patty Grubman; Produced in association with Jerome Minskoff; Associate Producer: Lee Minskoff and Charlotte Dicker

Book by Joseph Stein; Music by Peter Link; Lyrics by Jacob Brackman; Musical Director: Karen Gustafson; Dance arrangements by Dorothea Freitag; Music orchestrated by Bill Brohn; Based upon an original Screenplay by Philippe De Broca, Maurice Bessy and Daniel Boulanger

Directed by Ron Field; Choreographed by Ron Field

Scenic Design by Santo Loquasto; Costume Design by Patricia Zipprodt; Lighting Design by Pat Collins; Sound Design by Jack Shearing; Hair Design by Patrik D. Moreton; Make-Up Design by Patrik D. Moreton

General Manager: Marvin A. Krauss; Associate Gen. Mgr: Gary Gunas; Company Manager: Bob Skerry

Production Stage Manager: Janet Beroza; Stage Manager: Clint Jakeman and Robert Schear

Assistant to the Director: John Calvert; Asst. to the Choreographer: Marianne Selbert; Production Associate: Nan Pearlman; General Press Representative: The Merlin Group, Ltd.; Press Representative: Patt Dale; Casting: Peter Cereghetti; Aerial Instructor: Warren Bacon; Dance Captain: Spence Ford; Advertising: Serino, Coyne & Nappi; Assistant to Wilbur: Howard Mammano; Animals by Animal Actors Inc.


Opening Night Cast

Scott Allen Hans  
Scott Barnes Siegfried  
Roger Berdahl Fritz  
Pamela Blair Jeunefille
La Jeine Fille 
 
Robert Brubach Frank  
Richard Christopher Phillip  
Jay Devlin Lieutenant McNeill  
Marilyn D'Honau Simone
La Ballerine 
 
Isabelle Farrell Dahlia
La Servante 
 
Harry Fawcett Steve  
Maria Guida Therese
La Maman 
 
Bob Gunton Raoul
Le Patron du Círque 
 
Mitzi Hamilton Genevieve
La Courtisane 
 
Jamie Haskins Tom  
Rex David Hays Jacques
Le Fermier 
 
Karl Heist Willie  
Millicent Martin Madeleine
La Madame 
 
Michael McCarty DuBac
Le Monseigneur 
 
Gary Morgan Demosthenes
Le Muet 
 
Bryan Nicholas Philippe
Le Maitre d'Hotel 
 
Alexander Orfaly Kapitan Kost  
Neva Rae Powers Valerie
La Flutiste 
 
Gerrianne Raphael Isolde
La Chanteuse d'Opéra 
 
Will Roy Henri
Le Duc 
 
Donald Scardino Private Johnny Perkins  
Timothy Scott Guy-Louis
Le Petit Garçon 
 
John Scoullar Joe  
Julia Shelley Marie-Claire
La Duchesse 
 
David Thomas M. Clichy
Le Photographe 
 
Timothy Wallace Karl  
Gordon Joseph Weiss Claude
Le Coiffeur 
 
Wilbur Monsieur Cochon
Le Porc 
 

Understudies: Richard Christopher (Lieutenant McNeill), Marilyn D'Honau (Marie-Claire), Harry Fawcett (Private Johnny Perkins), Spence Ford (Dahlia, Genevieve, Isolde, Simone, Therese, Valerie), Rex David Hays (Raoul), Navarre Matlovsky (Guy-Louis, Philippe), Bryan Nicholas (Henri), Neva Rae Powers (Jeunefille), Gerrianne Raphael (Madeleine), Timothy Scott (Claude, Demosthenes), Timothy Wallace (DuBac, Jacques, Kapitan Kost, M. Clichy).