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1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
A Musical About the Problems of Housekeeping

Mark Hellinger Theatre, (5/4/1976 - 5/8/1976)
Preview:Apr 21, 1976 Total Previews:13
Opening:May 4, 1976   
Closing:May 8, 1976 Total Performances:7


Category: Musical, Original, Broadway





by opening date


Theatre Owned / Operated by The Messrs. Nederlander

Produced by Roger L. Stevens and Robert Whitehead; Produced by arrangement with Saint Subber; Associate Producer: Alan Jay Lerner Productions, Inc. and Ambergris Corporation

Book by Alan Jay Lerner; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner; Music by Leonard Bernstein; Musical Director: Roland Gagnon; Music orchestrated by Sid Ramin and Hershy Kay

Co - Director: Gilbert Moses and George Faison; Co - Choreographer: Gilbert Moses and George Faison; Assistant Choreographer: Renee Rose

Scenery Supervised by Kert Lundell; Costumes Supervised by Whitney Blausen and Dona Granata; Lighting Design by Tharon Musser; Sound Design by John McClure; Hair Design by Werner Sherer

General Manager: Oscar E. Olesen; Company Manager: James Walsh

Production Stage Manager: William Dodds; Stage Manager: Marnel Sumner and Michael Turque

General Press Representative: Seymour Krawitz; Casting Director: Terry Fay; Casting: Doris Blum; Production Coordinator: Doris Blum; Dance Captain: Al Perryman; Advertising: Mike Mones and Blaine-Thompson; Photographer: Sy Friedman


Opening Night Cast

Ken Howard The President  
Gilbert Price Lud  
Patricia Routledge The President's Wife  
Emily Yancy Seena   
Jo-Ann Baldo Dancing Ensemble  
Clyde-Jacques Barrett Dancing Ensemble  
Raymond Bazemore Henry
The Staff 
 
 Singing Ensemble  
Joella Breedlove Dancing Ensemble  
Elaine Bunse Singing Ensemble  
Nancy Callman Singing Ensemble  
Richard Chappell Connecticut
The Thirteen Delegates 
 
 Pratt
The British 
 
 Singing Ensemble  
Walter Charles New Jersey
The Thirteen Delegates 
 
 Ordway
The British 
 
 Singing Ensemble  
Guy Costley Little Lud  
Raymond Cox Maryland
The Thirteen Delegates 
 
 Glieg
The British 
 
 Singing Ensemble  
J.T. Cromwell New Hampshire
The Thirteen Delegates 
 
 Scott
The British 
 
 Singing Ensemble  
Allyne DeChalus Dancing Ensemble  
Ralph Farnworth Pennsylvania
The Thirteen Delegates 
 
Beth Fowler Singing Ensemble  
Linda Griffin Dancing Ensemble  
Carl Hall Coley
The Staff 
 
 Singing Ensemble  
Bob Heath Dancing Ensemble  
Louise Heath Sally
The Staff 
 
 Singing Ensemble  
Bruce A. Hubbard Rev. Bushrod  
 Singing Ensemble  
Kris Karlowski Singing Ensemble  
Urylee Leonardos Rachel
The Staff 
 
 Singing Ensemble  
Michael Lichtefeld Dancing Ensemble  
Joyce MacDonald Singing Ensemble  
Héctor Jaime Mercado Dancing Ensemble  
Diana Mirras Dancing Ensemble  
Janette Moody Joby
The Staff 
 
 Singing Ensemble  
Richard Muenz South Carolina
The Thirteen Delegates 
 
 Budgen
The British 
 
 Singing Ensemble  
Alexander Orfaly Delaware
The Thirteen Delegates 
 
 Maitland
The British 
 
Cleveland Pennington Dancing Ensemble  
Al Perryman Dancing Ensemble  
Sharon Powers Singing Ensemble  
Cornel J. Richie Jim
The Staff 
 
 Singing Ensemble  
Randolph Riscol Georgia
The Thirteen Delegates 
 
 Royal Visitor  
 Singing Ensemble  
Renee Rose Dancing Ensemble  
Howard Ross Massachusetts
The Thirteen Delegates 
 
 Broom
The Staff 
 
 Secretary of the Senate  
Juliet Seignious Dancing Ensemble  
Reid Shelton New York
The Thirteen Delegates 
 
 Cockburn  
 Senator Roscoe Conkling  
Thomas J. Stanton Dancing Ensemble  
Edwin Steffe Virginia
The Thirteen Delegates 
 
 Ross
The British 
 
 James Hoban  
 Judge  
Clayton Strange Dancing Ensemble  
Martha Thigpen Singing Ensemble  
David E. Thomas The Stage Manager  
Mimi B. Wallace Dancing Ensemble  
Lee Winston Rhode Island
The Thirteen Delegates 
 
 Barker
The British 
 
 Auctioneer  
 Mr. Henry  
 Babcock  
 Singing Ensemble  
John Witham North Carolina
The Thirteen Delegates 
 
 Pimms
The British 
 


Understudies: J. Edwards Adams (Lud), Richard Chappell (The President), Beth Fowler (The President's Wife), Louise Heath (Seena), Karl M. Horton (Little Lud).