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My Old Friends   

 
22 Steps , (4/12/1979 - 5/27/1979)
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Opening Date:Apr 12, 1979   
Closing Date:May 27, 1979 Total Performances:53

Category: Musical, Original, Broadway
Setting: The Golden Days Retirement Hotel. The Present.


Production Staff [Collapse]
Theatre Owned / Operated by Vaudetron Ltd.
Produced by Larry Abrams; Produced in association with Belwin Mills Publishing Corporation
Book by Mel Mandel and Norman Sachs; Music by Mel Mandel and Norman Sachs; Lyrics by Mel Mandel and Norman Sachs
Directed by Philip Rose; Musical Staging by Bob Tucker
Scenic Design by Leon Munier; Costume Design by George Drew; Lighting Design by Barry Arnold
General Manager: Helen Richards; Company Manager: Jean Rocco
Production Stage Manager: Arturo E. Porazzi; Stage Manager: Brenda Gardner
Musical Supervisor: Norman Sachs; Conducted by Larry Hochman; Assistant Musical Supervisor: Thom Janusz; Piano: Norman Sachs and Larry Hochman; Bass: Thom Janusz
General Press Representative: Bruce Cohen; Dance Captain: Brenda Gardner; Press Representative: Jan Greenberg and Shirley Herz; Casting: Lynda Watson; Photographer: Carol Rosegg; Advertising: Ash / LeDonne and Jon Wilner; Poster Design by Norman Sachs and Mel Mandel
Cast
Leslie Barrett Sidney Fineberg
Grace Carney Mrs. Polianoffsky
Sylvia Davis Heloise Michaud
Brenda Gardner Mrs. Stone
Norberto Kerner Arias
Fred Morsell A Carpenter
Mr. Gettlinger
Maxine Sullivan Mrs. Cooper
Allen Swift Catlan
Peter Walker Peter Schermann
Robert Weil Slocum
Understudies: Peter Carew (A Carpenter, Mr. Gettlinger, Slocum), Sarah Felcher (Heloise Michaud, Mrs. Polianoffsky), Norman Goldenberg (Arias, Catlan, Peter Schermann, Sidney Fineberg) and Birdie M. Hale (Mrs. Cooper)
1979 Tony Award® Best Featured Actress in a Musical
 Maxine Sullivan [nominee]
1979 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Musical
 Peter Walker [nominee]
music by Mel Mandel and Norman Sachs; lyrics by Mel Mandel and Norman Sachs 

ACT 1Sung By
I'm Not Old Residents
My Old Friends Peter Schermann
For Two Minutes Slocum, Arias, Catlan and Sidney Fineberg
What We Need Around Here Peter Schermann and Heloise Michaud
Oh, My Rose Peter Schermann
I Bought a Bicycle Sidney Fineberg and Residents
The Battle at Eagle Rock Heloise Michaud and Residents
Dear Jane Residents
The Only Place for Me Residents
I Work With Wood Peter Schermann and Slocum
Mambo '52 Arias and Mrs. Cooper
A Little Starch Left Mrs. Cooper
Our Time Together Heloise Michaud
You've Got to Keep Building Peter Schermann