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ANTA Playhouse , (3/30/1978 - 4/16/1978)
First Preview:Mar 14, 1978 Total Previews:19
Opening Date:Mar 30, 1978   
Closing Date:Apr 16, 1978 Total Performances:21

Category: Musical, Revue, Original, Broadway
Description: A musical in two acts
Setting: A large movie palace with an upstage balcony


Production Staff
Managing Director of ANTA: Alfred De Liagre, Jr.
Produced by Judith Gordon and Richard S. Bright; Associate Producer: Marc Howard and Sheila-Barbara-Dinah Productions
Originally produced by The Hartford Stage Company, Center Theatre Group / Mark Taper Forum (Gordon Davidson, Artistic Director) and Arena Stage (Zelda Fichhandler: Artistic Director)
Music by Mel Marvin; Book by Christopher Durang; Lyrics by Christopher Durang; Music orchestrated by Robert M. Freedman; Musical Director: Clay Fullum
Directed by David Chambers; Musical Staging by Graciela Daniele
Scenic Design by Tony Straiges; Costume Design by Marjorie Slaiman; Lighting Design by William Mintzer; Sound Design by Lou Shapiro; Hair Design by Charles LoPresto; Make-Up Design by Charles LoPresto
General Manager: Dorothy Olim Associates, Inc.; Company Manager: Gail Bell
Production Stage Manager: Ron Abbott; Stage Manager: Gully Stanford
Pianist: Robert Fisher
General Press Representative: David Powers; Photographer: Martha Swope; Advertising: Matthew Serino & Associates; Dance Captain: Eric Weitz; Casting: Feuer & Ritzer
Cast
Maureen Anderman Contract player # 8
Gary Bayer Jimmy
Walter Bobbie Contract player # 1
Jeff Brooks Contract player # 5
Bryan E. Clark Contract player # 7
David Cromwell Contract player # 4
David Garrison Contract player # 10
Ben Halley, Jr. Contract player # 3
Swoosie Kurtz Bette
Kate McGregor-Stewart Contract player # 6
Joan Pape Eve
April Shawhan Loretta
Brent Spiner Hank
Eric Weitz Contract player # 9
Mary Catherine Wright Contract player # 2
Understudies: Stephen James (Contract player # 1, Hank), Carolyn Mignini (Contract player # 2, Contract player # 8, Loretta) and Robert Polenz (Contract player # 10, Contract player # 5, Contract player # 9)
1978 Tony Award® Best Book of a Musical
 Book by Christopher Durang [nominee]
1978 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Musical
 Gary Bayer [nominee]
1978 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
winnerSwoosie Kurtz [winner]
music by Mel Marvin; lyrics by Christopher Durang 

ACT 1
The Silent Years
Minstrel Song Contract player # 10
Shanty Town Romance Jimmy and Loretta
They Can't Prohibit Love Bette
We're in a Salad Hank, Salad Girls, Contract player # 10, Contract player # 9 and Contract player # 1
Euphemism Loretta
Ostende Nobis Tosca Bette, Hank, Contract player # 10 and Contract player # 9
The Red, the White and the Blue Eve and Company
ACT 2
Pretty Pin-Up Eve, Loretta, Bette and Contract player # 2
Apple Blossom Victory Bette, Eve and Contract player # 6
Isn't It Fun to Be in the Movies Contract player # 10 and Contract player # 9
Search for Wisdom Loretta, Jimmy and Company