46th Street Theatre, (5/9/1982 - 2/4/1984)

Category: Musical, Drama, Original, Broadway
Setting: Venice, Italy. The early 1960's

Opening Night Production Credits 

Theatre Owned / Operated by The Nederlander Organization, Stephen R. Friedman and Irwin Meyer

Produced by Michel Stuart, Harvey J. Klaris, Roger S. Berlind, James M. Nederlander, Francine LeFrak and Kenneth D. Greenblatt; Associate Producer: Mark Beigelman; Produced in association with Shulamith, Michael N. Appell, Jerry Wexler and Michael Kleinman Productions

Initial staged reading: Composer/Librettist Conference at The Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theatre Center

Book by Arthur Kopit; Music by Maury Yeston; Lyrics by Maury Yeston; Adaptation from the Italian by Mario Fratti; Music orchestrated by Jonathan Tunick; Musical Director: Wally Harper; Choral composition and musical continuity by Maury Yeston

Directed by Tommy Tune; Choreographed by Thommie Walsh

Scenic Design by Lawrence Miller; Costume Design by William Ivey Long; Lighting Design by Marcia Madeira; Sound Design by Jack Mann; Hair Design by Michael Gottfried; Assistant to Mr. Miller: Duke Durfee and Atkin Pace; Assistant to Mr. Long: Neil Spisak; Assistant to Ms. Madeira: Natasha Katz

General Manager: Weiler / Miller Associates

Production Stage Manager: Charles Blackwell; Stage Manager: Bruce H. Lumpkin; Assistant Stage Mgr: Nancy Lynch; Technical Coordinator: Richard Siegel

Musical Supervisor: Jonathan Tunick; Music Contractor: Seymour "Red" Press; Conducted by Vincent Fanuele

Artistic Associate: Thommie Walsh; Casting: Hughes / Moss Casting; Company Captain: Tina Paul; General Press Representative: Jacksina and Freedman; Special Assistant to Mr. Tune: Priscilla Lopez; Assistant to Mr. Yeston: Tommy Krasker; Advertising: Ash / LeDonne and Sandra Mandel; Poster and graphics: Todd Ruff; Photographer: Peter Cunningham; Vocal Consultant: Tom Hageman; Dialect Coach: Franco Zavani; Furs by The Christie Brothers; Birds owned and handled by Dawn Animal Agency, Inc.

Raul Julia	Guido Contini
Karen Akers	Luisa Contini
Shelly Burch	Claudia
Stephanie Cotsirilos	Stephanie Necrophorus
Kate Dezina	Our Lady of the Spa
Taina Elg	Guido's Mother
Liliane Montevecchi	Liliane La Fleur
Anita Morris	Carla
Kathi Moss	Saraghina
Camille Saviola Broadway debut	Mama Maddelena Chief of the Chambermaids
Evans Allen	Young Guido's Schoolmate
Jeanie Bowers Broadway debut	Maria
Kim Criswell	Francesca
Colleen Dodson Broadway debut	A Vanetian Gondolier
Lulu Downs	Gretchen von Krupf
Louise Edeiken	Giulietta
Cameron Johann	Guido at an early age
Laura Kenyon	Lina Darling
Linda Kerns	Heidi von Sturm
Nancy McCall	Annabella
Cynthia Meryl	Diana
Rita Rehn	Renata
Dee Etta Rowe	Olga von Hesse
Jadrien Steele	Young Guido's Schoolmate
Patrick Wilcox	Young Guido's Schoolmate
Alaina Warren Zachary	Ilsa von Hesse

Standby: Clifford David (Guido Contini).

Understudies: Kim Criswell (Carla, Claudia), Colleen Dodson (Our Lady of the Spa), Lulu Downs (Mama Maddelena), Julie J. Hafner (Gretchen von Krupf, Heidi von Sturm, Ilsa von Hesse, Olga von Hesse, A Vanetian Gondolier, Annabella, Diana, Francesca, Giulietta, Maria, Renata), Dorothy Kiara (A Vanetian Gondolier, Annabella, Diana, Francesca, Giulietta, Maria, Renata, Gretchen von Krupf, Heidi von Sturm, Ilsa von Hesse, Olga von Sturm), Cynthia Meryl (Liliane La Fleur, Luisa Contini), Patrice Pickering (A Vanetian Gondolier, Annabella, Diana, Francesca, Giulietta, Gretchen von Krupf, Heidi von Sturm, Ilsa von Hesse, Maria, Olga von Sturm, Renata), Rita Rehn (Stephanie Necrophorus), Camille Saviola (Saraghina), Patrick Wilcox (Guido at an early age), Alaina Warren Zachary (Guido's Mother).