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Orpheus Descending

Neil Simon Theatre, (9/24/1989 - 12/17/1989)
Preview:Sep 13, 1989 Total Previews:13
Opening:Sep 24, 1989   
Closing:Dec 17, 1989 Total Performances:97


Category: Play, Drama, Revival, Broadway
Description: A drama in three acts and seven scenes
Setting: A general dry-goods store and part of the connecting "confectionary" in a small Southern town, during the rainy season, from January to Easter Sunday.





by opening date



Produced by James M. Nederlander and Elizabeth Ireland McCann; Produced by arrangement with Duncan C. Weldon and Jerome Minskoff; Associate Producer: Nicki Frei

Originally produced by The Peter Hall Company

Written by Tennessee Williams; Electronic score by Stephen Edwards

Directed by Peter Hall; Assistant Director: John Cagan

Scenic Design by Alison Chitty; Costume Design by Alison Chitty; Lighting Design by Paul Pyant and Neil Peter Jampolis; Sound Design by Paul Arditti; Mask Design by Naomi Jeffries; American Costumes designed in association with Richard Schurkamp; American Set Designed in association with Neil Peter Jampolis

General Manager: Barbara Darwall

Production Stage Manager: William Dodds; Stage Manager: Steven Shaw

Special Effects by Chic Silber; Properties: Richard Popock

Casting: Johnson-Liff & Zerman; General Press Representative: The Joshua Ellis Office; Assistant to the Producer: Thom Schilling; Vocal Coach (U.S.): Tim Monich; Vocal Coach (U.K.): Joan Washington; Guitar instructor for Mr. Anderson: Hector Milia; Advertising: Serino Coyne, Inc.; Production Photographer (U.S.): Martha Swope; Production Photographer (U.K.): John Haynes


Opening Night Cast

Kevin Anderson Val Xavier  
Tammy Grimes Vee Talbott  
Vanessa Redgrave Lady Torrance  
Anne Twomey Carol Cutrere  
Patti Allison Dolly Hamma  
Lewis Arlt David Cutrere  
Lynn Cohen Townsperson  
Constance Crawford Woman  
Bette Henritze Eva Temple  
Thomas Kopache Mr. Dubinsky  
 1st Man  
Marcia Lewis Nurse Porter  
Pat McNamara Pee Wee Binnings  
Richard McWilliams Townsperson  
Stephen Mendillo Clown  
 2nd Man  
Manning Redwood Sheriff Talbott  
Doyle Richmond Uncle Pleasant  
Sloane Shelton Beulah Binnings  
Peg Small Sister Temple  
Brad Sullivan Jabe Torrance  
Mitch Webb Dog Hamma  

Understudies: Lynn Cohen (Eva Temple, Nurse Porter, Sister Temple), Constance Crawford (Beulah Binnings, Dolly Hamma, Vee Talbott), Thomas Kopache (Jabe Torrance), Joan MacIntosh (Carol Cutrere, Lady Torrance), Richard McWilliams (1st Man, 2nd Man, Clown, Mr. Dubinsky, Val Xavier), Stephen Mendillo (David Cutrere, Dog Hamma, Pee Wee Binnings), Peg Small (Woman), Fred Tyson (Uncle Pleasant), Mitch Webb (Sheriff Talbott).