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First Preview: Nov 12, 1985
Total Previews: 24
Opening Date: Dec 02, 1985
Closing Date: May 16, 1987
Total Performances: 608
Production Staff Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President) Produced by Joseph Papp ; Associate Producer: Jason Steven Cohen Originally produced by The New York Shakespeare Festival (Joseph Papp, Producer) Music by Rupert Holmes ; Book by Rupert Holmes ; Lyrics by Rupert Holmes ; Suggested by the unfinished novel by Charles Dickens ; Musical Director: Michael Starobin ; Music orchestrated by Rupert Holmes Directed by Wilford Leach ; Choreographed by Graciela Daniele Scenic Design by Bob Shaw ; Costume Design by Lindsay W. Davis ; Lighting Design by Paul Gallo ; Sound Design by Tom Morse ; Magic Lantern Projections by James Cochrane ; Hair and Wig Design by Paul Huntley NYSF General Manager: Laurel Ann Wilson ; Company Manager: Bob MacDonald ; Assistant Co. Mgr: Susan Sampliner Production Stage Manager: James Harker ; Stage Manager: Robin Herskowitz ; Assistant Stage Mgr: Michele Pigliavento ; NYSF Production Manager: Andrew Mihok ; NYSF Technical Director: Mervyn Haines, Jr. Music Contractor: Seymour "Red" Press ; Assistant Conductor: Edward Strauss ; Violin: Ronald Oakland , Alvin E. Rogers , Katsuko Esaki , Marshall Coid , Gayle Dixon and Sandra Billingslea ; Cello: Peter Prosser , Laura Blustein and Jeanne LeBlanc ; Reeds: David Weiss , Richard A. Heckman , Lester Cantor and Seymour "Red" Press ; Trumpet: Wilmer Wise and Phil Granger ; Trombone: Santo Russo and Earl McIntyre ; Horns: Russell Rizner and R. Allen Spanjer ; Keyboards: Donald Rebic ; Bass: Melanie L. Punter ; Percussion: Skip Reed ; Drums: Glenn Rhian NYSF Press Representative: Richard Kornberg ; NYSF General Press Representative: Merle Debuskey ; Dialect Coach: Cindia Huppeler ; Dance Captain: Rob Marshall ; NYSF Casting: Rosemarie Tichler ; Vocal Coach: Marge Rivingston ; Advertising: Serino, Coyne & Nappi ; Photographer: Martha Swope ; Artwork by Paul Davis ; Asst. to the Choreographer: Rob Marshall
Betty Buckley Edwin Drood / Miss Alice Nutting
Cleo Laine The Princess Puffer / Miss Angela Prysock
George Rose Mayor Thomas Sapsea / Mr. William Cartwright, Your Chairman
Jerome Dempsey Durdles / Mr. Nick Cricker
Karen Giombetti Succubae / Miss Sarah Cook
Citizen of Cloisterham
Stephen Glavin Deputy / Master Nick Cricker
Statue / Master Nick Cricker
Charles Goff Horace / Mr. Brian Pankhurst
Citizen of Cloisterham
Susan Goodman Servant / Miss Violet Balfour
Citizen of Cloisterham
Joe Grifasi Servant / Mr. Philip Bax
Bazzard / Mr. Phillip Bax
Nicholas Gunn Shade of Jasper / Mr. Harry Sayle
Citizen of Cloisterham
John Herrera Neville Landless / Mr. Victor Grinstead
Judy Kuhn Alice / Miss Isabel Yearsley
Succubae / Miss Isabel Yearsley
Citizen of Cloisterham
Herndon Lackey Client of the Princess Puffer / Mr. Alan Eliot
Julian / Mr. Alan Eliot
Citizen of Cloisterham
Francine Landes Succubae / Miss Gwendolen Pynn
Servant / Miss Gwendolen Pynn
Citizen of Cloisterham
Rob Marshall Client of the Princess Puffer / Mr. Christopher Lyon
Citizen of Cloisterham
George N. Martin The Reverend Mr. Crisparkle / Mr. Cedric Moncrieffe
Peter McRobbie Harold / Mr. James Throttle
Citizen of Cloisterham
Brad Miskell Shade of Drood / Mr. Montague Pruitt
Citizen of Cloisterham
Donna Murphy Beatrice / Miss Florence Gill
Succubae / Miss Florence Gill
Citizen of Cloisterham
Jana Schneider Helena Landless / Miss Janet Conover
George Spelvin Dick Datchery
Swings: Laurent Giroux (Swing ) and Michele Pigliavento (Swing ) Standby: Ronn Carroll (Bazzard / Mr. Phillip Bax, Durdles / Mr. Nick Cricker ) Understudies: Karen Giombetti (Helena Landless / Miss Janet Conover ), Judy Kuhn (Edwin Drood / Miss Alice Nutting, Rosa Bud / Miss Deirdre Peregrine ), Herndon Lackey (John Jasper / Mr. Clive Paget, Neville Landless / Mr. Victor Grinstead ), Peter McRobbie (Mayor Thomas Sapsea / Mr. William Cartwright, Your Chairman, The Reverend Mr. Crisparkle / Mr. Cedric Moncrieffe ), Brad Miskell (Deputy / Master Nick Cricker ), Donna Murphy (Helena Landless / Miss Janet Conover, The Princess Puffer / Miss Angela Prysock ) and Michele Pigliavento (Beatrice / Miss Florence Gill )
ACT 1 Sung By There You Are Chairman and The Company A Man Could Go Quite Mad Jasper Two Kinsmen Drood and Jasper Moonfall Rosa A British Subject Neville and Crisparkle with Jasper, Rosa and Helen Moonfall (Reprise) Rosa and Helena, with Alice and Beatrice I Wouldn't Say No Durdles, Deputy and Chairman, with Ensemble The Wages of Sin Puffer Jasper's Vision Puffer Ceylon Helena, Neville, Drood and Rosa, with Ensemble Both Sides of the Coin Jasper and Chairman, with Ensemble Perfect Strangers Drood and Rosa No Good Can Come From Bad Neville, Drood, Rosa, Helena, Crisparkle, Jasper and Bazzard and the servants The Name of Love and Moonfall (reprise) Rosa and Jasper with Ensemble ACT 2 Sung By Settling Up the Score Datchery and Puffer, with Ensemble Off to the Races Chairman, Durdles and Deputy, with Ensemble The Garden Path to Hell Puffer Don't Quit While You're Ahead Puffer with The Company
