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| First Preview: | Aug 05, 1986 | Total Previews: | 18 |
| Opening Date: | Aug 21, 1986 | ||
| Closing Date: | Aug 23, 1986 | Total Performances: | 4 |
Category: Musical, Original, Broadway
Setting: The Lower East Side of New York in 1910.
| Production Staff [Collapse] | |
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| Theatre Owned / Operated by The Messrs. Nederlander | |
| Produced by Lee Guber, Martin Heinfling and Marvin A. Krauss; Associate Producer: Madeline Lee Gilford | |
| Book by Joseph Stein; Music by Charles Strouse; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Musical Director: Eric Stern; Additional Arrangements by Eric Stern; Music orchestrated by Michael Starobin | |
| Directed by Gene Saks; Musical Staging by Ron Field; Assistant Director: Bill Molloy; Assistant Choreographer: Timm Fujii | |
| Scenic Design by Beni Montresor; Costume Design by Florence Klotz; Lighting Design by Jules Fisher; Sound Design by Peter Fitzgerald; Associate Lighting Design: Peggy Eisenhauer; Assistant Scenic Design: Sally Locke and Jean McGavin; Assistant Costume Design: John Glaser and Arnold S. Levine; Assistant Sound Design: Richard Dunning | |
| General Manager: Joey Parnes and Marvin A. Krauss Associates, Inc.; Company Manager: Allan Williams | |
| Production Supervisor: Robert V. Straus; Stage Manager: Joel Tropper and John Actman | |
| Klezmorim - Tuba: Teddy Bragin; Klezmorim - Trombone: Sean Mahony; Klezmorim - Trumpet: Bruce Engel; Klezmorim - Clarinet: Harold Seletsky; Klezmorim - Violin: Marshall Coid; Music Contractor: Seymour "Red" Press; Rehearsal Pianist: Paul Ford and Scott Frankel | |
| Casting: Simon & Kumin Casting, Inc.; General Press Representative: Solters / Roskin / Friedman, Inc., Joshua Ellis, Jim Sapp, Adrian Bryan-Brown and Cindy Valk; Asst. to the Choreographer: Patti Mariano; Dance Captain: Patti Mariano; Creative Production Coordinator: Paula Kalustian; Advertising: Wyse Advertising; Photographer: Martha Swope and Associates | |
| Cast |
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| Teresa Stratas | Rebecca Hershkowitz |
| Larry Kert | Nathan Hershkowitz |
| John Aller | Guard | |
| Mr. Rosen | ||
| Wealthy New Yorker | ||
| Herschel Cohen | ||
| Evalyn Baron | Anna Cohen | |
| Gabriel Barre | Sam Sweatshop worker |
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| Laertes | ||
| Ragman | ||
| Man on Stilts | ||
| Josh Blake | David Hershkowitz | |
| Marshall Coid | Violinist | |
| Michael Cone | An American | |
| Rosencrantz | ||
| Irish Tenor on Recording | ||
| Frankie | ||
| Michael Davis | An American | |
| Wealthy New Yorker | ||
| Mike | ||
| Rex Everhart | "Big Tim" Sullivan | |
| Joan Finkelstein | Esther Sweatshop worker |
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| Wealthy New Yorker | ||
| Andy Gale | Homesick Immigrant | |
| Recruiter | ||
| Thug | ||
| Italian Tenor | ||
| Joanna Glushak | Social Worker | |
| An Avid Shopper | ||
| Ophelia | ||
| Wealthy New Yorker | ||
| Italian Tenor's Mother | ||
| Bill Hastings | Wealthy New Yorker | |
| Wendy Kimball | Wealthy New Yorker | |
| Irish Girl | ||
| Judy Kuhn | Bella Cohen | |
| Dick Latessa | Avram Cohen | |
| Audrey Lavine | Rosa Sweatshop worker |
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| Irish Girl's Mother | ||
| Mordecai Lawner | Jack Cohen | |
| Marcia Lewis | Rachel Halpern | |
| Terrence Mann | Saul a union organizer |
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| Devon Michaels | Morris a little boy |
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| Lonny Price | Ben | |
| Robert Radford | Wealthy New Yorker | |
| Irma Rogers | Nathan's Landlady | |
| Gertrude | ||
| Violinist's Mother | ||
| Stan Rubin | Recruiter | |
| Editor of newspaper | ||
| Mr. Bronstein | ||
| A Passerby | ||
| Peter Samuel | Guard | |
| Cigar Boss | ||
| Hamlet | ||
| Wealthy New Yorker | ||
| Thug | ||
| Bonnie Schon | Millie the landlady's neighbor |
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| Morris' Mother | ||
| Mrs. Sullivan | ||
| Catherine Ulissey | Wealthy New Yorker |
| Swings: Mark Fotopoulos (Swing), Patti Mariano (Swing) and Cissy Rebich (Swing) |
| Understudies: John Aller (Ben), Joanna Glushak (Bella Cohen), Audrey Lavine (Rebecca Hershkowitz), Devon Michaels (David Hershkowitz), Irma Rogers (Anna Cohen), Stan Rubin (Avram Cohen, Jack Cohen) and Peter Samuel (Saul) |
| 1987 Tony Award® Best Musical | |
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| Produced by Lee Guber, Marvin A. Krauss and Martin Heinfling [nominee] | |
| 1987 Tony Award® Best Book of a Musical | |
| Book by Joseph Stein [nominee] | |
| 1987 Tony Award® Best Original Score | |
| Music by Charles Strouse; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz [nominee] | |
| 1987 Tony Award® Best Actress in a Musical | |
| Teresa Stratas [nominee] | |
| 1987 Tony Award® Best Choreography | |
| Ron Field [nominee] | |
| 1987 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical | |
 | Teresa Stratas [winner] |
| 1987 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | |
| Judy Kuhn [nominee] | |
| Marcia Lewis [nominee] | |
| 1987 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestration | |
| Music orchestrated by Michael Starobin [nominee] | |
| 1987 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Music | |
| Music by Charles Strouse [nominee] | |
| ACT 1 | Sung By |
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| I Remember | Homesick Immigrant |
| Greenhorns | The Americans and New Immigrants |
| Brand New World | Rebecca Hershkowitz and David Hershkowitz |
| Children of the Wind | Rebecca Hershkowitz, Avram Cohen and David Hershkowitz |
| Penny A Tune | Rachel Halpern, Klezmorim and Peddlers and Workers |
| Easy for You | Saul (a union organizer), Rebecca Hershkowitz and David Hershkowitz |
| Hard To Be a Prince | Hamlet and Company |
| Blame It On the Summer Night | Rebecca, with Clarinettist |
| For My Mary | Irish Tenor and Ben |
| Rags | Bella Cohen and Avram Cohen |
| What's Wrong With That? | Frankie, Mike, "Big Tim" Sullivan and Nathan Hershkowitz |
| On the Fourth Day of July | Picnickers and Band |
| In America | Rebecca Hershkowitz and Nathan Hershkowitz |
| ACT 2 | Sung By |
| Yankee Boy | Nathan Hershkowitz and Neighbors |
| Uptown | Nathan Hershkowitz and Rebecca Hershkowitz |
| Wanting | Rebecca Hershkowitz and Saul (a union organizer) |
| Three Sunny Rooms | Rachel Halpern and Avram Cohen |
| The Sound of Love | Ben, David Hershkowitz and Shoppers |
| For My Mary (Reprise) | Bella Cohen and Ben |
| Democratic Club Dance | Rebecca Hershkowitz, "Big Tim" Sullivan, Nathan Hershkowitz, Mike, Mrs. Sullivan and Democrats and Band |
| Prayer | Avram Cohen, Rebecca Hershkowitz and Men |
| Bread and Freedom | Rosa (Sweatshop worker), Rebecca Hershkowitz, Esther (Sweatshop worker) and Sam (Sweatshop worker) |
| Dancing With the Fools | Rebecca Hershkowitz, Nathan Hershkowitz and Strikers |
| Finale | Rebecca Hershkowitz, David Hershkowitz and The Americans and New Immigrants |