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The new American musical
Musical
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Aug 21, 1986
Closing Date
Aug 23, 1986
1st Preview
Aug 05, 1986
1st Preview
Aug 05, 1986
Previews
18
Performances
4
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Original
Broadway
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Open Date: Aug 21, 1986
Close Date: Aug 23, 1986
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Mark Hellinger Theatre
(Aug 21, 1986 - Aug 23, 1986)
Setting
The Lower East Side of New York in 1910.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
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
Teresa Stratas
Broadway debut
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
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
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
Irish Girl's Mother
Mordecai Lawner
Jack Cohen
Marcia Lewis
Rachel Halpern
Terrence Mann
Saul
a union organizer
Devon Michaels
Morris
a little boy
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
Morris' Mother
Mrs. Sullivan
Catherine Ulissey
Wealthy New Yorker
Swings:
Mark Fotopoulos
,
Patti Mariano
and
Cissy Rebich
Understudies:
John Aller
(Ben),
Joanna Glushak
(Bella Cohen),
Audrey Lavine
(Rebecca Hershkowitz),
Devon Michaels
(David Hershkowitz),
Irma Rogers
(Anna Cohen),
Stan Rubin
(Jack Cohen, Avram Cohen) and
Peter Samuel
(Saul)
Songs
music by
Charles Strouse
; lyrics by
Stephen Schwartz
Act 1
Sung By
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, 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
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, Rebecca Hershkowitz, Esther and Sam
Dancing With the Fools
Rebecca Hershkowitz, Nathan Hershkowitz and Strikers
Finale
Rebecca Hershkowitz, David Hershkowitz and The Americans and New Immigrants
Awards
Tony Award®
Best Musical
1987 Nominee
Produced by
Lee Guber
,
Martin Heinfling
and
Marvin A. Krauss
Best Book of a Musical
1987 Nominee
Book by
Joseph Stein
Best Original Score
1987 Nominee
Lyrics by
Stephen Schwartz
Music by
Charles Strouse
Best Actress in a Musical
1987 Nominee
Teresa Stratas
Best Choreography
1987 Nominee
Musical Staging by
Ron Field
Drama Desk Award
Outstanding Actress in a Musical
1987 Winner
Teresa Stratas
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
1987 Nominee
Judy Kuhn
Marcia Lewis
Outstanding Orchestration
1987 Nominee
Music orchestrated by
Michael Starobin
Outstanding Music
1987 Nominee
Music by
Charles Strouse
Statistics
Season:
1986-87
View Graph
Week Ending
Gross
% Gross Pot.
Attendance
% Capacity
# Previews
# Perf.
Statistics supplied are courtesy of
The Broadway League
.
Rags Statistics
1986-87 Season
GROSS
ATTENDANCE
Gross
Week Ending
Attendance
Week Ending
People
Songs
Awards
Statistics
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
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
Teresa Stratas
Broadway debut
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
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
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
Irish Girl's Mother
Mordecai Lawner
Jack Cohen
Marcia Lewis
Rachel Halpern
Terrence Mann
Saul
a union organizer
Devon Michaels
Morris
a little boy
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
Morris' Mother
Mrs. Sullivan
Catherine Ulissey
Wealthy New Yorker
Swings:
Mark Fotopoulos
,
Patti Mariano
and
Cissy Rebich
Understudies:
John Aller
(Ben),
Joanna Glushak
(Bella Cohen),
Audrey Lavine
(Rebecca Hershkowitz),
Devon Michaels
(David Hershkowitz),
Irma Rogers
(Anna Cohen),
Stan Rubin
(Jack Cohen, Avram Cohen) and
Peter Samuel
(Saul)
music by
Charles Strouse
; lyrics by
Stephen Schwartz
Act 1
Sung By
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, 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
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, Rebecca Hershkowitz, Esther and Sam
Dancing With the Fools
Rebecca Hershkowitz, Nathan Hershkowitz and Strikers
Finale
Rebecca Hershkowitz, David Hershkowitz and The Americans and New Immigrants
Tony Award®
Best Musical
1987 Nominee
Produced by
Lee Guber
,
Martin Heinfling
and
Marvin A. Krauss
Best Book of a Musical
1987 Nominee
Book by
Joseph Stein
Best Original Score
1987 Nominee
Lyrics by
Stephen Schwartz
Music by
Charles Strouse
Best Actress in a Musical
1987 Nominee
Teresa Stratas
Best Choreography
1987 Nominee
Musical Staging by
Ron Field
Drama Desk Award
Outstanding Actress in a Musical
1987 Winner
Teresa Stratas
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
1987 Nominee
Judy Kuhn
Marcia Lewis
Outstanding Orchestration
1987 Nominee
Music orchestrated by
Michael Starobin
Outstanding Music
1987 Nominee
Music by
Charles Strouse
Season:
1986-87
View Graph
Week Ending
Gross
% Gross Pot.
Attendance
% Capacity
# Previews
# Perf.
Statistics supplied are courtesy of
The Broadway League
.
Rags Statistics
1986-87 Season
GROSS
ATTENDANCE
Gross
Week Ending
Attendance
Week Ending
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