MusicalComedy FarceRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Apr 18, 1996
Closing Date
Jan 04, 1998
1st Preview
Mar 18, 1996
1st Preview
Mar 18, 1996
Previews
35
Performances
715
MusicalComedy FarceRevivalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
St. James Theatre
(Apr 18, 1996 - Jan 04, 1998)
Setting
Two hundred years before the Christian era, a day in spring. A street in Rome in front of the houses of Erronius, Senex and Lycus.
Theatre Owned / Operated by Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President; Paul Libin: Producing Director; Jack Viertel: Creative Director)
Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart; Music by Stephen Sondheim; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Music orchestrated by Jonathan Tunick; Dance arrangements by David Chase
Directed by Jerry Zaks; Assistant Directed by B.T. McNicholl; Choreographed by Rob Marshall; Associate Choreographed by Sarah Miles
Scenic Design by Tony Walton; Associate Scenic Design by Larry Gruber; Assistant Scenic Design by Mike Fagin; Costume Design by Tony Walton; Associate Costume Design by Sharon Sprague; Assistant Costume Design by Mirena Rada and Nan Young; Lighting Design by Paul Gallo; Associate Lighting Design by David Weiner; Assistant Lighting Design by Julie Duro; Sound Design by Tony Meola; Associate Sound Design by Marie Renee Foucher; Hair Design by David H. Lawrence
General Manager: Dodger Productions; Associate General Manager: Joshua Rosenblum; Company Manager: Marcia Goldberg; Assistant Company Manager: Kimberly Kelley
Production Manager: Peter Fulbright; Production Stage Manager: Arthur Gaffin; Stage Manager: Michael Pule; Assistant Stage Manager: John F. Sullivan
Musical Supervisor: Edward Strauss; Musical Coordinator: Seymour 'Red' Press; Conducted by Edward Strauss; Associate Conducted by Lawrence Yurman; Woodwind: Les Scott, Seymour 'Red' Press, Virgil Blackwell, Edward Zuhlke and John Winder; Trumpet: Stu Satalof, Larry Lunetta and Kamau Adilifu; Trombone: Bruce Bonvissuto and Jack Schatz; French Horn: Paul Riggio; Percussion: Glenn Rhian and Rick Kivnick; Bass: Lou Bruno; Keyboard: Lawrence Yurman; Harp: Beth Robinson; Violin: Ronald Oakland, Alexander Vselensky, Katsuko Esaki, Maura Giannini and Melanie Baker; Cello: Scott Ballantyne and Jeffrey Szabo
Casting: Johnson-Liff Associates; Press Representative: Boneau / Bryan-Brown; Marketing Consultant: Margery Singer; Dance Captain: Michael Arnold; Advertising: Serino Coyne, Inc.; Press Associate: Amy Jacobs, Stephen Pitalo and Stefanie Kastel
Assistant to Mr. Walton: Ann Keehbaugh
Nathan Lane
Prologus (an actor)
Mar 18, 1996 - Feb 09, 1997
 
Pseudolus (slave to Hero)
Mar 18, 1996 - Feb 09, 1997
Jessica Boevers
Philia (a virgin)
William Duell
Erronius (a citizen of Rome)
Cris Groenendaal
Miles Gloriosus (a warrior)
Mark Linn-Baker
Hysterium (slave to Senex and Domina)
Ernie Sabella
Lycus (a buyer and seller of courtesans)
Lewis J. Stadlen
Senex (a citizen of Rome)
Jim Stanek
Hero (son of Senex and Domina)
Mary Testa
Domina (wife of Senex)
Brad Aspel
Protean
Cory English
Protean
Pamela Everett
Tintinabula (a courtesan)
Mary Ann Lamb
Vibrata (a courtesan)
Susan Misner
Geminae (a courtesan, one of a pair)
Stephanie Pope
Gymnasia (a courtesan)
Ray Roderick
Protean
Lori Werner
Geminae (a courtesan, one of a pair)
Leigh Zimmerman
Panacea (a courtesan)
Swings: Michael Arnold, Kevin Kraft and Kristin Willits
Standby: Bob Amaral (Pseudolus, Prologus)
Understudies: Bob Amaral (Hysterium, Lycus), MacIntyre Dixon (Senex, Erronius), Cory English (Hero), Patrick Garner (Hysterium, Lycus, Erronius), Ruth Gottschall (Domina), Kenneth Kantor (Senex, Lycus, Miles Gloriosus), Kevin Kraft (Hero), Jennifer Rosin (Philia) and Leigh Zimmerman (Gymnasia)

St. James Theatre (Apr 18, 1996 - Jan 04, 1998)

Company Manager: Kimberly Kelley

Cast

Bob Amaral
Pseudolus (slave to Hero)
Dec 02, 1997 - Jan 04, 1998
 
Prologus (an actor)
Dec 02, 1997 - Jan 04, 1998
Whoopi Goldberg
Pseudolus (slave to Hero)
Feb 11, 1997 - Jul 13, 1997
 
Prologus (an actor)
Feb 11, 1997 - Jul 13, 1997
David Alan Grier
Pseudolus (slave to Hero)
Jul 15, 1997 - Nov 30, 1997
 
Prologus (an actor)
Jul 15, 1997 - Nov 30, 1997
Mary Testa
Domina (wife of Senex)
Bob Amaral
Lycus (a buyer and seller of courtesans)
Holly Cruikshank
Panacea (a courtesan)
Kena Tangi Dorsey
Broadway debut
Gymnasia (a courtesan)
Pascale Faye
Vibrata (a courtesan)
Gina Ferrall
Domina (wife of Senex)
Robert Fitch
Senex (a citizen of Rome)
? - Jan 04, 1998
JoAnn M. Hunter
Vibrata (a courtesan)
Dick Latessa
Senex (a citizen of Rome)
Ross Lehman
Hysterium (slave to Senex and Domina)
Carol Lee Meadows
Vibrata (a courtesan)
Tara Nicole
Geminae (a courtesan, one of a pair)
Don Stitt
Lycus (a buyer and seller of courtesans)
? - Jan 04, 1998
Kristin Willits
Geminae (a courtesan, one of a pair)
Swings: Shannon Hammons, George Smyros and Amiee Turner
Understudies: Holly Cruikshank (Gymnasia), Gina Ferrall (Domina), Robert Fitch (Senex, Erronius), Kenneth Kantor (Pseudolus), David Rogers (Senex, Erronius), Don Stitt (Lycus), Kristin Willits (Vibrata) and Jessica-Snow Wilson (Philia)
music by Stephen Sondheim; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Act 1
Sung By
Comedy Tonight
Prologus, Proteans and Company
Love, I Hear
Hero
Free
Pseudolus and Hero
The House of Marcus Lycus
Lycus, Pseudolus and Courtesans
Lovely
Philia and Hero
Everybody Ought to Have a Maid
Senex, Pseudolus, Hysterium and Lycus
I'm Calm
Hysterium
Impossible
Senex and Hero
Bring Me My Bride
Miles Gloriosus, Pseudolus, Courtesans and Proteans
Act 2
Sung By
That Dirty Old Man
Domina
That'll Show Him
Philia
Lovely (Reprise)
Pseudolus and Hysterium
Funeral Sequence and Dance
Miles Gloriosus, Pseudolus, Courtesans and Proteans
Comedy Tonight (Reprise)
Company

Tony Award®

 

Best Revival of a Musical

1996 Nominee

Best Actor in a Musical

1996 Winner
Nathan Lane
 

Best Featured Actor in a Musical

1996 Nominee
Lewis J. Stadlen
 

Best Direction of a Musical

1996 Nominee
Directed by Jerry Zaks

Drama Desk Award

 

Best Musical Revival

1996 Nominee

Outstanding Actor in a Musical

1996 Winner
Nathan Lane
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