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Blithe Spirit
An Improbable Farce

Shubert Theatre, (3/15/2009 - 7/19/2009)
Preview:Feb 26, 2009 Total Previews:20
Opening:Mar 15, 2009   
Closing:Jul 19, 2009 Total Performances:145


Category: Play, Comedy, Farce, Revival, Broadway
Description: A farce in three acts
Setting: The living room of Charles Condomine's house in Kent, England. The late 1930s.





by opening date




Written by Noël Coward

Directed by Michael Blakemore; Associate Director: Kim Weild

Scenic Design by Peter J. Davison; Costume Design by Martin Pakledinaz; Lighting Design by Brian MacDevitt; Sound Design by Peter Fitzgerald; Wig Design by Paul Huntley; Associate Scenic Design: Ted LeFevre; Associate Costume Design: MaryAnn D. Smith; Associate Lighting Design: Caroline Chao; Assistant Sound Design: Megan Henninger

General Manager: Richards / Climan, Inc.; Company Manager: Bruce Klinger; Associate Gen. Mgr: John Gendron

Production Supervisor: Steven Zweigbaum; Production Manager: Aurora Productions; Production Stage Manager: Steven Zweigbaum; Stage Manager: Àra Marx

General Press Representative: Jeffrey Richards Associates and Irene Gandy; Advertising: Serino Coyne, Inc.; Casting: Telsey + Company; Psychic Consultant: Paula Roberts; Photographer: Robert J. Saferstein


Opening Night Cast

Christine Ebersole Elvira  
Angela Lansbury Madame Arcati  
Rupert Everett
Broadway debut 
Charles  
Jayne Atkinson Ruth  
Simon Jones Doctor Bradman  
Susan Louise O'Connor
Broadway debut 
Edith  
Deborah Rush Mrs. Bradman  

Understudies: Mark Capri (Charles, Doctor Bradman), Elizabeth Norment (Edith, Elvira, Ruth), Sandra Shipley (Madame Arcati, Mrs. Bradman).