Martin Beck Theatre, (3/12/1998 - 6/20/1999)

Category: Musical, Drama, Revival, Broadway
Description: A musical in two acts
Setting: Austria. 1938.

Opening Night Production Credits 

Theatre Owned / Operated by Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President; Paul Libin: Producing Director; Jack Viertel: Creative Director)

Produced by Hallmark Entertainment, Thomas Viertel, Steven Baruch, Richard Frankel and Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President; Paul Libin: Producing Director; Jack Viertel: Creative Director); Produced in association with The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization, Charles Kelman Productions, Inc., Simone Genatt Haft, Marc Routh, Jay Binder and Robert Halmi, Jr.; Associate Producer: James D. Stern and PACE Theatrical Group, Inc.

Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; Additional lyrics by Richard Rodgers; Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse; Suggested by "The Trapp Family Singers" by Maria Augusta Trapp; Music orchestrated by Bruce Coughlin; Dance arrangements by Jeanine Tesori; Incidental music arranged by Jeanine Tesori; Original orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett; Original Dance arrangements by Trude Rittman; Original Choral arrangements by Trude Rittman; Musical Director: Michael Rafter

Directed by Susan H. Schulman; Assistant Director: Terry Berliner; Choreographed by Michael Lichtefeld; Associate Choreographer: Joe Bowerman

Scenic Design by Heidi Ettinger; Associate Scenic Design: Richard Jaris and Wade Laboissonniere; Assistant Scenic Design: Judy Gailen and Fabio Toblini; Costume Design by Catherine Zuber; Lighting Design by Paul Gallo; Associate Lighting Design: Philip Rosenberg and David Weiner; Associate Moving Light Designer: Paul J. Sonnleitner; Assistant Lighting Design: Paul D. Miller; Sound Design by Tony Meola; Assistant Sound Design: Kai Harada; Hair and Wig Design by Paul Huntley

General Manager: Richard Frankel Productions and Laura Green; Company Manager: Kathy Lowe

Production Manager: Peter Fulbright; Production Supervisor: Beverley Randolph; Stage Manager: Ira Mont; Assistant Stage Mgr: Thom Widmann and Joe Bowerman; Technical Supervisor: Tech Production Services, Inc.

Musical Coordinator: John Miller; Conducted by Michael Rafter; Associate Conductor: Steven Tyler; Assistant Conductor: James Baker; Violin: Elizabeth Lim-Dutton, Karl Kawahara, Krystof Witek and Karen Milne; Viola: Maxine Roach; Cello: Adam Grabois and Sarah J. Seiver; Bass: Bill Ellison; Woodwind: Helen Campo, Rick Heckman, Jon Manasse, Robert Ingliss and Don McGeen; Trumpet: Carl Albach and John Dent; Trombone: Dick Clark; Bass Trombone / Tuba: Matthew Ingman; Guitar / Mandolin / Zither / Autoharp: Scott Kuney; French Horn: Javier Gandara and Leise Anschuetz Paer; Keyboard / Accordian: Steven Tyler; Percussion: James Baker

Casting: Jay Binder; Press Representative: Cromarty and Company; Dance Captain: Joe Bowerman; Advertising: Serino Coyne, Inc.; Marketing: TMG Marketing & Publicity; Dialect Coach: Deborah Hecht; Promotions: Scott Walton Communications, Scott Walton, Kathi Iannacone and Leanne Schanzer Promotions; Asst. to the Choreographer: Melissa Rae Mahon

Rebecca Luker	Maria Rainer a postulant at Nonnberg Abbey
Michael Siberry	Captain Georg von Trapp
Patti Cohenour	The Mother Abbess
Anne Allgood	Ensemble
Fred Applegate	Max Detweiler
Matthew Ballinger	Kurt von Trapp
Joan Barber	Ensemble
Laura Benanti Broadway debut	A Postulant
	Ensemble
Andrea Bowen	Marta von Trapp
Ann Brown	Sister Sophia
	Ensemble
Patricia Conolly	Frau Schmidt the housekeeper
	Ensemble
John Curless	Franz the butler
Dashiell Eaves	Rolf Gruber
Gina Ferrall	Sister Berthe Mistress of Novices
	Ensemble
Natalie Hall Broadway debut	Louisa von Trapp
	Ensemble
Martha Hawley Broadway debut	Baroness Elberfeld
	Ensemble
Kelly Cae Hogan	Ensemble
Ryan Hopkins	Friedrich von Trapp
Siri Howard Broadway debut	Ensemble
Timothy Landfield	Herr Zeller
Jeanne Lehman	Sister Margaretta Mistress of Postulants
Matt Loney Broadway debut	Ensemble
Jan Maxwell	Elsa Schraeder
Gannon McHale Broadway debut	Baron Elberfeld
Ashley Rose Orr	Gretl von Trapp
Patricia Phillips	Ensemble
Lynn C. Pinto Broadway debut	Ursula a maid
	Ensemble
Reno Roop	Admiral von Schreiber
	Ensemble
Kristie Dale Sanders	Ensemble
Ben Sheaffer	Ensemble
Tracy Alison Walsh Broadway debut	Brigitta von Trapp
Sara Zelle Broadway debut	Liesl von Trapp
	Ensemble

Swings: Tad Ingram, Betsi Morrison, Margaret Shafer.

Standby: Timothy Landfield (Captain Georg von Trapp).

Understudies: Anne Allgood (Sister Margaretta), Joan Barber (Sister Berthe), Laura Benanti (Maria Rainer), Nora Blackall (Brigitta von Trapp, Louisa von Trapp), Marissa Gould (Marta von Trapp), Marissa Gould Broadway debut (Gretl von Trapp), Martha Hawley (Frau Schmidt), Kelly Cae Hogan (Elsa Schraeder), Siri Howard (Liesl von Trapp), Tad Ingram (Admiral von Schreiber, Baron Elberfeld, Franz, Herr Zeller, Max Detweiler), Jeanne Lehman (The Mother Abbess), Matt Loney (Captain Georg von Trapp, Herr Zeller), Gannon McHale (Max Detweiler), Betsi Morrison (A Postulant, Baroness Elberfeld, Maria Rainer, Sister Sophia, Ursula), Lynn C. Pinto (Sister Sophia), Lou Taylor Pucci (Kurt von Trapp), Lou Taylor Pucci Broadway debut (Friedrich von Trapp), Reno Roop (Franz), Kristie Dale Sanders (Elsa Schraeder), Margaret Shafer (A Postulant, Baroness Elberfeld, Sister Margaretta, Ursula), Ben Sheaffer (Rolf Gruber).