MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Mar 18, 1963
Closing Date
Nov 09, 1963
Performances
264
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Broadway Theatre
(Mar 18, 1963 - Jun 08, 1963)
Majestic Theatre
(Jun 10, 1963 - Sep 28, 1963)
Winter Garden Theatre
(Oct 07, 1963 - Nov 09, 1963)
Setting
Prologue: Russia. Subsequently set in Paris. Late 1920s.
Produced by Abel Farbman and Sylvia Harris; Produced in association with Joseph Harris; Associate Producer: Monty Shaff
Book by David Shaw; Music by Lee Pockriss; Lyrics by Anne Croswell; Based on the comedy by Robert E. Sherwood and Jacques Deval; Musical Director: Stanley Lebowsky; Vocal arrangements by Stanley Lebowsky; Music orchestrated by Philip J. Lang; "You'll Make an Elegant Butler (I'll Make an Elegant Maid)" by Joan Javits and Philip Springer; Dance music composed by Lee Pockriss; Additional dance music by Dorothea Freitag; Translation of "Tovarich" from the original French of Jacques Deval by Bettina Liebowitz Knapp and Alba della Fazia; Assistant Musical Dir.: Milton Setzer
Directed by Peter Glenville; Choreographed by Herbert Ross
Production Design by Rolf Gérard; Costume Design by Motley; Lighting Design by John Harvey; Wigs by Bob Kelly; Hair styles by Phil Leto; Assistant to Motley: E. Oliver Olsen
General Manager: Monty Shaff; Company Manager: Richard Grayson
Production Manager: Jean Barrere; Stage Manager: Harry Young; Assistant Stage Mgr: Tom Abbott
Assistant Conductor: Ed Simon; Head Copyist: Thomas P. Brown; Music Contractor: Emory Davis; Music Preparation: Thomas P. Brown
Fur coats by Georges Kaplan; Assistant to the Director: Nora Kaye and Joy Small; Fencing Master: George Santelli; Press Representative: Richard Maney and Martin Shwartz; Dance Captain: Tom Abbott; Production Assistant: Delman Hendricks; Advertising: Lawrence Weiner and Associates
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Mikail
Vivien Leigh
Tatiana
George S. Irving
Charles Davis
Louise Kirtland
Grace Davis
Alexander Scourby
Gorotchenko
Louise Troy
Natalia Mayovskaya
Tom Abbott
Ballet Master
 
Count Yuriev Neglinsky
 
Dancer
Lorenzo Bianco
Essaul of Cossacks Volinin
 
Dancer
Antony De Vecci
Prince Dobrynin
 
Dancer
Alice Evans
Singer
Marion Fels
Princess Dobrynin
 
Dancer
Carol Flemming
Mme. Muratova
 
Dancer
Michele Franchi
Baroness Rasumov
 
Dancer
Katia Geleznova
Baroness Roumel
 
Dancer
William Glassman
Igor Mondovska
of the Imperial Corps of Cadets
 
Dancer
Margery Gray
Helen Davis
Harald Horn
The Footman at The Davis Home
 
Baron General Rosumov
 
Dancer
Del Horstmann
Singer
Bettye Jenkins
Kukla Katusha
 
Maria Soukhomine
 
Dancer
Barney Johnston
Singer
Pat Kelly
Mme. Van Hemert
 
Princess Mondovska
 
Singer
Michael Kermoyan
Admiral Boris Soukhomine
Jeff Killion
Singer
Dale Malone
Night Club Singer
 
General Boruvsky
 
Singer
Don McHenry
M. Chauffourier-Dubieff
Charlene Mehl
Elena Violinin
 
Dancer
Rita Metzger
Marina
 
Singer
Paul Michael
Vassily
Byron Mitchell
George Davis
Barbara Monte
Nadia
 
Katrina Volinin
 
Dancer
Will Parkins
Count Rostoff
 
Dancer
William Reilly
Ivan
 
Colonel Yarov
 
Dancer
Barbara Richman
Dancer
Larry Roquemore
Sergei
 
Prince Ossipovsky
 
Dancer
Elliott Savage
A Footman at the Grand Ball
 
Singer
Maggie Task
Louise
 
Singer
Eleonore Treiber
Mme. Van Steuben
 
Mme. Boruvsky
 
Dancer
Joan Trona
Lady Soukhomine
 
Singer
Gene Varrone
Count Ivan Shamforoff
Standby: Joan Copeland (Tatiana)
Understudies: Carol Flemming (Helen Davis), Del Horstmann (Gorotchenko, M. Chauffourier-Dubieff, Charles Davis), Barney Johnston (Count Ivan Shamforoff), Pat Kelly (Grace Davis, Louise), Michael Kermoyan (Mikail), Jeff Killion (Admiral Boris Soukhomine, M. Chauffourier-Dubieff), Larry Roquemore (George Davis) and Elliott Savage (Vassily)

Broadway Theatre (Mar 18, 1963 - Jun 08, 1963)

Cast

C. K. Alexander
M. Chauffourier-Dubieff
Lorenzo Bianco
Kukla's Friend
Roger De Koven
Gorotchenko
May 27, 1963 - ?
Antony De Vecci
Kukla's Friend
William Glassman
Kukla's Friend

Majestic Theatre (Jun 10, 1963 - Sep 28, 1963)

Winter Garden Theatre (Oct 07, 1963 - Nov 09, 1963)

Assistant Stage Mgr: Beau Tilden

Cast

Roger De Koven
Gorotchenko
George Chatal
Kukla's Friend
 
Prince Dobrynin
 
Dancer
Joan Copeland
Took over for an ailing Vivien Leigh
Tatiana
Oct 07, 1963 - ?
Virginia Craig
Singer
Alfred Dennis
Vassily
Eva Gabor
Tatiana
Oct 21, 1963 - ?
Pat Kelly
Louise
Robert Lenn
Night Club Singer
 
General Boruvsky
 
Singer
Herb Mazzini
Singer
Anna Marie Moylan
Baroness Rasumov
 
Dancer
Will Parkins
Ballet Master
Caroline Parks
Singer
Ron Schwinn
Igor Mondovska
of the Imperial Corps of Cadets
 
Dancer
John Taliaferro
Count Ivan Shamforoff
Harry Young
M. Chauffourier-Dubieff
Understudies: Virginia Craig (Louise), Jeff Killion (Charles Davis), Robert Lenn (Count Ivan Shamforoff) and Harry Young (Gorotchenko)
music by Lee Pockriss; lyrics by Anne Croswell
(Unless otherwise noted)
Act 1
Sung By
Nitchevo
Mikail, Admiral Boris Soukhomine, Count Ivan Shamforoff, Marina, Singers and Dancers
I Go to Bed
Mikail
You'll Make an Elegant Butler (I'll Make an Elegant Maid)
(music by Joan Javits and Philip Springer; lyrics by Joan Javits and Philip Springer)
Tatiana
Stuck With Each Other
Helen Davis and George Davis
Say You'll Stay
Grace Davis and Charles Davis
You Love Me
Tatiana and Mikail
Introduction Tango
Tatiana, Helen Davis, Mikail and George Davis
That Face
Natalia Mayovskaya
Wikes-Barre, Pa.
Tatiana and George Davis
No! No! No!
Helen Davis and Mikail
A Small Cartel
Grace Davis, George Davis and Singers
Act 2
Sung By
It Used to Be
Admiral Boris Soukhomine, Count Ivan Shamforoff, Natalia Mayovskaya and Vassily
Make a Friend
Tatiana, Helen Davis, Natalia Mayovskaya, Mikail, George Davis, Admiral Boris Soukhomine, Count Ivan Shamforoff, Sergei and Ivan
The Only One
Tatiana
Uh-Oh!
Helen Davis and George Davis
Managed
Mikail
I Know the Feeling
Tatiana
All for You
Tatiana and Mikail
Grande Polonaise
Helen Davis, Grace Davis, George Davis, Charles Davis and Dancers

Tony Award®

Best Actress in a Musical

1963 Winner
Vivien Leigh
 

Best Featured Actress in a Musical

1963 Nominee
Louise Troy
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