Kismet
Tour
Opening Date
Aug 06, 1962
Closing Date
Nov 10, 1962
MusicalRevivalNational Tour
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Open Date: Aug 06, 1962
Close Date: Nov 10, 1962
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Is Final Week: 1
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Setting
Baghdad
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PeopleProduced by Edwin LesterBook by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis; Musical Adaptation by Robert Wright and George Forrest; Based on Music by Alexander Borodin; Lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest; From the play by Edward Knoblock; Musical Director: Louis Adrian; Choral Direction by Edith GordonDirected by Edward Greenberg; Dances and Musical Numbers Staged by Jack ColeGeneral Manager: Eleanor Pinkham; Business Manager: Richard DrewTechnical Director: Richard Rodda; Production Manager: George Eckert; Production Stage Manager: Kenn Randall; Stage Manager: Robert PiperAkbarPrincess Samaris of BangaloreSingerSingerSingerPrincess of AbabuSingerProsecutorPrincess Zubbediya of DamascusTamanrole oroginally called "The Merchant"SingerSecond PolicemanSingerSingerAssizUnderstudies: Patricia Burkey (Marsinah), Bea Busch (Princess Zubbediya of Damascus), Ingeborg Kjeldsen (Lalume), Earle MacVeigh (Public Poet, later called Hajj), Robert Mazzarella (Imam), Shirley Paris (Ayah to Zubbediya), George Pembroke (Omar, Jawan, First Beggar, Second Beggar, Third Beggar, Hassan-Ben), Ned Romero (The Wazir of Police), Reiko Sato (Princess Samaris of Bangalore), Kirby Smith (Chief Policeman), Andre St. Jean (Assiz, Akbar), Rudy Vejar (The Caliph) and Leo Wheeler (Attendant, Wazir's Guard)
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City and State
Produced by Edwin Lester
Book by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis; Musical Adaptation by Robert Wright and George Forrest; Based on Music by Alexander Borodin; Lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest; From the play by Edward Knoblock; Musical Director: Louis Adrian; Choral Direction by Edith Gordon
Directed by Edward Greenberg; Dances and Musical Numbers Staged by Jack Cole
General Manager: Eleanor Pinkham; Business Manager: Richard Drew
Technical Director: Richard Rodda; Production Manager: George Eckert; Production Stage Manager: Kenn Randall; Stage Manager: Robert Piper
Akbar
Princess Samaris of Bangalore
Singer
Singer
Singer
Princess of Ababu
Singer
Prosecutor
Princess Zubbediya of Damascus
Taman
role oroginally called "The Merchant"
Singer
Second Policeman
Singer
Singer
Assiz
Understudies:
Patricia Burkey
(Marsinah), Bea Busch
(Princess Zubbediya of Damascus), Ingeborg Kjeldsen
(Lalume), Earle MacVeigh
(Public Poet, later called Hajj), Robert Mazzarella
(Imam), Shirley Paris
(Ayah to Zubbediya), George Pembroke
(Omar, Jawan, First Beggar, Second Beggar, Third Beggar, Hassan-Ben), Ned Romero
(The Wazir of Police), Reiko Sato
(Princess Samaris of Bangalore), Kirby Smith
(Chief Policeman), Andre St. Jean
(Assiz, Akbar), Rudy Vejar
(The Caliph) and Leo Wheeler
(Attendant, Wazir's Guard)