MusicalOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Apr 13, 1957
Closing Date
May 25, 1957
Performances
49
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Broadway Theatre
(Apr 13, 1957 - May 25, 1957)
Setting
Shinbone Alley and its Environs.
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization
Produced by Peter Lawrence
Book by Joe Darion and Mel Brooks; Based on the "archie and mehitabel" stories by Don Marquis; Music by George Kleinsinger; Lyrics by Joe Darion; Music and Choral Direction by Maurice Levine; Music orchestrated by George Kleinsinger; Additional orchestrations by Irwin Kostal; Additional Musical Routines by John Morris
Production Supervised by Sawyer Falk; Choreographed by Joe Alexander and Rod Alexander
Production Design by Eldon Elder; Costume Design by Motley; Lighting Design by Tharon Musser; Hair Design by Ernest Adler; Assistant to Eldon Elder: Betty Coe Armstrong and Jesse F. Beers, Jr.; Assistant to Motley: Michael Travis
General Manager: Elias Goldin
Production Stage Manager: Morty Halpern; Stage Manager: Julian Barry and Gilbert Cates
Music Materials under supervision of Arnold Arnstein; Orchestra Manager: Morris Stonzek; Assistant Conductor: Frederick Vogelgesang
Production Associate: Jerry Leider; Press Representative: George Ross; Press Associate: Madi Blitzstein; Production Assistant: Frances Lewis; Asst. to the Choreographer: Arthur Mitchell; Advertising: Ingram Ash
Eddie Bracken
archy
Eartha Kitt
mehitabel
Jacques d'Amboise
Frankie
 
Dancer
Gwen Harmon
Jail Crony
 
Edie
 
Lady Bug
 
Singer
George S. Irving
Big Bill
Allegra Kent
Penny
 
Dancer
Ross Martin
Broadway
Erik Rhodes
Tyone T. Tattersal
Dorothy Aull
Ricky
 
Lady Bug
 
Singer
Julian Barry
Voice of Newspaperman
Cathryn Damon
Jail Crony
 
Rusty
 
Dancer
Jack Eddleman
Harry
 
Singer
Don Farnworth
Fighting Dog
 
Dancer
Gene Gavin
Fighting Dog
 
Dancer
Carolyn George
Dancer
Harold E. Gordon
Fighting Dog
 
Dancer
Reri Grist
Phyllis
 
Singer
Carmen Gutierrez
Jail Crony
 
Gladys
 
Dancer
Buzz Halliday
Jail Crony
 
Lady Bug
 
Singer
Lillian Hayman
Mother
 
Singer
Moses LaMarr
Butch
 
Singer
Bruce MacKay
Bartender
 
Singer
James Marley
"Copper"
 
Singer
Larry Montaigne
Blackie
Albert Popwell
Tall Cat
 
Dancer
Jack Rains
Singer
Nora Reho
Jail Crony
 
Dancer
Howard Roberts
Buzz
 
Singer
Dorothy Scott
Dancer
James Tarbutton
Tall Cat
 
Dancer
Elizabeth Taylor
Jail Crony
 
Dancer
Claude Thompson
Fighting Dog
 
Dancer
Elmarie Wendel
Jail Crony
 
Singer
Myrna White
Dancer
David Winters
Shorty
 
Dancer
Standby: Larry Montaigne , Tom Poston (archy) and Chita Rivera (mehitabel)
music by George Kleinsinger; lyrics by Joe Darion
Act 1
Sung By
What Do We Care?
mehitabel and Singing and Dancing Ensemble
Toujours Gai
mehitabel
Queer Little Insect
mehitabel and reprised by archy
Big Bill
Big Bill and Ladies of the Dancing Ensemble
True Romance (Song and Dance)
mehitabel and Big Bill
The Lightning Bug Song
archy
I gotta be
Broadway and archy
Flotsam and Jetsam
archy and mehitabel
Come to Mee-ow
Tyone T. Tattersal
Suicide Song
archy
Shinbone Alley
Big Bill and Denizens of Shinbone Alley
Act 2
Sung By
The Moth Song
archy
A Woman Wouldn't Be a Woman (Song and Dance)
mehitabel and Ensemble
The Lullaby
mehitabel and the Singing Girls
What the Hell
mehitabel
Pretty Kitty (Song and Dance)
Singing Girls and mehitabel
Way Down Blues
mehitabel
The Lady Bug Song
Lady Bugs
Be a Pussycat
mehitabel
Quiet Street
archy
Toujours Gai (Reprise)
archy, mehitabel and Ensemble

Tony Award®

 

Best Costume Design

1958 Nominee
Costume Design by Motley
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