MusicalComedy FarceOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
May 08, 1962
Closing Date
Aug 29, 1964
1st Preview
May 01, 1962
1st Preview
May 01, 1962
Previews
8
Performances
964
MusicalComedy FarceOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Alvin Theatre
(May 08, 1962 - Mar 07, 1964)
Mark Hellinger Theatre
(Mar 09, 1964 - May 09, 1964)
Majestic Theatre
(May 11, 1964 - Aug 29, 1964)
Setting
Two hundred years before the Christian era, a day in spring. A street in Rome in front of the houses of Erronius, Senex and Lycus.
Alvin Theatre Managing Director: Lester Osterman; Alvin Theatre General Manager: Richard Horner
Produced by Harold Prince
Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart; Music by Stephen Sondheim; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Based on the plays of Plautus; Music orchestrated by Irwin Kostal and Sid Ramin; Musical Director: Harold Hastings; Dance arrangements by Hal Schaefer; Additional dance music by Betty Walberg
Directed by George Abbott; Choreographed by Jack Cole; Uncredited staging and choreography by Jerome Robbins
Scenic Design by Tony Walton; Costume Design by Tony Walton; Lighting Design by Jean Rosenthal; Hair Stylist: D. Rusty Bonaccorso; Wig Design by Bob Kelly
General Manager: Carl Fisher
Production Stage Manager: Ruth Mitchell; Stage Manager: James Bronson
Assistant to Harold Hastings: Arthur Wagner; Copyist Supervisor: Mathilde Pincus
Assistant to Mr. Prince: Annette Brafman Meyers
Press Representative: Sol Jacobson, Lewis Harmon and Mary Bryant; Production Assistant to Jean Rosenthal: Marian Kinsella; Asst. to the Choreographer: George Martin; Advertising: Ingram Ash; Casting: Judith Abbott
Zero Mostel
Prologus (an actor)
 
Pseudolus (slave to Hero)
David Burns
Senex (a citizen of Rome)
John Carradine
Lycus (a buyer and seller of courtesans)
 
Broadway musical debut
Brian Davies
Hero (son of Senex and Domina)
Jack Gilford
Hysterium (slave to Senex and Domina)
May 01, 1962 - Jun 27, 1964
Ronald Holgate
Miles Gloriosus (a warrior)
Ruth Kobart
Domina (wife of Senex)
Preshy Marker
Broadway debut
Philia (a virgin)
Raymond Walburn
Erronius (a citizen of Rome)
Judy Alexander
Geminae (a courtesan, one of a pair)
Lucienne Bridou
Panacea (a courtesan)
David Evans
Protean
Lisa James
Geminae (a courtesan, one of a pair)
Roberta Keith
Tintinabula (a courtesan)
Gloria Kristy
Gymnasia (a courtesan)
Eddie Phillips
Protean
George Reeder
Protean
Myrna White
Vibrata (a courtesan)
Understudies: Lucienne Bridou (Gymnasia), David Evans (Hero), Roberta Keith (Courtesan), George Martin (Protean), George Reeder (Miles Gloriosus), Julia Ross (Domina), Marie Santell (Philia) and Coley Worth (Prologus, Pseudolus, Senex, Hysterium, Erronius)

Alvin Theatre (May 08, 1962 - Mar 07, 1964)

Company Manager: Clarence Jacobson
Assistant Stage Manager: Tom Abbott
Conducted by Arthur Wagner; Assistant Conducted by Herb Schutz
Press Assistant: John Atkins

Cast

Lisa Ackerman
Geminae (a courtesan, one of a pair)
John Carradine
Lycus (a buyer and seller of courtesans)
Sep 02, 1963 - ?
Horace Cooper
Erronius (a citizen of Rome)
Danny Dayton
Lycus (a buyer and seller of courtesans)
Aug 19, 1963 - ?
Patricia Dunn
Tintinabula (a courtesan)
Ted Forlow
Protean
Gloria Kristy
Gymnasia (a courtesan)
Jan 14, 1963 - ?
Jerry Lester
Prologus (an actor)
Dec 17, 1962 - ?
 
Pseudolus (slave to Hero)
Dec 17, 1962 - ?
 
Prologus (an actor)
Oct 21, 1963 - ?
 
Pseudolus (slave to Hero)
Oct 21, 1963 - ?
Barbara London
Panacea (a courtesan)
Ethel Martin
Tintinabula (a courtesan)
George Martin
Protean
Frank McHugh
Senex (a citizen of Rome)
Oct 21, 1963 - ?
Denise McLaglen
Gymnasia (a courtesan)
Zero Mostel
Prologus (an actor)
Dec 23, 1962 - ?
 
Pseudolus (slave to Hero)
Dec 23, 1962 - ?
 
Prologus (an actor)
Nov 04, 1963 - ?
 
Pseudolus (slave to Hero)
Nov 04, 1963 - ?
Sally Neal
Vibrata (a courtesan)
Erik Rhodes
Lycus (a buyer and seller of courtesans)
Sep 09, 1963 - ?
Ronald Ross
Protean
Dick Shawn
Prologus (an actor)
Feb 10, 1964 - ?
 
Pseudolus (slave to Hero)
Feb 10, 1964 - ?
Harry Snow
Hero (son of Senex and Domina)
Understudies: Tom Abbott (Protean), Mary Burr (Courtesan), Diane Coupé (Courtesan), Danny Dayton (Prologus, Pseudolus), Diana Ede, Ted Forlow (Miles Gloriosus), Eddie Phillips (Hysterium), Julia Ross (Gymnasia) and Coley Worth (Lycus)

Mark Hellinger Theatre (Mar 09, 1964 - May 09, 1964)

Majestic Theatre (May 11, 1964 - Aug 29, 1964)

Cast

Lee Goodman
Hysterium (slave to Senex and Domina)
Jun 29, 1964 - Aug 29, 1964
music by Stephen Sondheim; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Act 1
Sung By
Comedy Tonight
Prologus, Proteans and Company
Love, I Hear
Hero
Free
Pseudolus and Hero
The House of Marcus Lycus
Lycus, Pseudolus and Courtesans
Lovely
Philia and Hero
Pretty Little Picture
Pseudolus, Hero and Philia
Everybody Ought to Have a Maid
Senex, Pseudolus, Hysterium and Lycus
I'm Calm
Hysterium
Impossible
Senex and Hero
Bring Me My Bride
Miles Gloriosus, Pseudolus, Courtesans and Proteans
Act 2
Sung By
That Dirty Old Man
Domina
That'll Show Him
Philia
Lovely (Reprise)
Pseudolus and Hysterium
Funeral Sequence and Dance
Miles Gloriosus, Pseudolus, Courtesans and Proteans
Comedy Tonight (Reprise)
Company

Tony Award®

Best Musical

1963 Winner

Best Author of a Musical

1963 Winner
Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart

Best Actor in a Musical

1963 Winner
Zero Mostel

Best Featured Actor in a Musical

1963 Winner
David Burns
 

Best Featured Actor in a Musical

1963 Nominee
Jack Gilford
 

Best Featured Actress in a Musical

1963 Nominee
Ruth Kobart

Best Direction of a Musical

1963 Winner
Directed by George Abbott

Best Producer of a Musical

1963 Winner
Produced by Harold Prince
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