A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Alvin Theatre, (4/19/1951 - 12/08/1951)

First Preview:	Apr 18, 1951	Total Previews:	2
Opening Date:	Apr 19, 1951
Closing Date:	Dec 08, 1951	Total Performances:	267

Category: Musical, Original, Broadway

Setting: Brooklyn around the turn of the century.

Production Staff [See More]
Theatre Owned / Operated by Herman Bernstein
Produced by George Abbott; Produced in association with Robert Fryer
Book by Betty Smith and George Abbott; Based on the novel by Betty Smith; Music by Arthur Schwartz; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields; Music arranged by Joe Glover and Robert Russell Bennett; Musical Director: Max Goberman; Ballet Music Arranged by Oscar Kosarin
Directed by George Abbott; Choreographed by Herbert Ross; Uncredited show doctoring by Jerome Robbins
Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner; Costume Design by Irene Sharaff; Wig Design by Alfred Barris
General Manager: Charles Harris; Company Manager: Joseph Harris
General Stage Manager: Robert E. Griffith; Stage Manager: Terence Little
Musical Supervisor: Jay Blackton; Music Contractor: Sol Gusikoff
Press Representative: Richard Maney, Frank Goodman and Henry Senber; Casting: Judith Abbott

Cast

Shirley Booth	Cissy
Johnny Johnston	Johnny Nolan
Nathaniel Frey	Harry
Nomi Mitty	Francie
Marcia Van Dyke Broadway debut	Katie
Lou Wills, Jr.	Petey
Ruth Amos	Mae
Elaine Barrow	Singer
Marta Becket	Girl in Mae's Place
	Dancer
Jordan Bentley	Aloysius
Val Buttignol	Dancer
Joe Calvan	Allie
Claudia Campbell	Annie
Art Carroll	Salesman
	Singer
William Carson	Singer
Terry Castagna	Singer
John Connoughton	Child
Jane Copeland	Girl in Mae's Place
	Singer
Harland Dixon	Old Clothes Man
	Judge
Donn Driver	Dancer
Donald Duerr	Edgie
	Child
Celine Flanagan	Maudie
	Child
Johnny Ford	Singer
Alan Gilbert	Hick
Jeanne Grant	Singer
Dody Heath	Hildy
Joan Kibrig	Girl in Mae's Place
	Singer
Albert Linville	Swanswine
Buzzie Martin	Child
Howard Martin	Junior
	Child
James McCracken	Singer
Iona McKenzie	Girl in Mae's Place
	Dancer
Patti Milligan	Child
John Mooney	Singer
David Newman	Dancer
Janet Parker	Florence
Billy Parsons	Willie
Beverly Purvin	Della
	Girl in Mae's Place
	Singer
Frank Seabolt	Dancer
Mary Statz	Girl in Mae's Place
	Dancer
Kenneth Utt	Singer
Marc West	Dancer
Bruno Wick	Max
Eleanor Williams	Singer
Roland Wood	Moriarty
Doris Wright	Dancer

Understudies: Elaine Barrow (Katie), Art Carroll (Aloysius), Jane Copeland (Mae), Donn Driver (Allie, Judge, Petey), Marie Foster (Cissy), Alan Gilbert (Johnny Nolan), Patti Milligan (Francie), Beverly Purvin (Hildy) and Kenneth Utt (Harry, Moriarty)

Theatre World
1951 Award [recipient]
Marcia Van Dyke

music by Arthur Schwartz; lyrics by Dorothy Fields

ACT 1	Sung By
Payday	The Company
Mine Til Monday	Johnny Nolan, Hildy and Company
Mine Til Monday (Reprise)	Aloysius, Hildy, Petey, Allie and Willie
Make the Man Love Me	Katie and Johnny Nolan
I'm Like a New Broom	Johnny Nolan and Friends
I'm Like a New Broom (Reprise)	Johnny Nolan and Friends
Look Who's Dancing	Katie, Cissy, Johnny Nolan, Allie, Willie, Petey, Girl in Mae's Place and Dancers
Look Who's Dancing (Reprise)	Friends
Make the Man Love Me (Reprise)	Katie
Love Is the Reason	Cissy, Hildy and Della
Mine Next Monday	Aloysius and Hildy
If You Haven't Got a Sweetheart	Dancer and Company
I'll Buy You a Star	Johnny Nolan and Company
ACT 2	Sung By
That's How It Goes	Old Clothes Man, Maudie, Moriarty and Company
He Had Refinement	Cissy
Growing Pains	Johnny Nolan and Francie
Is That My Prince?	Cissy and Swanswine
Halloween (Ballet)	Johnny Nolan, Petey, Allie, Willie, Dancer, Child and Singer
Don't Be Afraid	Johnny Nolan
I'm Like a New Broom (Reprise)	Johnny Nolan
Love Is the Reason (Reprise)	Cissy and Harry
Look Who's Dancing (Reprise)	Harry and Child
If You Haven't Got a Sweetheart (Reprise)	The Company