MusicalExtravaganzaOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
May 31, 1946
Closing Date
Aug 03, 1946
Performances
75
MusicalExtravaganzaOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Adelphi Theatre
(May 31, 1946 - Aug 03, 1946)
Produced by Orson Welles
Music by Cole Porter; Lyrics by Cole Porter; Incidental score by Cole Porter; Book adapted by Orson Welles; Based on the novel by Jules Verne; Musical Director: Harry S. Levant; Music orchestrated by Russell Bennett and Ted Royal
Staged by Orson Welles; Choreographed by Nelson Barclift
Scenic Design by Robert Davison; Costume Design by Alvin Colt
General Manager: Hugo Schaaf
General Stage Manager: Henri Caubisens; Assistant Stage Manager: James Wicker, Spencer James and Philip King
Circus Arranged by Barbette; Press Representative: Frank Goodman; Assistant to Mr. Barclift: Dorothy Bird; Vocal Coach: Lew Kesler; Advertising: Fred Golden
Assistant to Mr. Davison: Peter Wolf; Assistant to Mr. Colt: Frank Leath and John Darrow; Film Editor: Irving Lerner
Originally produced by The Mercury Theatre
Victoria Cordova
Lola (the proprietress of a Cafe)
Mary Healy
Mrs. Aouda (an Indian Princess)
Arthur Margetson
Mr. Phileas Fogg
Julie Warren
Molly Muggins (an Irish Nursemaid)
Lucas Aco
Dancing Fella
 
Fakir
 
Sinister Chinese
 
Assistant (Circus Artist)
 
Jim (a railroad conductor of the Central Pacific R.R.)
 
Dancer
Nathan Baker
London Bobbie
 
Sinister Chinese
 
Father (Clown)
 
Dancer
Dorothy Bird
Meerahlah (a dancer)
 
Mexican Dancer
Kenneth Bonjukian
Singer
Mary Broussard
Aerialist (Circus Artist)
 
Dancer
Bruce Cartwright
Servingman
 
Firemen (Clown)
 
Mexican Dancer
 
Dancer
Jack Cassidy
Policeman (Clown)
 
Singer
Jackie Cezanne
Lee Toy
 
Dancer
Cliff Chapman
Bride (Clown)
Arthur Cohen
High Priest
 
Minister (Clown)
 
Singer
Adelaide Corsi
Rolling Globe Lady (Circus Artist)
Daniel De Paolo
Dragon (Clown)
 
Singer
Eddy Di Genova
Snake Charmer
 
Monkey Man (Clown)
 
Bartender
 
Singer
Brainerd Duffield
Bank Robber
 
Mr. Benajmin Cruett-Spew
 
Second Arab Spy
 
Mr. Oka Saka (Proprietor of the Oka Saka Circus)
 
Sol (a station master in San Francisco)
Florence Gault
Singer
Ray Goody
The Slide for Life (Circus Artist)
Natalye Greene
Singer
Eleanore Gregory
Dancer
Arline Hanna
Singer
Billy Howell
Lord Upditch
 
Station Attendant
 
Sinister Chinese
 
Assistant (Circus Artist)
 
Sam (a stagecoach driver)
 
Other Medicine Man
 
Dancer
Ishikawa
Hand Balancer (Circus Artist)
Spencer James
Sikh
 
Jake (a railroad engineer)
Philip King
Sinister Chinese
 
Dancer
Marion Kohler
Singer
Larry Laurence
Passepartout (a Yankee manservant to Fogg)
 
Groom (Clown)
Patricia Leith
Aerialist (Circus Artist)
 
Dancer
Allan Lowell
Kimona Man (Clown)
 
Jail Guard
 
Singer
Miss Lu
Contortionist (Circus Artist)
Gregory McDougall
Another Servingman
 
Assistant (Circus Artist)
 
Dancer
Tony Montell
Roustabout (Circus Artist)
 
Singer
Virginia Morris
Aerialist (Circus Artist)
 
Dancer
Lee Morrison
Daughter of Joy
 
Dancer
Nancy Newton
Daughter of Joy
 
Dancer
Miriam Pandor
Dancer
Rose Marie Patane
Singer
Bernard Pisarski
Child (Clown)
Jack Pitchon
London Bobbie
 
Roustabout (Circus Artist)
 
Singer
Virginia Sands
Dancer
Genevieve Sauris
Lady
 
Singer
Bernard Savage
Sir Charles Mandiboy
 
British Consul (in Suez)
Victor Savidge
Snake Charmer
 
Singer
Stefan Schnabel
Avery Jevity (the First Earl of Cravenaw)
 
Arab Spy
 
Mother (Clown)
 
Medicine Man (of the Ojibiway)
Gina Siena
Singer
Guy Spaull
Police Inspector
 
Mr. Ralph Runcible
 
Maurice Goodpile (Conductor on the Great Indian Peninsula R.R.)
George Spelvin
Other Medicine Man
Myron Speth
London Bobbie
 
Dancing Fella
 
Assistant (Circus Artist)
 
Dancer
Drucilla Strain
Singer
The Three Kanasawa
Foot Jugglers (Circus Artist)
Stanley Turner
Snake Charmer
 
Attendant (Clown)
 
Singer
Lee Vincent
Aerialist (Circus Artist)
 
Dancer
Orson Welles
Dick Fix (a Copper's Knark)
Gordon West
London Bobbie
 
Firemen (Clown)
 
Dancer
music by Cole Porter; lyrics by Cole Porter
Act 1
Sung By
Look What I Found
Molly Muggins and Passepartout
There He Goes, Mr. Phileas Fogg
Mr. Phileas Fogg and Passepartout
There He Goes, Mr. Phileas Fogg (Reprise)
Mr. Phileas Fogg, Passepartout, Dancers and Singers
Meerahlah
Singing Boys
Suttee Procession
Mrs. Aouda, Dancers and Singers
Sea Chantey
Singing Boys
Should I Tell You I Love You?
Mrs. Aouda
Pipe Dreaming
Passepartout and Singing Chorus
Oka Saka Circus
Circus Performers
Act 2
Sung By
If You Smile at Me
Lola
Pipe Dreaming (Reprise)
Passepartout
If You Smile at Me (Reprise)
Molly Muggins
Wherever They Fly the Flag of Old England
Mr. Phileas Fogg and Singing Girls
The Marine's Hymn
Mrs. Aouda and Singing Boys
Should I Tell You I Love You? (Reprise)
Mrs. Aouda
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