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Break a Leg
Play
Comedy
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Apr 29, 1979
Closing Date
Apr 29, 1979
1st Preview
Apr 19, 1979
1st Preview
Apr 19, 1979
Previews
12
Performances
1
Play
Comedy
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Apr 29, 1979
Close Date: Apr 29, 1979
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Palace Theatre
(Apr 29, 1979 - Apr 29, 1979)
Setting
Long ago in Vienna or Berlin. Or Prague or Buda-Pesth. Anyway it's not New York and not now.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Owned / Operated by
The Messrs. Nederlander
Produced by
Stephen R. Friedman
,
Irwin Meyer
and
Kenneth D. Laub
; Produced in association with
Arthur Mogull
,
Jerold H. Rubenstein
and
Warner Plays, Inc.
Written by
Ira Levin
Directed by
Charles Nelson Reilly
; Assistant Director:
Timothy Helgeson
Scenic Design by
Peter Larkin
; Costume Design by
Theoni V. Aldredge
; Lighting Design by
Marc B. Weiss
; Hair Design by
Ray Iagnocco
General Manager:
Gatchell & Neufeld, Ltd.
; Company Manager:
James G. Mennen
Production Stage Manager:
Peter Lawrence
; Stage Manager:
Fred Chalfy
and
Jim Woolley
; Technical Coordinator:
Arthur Siccardi
General Press Representative:
Solters & Roskin, Inc.
; Japanese Movement Consultant:
Atsumi Sakato
; Advertising:
Ash / LeDonne
; Production Associate:
Claire Nichtern
; Casting:
Feuer & Ritzer
Julie Harris
Gertie Kessel
An actress
Jack Weston
Dietrich Merkenschrift
a theatrical manager
René Auberjonois
Johann Schiml
A critic
Joseph Leon
Freitag
Dietrich's assistant
David Margulies
Imre Laszlo
A playwright
James Cahill
Carlo Mizzi
A singing sweetheart
Actor
Usher
Coachman
Painter
Michael Connolly
Pepi Lubauer
A scenic designer
Timothy Lewis
Actor
Stagehand
Natalie Norwick
Actress
Patricia O'Connell
Mitzi Karlowe
A singing sweetheart
Cleaning Woman
Wardrobe Mistress
Usher
Actress
Standby:
Joseph Leon
(Dietrich Merkenschrift) and
Natalie Norwick
(Gertie Kessel)
Understudies:
Fred Chalfy
(Pepi Lubauer, Carlo Mizzi, Coachman, Usher, Actor, Painter),
Michael Connolly
(Johann Schiml, Imre Laszlo) and
Natalie Norwick
(Mitzi Karlowe, Cleaning Woman, Wardrobe Mistress, Usher, Actress)
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Owned / Operated by
The Messrs. Nederlander
Produced by
Stephen R. Friedman
,
Irwin Meyer
and
Kenneth D. Laub
; Produced in association with
Arthur Mogull
,
Jerold H. Rubenstein
and
Warner Plays, Inc.
Written by
Ira Levin
Directed by
Charles Nelson Reilly
; Assistant Director:
Timothy Helgeson
Scenic Design by
Peter Larkin
; Costume Design by
Theoni V. Aldredge
; Lighting Design by
Marc B. Weiss
; Hair Design by
Ray Iagnocco
General Manager:
Gatchell & Neufeld, Ltd.
; Company Manager:
James G. Mennen
Production Stage Manager:
Peter Lawrence
; Stage Manager:
Fred Chalfy
and
Jim Woolley
; Technical Coordinator:
Arthur Siccardi
General Press Representative:
Solters & Roskin, Inc.
; Japanese Movement Consultant:
Atsumi Sakato
; Advertising:
Ash / LeDonne
; Production Associate:
Claire Nichtern
; Casting:
Feuer & Ritzer
Julie Harris
Gertie Kessel
An actress
Jack Weston
Dietrich Merkenschrift
a theatrical manager
René Auberjonois
Johann Schiml
A critic
Joseph Leon
Freitag
Dietrich's assistant
David Margulies
Imre Laszlo
A playwright
James Cahill
Carlo Mizzi
A singing sweetheart
Actor
Usher
Coachman
Painter
Michael Connolly
Pepi Lubauer
A scenic designer
Timothy Lewis
Actor
Stagehand
Natalie Norwick
Actress
Patricia O'Connell
Mitzi Karlowe
A singing sweetheart
Cleaning Woman
Wardrobe Mistress
Usher
Actress
Standby:
Joseph Leon
(Dietrich Merkenschrift) and
Natalie Norwick
(Gertie Kessel)
Understudies:
Fred Chalfy
(Pepi Lubauer, Carlo Mizzi, Coachman, Usher, Actor, Painter),
Michael Connolly
(Johann Schiml, Imre Laszlo) and
Natalie Norwick
(Mitzi Karlowe, Cleaning Woman, Wardrobe Mistress, Usher, Actress)
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