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Play
Drama
Revival
Broadway
Opening Date
Jun 25, 1987
Closing Date
Jun 27, 1987
1st Preview
Jun 23, 1987
1st Preview
Jun 23, 1987
Previews
3
Performances
4
Play
Drama
Revival
Broadway
Open Date: Jun 25, 1987
Close Date: Jun 27, 1987
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Royale Theatre
(Jun 25, 1987 - Jun 27, 1987)
Description
A play in three acts
Setting
Backstage at the Paradise Night Club, New York City, 1926.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Owned / Operated by
The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
Produced by
Frank Goodman
; Assistant Producer:
Dick Miller
Originally produced by
Great Lakes Theater Festival (Gerald Freedman, Artistic Director; Mary Bill, Managing Director)
Written by
George Abbott
and
Philip Dunning
Directed by
George Abbott
; Musical Staging by
Donald Saddler
Scenic Design by
John Ezell
; Costume Design by
Jeanne Button
; Lighting Design by
Martin Aronstein
General Manager:
GRQ Productions, Ltd.
Stage Manager:
Michael R. Prevulsky
and
Richard Costabile
Press Representative:
Frank Goodman
and
Susan Bloch & Company
; Casting:
Pat McCorkle
; Advertising:
The Golden Group
; Photographer:
Martha Swope
Bruce Adler
Benny
Janet Aldrich
Ruby
Eugene J. Anthony
"Porky" Tompson
Joseph Culliton
Dan McCorn
Donna English
Grace
Karen Luschar
Ann
David Ossian
Larry
Richard Poe
Steve Crandall
Lonny Price
Roy Lane
Hal Robinson
"Scar" Edwards
David Rogers
Nick Verdis
Steve Routman
Joe
a waiter
Maureen Sadusk
Lil Rice
Dorothy Stanley
Pearl
K. T. Sullivan
Katie
Peggy Taphorn
Billie Moore
Jennifer M. Thorsby
Mazie Smith
Christopher Wells
Mike
Kurt Ziskie
Dolph
Understudies:
Karen Luschar
(Ruby, Lil Rice),
David Ossian
("Scar" Edwards, Dan McCorn),
Hal Robinson
(Steve Crandall, "Porky" Tompson),
Steve Routman
(Dolph),
K. T. Sullivan
(Pearl, Mazie Smith),
Christopher Wells
(Roy Lane) and
Kurt Ziskie
(Nick Verdis)
Statistics
Season:
1987-88
View Graph
Week Ending
Gross
% Gross Pot.
Attendance
% Capacity
# Previews
# Perf.
Statistics supplied are courtesy of
The Broadway League
.
Broadway Statistics
1987-88 Season
GROSS
ATTENDANCE
Gross
Week Ending
Attendance
Week Ending
People
Statistics
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Owned / Operated by
The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
Produced by
Frank Goodman
; Assistant Producer:
Dick Miller
Originally produced by
Great Lakes Theater Festival (Gerald Freedman, Artistic Director; Mary Bill, Managing Director)
Written by
George Abbott
and
Philip Dunning
Directed by
George Abbott
; Musical Staging by
Donald Saddler
Scenic Design by
John Ezell
; Costume Design by
Jeanne Button
; Lighting Design by
Martin Aronstein
General Manager:
GRQ Productions, Ltd.
Stage Manager:
Michael R. Prevulsky
and
Richard Costabile
Press Representative:
Frank Goodman
and
Susan Bloch & Company
; Casting:
Pat McCorkle
; Advertising:
The Golden Group
; Photographer:
Martha Swope
Bruce Adler
Benny
Janet Aldrich
Ruby
Eugene J. Anthony
"Porky" Tompson
Joseph Culliton
Dan McCorn
Donna English
Grace
Karen Luschar
Ann
David Ossian
Larry
Richard Poe
Steve Crandall
Lonny Price
Roy Lane
Hal Robinson
"Scar" Edwards
David Rogers
Nick Verdis
Steve Routman
Joe
a waiter
Maureen Sadusk
Lil Rice
Dorothy Stanley
Pearl
K. T. Sullivan
Katie
Peggy Taphorn
Billie Moore
Jennifer M. Thorsby
Mazie Smith
Christopher Wells
Mike
Kurt Ziskie
Dolph
Understudies:
Karen Luschar
(Ruby, Lil Rice),
David Ossian
("Scar" Edwards, Dan McCorn),
Hal Robinson
(Steve Crandall, "Porky" Tompson),
Steve Routman
(Dolph),
K. T. Sullivan
(Pearl, Mazie Smith),
Christopher Wells
(Roy Lane) and
Kurt Ziskie
(Nick Verdis)
Season:
1987-88
View Graph
Week Ending
Gross
% Gross Pot.
Attendance
% Capacity
# Previews
# Perf.
Statistics supplied are courtesy of
The Broadway League
.
Broadway Statistics
1987-88 Season
GROSS
ATTENDANCE
Gross
Week Ending
Attendance
Week Ending
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