PlayDramaOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Mar 24, 1955
Closing Date
Nov 17, 1956
Performances
694
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Morosco Theatre
(Mar 24, 1955 - Nov 17, 1956)
Setting
A bed-sitting room and section of the gallery of a plantation home in the Mississippi Delta. An evening in summer.
Media
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Theatre Owned by The Shubert Organization; Theatre Operated by City Playhouses, Inc. (Louis A. Lotito, President)
Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; Robert Anderson; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Roger L. Stevens; John F. Wharton)
Written by Tennessee Williams
Staged by Elia Kazan
Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner; Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard; Assistant Designer to Jo Mielziner: John Harvey; Assistant to Lucinda Ballard: Florence Klotz
Business Manager: Victor Samrock; Company Manager: Ben Rosenberg
Production Stage Manager: Robert Downing; Stage Manager: Daniel Broun; Assistant Stage Mgr: Richard Durham
Press Representative: William Fields; Associate Press Representative: Walter Alford and Reginald Denenholz; Assistant to Mr. Kazan: Marguerite Lamkin and Jean Stein; Production Assistant: Malcolm Wells
Barbara Bel Geddes
Margaret
Mar 24, 1955 - Jun 23, 1956
Burl Ives
Big Daddy
Mar 24, 1955 - Apr 14, 1956
Mildred Dunnock
Big Mama
Mar 24, 1955 - Apr 26, 1956
Ben Gazzara
Brick
Mar 24, 1955 - Aug 27, 1955
R. G. Armstrong
Dr. Baugh
Janice Dunn
Trixie
Seth Edwards
Sonny
Maxwell Glanville
Lacey
Pauline Hahn
Dixie
Pat Hingle
Gooper
Brother Man
Brownie McGhee
Brightie
Darryl Richard
Buster
Madeleine Sherwood
Mae
Sister Woman
Eva Vaughn Smith
Daisy
Fred Stewart
Rev. Tooker
Sonny Terry
Small
Musa Williams
Sookey
Understudies: R. G. Armstrong (Big Daddy), Nancy Cushman (Big Mama), Lois Nettleton (Margaret) and Cliff Robertson (Brick)

Morosco Theatre (Mar 24, 1955 - Nov 17, 1956)

Assistant Stage Mgr: E. W. Swackhamer

Cast

R. G. Armstrong
During Burl Ives' vacation
Big Daddy
Nov 28, 1955 - Dec 10, 1955
Thomas Gomez
Big Daddy
Apr 16, 1956 - Nov 17, 1956
Patricia Neal
During Barbara Bel Geddes' vacation
Margaret
Mar 06, 1956 - Mar 25, 1956
Majorie Steele
Margaret
Jun 25, 1956 - Nov 17, 1956
Mary Bell
Big Mama
Aug 27, 1956 - Nov 17, 1956
Nancy Cushman
During Mildred Dunnock's vacation
Big Mama
Aug 12, 1955 - Aug 25, 1955
 
Big Mama
Nov 28, 1955 - Dec 17, 1955
Claiborne Foster
Big Mama
Apr 27, 1956 - Aug 25, 1956
Jack Lord
Brick
Aug 29, 1955 - Oct 29, 1955
Alex Nicol
Brick
Oct 31, 1955 - Jun 23, 1956
 
Brick
Jul 30, 1956 - Nov 17, 1956
Elmore Torn
Broadway debut
Brick
Jun 25, 1956 - Jul 28, 1956
John Anderson
Gooper
Brother Man
Jimmy Bayer
Buster
Nancy Clark
Trixie
Michele Mordana
Trixie
 
Dixie
Nicholas Paul
Sonny
Understudy: Elmore Torn (Brick)

Tony Award®

 

Best Play

1956 Nominee
Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; Robert Anderson; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Roger L. Stevens; John F. Wharton)
Written by Tennessee Williams
 

Best Actress in a Play

1956 Nominee
Barbara Bel Geddes
 

Best Scenic Design

1956 Nominee
Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner
 

Best Director

1956 Nominee
Staged by Elia Kazan

Pulitzer Prize

for Drama

1955 Winner
Written by Tennessee Williams
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