MusicalOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Mar 18, 1969
Closing Date
Mar 22, 1969
Previews
14
Performances
7
MusicalOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
Theatres
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
(Mar 18, 1969 - Mar 22, 1969)
Setting
The towns and surrounding countryside along the Connecticut River in New England. The peddlers' season, early spring to late fall in the year 1840, just before the factories took over.
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre General Manager: Leonard Soloway
Produced by Albert W. Selden and Hal James
Book by Will Holt; Lyrics by Will Holt; Music by David Baker; Based on "Rainbow on the Road" by Esther Forbes; Music orchestrated by Carlyle Hall; Vocal Arrangements and Musical Continuity: Trude Rittman; Dance Music by David Baker and John Berkman; Musical Director: Milton Rosenstock
Entire Production Directed and Staged by Agnes de Mille
Scenic Production by Oliver Smith; Hair Styles by D. Rusty Bonaccorso; Costume Design by Stanley Simmons; Lighting Design by Thomas Skelton
General Manager: Walter Fried; Company Manager: G. Warren McClane
Production Stage Manager: Phil Friedman; Stage Manager: Frank Hamilton; Assistant Stage Mgr: James Albright and Doug Hunt; Technical Advisor: John Higgins
Directorial Assistant: James Mitchell; Assistant Conductor: John Berkman; Choreographic Assistant: Vernon Lusby; Music Contractor: Martin Grupp; Assistant to Miss De Mille: Evelyn Taylor
Assistant to Mr. Smith: Jack Brown; Production Assistant to Mr. Smith: David Guthrie; Assistant to Mr. Simmons: Joseph E. Miller
Casting: Wendy Mackenzie; General Press Representative: Merle Debuskey; Press Representative: Violet Welles and Faith Geer; Dance Captain: Dennis Cole
Ray Bolger
Phineas Sharp
William Cottrell
Nathaniel Burnap
David Cryer
Jude Scribner
Cathryn Damon
Submit Pratt
Mitty
John Gerstad
Labe Pratt
Margaret Hamilton
Dorinda Pratt
William LeMassena
Francis Faucett
Barbara Sharma
Emma Faucett
James Albright
Ensemble
Paul Berné
Ensemble
Marcia Brushingham
Ensemble
Bjarne Buchtrup
Ensemble
Dennis Cole
Ensemble
Leonard John Crofoot
Ensemble
Harry Endicott
Ensemble
David Evans
Lover
Dancing Character
 
Ensemble
Ellen Everett
Ensemble
William Glassman
Head Logger
Dancing Character
 
Ensemble
Sunny Hannum
Ensemble
Walter Hook
Ensemble
Del Horstmann
Ensemble
Doug Hunt
Ensemble
John Johann
Ensemble
Lucia Lambert
Ensemble
Mary Ann Rydzeski
Ensemble
Dorothy Sands
Mrs. Meserve
Lana Sloniger
Ensemble
Sarah Jane Smith
Ensemble
Britt Swanson
Ensemble
Evelyn Taylor
Lover
Dancing Character
Jeanette Williamson
Ensemble
Toodie Wittmer
Ensemble
Jenny Workman
Ensemble
Standby: Ben Kapen (Phineas Sharp), Tanny McDonald (Submit Pratt, Emma Faucett) and Dorothy Sands (Dorinda Pratt)
Understudies: David Evans (Jude Scribner), Walter Hook (Nathaniel Burnap), Del Horstmann (Francis Faucett), Doug Hunt (Labe Pratt) and Mary Ann Rydzeski (Mrs. Meserve)
music by David Baker; lyrics by Will Holt
Act 1
Sung By
Good Time Charlie
Phineas Sharp and Peddlers
Think Spring
Phineas Sharp, Jude Scribner and Populace
Wild Birds Calling
Jude Scribner and Submit Pratt
Goodbye, My Bachelor
Phineas Sharp
Fine, Thank You, Fine
Emma Faucett
Road to Hampton
Jude Scribner
Come Summer
Phineas Sharp, Jude Scribner, Emma Faucett, Submit Pratt and Lover
Let Me Be
Submit Pratt and Jude Scribner
Feather in My Shoe
Phineas Sharp
The Loggers' Song
Phineas Sharp, Jude Scribner, Head Logger and Populace
Act 2
Sung By
Jude's Holler
Jude Scribner and Populace
Faucett Falls Fancy
Phineas Sharp and Populace
Rockin'
Emma Faucett and Jude Scribner
Skin and Bones
Phineas Sharp
Moonglade
Phineas Sharp, Jude Scribner, Submit Pratt, Emma Faucett, Dorinda Pratt, Labe Pratt, Francis Faucett and Populace
Women
Submit Pratt
No
Phineas Sharp and Populace
So Much World
Jude Scribner

Theatre World

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1969 Recipient
David Cryer
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