PlayOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Oct 24, 1957
Closing Date
Feb 22, 1958
Performances
140
PlayOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Ambassador Theatre
(Oct 24, 1957 - Feb 22, 1958)
Description
A drama in two acts and twenty scenes
Setting
Chicago, 1924.
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization
Produced by Michael Myerberg; Produced in association with Len S. Gruenberg
Dramatization (Producer's Version) by: Meyer Levin; Original Music by Cy Coleman; Musical Director: Cy Coleman
Directed by Alex Segal
Scenic Design by Peter Larkin; Costume Design by John Boxer; Lighting Design by Charles Elson
General Manager: Ben Boyar
Production Stage Manager: John Paul; Stage Manager: Joseph Kapfer; Assistant Stage Mgr: Julian Barry and Joseph Beruh
Publicity Director: Samuel J. Friedman; Press: Robert Ullman and Shirley Herz; Assistant to the Producer: Robert Thom; Assistant to the General Manager: Frank Baldwin
Roddy McDowall
Artie Straus
Dean Stockwell
Judd Steiner (1924)
Howard Da Silva
Horn
The Prosecuting Attorney
Ben Astar
Charles Kessler
 
Dr. Allman
Ina Balin
Ruth Goldenberg
Helen Baron
Sandra Mannheimer
Julian Barry
Willie Weiss
James Bender
Tom Daly
A Reporter
Joseph Beruh
A Prison Guard
 
A Drugstore Clerk
 
A Waiter
 
Danny Mines
A Reporter
Michael Constantine
Al
Owner of a Speakeasy
 
Jonathan Wilk
The Defense Attorney
 
Dr. Ball
Joan Croydon
Mrs. Straus
Edward Cullen
Judge Matthewson
Roger De Koven
Ferdinand Feldscher
Reynolds Evans
Dr. Stauffer
Chris Gampel
Judd Steiner (today)
 
Emil
The Steiners' Chauffeur
Stefan Gierasch
Max Steiner
Gerald Gordon
Sid Silver (today)
 
Sid Silver (1924)
Mark Gordon
A Bartender
 
Prison Guard
Lloyd Gough
Dr. McNarry
James Greene
Mr. Farmer
 
Dr. Vincenti
Ted Gunther
Swasey
A Detective
Earl Hammond
James Straus
Muriel Higgins
First Girl
Bernard Lenrow
Judah Steiner, Jr.
Barbara Loden
Myra Seligman
John Marley
Mike Prager
Another Reporter
Barbara Miners
Third Girl
Gina Petrushka
Elsie Kessler
Suzanne Pleshette
Fourth Girl
James Ray
Lyman
A Third Reporter
 
Raphael Goetz
Dorothy Raymond
A Medium
 
Aunt Bertha
Patricia Roe
A Girl on the Telephone
 
Second Girl
Luchino Solito de Solis
Billy Straus
Paul Stevens
Padua
Assistant to the Prosecutor
D. J. Sullivan
Milt Lewis
Elliot Sullivan
McNamara
A Detective
Maybelle Wright
Peg Sweet
A Newspaper Woman
Ben Yaffee
Oliver Steger

Ambassador Theatre (Oct 24, 1957 - Feb 22, 1958)

Cast

Frank Conroy
Jonathan Wilk
The Defense Attorney
Elizabeth Hubbard
Third Girl
 
Sandra Mannheimer
Joseph Beruh
Al
Owner of a Speakeasy
Suzanne Pleshette
Ruth Goldenberg

Tony Award®

 

Best Scenic Design

1958 Nominee
Scenic Design by Peter Larkin
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