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Happy Birthday, Mr. Abbott!
Or, Night of 100 Years
Special
Benefit
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Jun 22, 1987
Closing Date
Jun 22, 1987
Previews
0
Performances
1
Special
Benefit
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Jun 22, 1987
Close Date: Jun 22, 1987
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Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Palace Theatre
(Jun 22, 1987 - Jun 22, 1987)
Description
A Celebration Benefitting The Actors' Fund of America.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Owned / Operated by
The Messrs. Nederlander
and
Stewart F. Lane
Produced by
Barry Brown
Special Material by
Mark Waldrop
; New Orchestrations by
Jim Tyler
,
Michael Gibson
and
Chris Bankey
; New Vocal Arrangements by
Donald Pippin
; 'Something To Dance About' Dance Arrangement by
Mark Hummel
; Rodgers and Hart Medley Musical Arrangement by
Donald Pippin
; Musical Director:
Donald Pippin
; Associate Musical Dir.:
Nicholas Archer
; Featuring songs by
Richard Rodgers
,
Leonard Bernstein
,
Richard Adler
,
John Kander
,
Jule Styne
,
Albert Hague
,
Irving Berlin
,
Jerry Bock
,
Frank Loesser
,
Elmer Bernstein
and
Jerry Ross
; Featuring songs with lyrics by
Lorenz Hart
,
Betty Comden
,
Adolph Green
,
Jerry Ross
,
Fred Ebb
,
Sammy Cahn
,
Allan Sherman
,
Irving Berlin
,
Sheldon Harnick
,
Frank Loesser
,
Carolyn Leigh
and
Richard Adler
Directed by
Fritz Holt
; Musical Staging by
Dennis Callahan
; 'Papa, Wont You Dance with Me?' Choreographed by
Donald Saddler
; 'Something To Dance About' Choreographed by
Christopher Chadman
; 'Little Old New York' Choreographed by
Joe Layton
; 'The Name's LaGuardia' Choreographed by
Joe Layton
Scenic Design by
John Falabella
; Costume Design by
Theoni V. Aldredge
; Lighting Design by
Natasha Katz
; Sound Design by
Peter Fitzgerald
; Costume Coordinator:
Suzy Benzinger
; Assistant Scenic Design:
Anna Louizos
; Assistant Lighting Design:
Stuart Duke
; Second Assistant Lighting Designer:
John Ambrosone
Production Supervisor:
James Pentecost
; Production Coordinator:
James Pentecost
; Stage Manager:
Amy Pell
and
Peggy Peterson
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Sondra Katz
,
Lauren Class Schneider
,
Allan Sobek
,
Janet Friedman
,
Michael Passaro
and
Mary Lawson
; American Dance Machine Stage Manager:
Michael Trent
Music Contractor:
John Monaco
; American Dance Machine Conductor:
James Raitt
Press Representative:
Shirley Herz Associates
,
Shirley Herz
and
David Roggensack
; Advertising:
Fisher / LeDonne / Wilner
,
Jon Wilner
and
Dan Jinks
; Photographer:
Martha Swope
Edie Adams
Performer
Keith Allen
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Sydney Anderson
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Elizabeth Ashley
Performer
Tom Bosley
Performer
Bill Burns
Performer
Dennis Callahan
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Darrell Carey
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Joan Caulfield
Performer
Pam Cecil
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Christopher Chadman
Performer
Carol Channing
Performer
Gary Chryst
Performer
Wayne Cilento
Performer
Newton Cole
Member of American Dance Machine
Keene Curtis
Performer
Dannul Dailey
Member of American Dance Machine
Kari Delong
Member of American Dance Machine
Frank Di Pasquale
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Brian Duguay
Member of American Dance Machine
David Evans
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Nanette Fabray
Performer
Lynn Faro
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
José Ferrer
Performer
Dan Fletcher
Member of American Dance Machine
Spence Ford
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Arlene Francis
Performer
Laura Freemont
Member of American Dance Machine
Kim Freshwater
Member of American Dance Machine
Shawn Gannon
Member of American Dance Machine
Drew Geraci
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Jack Gilford
Performer
Lillian Gish
Performer
Tinka Gutrick
Member of American Dance Machine
Kitty Carlisle Hart
Performer
June Havoc
Performer
Suzanne Hawe
Member of American Dance Machine
Helen Hayes
Performer
Rex Hays
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Jan Leigh Herndon
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
George S. Irving
Performer
Suzanne Ishee
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
David Jackson
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Van Johnson
Performer
Larry Kert
Performer
David Klatt
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Stanislaw Kmiec
Member of American Dance Machine
Juliette Kurth
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Eric Lamp
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Hal Linden
Performer
Paul Loper
Member of American Dance Machine
Diana Losk
Member of American Dance Machine
Michael Lott
Member of American Dance Machine
Dorothy Loudon
Performer
Aja Major
Member of American Dance Machine
Peter Marshall
Performer
A. Michael McKee
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Butterfly McQueen
Performer
Karen Morrow
Performer
Russell Nype
Performer
Dan O'Grady
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Janis Paige
Performer
Elizabeth Parrish
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Jay Pierce
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Darcy Pulliam
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Chita Rivera
Performer
Arthur Rubin
Performer
Donald Saddler
Performer
Marie Santell
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
David Scala
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Donna Smythe
Member of American Dance Machine
Maureen Stapleton
Performer
Elaine Stritch
Performer
Jo Sullivan Loesser
Performer
Ali Theodore
Member of American Dance Machine
Eric Underwood
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Gwen Verdon
Performer
Mark Waldrop
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
John Weiner
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Songs
Act 1
Sung By
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (from 'Jumbo')
(music by
Richard Rodgers
; lyrics by
Lorenz Hart
)
Arthur Rubin and Company
Good For the Average Man (from 'On Your Toes')
(music by
Richard Rodgers
; lyrics by
Lorenz Hart
)
Kitty Carlisle Hart, George S. Irving
It's Love (from 'Wonderful Town')
(music by
Leonard Bernstein
; lyrics by
Betty Comden
and
Adolph Green
)
Edie Adams
There Once Was a Man (from 'Pajama Game')
(music by
Richard Adler
and
Jerry Ross
; lyrics by
Richard Adler
and
Jerry Ross
)
Janis Paige, Hal Linden
Sing Happy (from 'Flora, The Red Menace')
(music by
John Kander
; lyrics by
Fred Ebb
)
Karen Morrow
Papa, Wont You Dance with Me? (from 'High Button Shoes')
(music by
Jule Styne
; lyrics by
Sammy Cahn
)
Nanette Fabray, Donald Saddler
All of My Laughter (from 'Figs Leaves Are Falling')
(music by
Albert Hague
; lyrics by
Allan Sherman
)
Dorothy Loudon
You're Just in Love (from 'Call Me Madam')
(music by
Irving Berlin
; lyrics by
Irving Berlin
)
Elaine Stritch, Russell Nype
Something To Dance About (from 'Call Me Madam')
(music by
Irving Berlin
; lyrics by
Irving Berlin
)
Chita Rivera, Bill Burns, Christopher Chadman, Gary Chryst and Wayne Cilento
Rodgers and Hart Medley
The Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Act 2
Sung By
Little Old New York (from 'Tenderloin')
(music by
Jerry Bock
; lyrics by
Sheldon Harnick
)
American Dance Machine
Lonely Town (from 'On The Town')
(music by
Leonard Bernstein
; lyrics by
Betty Comden
and
Adolph Green
)
Larry Kert
The Name's LaGuardia (from 'Fiorello!')
(music by
Jerry Bock
; lyrics by
Sheldon Harnick
)
Tom Bosley
My Darling, My Darling (from 'Where's Charley?')
(music by
Frank Loesser
; lyrics by
Frank Loesser
)
Jo Sullivan Loesser
The New Ashmolean Marching Society and Students' Conservatory Band (from 'Where's Charley?')
(music by
Frank Loesser
; lyrics by
Frank Loesser
)
Dorothy Loudon and Company
Once in Love with Amy (from 'Where's Charley?')
(music by
Frank Loesser
; lyrics by
Frank Loesser
)
Butterfly McQueen and Company
Bewitched (from 'Pal Joey')
(music by
Richard Rodgers
; lyrics by
Lorenz Hart
)
Joy Abbott
Step to the Rear (from 'How Now, Dow Jones')
(music by
Elmer Bernstein
; lyrics by
Carolyn Leigh
)
Elizabeth Ashley and Company
Heart (from 'Damn Yankees')
(music by
Richard Adler
and
Jerry Ross
; lyrics by
Richard Adler
and
Jerry Ross
)
The Company
People
Songs
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Owned / Operated by
The Messrs. Nederlander
and
Stewart F. Lane
Produced by
Barry Brown
Special Material by
Mark Waldrop
; New Orchestrations by
Jim Tyler
,
Michael Gibson
and
Chris Bankey
; New Vocal Arrangements by
Donald Pippin
; 'Something To Dance About' Dance Arrangement by
Mark Hummel
; Rodgers and Hart Medley Musical Arrangement by
Donald Pippin
; Musical Director:
Donald Pippin
; Associate Musical Dir.:
Nicholas Archer
; Featuring songs by
Richard Rodgers
,
Leonard Bernstein
,
Richard Adler
,
John Kander
,
Jule Styne
,
Albert Hague
,
Irving Berlin
,
Jerry Bock
,
Frank Loesser
,
Elmer Bernstein
and
Jerry Ross
; Featuring songs with lyrics by
Lorenz Hart
,
Betty Comden
,
Adolph Green
,
Jerry Ross
,
Fred Ebb
,
Sammy Cahn
,
Allan Sherman
,
Irving Berlin
,
Sheldon Harnick
,
Frank Loesser
,
Carolyn Leigh
and
Richard Adler
Directed by
Fritz Holt
; Musical Staging by
Dennis Callahan
; 'Papa, Wont You Dance with Me?' Choreographed by
Donald Saddler
; 'Something To Dance About' Choreographed by
Christopher Chadman
; 'Little Old New York' Choreographed by
Joe Layton
; 'The Name's LaGuardia' Choreographed by
Joe Layton
Scenic Design by
John Falabella
; Costume Design by
Theoni V. Aldredge
; Lighting Design by
Natasha Katz
; Sound Design by
Peter Fitzgerald
; Costume Coordinator:
Suzy Benzinger
; Assistant Scenic Design:
Anna Louizos
; Assistant Lighting Design:
Stuart Duke
; Second Assistant Lighting Designer:
John Ambrosone
Production Supervisor:
James Pentecost
; Production Coordinator:
James Pentecost
; Stage Manager:
Amy Pell
and
Peggy Peterson
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Sondra Katz
,
Lauren Class Schneider
,
Allan Sobek
,
Janet Friedman
,
Michael Passaro
and
Mary Lawson
; American Dance Machine Stage Manager:
Michael Trent
Music Contractor:
John Monaco
; American Dance Machine Conductor:
James Raitt
Press Representative:
Shirley Herz Associates
,
Shirley Herz
and
David Roggensack
; Advertising:
Fisher / LeDonne / Wilner
,
Jon Wilner
and
Dan Jinks
; Photographer:
Martha Swope
Edie Adams
Performer
Keith Allen
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Sydney Anderson
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Elizabeth Ashley
Performer
Tom Bosley
Performer
Bill Burns
Performer
Dennis Callahan
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Darrell Carey
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Joan Caulfield
Performer
Pam Cecil
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Christopher Chadman
Performer
Carol Channing
Performer
Gary Chryst
Performer
Wayne Cilento
Performer
Newton Cole
Member of American Dance Machine
Keene Curtis
Performer
Dannul Dailey
Member of American Dance Machine
Kari Delong
Member of American Dance Machine
Frank Di Pasquale
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Brian Duguay
Member of American Dance Machine
David Evans
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Nanette Fabray
Performer
Lynn Faro
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
José Ferrer
Performer
Dan Fletcher
Member of American Dance Machine
Spence Ford
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Arlene Francis
Performer
Laura Freemont
Member of American Dance Machine
Kim Freshwater
Member of American Dance Machine
Shawn Gannon
Member of American Dance Machine
Drew Geraci
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Jack Gilford
Performer
Lillian Gish
Performer
Tinka Gutrick
Member of American Dance Machine
Kitty Carlisle Hart
Performer
June Havoc
Performer
Suzanne Hawe
Member of American Dance Machine
Helen Hayes
Performer
Rex Hays
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Jan Leigh Herndon
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
George S. Irving
Performer
Suzanne Ishee
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
David Jackson
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Van Johnson
Performer
Larry Kert
Performer
David Klatt
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Stanislaw Kmiec
Member of American Dance Machine
Juliette Kurth
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Eric Lamp
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Hal Linden
Performer
Paul Loper
Member of American Dance Machine
Diana Losk
Member of American Dance Machine
Michael Lott
Member of American Dance Machine
Dorothy Loudon
Performer
Aja Major
Member of American Dance Machine
Peter Marshall
Performer
A. Michael McKee
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Butterfly McQueen
Performer
Karen Morrow
Performer
Russell Nype
Performer
Dan O'Grady
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Janis Paige
Performer
Elizabeth Parrish
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Jay Pierce
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Darcy Pulliam
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Chita Rivera
Performer
Arthur Rubin
Performer
Donald Saddler
Performer
Marie Santell
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
David Scala
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Donna Smythe
Member of American Dance Machine
Maureen Stapleton
Performer
Elaine Stritch
Performer
Jo Sullivan Loesser
Performer
Ali Theodore
Member of American Dance Machine
Eric Underwood
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Gwen Verdon
Performer
Mark Waldrop
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
John Weiner
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Act 1
Sung By
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (from 'Jumbo')
(music by
Richard Rodgers
; lyrics by
Lorenz Hart
)
Arthur Rubin and Company
Good For the Average Man (from 'On Your Toes')
(music by
Richard Rodgers
; lyrics by
Lorenz Hart
)
Kitty Carlisle Hart, George S. Irving
It's Love (from 'Wonderful Town')
(music by
Leonard Bernstein
; lyrics by
Betty Comden
and
Adolph Green
)
Edie Adams
There Once Was a Man (from 'Pajama Game')
(music by
Richard Adler
and
Jerry Ross
; lyrics by
Richard Adler
and
Jerry Ross
)
Janis Paige, Hal Linden
Sing Happy (from 'Flora, The Red Menace')
(music by
John Kander
; lyrics by
Fred Ebb
)
Karen Morrow
Papa, Wont You Dance with Me? (from 'High Button Shoes')
(music by
Jule Styne
; lyrics by
Sammy Cahn
)
Nanette Fabray, Donald Saddler
All of My Laughter (from 'Figs Leaves Are Falling')
(music by
Albert Hague
; lyrics by
Allan Sherman
)
Dorothy Loudon
You're Just in Love (from 'Call Me Madam')
(music by
Irving Berlin
; lyrics by
Irving Berlin
)
Elaine Stritch, Russell Nype
Something To Dance About (from 'Call Me Madam')
(music by
Irving Berlin
; lyrics by
Irving Berlin
)
Chita Rivera, Bill Burns, Christopher Chadman, Gary Chryst and Wayne Cilento
Rodgers and Hart Medley
The Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Act 2
Sung By
Little Old New York (from 'Tenderloin')
(music by
Jerry Bock
; lyrics by
Sheldon Harnick
)
American Dance Machine
Lonely Town (from 'On The Town')
(music by
Leonard Bernstein
; lyrics by
Betty Comden
and
Adolph Green
)
Larry Kert
The Name's LaGuardia (from 'Fiorello!')
(music by
Jerry Bock
; lyrics by
Sheldon Harnick
)
Tom Bosley
My Darling, My Darling (from 'Where's Charley?')
(music by
Frank Loesser
; lyrics by
Frank Loesser
)
Jo Sullivan Loesser
The New Ashmolean Marching Society and Students' Conservatory Band (from 'Where's Charley?')
(music by
Frank Loesser
; lyrics by
Frank Loesser
)
Dorothy Loudon and Company
Once in Love with Amy (from 'Where's Charley?')
(music by
Frank Loesser
; lyrics by
Frank Loesser
)
Butterfly McQueen and Company
Bewitched (from 'Pal Joey')
(music by
Richard Rodgers
; lyrics by
Lorenz Hart
)
Joy Abbott
Step to the Rear (from 'How Now, Dow Jones')
(music by
Elmer Bernstein
; lyrics by
Carolyn Leigh
)
Elizabeth Ashley and Company
Heart (from 'Damn Yankees')
(music by
Richard Adler
and
Jerry Ross
; lyrics by
Richard Adler
and
Jerry Ross
)
The Company
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