MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Apr 17, 1977
Closing Date
May 20, 1979
1st Preview
Apr 13, 1977
1st Preview
Apr 13, 1977
Previews
7
Performances
857
MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
(Apr 17, 1977 - May 20, 1979)
Setting
Trenton, New Jersey. The Present.
Media
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Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
Produced by Terry Allen Kramer and Harry Rigby; Produced by arrangement with Joseph Kipness; Associate Producer: Frank Montalvo
Book by Michael Stewart; Lyrics by Michael Stewart; Music by Cy Coleman; From a play by Luis Rego; Music arranged by Cy Coleman; Musical Director: John Miller
Directed by Gene Saks; Musical Numbers Staged by Onna White
Scenic Design by David Mitchell; Costume Design by Ron Talsky; Lighting Design by Gilbert V. Hemsley, Jr.; Sound Design by Lou Gonzales
General Manager: Jack Schlissel and Jay Kingwill; Assistant Gen. Mgr: Mark Bramble; Assistant to Mssrs. Schlissel & Kingwill: Larry Goossen
Production Stage Manager: Bob Vandergriff; Stage Manager: Tony Manzi; Technical Supervisor: Mitch Miller
Bass Player: John Miller; Guitar/Banjo: Michael Mark; Piano: Ken Bichel; Drummer: Joe Saulter
General Press Representative: Henry Luhrman Associates; Poster Art by Hilary Knight; Photographer: Martha Swope and Sy Friedman; Advertising: Ash / LeDonne and Richard Kagey; Casting: Feuer & Ritzer
Lenny Baker
Alvin
Joanna Gleason
Broadway debut
Monica
Apr 13, 1977 - Apr 1978
Ilene Graff
Cleo
James Naughton
Wally
Ken Bichel
Norman
Michael Mark
Broadway debut
Stanley
John Miller
Harvey
Joe Saulter
Quentin
Understudies: Warren Benbow (Quentin), James Brennan (Wally, Alvin), Michael Mark (Harvey), Joel Mofsenson (Norman), Jana Robbins (Cleo, Monica) and Michael Sergio (Stanley)

Ethel Barrymore Theatre (Apr 17, 1977 - May 20, 1979)

Piano: Mark Franklin
Advertising: Regis Albrecht; General Press Representative: Anne Obert Weinberg

Cast

Marjorie Barnes
Monica
May 01, 1979 - May 20, 1979
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Alvin
May 01, 1979 - May 20, 1979
Maureen Moore
Cleo
Mar 06, 1979 - Apr 29, 1979
Larry Riley
Wally
May 01, 1979 - May 20, 1979
Virginia Sandifur
Monica
Apr 1978 - Sep 02, 1978
Janie Sell
Monica
Sep 04, 1978 - Apr 29, 1979
Barbara Sharma
Cleo
Sep 04, 1978 - Mar 04, 1979
Dick Smothers
Broadway debut
Alvin
Sep 04, 1978 - Apr 29, 1979
Tom Smothers
Broadway debut
Wally
Sep 04, 1978 - Apr 29, 1979
Hattie Winston
Cleo
May 01, 1979 - May 20, 1979
Tom Wopat
Wally
Jul 1978 - Sep 02, 1978
Christine Anderson
 
 
Brad Blaisdell
Alvin
 
Wally
James Brennan
Alvin
Mark Franklin
Norman
Lawrence John Moss
Alvin
James Seymour
Wally
Standby: Walter Bobbie (Alvin, Wally), Christine Ebersole (Cleo), Lisby Larson (Cleo, Monica) and Mary Murray (Monica, Cleo)
music by Cy Coleman; lyrics by Michael Stewart
Act 1
Sung By
We're Still Friends
Company
Monica
Alvin, Monica and Four Guys
By Threes
Wally, Alvin and Harvey
A Mover's Life
Alvin and Four Guys
Love Revolution
Cleo
Someone Wonderful I Missed
Monica and Cleo
Sexually Free
Alvin, Cleo and Wally
Act 2
Sung By
Hey There, Good Times
Harvey, Stanley, Quentin and Norman
Lovers on Christmas Eve
Monica, Wally and Norman
Scream
Harvey, Stanley, Quentin and Norman
Everybody Today Is Turning On
Alvin and Wally
Married Couple Seeks Married Couple
Alvin, Cleo, Wally and Monica
I Love My Wife
Alvin and Wally

Tony Award®

 

Best Musical

1977 Nominee
Produced by Terry Allen Kramer and Harry Rigby
Produced by arrangement with Joseph Kipness
 

Best Book of a Musical

1977 Nominee
Book by Michael Stewart
 

Best Original Score

1977 Nominee
Music by Cy Coleman
Lyrics by Michael Stewart

Best Featured Actor in a Musical

1977 Winner
Lenny Baker
 

Best Choreography

1977 Nominee
Musical Numbers Staged by Onna White

Best Direction of a Musical

1977 Winner
Directed by Gene Saks

Drama Desk Award

 

Outstanding Musical

1977 Nominee
Produced by Terry Allen Kramer and Harry Rigby
Produced by arrangement with Joseph Kipness

Outstanding Actor in a Musical

1977 Winner
Lenny Baker

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

1977 Winner
Michael Mark
Joe Saulter
John Miller
Ken Bichel
 

Outstanding Director of a Musical

1977 Nominee
Directed by Gene Saks

Outstanding Music

1977 Winner
Music by Cy Coleman

Theatre World

Award

1977 Recipient
Joanna Gleason
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