MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Oct 19, 1938
Closing Date
Mar 11, 1939
Performances
168
MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
(Oct 19, 1938 - Feb 1939)
46th Street Theatre
(Feb 13, 1939 - Mar 11, 1939)
Description
A musical in two acts
Setting
Washington Irving's study; the Battery; interior of the jail.
Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; S.N. Behrman; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Sidney Howard)
Music by Kurt Weill; Book by Maxwell Anderson; Music arranged by Kurt Weill; Music orchestrated by Kurt Weill; Lyrics by Maxwell Anderson; Musical Director: Maurice de Abravanel; Inspired by "Knickerbocker History of New York" by Washington Irving
Staged by Joshua Logan; Choreographed by Carl Randall and Edwin Denby; Directed by Joshua Logan
Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Costume Design by Frank Bevan
Business Manager: Victor Samrock; Company Manager: William Schneider
Stage Manager: Alan Anderson; Assistant Stage Mgr: Amy London
Press Representative: William Fields and Phil Stevenson
Richard Kollmar
Brom Broeck
Jeanne Madden
Tina Tienhoven
Ray Middleton
Washington Irving
Mark Smith
Tienhoven
Albert Allen
Soldier
Matthias Ammann
Soldier
Edith Angold
Mistress Schermerhorn
Robert Arnold
Citizen of New Amsterdam
Charles Arnt
DePeyster
Donald Black
General Poffenburgh
Jane Brotherton
Citizen of New Amsterdam
Helen Carroll
Citizen of New Amsterdam
Richard Cowdery
Van Cortlandt, Jr.
Carol Dies
Citizen of New Amsterdam
Dow Fonda
Soldier
Howard Freeman
Schermerhorn
Bruce Hamilton
Citizen of New Amsterdam
Walter Huston
Pieter Stuyvesant
Margaret MacLaren
Citizen of New Amsterdam
Ruth Mamel
Citizen of New Amsterdam
William Marel
Citizen of New Amsterdam
Harry Meehan
Anthony Corlear
Clarence Nordstrom
Tenpin
Warde Peters
Soldier
James Phillips
Van Rensselaer
Francis Pierlot
Vanderbilt
 
Roosevelt
Robert Rounseville
Citizen of New Amsterdam
Rufus Smith
Citizen of New Amsterdam
Margaret Stewart
Citizen of New Amsterdam
William Wahlert
Citizen of New Amsterdam
George Watts
Vanderbilt
John E. Young
DeVries
Erika Zaranova
Citizen of New Amsterdam
music by Kurt Weill; lyrics by Maxwell Anderson
Act 1
Sung By
Clackety-Clack
Washington Irving and Girls
It's a Law
Tienhoven and Council
There's Nowhere to Go But Up
Brom Broeck, Tenpin and Ensemble
It Never Was You
Brom Broeck and Tina Tienhoven
How Can You Tell an American?
Brom Broeck and Washington Irving
Will You Remember Me?
Brom Broeck, Tina Tienhoven and Ensemble
One Touch of Alchemy
Pieter Stuyvesant and Ensemble
The One Indispensable Man
Pieter Stuyvesant and Tienhoven
Young People Think About Love
Tienhoven, Brom Broeck and Ensemble
September Song
Pieter Stuyvesant
Act 2
Sung By
Ballad of the Robbers
Washington Irving
We Are Cut in Twain
Brom Broeck and Tina Tienhoven
There's Nowhere to Go But Up (Reprise)
Washington Irving
To War!
Pieter Stuyvesant, Council and Male Ensemble
Our Ancient Liberties
Tienhoven, Anthony Corlear and Council
Romance and Musketeer
Ensemble
The Scars
Pieter Stuyvesant and Ensemble
Dirge for a Soldier
Ensemble
Ve Vouldn't Gonto Do It
Ensemble
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