PlayComedy FantasyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Feb 20, 1952
Closing Date
Jan 10, 1953
Performances
320
PlayComedy FantasyOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Martin Beck Theatre
(Feb 20, 1952 - Mar 22, 1952)
Morosco Theatre
(Mar 25, 1952 - Nov 01, 1952)
48th Street Theatre
(Nov 03, 1952 - Jan 10, 1953)
Setting
Morning Room, Larue Towers. The Shantyland Pool Hall Lunchroom.
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Martin Beck Estate
Produced by ANTA (Robert Whitehead, Managing Director)
Written by Mary Chase; Background music (played on the Theremin) by Mischa Tulin
Directed by Joseph Buloff
Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard; Scenic Design by Lester Polakov; Lighting Design by Lester Polakov
General Manager: Oscar E. Olesen; Company Manager: Harold Kusell and Walter Fried; General Manager of ANTA Playhouse Play Series: Walter Fried; Assistant Managing Director of ANTA Playhouse Play Series: Lewis Allen; General Manager for the Martin Beck Theatre: Louis A. Lotito
Stage Manager: Frederick de Wilde; Technical Director: Paul Morrison; Assistant Stage Mgr: Al Saxe and Robert Sagalyn
Press Representative: Barry Hyams; Associate Press Representative: Martin Shwartz; Special Promotion: Alice Venezky
Helen Hayes
Mrs. Howard V. Larue III
Brandon de Wilde
Boy
 
Howay
Jules Munshin
Poison Eddie Schellenbach
Minnette Barrett
Mrs. Schellenbach
Ernest Borgnine
Nelson
Ann Buckles
Fairy
Solen Burry
First Policeman
Mildred Chandler
Grace Lewis
Irwin Corey
Dirty Joe
Marga Ann Deighton
Maude Lewis
Elsa Freed
Crone
Fred Gwynne
Stinker
William Lanteau
Waiter
Virgil
Enid Markey
Evva Lewis
Mary Michael
Carrie
Lydia Reed
Mimi
Robert Sagalyn
Second Policeman
Paula Trueman
Sybil
Iggie Wolfington
Chef
Ellsworth
Understudy: Solen Burry (Poison Eddie Schellenbach, Dirty Joe)

Martin Beck Theatre (Feb 20, 1952 - Mar 22, 1952)

Morosco Theatre (Mar 25, 1952 - Nov 01, 1952)

Theatre Owned / Operated by City Playhouses, Inc. (Louis A. Lotito, President)
Associate Press Representative: Herbert Barrett

Cast

Lee Bergere
Nelson
Robert Mariotti
Boy
 
Howay
Raymond Niemi
Boy
Alternate

48th Street Theatre (Nov 03, 1952 - Jan 10, 1953)

Theatre Owned / Operated by William A. Brady
Stage Manager: Al Saxe

Cast

Frank Corsaro
Dirty Joe
Jada Rowland
Mimi
Alternate
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