No Strings

54th Street Theatre, (3/15/1962 - 9/29/1962)

Broadhurst Theatre, (10/01/1962 - 8/03/1963)

First Preview:	Mar 14, 1962	Total Previews:	1
Opening Date:	Mar 15, 1962
Closing Date:	Aug 03, 1963	Total Performances:	580

Category: Musical, Original, Broadway

Setting: Paris, Monte Carlo, Honfleur, Deauville and St. Tropez. The present.

Production Staff [See More]
Produced by Richard Rodgers; Produced in association with Samuel Taylor
Book by Samuel Taylor; Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Richard Rodgers; Music orchestrated by Ralph Burns; Musical Director: Peter Matz; Dance arrangements by Peter Matz
Directed by Joe Layton; Choreographed by Joe Layton; Associate Choreographer: Buddy Schwab
Scenic Design by David Hays; Costume Design by Fred Voelpel and Donald Brooks; Dresses for Diahann Carroll, Polly Rowles and Bernie Massi designed by Donald Brooks; Lighting Design by David Hays; Hair Design by Ronald De Mann
General Manager: Morris Jacobs; Company Manager: Maurice Winters
Production Stage Manager: Charles Atkin; Stage Manager: Fred Smith; Production Supervisor: Jerome Whyte
Orchestra Personnel Manager: Sol Gusikoff; Flute: Walter Wegner; Clarinet: Aaron Sachs; Oboe: Ernie Mauro; Trumpet: James Sedlar; Trombone: James Dahl; Drums: Ronnie Bedford; Bassoon: Walter Kane
Press Representative: Frank Goodman, Ben Washer and Arlene Wolf; Dance Captain: Wakefield Poole; Casting: Edward Blum; Advertising: Lawrence Weiner and Associates

Cast

Diahann Carroll	Barbara Woodruff
Richard Kiley	David Jordan
Noelle Adam	Jeanette Valmy
Don Chastain	Mike Robinson
Alvin Epstein	Luc Delbert
Mitchell Gregg	Louis dePourtal
Bernice Massi	Comfort O'Connell
Polly Rowles	Mollie Plummer
Paul Cambeilh	Marcello Agnolotti
Susanne Cansino	Dancer
Julie Drake	Dancer
Jean Eliot	Dancer
Ginny Gan	Dancer
Gene GeBauer	Dancer
Ellen Graff	Dancer
Ann Hodges	Gabrielle Bertin
	Dancer
Diana Hrubetz	Dancer
Kay Hudson	Dancer
Scott Hunter	Dancer
Alan Johnson	Dancer
Sandy Leeds	Dancer
Michael Maurer	Dancer
Larry Merritt	Dancer
Anna Marie Moylan	Dancer
David Neuman	Dancer
Patti Pappathatos	Dancer
Janet Paxton	Dancer
Wakefield Poole	Dancer
Dellas Rennie	Dancer
Bea Salten	Dancer
Carol Sherman	Dancer
Calvin von Reinhold	Dancer
Mary Zahn	Dancer

Standby: John Carter (David Jordan, Mike Robinson) and Vi Valesco (Barbara Woodruff)

Understudies: Paul Cambeilh (Louis dePourtal), Ann Hodges (Comfort O'Connell, Mollie Plummer), Diana Hrubetz (Gabrielle Bertin), Alan Johnson (Luc Delbert), Dellas Rennie (Jeanette Valmy) and Calvin von Reinhold (Marcello Agnolotti)

Tony Award^®
1962 Best Musical [nominee]
Book by Samuel Taylor; Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Richard Rodgers; Produced by Richard Rodgers; Produced in association with Samuel Taylor
1962 Best Composer [winner]
Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Richard Rodgers
1962 Best Actor in a Musical [nominee]
Richard Kiley
1962 Best Actress in a Musical [winner]
Diahann Carroll
1962 Best Scenic Design [nominee]
David Hays
1962 Best Costume Design [nominee]
Donald Brooks
1962 Best Choreography [winner]
Joe Layton
1962 Best Direction of a Musical [nominee]
Joe Layton
1962 Best Conductor and Musical Director [nominee]
Musical Director: Peter Matz

music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Richard Rodgers

ACT 1	Sung By
The Sweetest Sounds	Barbara Woodruff and David Jordan
How Sad	David Jordan
Loads of Love	Barbara Woodruff
The Man Who Has Everything	Louis dePourtal
Be My Host	David Jordan, Comfort O'Connell, Mike Robinson, Luc Delbert, Gabrielle Bertin and Dancers
La La La	Jeanette Valmy and Luc Delbert
You Don't Tell Me	Barbara Woodruff
Love Makes the World Go	Mollie Plummer, Comfort O'Connell and Dancers
Nobody Told Me	David Jordan and Barbara Woodruff
ACT 2	Sung By
Look No Further	David Jordan and Barbara Woodruff
Maine	David Jordan and Barbara Woodruff
An Orthodox Fool	Barbara Woodruff
Eager Beaver	Comfort O'Connell, Mike Robinson and Dancers
No Strings	David Jordan and Barbara Woodruff
Maine (Reprise)	Barbara Woodruff and David Jordan
The Sweetest Sounds (Reprise)	David Jordan and Barbara Woodruff