MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Dec 28, 1944
Closing Date
Feb 02, 1946
Performances
462
MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Adelphi Theatre
(Dec 28, 1944 - Jun 02, 1945)
44th Street Theatre
(Jun 04, 1945 - Jul 28, 1945)
Martin Beck Theatre
(Jul 30, 1945 - Feb 02, 1946)
Setting
New York City. 1944 - wartime.
Media
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Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization
Produced by Oliver Smith and Paul Feigay
Music by Leonard Bernstein; Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; Book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; Based on an idea by Jerome Robbins; Additional lyrics by Leonard Bernstein; Musical Director: Max Goberman; Music orchestrated by Leonard Bernstein, Hershy Kay, Don Walker, Elliott Jacoby and Ted Royal
Directed by George Abbott; Choreographed by Jerome Robbins
Production Design by Oliver Smith; Costume Design by Alvin Colt; Lighting Design by Sam Amdurs
General Manager: Charles Harris; Company Manager: Sydney Harris
Technical Director: Peggy Clark; Stage Manager: Peggy Clark
Scenery Painted by Eugene Dunkel and Marcel Lestarquit
Production Assistant: Peter Foster; Press Representative: Karl Bernstein and Martha Dreiblatt
Sono Osato
Ivy Smith
Dec 28, 1944 - Dec 01, 1945
Nancy Walker
Hildy Esterhazy
Cris Alexander
Chip
John Battles
Gabey
Robert Chisholm
Pitkin W. Bridgework
Betty Comden
Claire DeLoone
Adolph Green
Ozzie
Ray Harrison
The Great Lover
Susan Steell
Madame Maude P. Dilly
Sam Adams
Musician
 
Singing Ensemble
Maxine Arnold
Little Old Lady
Aza Bard
Dance Ensemble
Larry Bolton
Bill Poster
Remo Bufano
Figment
Shirley Ann Burton
Singing Ensemble
John Butler
Dance Ensemble
Frances Cassard
Voice
 
Singer (#2)
 
Singing Ensemble
Lyle Clark
Sailor
 
Dance Ensemble
Richard D'Arcy
Tom
 
Sailor in Blue
 
Dance Ensemble
Carle Eberle
Passerby
 
Dance Ensemble
 
Street Sweeper
Malka Farber
Lady in Red
 
Dance Ensemble
Nelle Fisher
High School Girl
 
Dance Ensemble
 
Night Club Patron
Cyprienne Gabelman
Girl in Green
 
First Ballet Girl
 
Dance Ensemble
Barbara Gaye
3rd Ballet Girl
 
Dance Ensemble
Jeanne Gordon
Spanish Singer
 
Singing Ensemble
Herbert Greene
3rd Workman
 
Musician
 
Waiter
 
Conductor
 
Singing Ensemble
Jean Handy
Dance Ensemble
Ray Harrison
Dance Ensemble
Melvin Howard
Singing Ensemble
Lonny Jackson
Policeman
 
Singing Ensemble
Dorothy Johnson
Singer
 
Singing Ensemble
Lila King
Singing Ensemble
Marion Kohler
Flossie's Friend
 
Singing Ensemble
Frances Lager
Singing Ensemble
Robert Lorenz
Rajah Bimmy
 
Singing Ensemble
Florence MacMichael
Flossie
Douglas Matheson
Dance Ensemble
Allyn Ann McLerie
2nd Ballet Girl
Dec 28, 1944 - Dec 01, 1945
 
Doll Girl
Dec 28, 1944 - Dec 01, 1945
 
Dance Ensemble
Dec 28, 1944 - Dec 01, 1945
Dorothy McNichols
Dance Ensemble
Virginia Miller
Dance Ensemble
Frank Milton
2nd Workman
 
Master of Ceremonies
 
Singing Ensemble
 
Announcer
Frank Neal
Dance Ensemble
Lavina Nielsen
Girl in Yellow
 
Shawl Girl
 
Dance Ensemble
Duncan Noble
Dance Ensemble
Regina Owens
Singing Ensemble
Alice Pearce
Lucy Schmeeler
Ben Piazza
Boy
 
Dance Ensemble
James Flash Riley
Dance Ensemble
Marten Sameth
Workman
 
Actor
 
Singing Ensemble
Milton Taubman
S. Uperman
 
Singing Ensemble
Roger Treat
Policeman
 
Singing Ensemble
Benjamin Trotman
Singing Ensemble
Atty Vandenberg
Dance Ensemble
Royce Wallace
Dance Ensemble
Don Weissmuller
Sailor
Frank Westbrook
Andy
 
Boy
 
Dance Ensemble

Adelphi Theatre (Dec 28, 1944 - Jun 02, 1945)

Cast

Stuart Allen
Bill Poster
Helen Franklin
Girl in Yellow
Henry Sherwood
Figment

44th Street Theatre (Jun 04, 1945 - Jul 28, 1945)

Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization

Cast

Henry Sherwood
Figment

Martin Beck Theatre (Jul 30, 1945 - Feb 02, 1946)

Theatre Owned / Operated by The Martin Beck Estate
Musical Director: Frank Nowicki and Everett Lee

Cast

Allyn McLerie
Ivy Smith
Dec 03, 1945 - Feb 02, 1946
John Battles
Gabey
Zamah Cunningham
Madame Maude P. Dilly
Marten Sameth
Gabey
Joshua Shelley
Ozzie
Ruth Webb
Claire DeLoone
Sam Adams
Rajah Bimmy
Van Atkins
Singing Ensemble
Oakley Bailey
Policeman
 
Singing Ensemble
Aza Bard
Shawl Girl
Clara Cordery
Dance Ensemble
Lee Edwards
Singing Ensemble
Helen Franklin
Girl in Yellow
 
Shawl Girl
 
Dance Ensemble
 
Doll Girl
Patricia Hosley
Singing Ensemble
Jean Houloose
Dance Ensemble
Bobby Johnson
Dance Ensemble
Jack Kauflin
Dance Ensemble
Lila King
Flossie's Friend
Marion Kohler
Flossie
 
Flossie's Friend
Welland Lathrop
Dance Ensemble
Florence MacMichael
Flossie
Virginia Miller
2nd Ballet Girl
Tom Morgan
Singing Ensemble
Lee Morrison
Dance Ensemble
Regina Owens
Spanish Singer
Charles Rhyner
Bill Poster
 
S. Uperman
Ruth Riekman
Dance Ensemble
Marten Sameth
Singing Ensemble
Henry Sherwood
Figment
Kathleen Stanley
Singing Ensemble
Johnny Stearns
S. Uperman
Bill Weaver
Andy
 
Boy
 
Dance Ensemble
Parker Wilson
Dance Ensemble
music by Leonard Bernstein; lyrics by Adolph Green and Betty Comden
Act 1
Sung By
I Feel Like I'm Not Out of Bed Yet
Workman
New York, New York
Ozzie, Chip and Gabey
Presentation of Miss Turnstiles
Announcers, Ivy Smith and Dance Ensemble
Come Up to My Place
Hildy Esterhazy and Chip
Carried Away
Claire DeLoone, Ozzie, Primitive Man and Primitive Woman
Lonely Town
Gabey and Dance Ensemble
Carnegie Hall Pavane
Ivy Smith, Madame Maude P. Dilly and Women of Carnegie Hall
Lucky to Be Me
Gabey and Full Company
I Understand
Pitkin W. Bridgework
I Can Cook Too
Hildy Esterhazy
Times Square Ballet
Act 2
Sung By
So Long, Baby
Diamond Eddie's Girls
I Wish I Was Dead
Diana Dream
I Wish I Was Dead (Reprise)
Senorita Dolores Dolores
Ya Got Me
Hildy Esterhazy, Claire DeLoone, Ozzie and Chip
I Understand (Reprise)
Pitkin W. Bridgework and Lucy Schmeeler
Subway Ride
Gabey and The People of New York
Imaginary Coney Island
Gabey, Ivy Smith and Dance Ensemble
Some Other Time
Claire DeLoone, Hildy Esterhazy, Ozzie and Chip
The Real Coney Island
Rajah Bimmy
I Feel Like I'm Not Out of Bed Yet (Reprise)
New York, New York (Reprise)
Full Company

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1945 Recipient
Betty Comden
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