On Your Toes

Virginia Theatre, (3/06/1983 - 5/20/1984)

First Preview:	Mar 01, 1983	Total Previews:	7
Opening Date:	Mar 06, 1983
Closing Date:	May 20, 1984	Total Performances:	505

Category: Musical, Comedy, Revival, Broadway

Description: A musical in two acts

Setting: 1920. A Vaudeville Stage; a classroom at Knickerbocker University; Vera's apartment; Cosmopolitan Opera House stage and stage door

Production Staff [See More]
Theatre Owned / Operated by Jujamcyn Theaters (under the direction of Richard G. Wolff, President)
Produced by Alfred De Liagre, Jr., Roger L. Stevens, John Mauceri, Donald R. Seawell and André Pastoria
Originally produced by ANTA (Alfred de Liagre Jr: executive producer; Jean Dalrymple: executive director) and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart; Book by Rodgers & Hart and George Abbott; Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek; Musical Director: John Mauceri; Choral arrangements by Jeffrey Klitz
Directed by George Abbott; Original choreography by George Balanchine; Choreographed by Donald Saddler; Additional ballet choreography by Peter Martins
Production Design by Zack Brown; Lighting Design by John McLain; Wigs for Misses Makarova and Merrill by Paul Huntley; Wig Design by Charles Eisen and Dennis Bergevin; Make-Up Design by Charles Eisen and Dennis Bergevin
Coordinating Producer: Charlene Harrington; General Manager: Charlene Harrington and C. Edwin Knill; Company Manager: Edwin Blacker
Production Stage Manager: William Dodds; Stage Manager: Amy Pell
Conducted by Paul Schwartz and John Kim Bell; Music Contractor: John Kim Bell; At the piano: Jeffrey Klitz and Jeff Lipham; Coordination of music materials by John A. McGlinn
Casting: Hughes / Moss Casting; General Press Representative: Jeffrey Richards Associates; Production Associate: Jean Bankier; Ballet Mistress: Susan Pilarre and Susan Hendl; Dance Captain: Dirk Lumbard; Ballet Dance Captain: Alexander Filipov; Advertising: Ash / LeDonne, Fred Golden and Don Josephson

Cast

Natalia Makarova	Vera Barnova
	Princess Zenobia "Princess Zenobia" Ballet
	Strip Tease Girl "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" Ballet
Christine Andreas	Frankie Frayne
George de la Peña	Konstantine Morrosine
	Beggar "Princess Zenobia" Ballet
George S. Irving	Sergei Alexandrovitch
Dina Merrill	Peggy Porterfield
Lara Teeter	Junior 15 years later
	Hoofer "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" Ballet
Eugene J. Anthony	Phil Dolan II
	Oscar
	Ali Shar "Princess Zenobia" Ballet
Dean Badolato	A Messenger Boy
	Ensemble
Starr Danias	Ballet leader "On Your Toes" ballet
Melody A. Dye	Ensemble
Alexander Filipov	Ballet leader "On Your Toes" ballet
	Ensemble
David Gold	Stage Doorman
	Ahmud Ben B'Du "Princess Zenobia" Ballet
	Ensemble
Betty Ann Grove	Lil Dolan
	A Woman Reporter
Michaela K. Hughes	Miss Pinkerton
	Ensemble
George Kmeck	Louie
	Kringa Khan "Princess Zenobia" Ballet
	Ensemble
Wade Laboissonniere	Ensemble
Dirk Lumbard	Stage Manager
	Tap leader "On Your Toes" ballet
	Ensemble
Tamara Mark	Anushka
	Ensemble
Robert Meadows	Ensemble
Jerry Mitchell	Joe McCall
	Cop
	Ensemble
Dana Moore	Tap leader "On Your Toes" ballet
	Ensemble
Chris Peterson	Ensemble
	Dimitri
Mary C. Robare	Lola
	Ensemble
Philip Arthur Ross	Young Phil Dolan III
Peter Slutsker	Sidney Cohn
Don Steffy	Ivan
	Ensemble
Kirby Tepper	Ensemble
Michael Vita	Hank Jay Smith
	Cop
	Big Boss "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" Ballet
James Walski	Ensemble
Marcia Lynn Watkins	Ensemble
Leslie Woodies	Ensemble
Sandra Zigars	Ensemble

Understudies: Starr Danias (Vera Barnova), Alexander Filipov (Konstantine Morrosine), David Gold (Sergei Alexandrovitch), Michaela K. Hughes (Peggy Porterfield), Dirk Lumbard (Junior, Phil Dolan II), Jerry Mitchell (Louie), Dana Moore (Lil Dolan), Steven Ross (Young Phil Dolan III), Kirby Tepper (Sidney Cohn) and Marcia Lynn Watkins (Frankie Frayne)

Tony Award^®
1983 Best Actress in a Musical [winner]
Natalia Makarova
1983 Best Featured Actor in a Musical [nominee]
Lara Teeter
1983 Best Featured Actress in a Musical [nominee]
Christine Andreas
1983 Best Choreography [nominee]
Donald Saddler
1983 Best Reproduction (Play or Musical) [winner]
Produced by Alfred De Liagre, Jr., Roger L. Stevens, John Mauceri, Donald R. Seawell and André Pastoria
Drama Desk Award
1983 Outstanding Actress in a Musical [winner]
Natalia Makarova
1983 Outstanding Choreography [nominee]
Donald Saddler
1983 Outstanding Choreography [nominee]
Peter Martins
1983 Outstanding Director of a Musical [winner]
Directed by George Abbott
1983 Outstanding Orchestration [winner]
Hans Spialek
1983 Outstanding Costume Design [nominee]
Zack Brown
1983 Outstanding Revival [winner]
Produced by Alfred De Liagre, Jr., Roger L. Stevens, John Mauceri, Donald R. Seawell and André Pastoria
Theatre World
1983 Special Award [recipient]
for a star in another medium making an Outstanding Broadway Debut Natalia Makarova

music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Lorenz Hart

ACT 1	Sung By
Two a Day for Keith	Phil Dolan II, Lil Dolan and Phil Dolan III
Questions and Answers (The Three B's)	Junior and Students
It's Got To Be Love	Frankie Frayne, Junior and Students
Too Good for the Average Man	Sergei Alexandrovitch and Peggy Porterfield
The Seduction	Vera Barnova and Junior
There's a Small Hotel	Frankie Frayne and Junior
ACT 2	Sung By
The Heart Is Quicker than the Eye	Peggy Porterfield and Junior
Glad To Be Unhappy	Frankie Frayne
Quiet Night	Hank Jay Smith and Students
On Your Toes	Frankie Frayne and Students
Quiet Night (Reprise)	Sergei Alexandrovitch