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Once There Was a Russian
Play
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Feb 18, 1961
Closing Date
Feb 18, 1961
1st Preview
Feb 17, 1961
1st Preview
Feb 17, 1961
Previews
1
Performances
1
Play
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Feb 18, 1961
Close Date: Feb 18, 1961
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
Theatres
Music Box Theatre
(Feb 18, 1961 - Feb 18, 1961)
Setting
Potemkin's study in a small Crimean palace on the sea. 1787.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Leonard Key
,
Morton Segal
,
Kenneth Schwartz
,
Mel Howard
and
Dick Randall
; Produced in association with
Justin Sturm
Written by
Sam Spewack
Directed by
Gene Frankel
Scenic Design by
Tony Walton
; Costume Design by
Tony Walton
; Lighting Design by
Klaus Holm
Production Stage Manager:
Walter Neal
; Stage Manager:
Leon Gersten
Press Representative:
Harvey B. Sabinson
Tom Brannum
Muralov
Roger C. Carmel
Pasha
Eric Christmas
Admiral Radbury
Steven Frey
Soldier
Carol Grace
Vera
Louis Guss
Baron Razumni
Michael Lewis
Prince Nassau Von Siegen
Ryan MacDonald
Officer
Walter Matthau
Potemkin
Kennard Melton
Eunuch
Alberta Nelson
Servant
Julie Newmar
Sura
Laen Retlaw
Barber
Francoise Rosay
Catherine the Great
Sig Rumann
Polgunov
Tom Rummler
Soldier
Albert Salmi
John Paul Jones
Marvin Silbersher
Kolbas
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Leonard Key
,
Morton Segal
,
Kenneth Schwartz
,
Mel Howard
and
Dick Randall
; Produced in association with
Justin Sturm
Written by
Sam Spewack
Directed by
Gene Frankel
Scenic Design by
Tony Walton
; Costume Design by
Tony Walton
; Lighting Design by
Klaus Holm
Production Stage Manager:
Walter Neal
; Stage Manager:
Leon Gersten
Press Representative:
Harvey B. Sabinson
Tom Brannum
Muralov
Roger C. Carmel
Pasha
Eric Christmas
Admiral Radbury
Steven Frey
Soldier
Carol Grace
Vera
Louis Guss
Baron Razumni
Michael Lewis
Prince Nassau Von Siegen
Ryan MacDonald
Officer
Walter Matthau
Potemkin
Kennard Melton
Eunuch
Alberta Nelson
Servant
Julie Newmar
Sura
Laen Retlaw
Barber
Francoise Rosay
Catherine the Great
Sig Rumann
Polgunov
Tom Rummler
Soldier
Albert Salmi
John Paul Jones
Marvin Silbersher
Kolbas
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