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Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Feb 19, 1953
Closing Date
Apr 10, 1954
Performances
477
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Music Box Theatre
(Feb 19, 1953 - Apr 10, 1954)
Description
A play in three acts
Setting
A small town in Kansas in the backyard shared by Flo Owens and Helen Potts.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Irving Berlin
and
Lee Shubert
Produced by
The Theatre Guild (Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner: Administrative Directors)
and
Joshua Logan
Written by
William Inge
Directed by
Joshua Logan
; Assistant Director:
Marshall Jamison
Scenic Design by
Jo Mielziner
; Lighting Design by
Jo Mielziner
; Costume Design by
Mildred Trebor
; Assistant to Mr. Mielziner:
John Harvey
Company Manager:
James Miller
Production Stage Manager:
Alan Anderson
; Stage Manager:
Scott Jackson
Assistant to Mr. Logan:
Joseph Curtis
; Press Representative:
Leo Freedman
and
Abner D. Klipstein
; Press Assistant:
Betty Lee Hunt
; Photographer:
Zinn Arthur
; Master Electrician:
John Davis
Ralph Meeker
Hal Carter
Peggy Conklin
Flo Owens
Eileen Heckart
Rosemary Sydney
Feb 19, 1953 - Mar 1954
Ruth McDevitt
Helen Potts
Morris Miller
Bomber
Paul Newman
Broadway debut
Alan Seymour
Arthur O'Connell
Howard Bevans
Feb 19, 1953 - Mar 1954
Janice Rule
Madge Owens
Reta Shaw
Irma Kronkite
Kim Stanley
Millie Owens
Elizabeth Wilson
Christine Schoenwalder
Understudies:
Paul Newman
(Hal Carter) and
Joanne Woodward
(Madge Owens, Millie Owens)
Music Box Theatre
(Feb 19, 1953 - Apr 10, 1954)
Company Manager:
Peter Davis
Cast
John C. Becher
Howard Bevans
Mar 1954 - Apr 10, 1954
Sandra Church
Madge Owens
Dulcie Cooper
Irma Kronkite
Fred Eisley
Alan Seymour
Betty Lou Holland
Millie Owens
Louise Larabee
Rosemary Sydney
Mar 1954 - Apr 10, 1954
Eleanor Phelps
Irma Kronkite
Understudy:
Carolyn Brenner
(Helen Potts, Christine Schoenwalder, Irma Kronkite)
Awards
Tony Award®
Stage Technician
1954 Winner
Electrician:
John Davis
(for constant good work as a theater electrician)
Director
1953 Winner
Directed by
Joshua Logan
Pulitzer Prize
for Drama
1953 Winner
Written by
William Inge
Theatre World
Award
1953 Recipient
Eileen Heckart
and
Paul Newman
People
Awards
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Irving Berlin
and
Lee Shubert
Produced by
The Theatre Guild (Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner: Administrative Directors)
and
Joshua Logan
Written by
William Inge
Directed by
Joshua Logan
; Assistant Director:
Marshall Jamison
Scenic Design by
Jo Mielziner
; Lighting Design by
Jo Mielziner
; Costume Design by
Mildred Trebor
; Assistant to Mr. Mielziner:
John Harvey
Company Manager:
James Miller
Production Stage Manager:
Alan Anderson
; Stage Manager:
Scott Jackson
Assistant to Mr. Logan:
Joseph Curtis
; Press Representative:
Leo Freedman
and
Abner D. Klipstein
; Press Assistant:
Betty Lee Hunt
; Photographer:
Zinn Arthur
; Master Electrician:
John Davis
Ralph Meeker
Hal Carter
Peggy Conklin
Flo Owens
Eileen Heckart
Rosemary Sydney
Feb 19, 1953 - Mar 1954
Ruth McDevitt
Helen Potts
Morris Miller
Bomber
Paul Newman
Broadway debut
Alan Seymour
Arthur O'Connell
Howard Bevans
Feb 19, 1953 - Mar 1954
Janice Rule
Madge Owens
Reta Shaw
Irma Kronkite
Kim Stanley
Millie Owens
Elizabeth Wilson
Christine Schoenwalder
Understudies:
Paul Newman
(Hal Carter) and
Joanne Woodward
(Madge Owens, Millie Owens)
Music Box Theatre
(Feb 19, 1953 - Apr 10, 1954)
Company Manager:
Peter Davis
Cast
John C. Becher
Howard Bevans
Mar 1954 - Apr 10, 1954
Sandra Church
Madge Owens
Dulcie Cooper
Irma Kronkite
Fred Eisley
Alan Seymour
Betty Lou Holland
Millie Owens
Louise Larabee
Rosemary Sydney
Mar 1954 - Apr 10, 1954
Eleanor Phelps
Irma Kronkite
Understudy:
Carolyn Brenner
(Helen Potts, Christine Schoenwalder, Irma Kronkite)
Tony Award®
Stage Technician
1954 Winner
Electrician:
John Davis
(for constant good work as a theater electrician)
Director
1953 Winner
Directed by
Joshua Logan
Pulitzer Prize
for Drama
1953 Winner
Written by
William Inge
Theatre World
Award
1953 Recipient
Eileen Heckart
and
Paul Newman
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