MusicalOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Feb 17, 1976
Closing Date
Feb 21, 1976
1st Preview
Jan 26, 1976
1st Preview
Jan 26, 1976
Previews
21
Performances
7
MusicalOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Minskoff Theatre
(Feb 17, 1976 - Feb 21, 1976)
Setting
A Rock Concert.
Theatre Owned / Operated by Theatre Now, Inc.
Produced by Lester Osterman Productions (Lester Osterman, Richard Horner) and Joseph Kipness; Produced in association with Martin Richards, Victor D'Arc and Marilyn Strauss; Produced by arrangement with Champlain Productions, Ltd.
Book by Cliff Jones; Music by Cliff Jones; Lyrics by Cliff Jones; Musical Director: Gordon Lowry Harrell; Vocal arrangements by Gordon Lowry Harrell; Dance arrangements by Doug Katsaros; Additional arrangements by Alan Raph, Tom Pierson, Horace Ott, Bill Brohn and Jim Tyler
Directed by Gower Champion; Choreographed by Gower Champion and Tony Stevens; Choreographed by Gower Champion and Tony Stevens
Scenic Design by Kert F. Lundell; Costume Design by Joseph G. Aulisi; Lighting Design by Jules Fisher; Sound Design by Abe Jacob; Set Projections by Mark Ravitz; Make-Up Design by Ted Azar; Hair Design by Ted Azar; Assistant to Mr. Lundell: Patricia Woodbridge; Personal Assistant to Mr. Lundell: Lee Mayman; Assistant to Mr. Jacob: David Congdon; Assistant to Mr. Aulisi: Gloria Gresham
General Manager: Leonard Soloway
Production Stage Manager: David Taylor; Stage Manager: Bethe Ward; Assistant Stage Mgr: Tony Manzi
Music published by Belwin Mills Publishing Corporation; Associate Conductor: Bill Schneider; Music Contractor: Marty Grupp; Musical Coordinator: Eron Tabor
Special Effects by Robert Joyce
Advertising: Blaine-Thompson and Matthew Serino; Assistant to the Director: Larry Carpenter; General Press Representative: Betty Lee Hunt Associates, Inc.; Graphic Artist: Doug Johnson; Casting: Feuer & Ritzer; Swordplay by Larry Carpenter; Assistant to Mr. Stevens: Mary Jane Houdina; Dance Captain: Mary Jane Houdina
The author dedicates "Rockabye Hamlet" to the memory of Christine Chandler
Larry Marshall
Hamlet
Alan Weeks
Claudius
Christopher Chadman
Rosencrantz
Beverly D'Angelo
Ophelia
Rory Dodd
Horatio
Leata Galloway
Gertrude
Winston DeWitt Hemsley
Guildenstern
Irving Lee
Player
Meat Loaf
Priest
Kim Milford
Laertes
Randal Wilson
Polonius
Tommy Aguilar
Ensemble
Steve Anthony
Ensemble
James Braet
Singer
Terry Calloway
Ensemble
Prudence Darby
Ensemble
Judy De Angelis
Singer
Chet D'Elia
Roadie
David Fredericks
Roadie
B. G. Gibson
Singer
Judy Gibson
Playeress
 
Honeybelle Huckster
 
Singer
George Giraldo
Ensemble
Pat Gorman
Singer
Larry Hyman
Ensemble
Kurt Johnson
Ensemble
Clinton Keen
Ensemble
David Lawson
Roadie
Suzanne Lukather
Singer
Paula Lynn
Ensemble
Jo Ann Ogawa
Ensemble
Sandi Orcutt
Ensemble
Bruce Paine
Pocker Rocker
 
Singer
William Parry
Grave Digger
 
Singer
Merel Poloway
Ensemble
Joseph Pugliese
Ensemble
Yolanda Raven
Ensemble
Jeff Spielman
Roadie
Michelle Stubbs
Ensemble
Chuck Thorpe
Swing Dancer
Dennis Williams
Ensemble
Standby: Philip Casnoff (Hamlet, Laertes)
music by Cliff Jones; lyrics by Cliff Jones
Act 1
Sung By
Why Did He Have to Die?
Horatio and Chorus
The Wedding
Hamlet, Claudius, Gertrude, Priest and Chorus
That It Should Come to This
Hamlet
Set It Right
Claudius, Hamlet, Gertrude and Chorus
Hello-Hello
Ophelia and Hamlet
Don't Unmask Your Beauty to the Moon
Hamlet and Laertes
If Not to You
Ophelia and Chorus
Have I Got a Girl for You
Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Hamlet and Chorus
Tis Pity, Tis True
Polonius, Claudius and Gertrude
Shall We Dance
Hamlet and Gertrude
All My Life
Gertrude
Something's Rotten in Denmark
Hamlet, Player, Playeress and Chorus
Denmark Is Still
Hamlet, Ophelia and Chorus
Twist Her MInd
Horatio, Hamlet, Ophelia and Chorus
Gentle Lover
Ophelia
Where Is the Reason
Hamlet
The Wart Song
Player and Chorus
He Got It in the Ear
Honeybelle Huckster
It Is Done
Hamlet and Horatio
Act 2
Sung By
Midnight-Hot Blood
Hamlet
Midnight Mass
Hamlet, Gertrude, Claudius, Priest and Choir
Hey....!
Rosencrantz, Guildenstern and Claudius
Sing Alone
Hamlet
Your Daddy's Gone Away
Horatio
Rockabye Hamlet
Ophelia
All By Yourself
Laertes
The Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Boogie
Claudius and Chorus Girls
Laertes Coercion
Claudius, Laertes, Gertrude and Chorus Girls
The Last Blues
Gertrude
Didn't She Do It for Love
Priest, Claudius, Hamlet, Laertes and Chorus
If My Morning Begins
Hamlet
Swordfight
Claudius, Hamlet, Laertes, Gertrude, Horatio and Chorus
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