Saratoga

Winter Garden Theatre, (12/07/1959 - 2/13/1960)

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Opening Date:	Dec 07, 1959
Closing Date:	Feb 13, 1960	Total Performances:	80

Category: Musical, Original, Broadway

Description: A musical in two acts

Setting: New Orleans, 1880; Saratoga; Binghamton, NY.

Production Staff [See More]
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization
Produced by Robert Fryer
Dramatized by Morton Da Costa; Based on "Saratoga Trunk" by Edna Ferber; Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer; Musical Director: Jerry Arlen; Vocal arrangements by Herbert Greene; Music orchestrated by Philip J. Lang; Dance arrangements by Genevieve Pitot
Directed by Morton Da Costa; Choreographed by Ralph Beaumont
Scenic Design by Cecil Beaton; Costume Design by Cecil Beaton; Lighting Design by Jean Rosenthal; Assistant to Mr. Beaton: Richard Randolph; Costume Coordinator: Robert Mackintosh; Hair Stylist: Ronald De Mann
General Manager: Ben F. Stein; Company Manager: Arthur Klein
Production Stage Manager: Edward Padula; Stage Manager: Duane Camp
Orchestra Personnel Manager: Nat Brown
General Press Representative: Arthur Cantor

Cast

Howard Keel	Clint Maroon
Carol Lawrence	Clio Dulaine
Odette Myrtil	Belle Piquery
Socrates Birsky	Ensemble
John Blanchard	Ensemble
Carol Brice	Kakou
Betsy Bridge	Ensemble
Beatrice Bushkin	Madame Dulaine
	Ensemble
Virginia Capers	The Charwoman
	Ensemble
Natalie Core	Grandmother Dulaine
	Mrs. Porcelain
Joseph Crawford	Ensemble
Lanier Davis	M. LaFosse
	Ensemble
Paul Dixon	Ensemble
Warde Donovan	Bart Van Steed
Vito Durante	Ensemble
José Falcion	Ensemble
Julius Fields	Ensemble
John Ford	Ensemble
Jerry Fries	Ensemble
Truman Gaige	Editor
	M. Begué
	Mr. Gould
Gene Gavin	Ensemble
Richard Graham	M. Augustin Haussey
Frank Green	Haberdashery Clerk
	Ensemble
Isabella Hoopes	Clarissa Van Steed
Nathaniel Horne	Ensemble
Barney Johnston	Fabric Salesman
	Ensemble
Edith King	Mrs. Sophie Bellop
Martha King	Mrs. LeClerc
	Ensemble
Louis Kosman	Ensemble
Ina Kurland	Ensemble
Brenda Long	Maudey
	Child
Jeannine Masterson	Ensemble
	Charlotte Thérèse
Jack Matthew	Ensemble
James Millhollin	Mr. Bean
Oran Osburn	Ensemble
John Pero	Ensemble
Harold Pierson	Ensemble
Albert Popwell	The Carpenter
	Ensemble
Charles Queenan	Ensemble
Gerrianne Raphael	Daisy Porcelain
	Ensemble
Augie Rios	Shorty
	Child
Wayne Robertson	Child
Carol Taylor	Ensemble
Merritt Thompson	Ensemble
Tun Tun	Cupide
Lois Van Pelt	Ensemble
Janyce Wagner	Miss Diggs
	Ensemble
Beverly Jane Welch	Ensemble
Linda Wright	Child
Mark Zeller	Léon a waiter
	The Drapery Man
	Ensemble

Understudies: Louise Buckley (Clarissa Van Steed), Beatrice Bushkin (Mrs. Porcelain), Virginia Capers (Kakou), Natalie Core (Belle Piquery, Mrs. Sophie Bellop), Lanier Davis (Bart Van Steed), Warde Donovan (Clint Maroon), Truman Gaige (M. Augustin Haussey, Mr. Bean), Gerrianne Raphael (Clio Dulaine), Sammy Ross (Cupide) and Carol Taylor (Daisy Porcelain)

Tony Award^®
1960 Best Scenic Design (Musical) [nominee]
Scenic Design by Cecil Beaton
1960 Best Costume Design [winner]
Cecil Beaton

music by Harold Arlen; lyrics by Johnny Mercer

ACT 1	Sung By
I'll Be Respectable	Clio Dulaine
One Step-Two Step	Clio Dulaine, Shorty, Maudey and Ensemble
Gettin' a Man	Belle Piquery and Kakou
Petticoat High	Charwoman, Clio Dulaine, Belle Piquery, Cupide and Ensemble
Why Fight This?	Clio Dulaine and Clint Maroon
Game of Poker	Clint Maroon and Clio Dulaine
Love Held Lightly	Belle Piquery
Game of Poker (Reprise)	Clio Dulaine, Clint Maroon and Belle Piquery
The Gamblers	Clio Dulaine, and the Gamblers and the Croupiers
Saratoga	Clint Maroon and Clio Dulaine
Saratoga (Reprise)	Ensemble
The Gossip Song	Mrs. Sophie Bellop and Ensemble
Countin' Our Chickens	Clio Dulaine and Clint Maroon
You or No One	Clint Maroon
ACT 2	Sung By
The Cure	Ensemble
The Men Who Run the Country	The Robber Barons
The Man in My Life	Clio Dulaine and Clint Maroon
The Polka	Clio Dulaine, Bart Van Steed and Ensemble
Love Held Lightly (Reprise)	Clio Dulaine
Goose Never Be a Peacock	Kakou
Dog Eat Dog	Clint Maroon and His Men
The Railroad Fight	Clint Maroon, Cupide and the Men
Petticoat High (Reprise)	Clio Dulaine and Ensemble