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Say, Darling
Play
Comedy
Play with music
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Apr 03, 1958
Closing Date
Jan 17, 1959
Performances
332
Play
Comedy
Play with music
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Apr 03, 1958
Close Date: Jan 17, 1959
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
ANTA Playhouse
(Apr 03, 1958 - Dec 06, 1958)
Martin Beck Theatre
(Dec 08, 1958 - Jan 17, 1959)
Description
A comedy about a musical in three acts and fourteen scenes
Setting
Airport in Corn County; Hackett & Snow's Office in the Big City; Stamford; Irene Lovelle's Apartment; New Haven; Idlewild Airport in New York.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
ANTA, Inc.
; Managing Director for the ANTA Theatre:
Louis A. Lotito
Produced by
Jule Styne
and
Lester Osterman, Jr.
; Associate Producer:
George Gilbert
Book by
Richard Bissell
,
Abe Burrows
and
Marian Bissell
; Based on the best-selling novel by
Richard Bissell
; Music by
Jule Styne
; Lyrics by
Betty Comden
and
Adolph Green
; Dance arrangements by
Peter Howard
Directed by
Abe Burrows
; Dances by
Matt Mattox
Designed by
Oliver Smith
; Costume Design by
Alvin Colt
; Lighting Design by
Peggy Clark
; Assistant Designer to Oliver Smith:
Robert O'Hearn
; Assistant Designer to Alvin Colt:
Stanley Simmons
General Manager:
Sylvia Herscher
; Business Manager:
Michael Goldreyer
Production Stage Manager:
Robert Downing
; Stage Manager:
Daniel S. Broun
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Michael Wettach
At the pianos:
Colin Romoff
and
Peter Howard
Press Representative:
John L. Toohey
; Advertising:
Lawrence Weiner
; Assistant to Abe Burrows:
Evelyn Greene
; Assistant Casting:
Daphne Mayo
Vivian Blaine
Irene Lovelle
Johnny Desmond
Rudy Lorraine
David Wayne
Jack Jordan
Wana Allison
Arlene McKee
Kid in the Show
Gordon B. Clarke
Mr. Schneider
Steve Condos
Sammy Miles
Jerome Cowan
Richard Hackett
Marcella Dodge
Kid in the Show
Robert Downing
Charlie Williams
Constance Ford
Frankie Jordan
Elliott Gould
Earl Jorgeson
Kid in the Show
Mitchell Gregg
Rex Dexter
Peter Howard
Sideman
Accompanist
Barbara Hoyt
Kid in the Show
Walter Klavun
Morty Krebs
Kelly Leigh
Joyce
Kid in the Show
Eileen Letchworth
June
The Secretary
Jack Manning
Pilot Roy Peters
Julie Marlowe
Kid in the Show
Wendell Marshall
Sideman
Virginia Martin
Cheryl Merrill
Jean Mattox
Jennifer Stevenson
Tatiana
Kid in the Show
Matt Mattox
Boris Reshevsky
Horace McMahon
Schatzie Harris
Charles Morrell
Kid in the Show
Carolyn Morris
Kid in the Show
Robert Morse
Ted Snow
Jack Naughton
Photographer
Waiter
Colin Romoff
Maurice
A Pianist
Richard Tone
Kid in the Show
Calvin von Reinhold
Kid in the Show
Understudies:
Gordon B. Clarke
(Schatzie Harris, Morty Krebs),
Bill Heyer
(Rudy Lorraine),
Walter Klavun
(Richard Hackett),
Eileen Letchworth
(Frankie Jordan),
Jack Manning
(Jack Jordan),
Virginia Martin
(Irene Lovelle),
Jack Naughton
(Ted Snow) and
Richard Tone
(Boris Reshevsky)
ANTA Playhouse
(Apr 03, 1958 - Dec 06, 1958)
Cast
Eddie Albert
Jack Jordan
Wana Allison
Joyce
Marcella Dodge
Tatiana
Hal England
Photographer
Kelly Leigh
June
The Secretary
Lou Stein
Sideman
Paula Wayne
Cheryl Merrill
Martin Beck Theatre
(Dec 08, 1958 - Jan 17, 1959)
Songs
music by
Adolph Green
,
Betty Comden
and
Jule Styne
; lyrics by
Adolph Green
,
Betty Comden
and
Jule Styne
Act 1
Try to Love Me
It's Doom
The Husking Bee
Act 2
It's the Second Time You Meet That Matters
Chief of Love
Say, Darling
The Carnival Song
Act 3
Try to Love Me
Dance Only with Me
Something's Always Happening on the River
Awards
Tony Award®
Best Featured Actor in a Play
1959 Nominee
Robert Morse
Theatre World
Award
1958 Recipient
Robert Morse
People
Songs
Awards
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
ANTA, Inc.
; Managing Director for the ANTA Theatre:
Louis A. Lotito
Produced by
Jule Styne
and
Lester Osterman, Jr.
; Associate Producer:
George Gilbert
Book by
Richard Bissell
,
Abe Burrows
and
Marian Bissell
; Based on the best-selling novel by
Richard Bissell
; Music by
Jule Styne
; Lyrics by
Betty Comden
and
Adolph Green
; Dance arrangements by
Peter Howard
Directed by
Abe Burrows
; Dances by
Matt Mattox
Designed by
Oliver Smith
; Costume Design by
Alvin Colt
; Lighting Design by
Peggy Clark
; Assistant Designer to Oliver Smith:
Robert O'Hearn
; Assistant Designer to Alvin Colt:
Stanley Simmons
General Manager:
Sylvia Herscher
; Business Manager:
Michael Goldreyer
Production Stage Manager:
Robert Downing
; Stage Manager:
Daniel S. Broun
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Michael Wettach
At the pianos:
Colin Romoff
and
Peter Howard
Press Representative:
John L. Toohey
; Advertising:
Lawrence Weiner
; Assistant to Abe Burrows:
Evelyn Greene
; Assistant Casting:
Daphne Mayo
Vivian Blaine
Irene Lovelle
Johnny Desmond
Rudy Lorraine
David Wayne
Jack Jordan
Wana Allison
Arlene McKee
Kid in the Show
Gordon B. Clarke
Mr. Schneider
Steve Condos
Sammy Miles
Jerome Cowan
Richard Hackett
Marcella Dodge
Kid in the Show
Robert Downing
Charlie Williams
Constance Ford
Frankie Jordan
Elliott Gould
Earl Jorgeson
Kid in the Show
Mitchell Gregg
Rex Dexter
Peter Howard
Sideman
Accompanist
Barbara Hoyt
Kid in the Show
Walter Klavun
Morty Krebs
Kelly Leigh
Joyce
Kid in the Show
Eileen Letchworth
June
The Secretary
Jack Manning
Pilot Roy Peters
Julie Marlowe
Kid in the Show
Wendell Marshall
Sideman
Virginia Martin
Cheryl Merrill
Jean Mattox
Jennifer Stevenson
Tatiana
Kid in the Show
Matt Mattox
Boris Reshevsky
Horace McMahon
Schatzie Harris
Charles Morrell
Kid in the Show
Carolyn Morris
Kid in the Show
Robert Morse
Ted Snow
Jack Naughton
Photographer
Waiter
Colin Romoff
Maurice
A Pianist
Richard Tone
Kid in the Show
Calvin von Reinhold
Kid in the Show
Understudies:
Gordon B. Clarke
(Schatzie Harris, Morty Krebs),
Bill Heyer
(Rudy Lorraine),
Walter Klavun
(Richard Hackett),
Eileen Letchworth
(Frankie Jordan),
Jack Manning
(Jack Jordan),
Virginia Martin
(Irene Lovelle),
Jack Naughton
(Ted Snow) and
Richard Tone
(Boris Reshevsky)
ANTA Playhouse
(Apr 03, 1958 - Dec 06, 1958)
Cast
Eddie Albert
Jack Jordan
Wana Allison
Joyce
Marcella Dodge
Tatiana
Hal England
Photographer
Kelly Leigh
June
The Secretary
Lou Stein
Sideman
Paula Wayne
Cheryl Merrill
Martin Beck Theatre
(Dec 08, 1958 - Jan 17, 1959)
music by
Adolph Green
,
Betty Comden
and
Jule Styne
; lyrics by
Adolph Green
,
Betty Comden
and
Jule Styne
Act 1
Try to Love Me
It's Doom
The Husking Bee
Act 2
It's the Second Time You Meet That Matters
Chief of Love
Say, Darling
The Carnival Song
Act 3
Try to Love Me
Dance Only with Me
Something's Always Happening on the River
Tony Award®
Best Featured Actor in a Play
1959 Nominee
Robert Morse
Theatre World
Award
1958 Recipient
Robert Morse
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