MusicalDramaOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Jan 09, 1947
Closing Date
May 17, 1947
Performances
148
MusicalDramaOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

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Theatres
Adelphi Theatre
(Jan 09, 1947 - May 17, 1947)
Setting
A sidewalk in New York City.
Media
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Produced by Dwight Deere Wiman and The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; S.N. Behrman; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Sidney Howard)
Music by Kurt Weill; Lyrics by Langston Hughes; Book by Elmer Rice; Based on the play by Elmer Rice; Musical Director: Maurice Abravanel
Staged by Charles Friedman; Musical Staging by Anna Sokolow
Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner; Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard
Helen Arden
Greta Fiorentino
Sheila Bond
Mae Jones
Bennett Burrill
Charlie Hildebrand
Ellen Carleen
Nursemaid
Joyce Carrol
Music Pupil
Norma Chambers
Shirley Kaplan
Norman Cordon
Frank Maurrant
Marion Covey
Graduate
Danny Daniels
Dick McGann
Hope Emerson
Emma Jones
Helen Ferguson
Grace Davis
Juliana Gallagher
Mary Hildbrand
Russell George
Milkman
Lauren Gilbert
Steve Sankey
Peter Griffith
Willie Maurrant
Zosia Gruchala
Graduate
Beverly Janis
Jennie Hildebrand
Anne Jeffreys
Rose Maurrant
Irving Kaufman
Abraham Kaplan
Ellen Lane
Laura Hildebrand
Paul Lilly
Fred Cullen
Remo Lota
Daniel Buchanan
Roy Munsell
Interne
Edwin G. OConnor
Dr. John Wilson
Robert Pierson
Vincent Jones
Sydney Rayner
Lippo Fiorentino
Edward Reichert
Old-Clothes Man
Ellen Repp
Olga Olsen
Don Saxon
Harry Easter
Joseph E. Scandur
Husband
Wilson Smith
Carl Olsen
Polyna Stoska
Anna Maurrant
Brian Sullivan
Sam Kaplan
John Sweet
Ambulance Driver
Randolph Symonette
City Marshall James Henry
Ernest Taylor
Policeman
David E. Thomas
George Jones
Creighton Thompson
Henry Davis
Norman Thompson
Officer Harry Murphy
Peggy Turnley
Nursemaid
Bette Van
Wife

Adelphi Theatre (Jan 09, 1947 - May 17, 1947)

Cast

Russell George
Husband
Joseph E. Scandur
City Marshall James Henry
John Sweet
Sam Kaplan
 
Dr. John Wilson
music by Kurt Weill; lyrics by Langston Hughes
Act 1
Sung By
Ain't It Awful, the Heat?
Greta Fiorentino, Emma Jones, Olga Olsen, Abraham Kaplan, Carl Olsen and Neighbors
I Got a Marble and a Star
Henry Davis
Get a Load of That
Emma Jones, Greta Fiorentino and Olga Olsen
When a Woman Has a Baby
Daniel Buchanan, Greta Fiorentino, Emma Jones and Anna Maurrant
Somehow I Never Could Believe
Anna Maurrant
Get a Load of That
Emma Jones, Greta Fiorentino, George Jones and Carl Olsen
Ice Cream
Lippo Fiorentino, Emma Jones, Greta Fiorentino, Henry Davis, George Jones, Carl Olsen and Olga Olsen
Let Things Be Like They Always Was
Frank Maurrant
Wrapped in a Ribbon and Tied in a Bow
Jennie Hildebrand and Neighbors
Lonely House
Sam Kaplan
Wouldn't You Like to be on Broadway
Harry Easter
What Good Would the Moon Be
Rose Maurrant
Moon-Faced, Starry-Eyed
Dick McGann and Mae Jones
Remember That I Care
Sam Kaplan and Rose Maurrant
Act 2
Sung By
Catch Me If You Can
Charlie Hildebrand, Mary Hildbrand, Willie Maurrant and Children
There'll Be Trouble
Frank Maurrant, Anna Maurrant and Rose Maurrant
A Boy Like You
Frank Maurrant
We'll Go Away Together
Sam Kaplan and Rose Maurrant
The Woman Who Lived Up There
Ensemble
Lullaby
Nursemaids
I Loved Her, Too
Frank Maurrant, Rose Maurrant and Ensemble
Don't Forget the Lilac Bush
Sam Kaplan and Rose Maurrant
Ain't It Awful, the Heat (Reprise)
Greta Fiorentino, Emma Jones, Olga Olsen and Abraham Kaplan

Tony Award®

Best Original Score

1947 Winner
Music by Kurt Weill

Best Costume Design

1947 Winner
Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard
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