PlayOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Mar 31, 1960
Closing Date
Jul 08, 1961
Performances
520
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Morosco Theatre
(Mar 31, 1960 - Jul 08, 1961)
Description
A play in three acts
Setting
A Presidential Convention in Philadelphia. Summer, 1960.
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization; Morosco Theatre Managing Director: Louis A. Lotito
Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; S.N. Behrman; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Sidney Howard); Associate Producer: Lyn Austin
Written by Gore Vidal
Directed by Joseph Anthony
Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Costume Design by Theoni V. Aldredge; Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner; Associate Scenic Design: John Harvey; Associate Lighting Design: John Harvey; Assistant Scenic Design: Hugh Hardy and Ming Cho Lee
Company Manager: Morton Gottlieb
Production Stage Manager: Bill Ross; Stage Manager: Howard Fischer; Assistant Stage Mgr: Martin Fried
Press Representative: Abner D. Klipstein; Casting: Terry Fay
Melvyn Douglas
William Russell
Frank Lovejoy
Joseph Cantwell
Lee Tracy
Arthur Hockstader
Leora Dana
Alice Russell
Kathleen Maguire
Mabel Cantwell
Ruth McDevitt
Mrs. Gamadge
Chairman of the Women's Division
Joseph Sullivan
Bill Blades
Karl Weber
Dick Jensen
Russell's campaign manager
Barbara Berjer
Third Reporter
Tony Bickley
Second Reporter
Gordon B. Clarke
Senator Carlin
John Dorrin
Ensemble
Mitchell Erickson
Ensemble
Howard Fischer
First Reporter
Hugh Franklin
Dr. Artinian
Martin Fried
Mike
Graham Jarvis
Sheldon Marcus
Ruth Maynard
Assistant to Dick Jensen
Tom McDermott
Fourth Reporter
Ruth Tobin
Ensemble
Understudies: Barbara Berjer (Alice Russell, Mabel Cantwell), Tony Bickley (Joseph Cantwell, Bill Blades), John Dorrin (Fourth Reporter), Mitchell Erickson (First Reporter), Howard Fischer (Arthur Hockstader, Senator Carlin), Hugh Franklin (William Russell, Dick Jensen), Ruth Maynard (Mrs. Gamadge), Tom McDermott (Dr. Artinian, Sheldon Marcus) and Ruth Tobin (Third Reporter, Assistant to Dick Jensen)

Morosco Theatre (Mar 31, 1960 - Jul 08, 1961)

General Stage Manager: Martin Fried; Stage Manager: Tom Gorman; Assistant Stage Mgr: Lewis Steel and Douglas McLean
Press Representative: Seymour Krawitz and George Ross

Cast

Hugh Franklin
William Russell
Tom Gorman
First Reporter
Tom McDermott
Dr. Artinian
Douglas McLean
Ensemble
George Spelvin
Fourth Reporter
Lewis Steel
Mike
Roy Stone
Second Reporter
Understudies: Tom Gorman (Arthur Hockstader, Senator Carlin), Lewis Steel (Second Reporter) and Arthur Storch (Joseph Cantwell, Bill Blades)

Tony Award®

 

Best Play

1960 Nominee
Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; S.N. Behrman; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Sidney Howard)
Written by Gore Vidal

Best Actor in Play

1960 Winner
Melvyn Douglas
 

Best Actor in Play

1960 Nominee
Lee Tracy
 

Best Featured Actress in a Play

1960 Nominee
Leora Dana
 

Best Scenic Design (Play)

1960 Nominee
Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner
 

Best Direction of a Play

1960 Nominee
Directed by Joseph Anthony
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