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The Chocolate Soldier

New Century Theatre, (3/12/1947 - 5/10/1947)

Category: Musical, Operetta, Revival, Broadway

Description: An opera bouffe (comic opera) in three acts

Setting: Popoff's house, situated in a small town in Bulgaria. Last century.

Production Staff
Produced by John H. Del Bondio and Hans Bartsch
Music by Oscar Straus and Jay Blackton; Book by Rudolph Bernauer and Leopold Jacobson; Revised by Guy Bolton; American version by Stanislaus Stange; Revised and additional lyrics by Bernard Hanighen; Music orchestrated by Jay Blackton; Musical Director: Jay Blackton; Based on "Arms and the Man" by Bernard Shaw
Staged by Felix Brentano; Choreographed by George Balanchine
Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner; Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard

Cast

Keith Andes	Lieutenant Bumerli "The Chocolate Soldier"
Henry Calvin	Captain Massakroff member of the Bulgarian Army
Billy Gilbert	Col. Kasimer Popoff member of the Bulgarian Army
Gloria Hamilton	Mascha Aurelia's cousin
Michael Mann	Stephen Popoff's servant
Frances McCann	Nadina Popoff Col. Popoff's daughter
Ernest McChesney	Major Alexius Spiridoff member of the Bulgarian Army, betrothed to Nadina
Francisco Moncion	Premiere Dancer
Mary Ellen Moylan	Premiere Danseuse
Muriel O'Malley	Aurelia Popoff Nadina's mother
Anna Wiman	Katrina Popoff's servant

music by Oscar Straus

ACT 1	Sung By
We Are Marching Through the Night	Men's Ensemble
Lonely Women	Nadina Popoff, Aurelia Popoff and Mascha
My Hero	Nadina Popoff
The Chocolate Soldier	Nadina Popoff and Lieutenant Bumerli
Sympathy	Lieutenant Bumerli and Nadina Popoff
Seek the Spy	Captain Massakroff, Nadina Popoff, Mascha, Aurelia Popoff, Lieutenant Bumerli and Men's Ensemble
Finale	Aurelia Popoff, Mascha and Nadina Popoff
ACT 2	Sung By
Bulgaria Victorious	Singing Ensemble
Thank the Lord the War Is Over	Major Alexius Spiridoff, Mascha, Col. Kasimer Popoff, Aurelia Popoff and Singing Ensemble
Slavic Dance	Premiere Danseuse, Premiere Dancer and Corps de Ballet
After Today	Major Alexius Spiridoff and Nadina Popoff
Forgive	Nadina Popoff and Lieutenant Bumerli
Tale of the Coat	Col. Kasimer Popoff, Nadina Popoff, Aurelia Popoff, Mascha, Major Alexius Spiridoff and Lieutenant Bumerli
Falling in Love	Lieutenant Bumerli and Nadina Popoff
Finale Act 2	Entire Company
ACT 3	Sung By
Waltz Ballet	Premiere Danseuse, Premiere Dancer and Corps de Ballet
Just a Connoisseur	Col. Kasimer Popoff, Singers and Dancers
The Letter Song	Nadina Popoff and Lieutenant Bumerli
After Today (reprise)/That Would Be Lovely	Major Alexius Spiridoff and Mascha
After Today Gala Polka	Premiere Danseuse, Premiere Dancer and Corps de Ballet
Finale	Entire Company