PlayComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Oct 22, 1958
Closing Date
Nov 21, 1959
Performances
474
PlayComedyOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Longacre Theatre
(Oct 22, 1958 - Jun 13, 1959)
Music Box Theatre
(Jun 15, 1959 - Nov 21, 1959)
Description
A comedy in two acts
Setting
The living room of a house on a hill in San Francisco, overlooking the Golden Gate. The present.
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization
Produced by Frederick Brisson and The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; S.N. Behrman; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Sidney Howard)
Written by Samuel Taylor; Written in collaboration with Cornelia Otis Skinner
Directed by Cyril Ritchard
Production Design by Donald Oenslager; Costume Design by Edith Head; Lighting Design by Donald Oenslager; Assistant to Mr. Oenslager: Klaus Holm and Klaus Holm
Company Manager: Ben Rosenberg; Business Manager: Victor Samrock; Assistant to Mr. Samrock: Claire Nichtern and Claire Nichtern
Production Stage Manager: Fred Hebert; Stage Manager: Gerald O'Brien; Assistant Stage Mgr: Jeff Killion
Press Representative: William Fields and Mae Lyons; Press Associate: Walter Alford and Reginald Denenholz; Wardrobe Consultant: Suzanne Taylor
Cyril Ritchard
Biddeford Poole
Charlie Ruggles
Mackenzie Savage
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Katharine Dougherty
Walter Abel
Jim Dougherty
Dolores Hart
Jessica Poole
George Peppard
Roger Henderson
Jerry Fujikawa
Toy
Understudies: Jeff Killion (Roger Henderson, Toy), Melville Ruick (Mackenzie Savage, Jim Dougherty), Sandy Smith (Jessica Poole), Ann Summers (Katharine Dougherty) and Patrick Waddington (Biddeford Poole)

Longacre Theatre (Oct 22, 1958 - Jun 13, 1959)

Cast

Charles Robinson
Roger Henderson

Music Box Theatre (Jun 15, 1959 - Nov 21, 1959)

Theatre Owned / Operated by Irving Berlin

Tony Award®

 

Best Actor in Play

1959 Nominee
Cyril Ritchard

Best Featured Actor in a Play

1959 Winner
Charlie Ruggles
 

Best Featured Actress in a Play

1959 Nominee
Dolores Hart
 

Best Direction

1959 Nominee
Directed by Cyril Ritchard

Theatre World

Award

1959 Recipient
Dolores Hart
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