MusicalRomantic ComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Feb 11, 1979
Closing Date
Sep 06, 1981
1st Preview
Feb 02, 1979
1st Preview
Feb 02, 1979
Previews
11
Performances
1,082
MusicalRomantic ComedyOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Imperial Theatre
(Feb 11, 1979 - Sep 06, 1981)
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
Produced by Emanuel Azenberg
World premiere at Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre (Robert Fryer, Artistic Director)
Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager; Book by Neil Simon; Musical Director: Larry Blank; Music orchestrated by Ralph Burns, Richard Hazard and Gene Page
Directed by Robert Moore; Choreographed by Patricia Birch
Scenery and Projections by Douglas W. Schmidt; Costume Design by Ann Roth; Lighting Design by Tharon Musser; Hair and Wig Design by Kathryn Blondell and Cinema Hair Designs; Sound Design by Tom Morse; Multi-Image Producer: Wendall K. Harrington; Assistant Lighting Design: Rick Belzer; Assistant Scenic Design: Woods Mackintosh, Nancy Winters and Darrell Keister; Assistant Costume Design: Mary Malin
General Manager: Jose Véga; Company Manager: Susan Bell; Assistant Co. Mgr: Maria Anderson
Production Stage Manager: Robert D. Currie; Stage Manager: Philip Cusack and Bernard Pollack
Musical Coordinator: Earl Shendell; Assistant to Mr. Hamlisch & Associate Conductor: Fran Liebergall; Music Preparation Supervision: JoAnn Johnson and Camillo Fidelibus
Press Representative: Bill Evans and Howard Atlee; Press Assistant: Claudia McAllister; Dance Captain: Lani Sundsten; Casting: T.N.I. Casting, Julie Hughes and Barry Moss; Advertising: The Entertainment Group of J.W.T., Gene Secunda, Dick Pell and Regis Albrecht; Assistant to the Director: George Rondo; Photographer: Jay Thompson; Assistant to the Producer: Leslie Butler
"I Still Believe In Love" (Reprise) sung by Johnny Mathis
Lucie Arnaz
Sonia Walsk
Feb 02, 1979 - Mar 01, 1980
Robert Klein
Vernon Gersch
Feb 02, 1979 - Nov 24, 1979
Helen Castillo
Voice of Sonia Walsk
Philip Cusack
Voice of Phil the Engineer
Celia Celnik Matthau
Voice of Sonia Walsk
Wayne Mattson
Voice of Vernon Gersch
Andy Roth
Voice of Vernon Gersch
Debbie Shapiro
Voice of Sonia Walsk
Greg Zadikov
Voice of Vernon Gersch
Swings: Max Stone and Lani Sundsten
Standby: John Getz (Vernon Gersch)
Understudy: Debbie Shapiro (Sonia Walsk)

Imperial Theatre (Feb 11, 1979 - Sep 06, 1981)

Musical Director: Richard Parrinello
Company Manager: Maurice Schaded; Assistant Co. Mgr: Linda Cohen and Louise Bendall
Stage Manager: Michael William Schaefer and Pat Trott; Production Stage Manager: Martin Herzer and Craig Jacobs; Production Supervisor: Philip Cusack
Musical Supervisor: Fran Liebergall
Dance Captain: Andrea Green; Photographer: Martha Swope; Advertising: Serino, Coyne & Nappi

Cast

Diana Canova
Sonia Walsk
Apr 07, 1981 - Aug 02, 1981
Stockard Channing
Sonia Walsk
Mar 03, 1980 - May 31, 1980
Rhonda Farer
Sonia Walsk
Jun 02, 1980 - Sep 21, 1980
Victor Garber
Vernon Gersch
Aug 04, 1981 - Sep 06, 1981
Anita Gillette
Sonia Walsk
Sep 23, 1980 - Apr 05, 1981
John Hammil
Vernon Gersch
Mar 1981 - Apr 05, 1981
 
Vernon Gersch
Nov 27, 1979 - Dec 15, 1979
Tony Roberts
Vernon Gersch
Dec 17, 1979 - Mar 1981
Marsha Skaggs
Sonia Walsk
Aug 04, 1981 - Sep 06, 1981
Ted Wass
Vernon Gersch
Apr 07, 1981 - Aug 02, 1981
D. Michael Heath
Voice of Vernon Gersch
John Hillner
Voice of Vernon Gersch
Dorothy Kiara
Voice of Sonia Walsk
Donna Murphy
Voice of Sonia Walsk
Hal Shane
Voice of Phil the Engineer
Swings: Rhonda Farer , Pat Gorman , Andrea Green , Donna Murphy and Hal Shane
Standby: Ray Gill (Vernon Gersch), John Hammil (Vernon Gersch) and Orrin Reiley (Vernon Gersch)
Understudies: Rhonda Farer (Sonia Walsk), Pat Gorman (Sonia Walsk), John Hillner (Vernon Gersch), Wayne Mattson (Voice of Phil the Engineer), Michael William Schaefer (Voice of Phil the Engineer), Hal Shane (Vernon Gersch), Marsha Skaggs (Sonia Walsk) and Greg Zadikov (Voice of Phil the Engineer)
music by Marvin Hamlisch; lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager
Act 1
Sung By
Fallin'
Vernon Gersch
Workin' It Out
Vernon Gersch, Sonia Walsk and Voices
If He Really Knew Me
Sonia Walsk and Vernon Gersch
They're Playing Our Song
Vernon Gersch and Sonia Walsk
If He Really Knew Me (Reprise)
Vernon Gersch and Sonia Walsk
Right
Sonia Walsk, Vernon Gersch and Voices
Just for Tonight
Sonia Walsk
Act 2
Sung By
When You're in My Arms
Vernon Gersch, Sonia Walsk and Voices
I Still Believe in Love
Sonia Walsk
Fill in the Words
Vernon Gersch and Voices

Tony Award®

 

Best Musical

1979 Nominee
Produced by Emanuel Azenberg
 

Best Book of a Musical

1979 Nominee
Book by Neil Simon
 

Best Actor in a Musical

1979 Nominee
Robert Klein
 

Best Direction of a Musical

1979 Nominee
Directed by Robert Moore

Theatre World

Award

1979 Recipient
Lucie Arnaz
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