MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Dec 22, 1958
Closing Date
Feb 07, 1959
Performances
56
MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Shubert Theatre
(Dec 22, 1958 - Feb 07, 1959)
Description
A musical comedy in two acts
Setting
Present time near an Indian reservation in northern Montana.
Produced by Cy Feuer and Ernest H. Martin
Book by Cy Feuer, Ernest H. Martin and Dan Cushman; Based on "Stay Away, Joe" by Dan Cushman; Music by Moose Charlap; Lyrics by Norman Gimbel; Music and Vocal Director: Stanley Lebowsky; Music orchestrated by Philip J. Lang; Dance arrangements by Peter Matz
Directed by Cy Feuer; Choreographed by Onna White
Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Costume Design by Anna Hill Johnstone; Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner; Associate Scenic Design: John Harvey; Assistant Scenic Design: Ming Cho Lee and Will Steven Armstrong; Hair Stylist Grady Bundrick; Make-up Supervisor: Robert O'Bradovich
General Manager: Ira Bernstein; Company Manager: Joseph Shea
Production Stage Manager: Phil Friedman; Stage Manager: Lawrence Kasha; Assistant Stage Mgr: Michael Kasdan and Paul Michael
Music Dept. Supervisor: Henry Topper; Head Music Copyist: Thomas P. Brown
General Press Representative: Karl Bernstein; Press Representative: Ben Kornzweig; Press Assistant: Robert E. Feinberg; Assistant to Miss White: Eugene Louis
Mari Arnell
Reservation Resident
Asia
Billie Mae Littlehorse
Ann Barry
Marlene Standing Rattle
 
Reservation Resident
Edward Becker
First Stranger
 
Reservation Resident
Jeanna Belkin
Reservation Resident
Socrates Birsky
Second Stranger
 
Reservation Resident
Tim Brown
Reservation Resident
Sandra Devlin
Reservation Resident
Eleanor Dian
Reservation Resident
Tina Faye
Reservation Resident
Paul Ford
Karl Kellenbach
Tony Gardell
Matthew Bearchaser
 
Medicine Man
 
Reservation Resident
Martha Granese
Reservation Resident
H. F. Green
Reservation Resident
Susan Johnson
Glenda Swenson
Salvador Juarez
Reservation Resident
Robert Karl
Teenager
 
Reservation Resident
P.J. Kelly
Gran'pere
Michael Kermoyan
Jiggs Rock Medicine
Robert Lenn
Hotel Proprietor
 
Reservation Resident
Earl Lippy
Justice of the Peace
 
Reservation Resident
Julienne Marie
Mary Champlain
Rae McLean
Reservation Resident
Danny Meehan
George Potter
Paul Michael
Baptiste Three Bird
Michelle Newton
Reservation Resident
Estelle Parsons
Reservation Resident
Yolanda Poropat
Reservation Resident
Thomas Raskin
Walt Stephenpierre
 
Reservation Resident
Wallace Rooney
Clyde Walschmidt
Tony Rosa
Reservation Resident
Bobby Shields
Bix Winter Owl
 
Juke Box Voice
Marla Stevens
Reservation Resident
Sylvia Syms
Annie Champlain
Ben Vargas
Reservation Resident
Romo Vincent
Louis Champlain
Vera Walton
Mrs. Kellenbach
Jackie Warner
Dub Winter Owl
Barbara Webb
Reservation Resident
Steve Wiland
State Trooper
 
Reservation Resident
Ralph Young
Joe Champlain
Understudies: Mari Arnell (Mary Champlain), Sandra Devlin (Billie Mae Littlehorse), H. F. Green (Baptiste Three Bird, Louis Champlain), Robert Karl (Dub Winter Owl, Bix Winter Owl), Michael Kermoyan (Joe Champlain), Earl Lippy (Gran'pere, Clyde Walschmidt), Estelle Parsons (Mrs. Kellenbach, Glenda Swenson), Thomas Raskin (Jiggs Rock Medicine), Jackie Warner (George Potter) and Barbara Webb (Annie Champlain)
music by Moose Charlap; lyrics by Norman Gimbel
Act 1
Sung By
Glenda's Place
Glenda Swenson and Indians
When the Tall Man Talks
Glenda Swenson
Nobody Throw Those Bull
Louis Champlain and Indians
Rocky Boy Ceremonial
Medicine Man and Members of the Tribe
Love Eyes
Joe Champlain
Men
Glenda Swenson
Never Before
Mary Champlain
Caress Me, Posses Me Perfume
Juke Box Voice
Flattery
Joe Champlain and Glenda Swenson
The Girl in His Arms
Juke Box Voice
The Best of What This Country's Got
George Potter
Act 2
Sung By
I Wash My Hands
Joe Champlain, Mary Champlain, Jiggs Rock Medicine and Walt Stephenpierre
Quarrel-tet
Glenda Swenson, Joe Champlain, Proprietor and Walt Stephenpierre
Sorry for Myself
Annie Champlain
'Til the Big Fat Moon Falls Down
Mary Champlain, Billie Mae Littlehorse and Friends
What I Mean to Say
George Potter
Montana
Glenda Swenson
She or Her
Joe Champlain

Tony Award®

 

Best Featured Actress in a Musical

1959 Nominee
Julienne Marie
 

Best Choreography

1959 Nominee
Choreographed by Onna White
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