Thursday, January 31, 2008

The Little Foxes - 1981 - The Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway

Written by Lillian Hellman; Directed by Austin Pendleton.

Preview: Apr 29, 1981 Total Previews: 8
Opening: May 7, 1981
Closing: Sep 5, 1981 Total Performances: 123

Opening Night Cast
Elizabeth Taylor - Regina Giddens
Tom Aldredge - Horace Giddens
Dennis Christopher - Leo Hubbard
Maureen Stapleton - Birdie Hubbard
Anthony Zerbe - Benjamin Hubbard
Humbert Allen Astredo - William Marshall
Novella Nelson - Addie
Joe Ponazecki - Oscar Hubbard
Joe Seneca - Cal
Ann Talman - Alexandra Giddens

A Little Family Business - 1982 - Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway

Book adapted by Jay Presson Allen; From a play by Barillet and Gredy; Directed by Martin Charnin.

Preview: Nov 26, 1982 Total Previews: 20
Opening: Dec 15, 1982
Closing: Dec 26, 1982 Total Performances: 13

Opening Night Cast
Angela Lansbury - Lillian
John McMartin - Ben
Tony Cummings - Marco, Works Committee
Donald E. Fischer - Joe, Works Committee
Hallie Foote - Sophia, Works Committee
Gordon Rigsby - Vinnie, Works Committee
Anthony Shaw - Scott (Angela Lansbury's real life son)
Theodore Sorel - Sal
Sally Stark -Nadine
Tracy Brooks Swope - Connie

Follies - 2001 - Belasco Theatre, Broadway

Music by Stephen Sondheim; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by James Goldman; Music orchestrated by Jonathan Tunick; Musical Director: Eric Stern

Preview: Mar 8, 2001 Total Previews: 31
Opening: Apr 5, 2001
Closing: Jul 14, 2001 Total Performances: 117

Opening Night Cast
Blythe Danner - Phyllis Rogers Stone
Gregory Harrison - Benjamin Stone
Judith Ivey - Sally Durant Plummer
Treat Williams - Buddy Plummer
Polly Bergen - Carlotta Campion
Marge Champion - Emily Whitman
Betty Garrett - Hattie Walker
Joan Roberts - Heidi Schiller
Donald Saddler - Theodore Whitman
Jane White - Solange LaFitte
Carol Woods - Stella Deems
Louis Zorich - Dimitri Weismann
Roxane Barlow - Young Dee Dee, "Margie", Lady of the Ensemble
Carol Bentley - Young Emily, Lady of the Ensemble
Jessica Leigh Brown - Showgirl, "Sally", Lady of the Ensemble
Stephen Campanella - Kevin, Gentleman of the Ensemble
Peter Cormican - Sam Deems
Erin Dilly - Young Phyllis
Colleen Dunn - Showgirl, Lady of the Ensemble
Sally Mae Dunn 0- Young Carlotta, Lady of the Ensemble
Dottie Earle - Young Sandra, Lady of the Ensemble
Aldrin Gonzalez - Gentleman of the Ensemble
Amy Heggins - Showgirl, Lady of the Ensemble
Jacqueline Hendy - Young Solange, Lady of the Ensemble
Rod McCune - Young Theodore, Gentleman of the Ensemble
Brooke Sunny Moriber - Young Heidi
Kelli O'Hara - Young Hattie, Lady of the Ensemble
Larry Raiken - Roscoe
T. Oliver Reid - Gentleman of the Ensemble
Nancy Ringham - Sandra Crane
Richard Roland - Young Ben
Alex Sanchez - Gentleman of the Ensemble
Joey Sorge - Broadway debut Young Buddy
Dorothy Stanley -Dee Dee West
Allyson Tucker - Young Stella, Lady of the Ensemble
Matt Wall - Gentleman of the Ensemble
Lauren Ward - Young Sally
Wendy Waring - Showgirl, Lady of the Ensemble

The Mystery of Edwin Drood - 1985 - Imperial Theatre, Broadway

Music by Rupert Holmes; Book by Rupert Holmes; Lyrics by Rupert Holmes; Suggested by the unfinished novel by Charles Dickens; Musical Director: Michael Starobin; Music orchestrated by Rupert Holmes.

Preview: Nov 12, 1985 Total Previews: 24
Opening: Dec 2, 1985
Closing: May 16, 1987 Total Performances: 608



Betty Buckley -Edwin Drood / Miss Alice Nutting
Cleo Laine - The Princess Puffer / Miss Angela Prysock
George Rose - Mayor Thomas Sapsea / Mr. William Cartwright, Your Chairman
Patti Cohenour - Rosa Bud / Miss Deirdre Peregrine
Howard McGillin - John Jasper / Mr. Clive Paget
Jerome Dempsey - Durdles / Mr. Nick Cricker
Karen Giombetti - Succubae / Miss Sarah Cook, Citizen of Cloisterham
Stephen Glavin - Deputy / Master Nick Cricker, Statue / Master Nick Cricker
Charles Goff - Horace / Mr. Brian Pankhurst, Citizen of Cloisterham
Susan Goodman - Servant / Miss Violet Balfour, Citizen of Cloisterham
Joe Grifasi - Servant / Mr. Philip Bax, Bazzard / Mr. Phillip Bax
Nicholas Gunn - Shade of Jasper / Mr. Harry Sayle, Citizen of Cloisterham
John Herrera - Neville Landless / Mr. Victor Grinstead
Judy Kuhn - Alice / Miss Isabel Yearsley, Succubae / Miss Isabel Yearsley,Citizen of Cloisterham
Herndon Lackey - Client of the Princess Puffer / Mr. Alan Eliot, Julian / Mr. Alan Eliot, Citizen of Cloisterham
Francine Landes - Succubae / Miss Gwendolen Pynn, Servant / Miss Gwendolen Pynn, Citizen of Cloisterham
Rob Marshall - Client of the Princess Puffer / Mr. Christopher Lyon, Citizen of Cloisterham
George N. Martin - The Reverend Mr. Crisparkle / Mr. Cedric Moncrieffe,
Peter McRobbie Harold / Mr. James Throttle, Citizen of Cloisterham
Brad Miskell - Shade of Drood / Mr. Montague Pruitt, Citizen of Cloisterham
Donna Murphy - Beatrice / Miss Florence Gill, Succubae / Miss Florence Gill,
Citizen of Cloisterham
Jana Schneider - Helena Landless / Miss Janet Conover

1986 Tony Award® Best Musical
Produced by Joseph Papp [winner]

1986 Tony Award® Best Book of a Musical
Book by Rupert Holmes [winner]

1986 Tony Award® Best Original Score
Music by Rupert Holmes; Lyrics by Rupert Holmes [winner]

1986 Tony Award® Best Actor in a Musical
George Rose [winner]

1986 Tony Award® Best Choreography
Graciela Daniele [nominee]

1986 Tony Award® Best Direction of a Musical
Wilford Leach [winner]

1986 Theatre World Award
Cleo Laine [winner]
Howard McGillin [winner]

1986 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Musical
Produced by Joseph Papp [winner]

1986 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Book
Book by Rupert Holmes [winner]

1986 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Musical
George Rose [winner]

1986 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Jana Schneider [winner]

1986 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director of a Musical
Wilford Leach [winner]

1986 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestration
Rupert Holmes [winner]

1986 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Music
Music by Rupert Holmes [winner]

1986 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Costume Design
Costume Design by Lindsay W. Davis [winner]

Barbara Cook: Mostly Sondheim - 2001 - Vivien Beaumont Theatre, Broadway

A solo concert

Preview: Dec 30, 2001 Total Previews: 5
Opening: Jan 14, 2002
Closing: Aug 25, 2002 Total Performances: 26

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Anyone Can Whistle - 1964 - Majestic Theatre, Broadway

Music by Stephen Sondheim; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by Arthur Laurents

Preview: Mar 24, 1964 Total Previews: 12
Opening: Apr 4, 1964
Closing: Apr 11, 1964 Total Performances: 9


Opening Night Cast

Harry Guardino - J. Bowden Hapgood
Angela Lansbury - Cora Hoover Hooper
Lee Remick - Fay Apple
Susan Borree - Cookie, nurse, deputy, townsperson, pilgrim, tourist
Sterling Clark - One of the boys, Cookie, nurse, deputy, townsperson, pilgrim, tourist
Georgia Creighton - Osgood, Cookie, nurse, deputy, townsperson, pilgrim, tourist
Gabriel Dell - Comptroller Schub
Don Doherty - Dr. Detmold
Eugene Edwards - Cookie, nurse, deputy, townsperson, pilgrim, tourist
Dick Ensslen - Cookie, nurse, deputy, townsperson, pilgrim, tourist
Harvey Evans - John, One of the boys, Cookie, nurse, deputy, townsperson, pilgrim, tourist
James Frawley - Chief Magruder
Janet Hayes -June, Cookie, nurse, deputy, townsperson, pilgrim, tourist
Loren Hightower - Cookie, nurse, deputy, townsperson, pilgrim, tourist
Bettye Jenkins - Cookie, nurse, deputy, townsperson, pilgrim, tourist
Alan Johnson - Telegraph Boy, Cookie, nurse, deputy, townsperson, pilgrim, tourist
Patricia Kelly - Cookie, nurse, deputy, townsperson, pilgrim, tourist
Jeff Killion - Sandwich Man, Cookie, nurse, deputy, townsperson, pilgrim, tourist
Barbara Lang - Cookie, nurse, deputy, townsperson, pilgrim, tourist
Paula Lloyd - Cookie, nurse, deputy, townsperson, pilgrim, tourist
Barbara Monte - Cookie, nurse, deputy, townsperson, pilgrim, tourist
Jack Murray -Cookie, nurse, deputy, townsperson, pilgrim, tourist
Peg Murray - Mrs. Schroeder
Odette Phillips - Cookie, nurse, deputy, townsperson, pilgrim, tourist
William Reilly - Cookie, nurse, deputy, townsperson, pilgrim, tourist
Hanne Marie Reiner - Cookie, nurse, deputy, townsperson, pilgrim, tourist
Larry Roquemore - George, One of the boys, Cookie, nurse, deputy, townsperson, pilgrim, tourist
Tucker Smith - One of the boys, Cookie, nurse, deputy, townsperson, pilgrim, tourist
Arnold Soboloff - Treasurer Cooley
Donald Stewart - Cookie, nurse, deputy, townsperson, pilgrim, tourist
Jeanne Tanzy - Baby Joan
Eleonore Treiber - Old Lady, Cookie, nurse, deputy, townsperson, pilgrim, tourist
Lester Wilson - Martin, Cookie, nurse, deputy, townsperson, pilgrim, tourist

Company - 1995 - Criterion Center Stage Right, Broadway

Music by Stephen Sondheim; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by George Furth; Music orchestrated by Jonathan Tunick; Produced by Hal Prince; Musical Director, David Loud.

Preview: Aug 30, 1995 Total Previews: 43
Opening: Oct 5, 1995
Closing: Dec 3, 1995 Total Performances: 60

Opening Night Cast:
Danny Burstein - Paul
Kate Burton - Sarah
Diana Canova - Jenny
Veanne Cox - Amy
Charlotte d'Amboise - Kathy
Jonathan Dokuchitz - Peter
Boyd Gaines - Robert
John Hillner - David
Jane Krakowski - April
LaChanze - Marta
Timothy Landfield - Larry
Debra Monk - Joanne
Patricia Ben Peterson - Susan
Robert Westenberg - Harry

Annie Get Your Gun - 1999 - Marquis Theatre, Broadway

Music by Irving Berlin; Lyrics by Irving Berlin; Book by Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields. It starred Bernadette Peters and Tom Wopat.

Preview: Feb 2, 1999 Total Previews: 35
Opening: Mar 4, 1999
Closing: Sep 1, 2001 Total Performances: 1045

1999 Tony Award® Best Revival of a Musical
Produced by Barry & Fran Weissler; Produced in association with Kardana Productions, Michael Watt, Irving Welzer, Hal Luftig [winner]

1999 Tony Award® Best Actress in a Musical
Bernadette Peters [winner]

1999 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Bernadette Peters [winner]

Hotel Paradiso - 1957 - Henry Miller's Theatre, Broadway

Written by Maurice Desvallierès and Georges Feydeau; Book adapted by Peter Glenville. Bert Lahr and Angela Lansbury starred. It was Angela's Broadway debut.

Opening: Apr 11, 1957
Closing: Jul 13, 1957 Total Performances: 108

Passion - 1994 - Plymouth Theatre, Broadway

Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine.

Preview: Mar 24, 1994 Total Previews: 52
Opening: May 9, 1994
Closing: Jan 7, 1995 Total Performances: 280

1994 Tony Award® Best Musical
Produced by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President), Capital Cities / ABC Inc., Roger Berlind, Scott Rudin [winner]

1994 Tony Award® Best Book of a Musical
Book by James Lapine [winner]

1994 Tony Award® Best Original Score
Music by Stephen Sondheim; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim [winner]

1994 Tony Award® Best Actress in a Musical
Donna Murphy [winner]

1994 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Musical
Produced by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President), Capital Cities / ABC Inc., Roger Berlind, Scott Rudin [winner]

1994 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Book
Book by James Lapine [winner]

1994 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Donna Murphy [winner]

1994 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestrations
Jonathan Tunick [winner]

1994 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Lyrics
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim [winner]

1994 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Music
Music by Stephen Sondheim [winner]

1994 Theatre World Award
Jere Shea [winner]

Deathtrap - 1978 - Music Box Theatre, Broadway



By Ira Levin, it is the longest running play on Broadway. It starred Marian Seldes, Victor Garber, John Wood, Marian Winters and Richard Woods. Marian holds a a record in the Guinness Book of World Records for appearing in Deathtrap from 1978 through 1982 without missing a single performance.

Preview: Feb 21, 1978 Total Previews: 6
Opening: Feb 26, 1978
Closing: Jun 13, 1982 Total Performances: 1793

42nd Street - 1980 - Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway



Preview: Aug 18, 1980 Total Previews: 6
Opening: Aug 25, 1980
Closing: Jan 8, 1989 Total Performances: 3486

The stars were Jerry Orbach, Carole Cook, and Tammy Grimes.

1981 Tony Award® Best Musical
Produced by David Merrick [winner]

1981 Tony Award® Best Choreography
Gower Champion [winner]

Saturday Night - 2000 - Off-Broadway



Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Julius J. Epstein
Previews began January 18, 2000 at the Second Stage Theatre, NYC [off-Broadway]
Opened February 17, 2000
Closed March 26, 2000; Ran for 45 performances and 30 previews
Produced by Second Stage Theatre
Directed and Choreographed by Kathleen Marshall
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
Musical Direction: Rob Fisher
Sets: Derek McLane
Costumes: Catherine Zuber
Lights: Donald Holder
Sound: Scott Lehrer

Cast
Ted - Michael Benjamin Washington
Artie - Kirk McDonald
Ray - Greg Zola
Dino - Joey Sorge
Bobby - Christopher Fitzgerald
Celeste - Andrea Burns
Hank - Clarke Thorell
Gene - David Campbell
Pinhead - Frank Vlastnik
Mildred - Rachel Ulanet
Vocalist - Donald Corren
Plaza Attendant - Michael Pemberton
Helen - Lauren Ward
Mr. Fletcher - Donald Corren
Mr. Fisher - David A. White
Florence - Natascia A. Diaz
Clune - Michael Pemberton
Dakota Doran - Natascia A. Diaz
Waiter - David A. White
Lieutenant - David A. White
Understudies - Lisa Datz, Andy Karl, Kirk McDonald, David A. White

Woman of the Year - 1981 - Palace Theatre, Broadway

Preview: Mar 19, 1981 Total Previews: 11
Opening: Mar 29, 1981
Closing: Mar 13, 1983 Total Performances: 770

1981 Tony Award® Best Book of a Musical
Book by Peter Stone [winner]

1981 Tony Award® Best Original Score
Music by John Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb [winner]

1981 Tony Award® Best Actress in a Musical
Lauren Bacall [winner]

1981 Tony Award® Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Marilyn Cooper [winner]

Prettybelle - 1971 - Died in out of town tryouts at the Shubert in Boston