PlayRomantic ComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
May 13, 1976
Closing Date
May 15, 1976
1st Preview
Apr 27, 1976
1st Preview
Apr 27, 1976
Previews
18
Performances
5
PlayRomantic ComedyOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
(May 13, 1976 - May 15, 1976)
Setting
Somewhere in Western America. Somewhere in the Past.
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
Produced by Gladys Rackmil and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; Produced for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts by Roger L. Stevens
Written by Samuel Taylor; Incidental music by Dan Goggin; Title song by Ronee Blakely
Directed by Robert Drivas
Scenic Design by Santo Loquasto; Costume Design by Florence Klotz; Lighting Design by Thomas Skelton; Hair Design by Lyn Quiyou
General Manager: Gatchell & Neufeld, Ltd.
Production Supervisor: Larry Forde; Stage Manager: Valentine Mayer; Assistant Stage Mgr: John Stewart
Music Contractor: Martin Grupp
General Press Representative: Betty Lee Hunt Associates, Inc.; Casting: Terry Fay; Advertising: Lawrence Weiner and Associates
Elizabeth Ashley
Betsey-No-Name
F. Murray Abraham
Jesse Lymburner
Doc
Stephen Clarke
Virgil Biggers
Colorado
George Dzundza
William F. P. Morgan
Robert Anthony
Quince
James Carrington
Tumbleweed
Tom Flagg
Clarence
 
A Stranger
Munson Hicks
Muley
Ron Max
Barney-One-Ball
Wayne Maxwell
Frankie Scruggs
Bill McIntyre
Kettle-Belly
George Parry
Judah Lymburner
Doc's son
J. J. Quinn
Lacy Underwood
 
McNally
Chev Rodgers
Mahogany Brown
Ben Slack
Alkali
Sebastian Stuart
Freddie Scruggs
Standby: Tricia O'Neil (Betsey-No-Name)
Understudies: Robert Anthony (Jesse Lymburner), James Carrington (Virgil Biggers), Donald Kehr (Judah Lymburner), Valentine Mayer (Quince, Tumbleweed, Muley, Lacy Underwood, McNally, Clarence), J. J. Quinn (A Stranger), Ben Slack (William F. P. Morgan) and John Stewart (Alkali, Barney-One-Ball, Mahogany Brown, Kettle-Belly, Frankie Scruggs, Freddie Scruggs)

Drama Desk Award

 

Outstanding Lighting Design

1976 Nominee
Lighting Design by Thomas Skelton
 

Outstanding Set Design

1976 Nominee
Scenic Design by Santo Loquasto
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