SpecialBenefitOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Jun 22, 1987
Closing Date
Jun 22, 1987
Previews
0
Performances
1
SpecialBenefitOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Palace Theatre
(Jun 22, 1987 - Jun 22, 1987)
Description
A Celebration Benefitting The Actors' Fund of America.
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Messrs. Nederlander and Stewart F. Lane
Produced by Barry Brown
Special Material by Mark Waldrop; New Orchestrations by Jim Tyler, Michael Gibson and Chris Bankey; New Vocal Arrangements by Donald Pippin; 'Something To Dance About' Dance Arrangement by Mark Hummel; Rodgers and Hart Medley Musical Arrangement by Donald Pippin; Musical Director: Donald Pippin; Associate Musical Dir.: Nicholas Archer; Featuring songs by Richard Rodgers, Leonard Bernstein, Richard Adler, John Kander, Jule Styne, Albert Hague, Irving Berlin, Jerry Bock, Frank Loesser, Elmer Bernstein and Jerry Ross; Featuring songs with lyrics by Lorenz Hart, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jerry Ross, Fred Ebb, Sammy Cahn, Allan Sherman, Irving Berlin, Sheldon Harnick, Frank Loesser, Carolyn Leigh and Richard Adler
Directed by Fritz Holt; Musical Staging by Dennis Callahan; 'Papa, Wont You Dance with Me?' Choreographed by Donald Saddler; 'Something To Dance About' Choreographed by Christopher Chadman; 'Little Old New York' Choreographed by Joe Layton; 'The Name's LaGuardia' Choreographed by Joe Layton
Scenic Design by John Falabella; Costume Design by Theoni V. Aldredge; Lighting Design by Natasha Katz; Sound Design by Peter Fitzgerald; Costume Coordinator: Suzy Benzinger; Assistant Scenic Design: Anna Louizos; Assistant Lighting Design: Stuart Duke; Second Assistant Lighting Designer: John Ambrosone
Production Supervisor: James Pentecost; Production Coordinator: James Pentecost; Stage Manager: Amy Pell and Peggy Peterson; Assistant Stage Mgr: Sondra Katz, Lauren Class Schneider, Allan Sobek, Janet Friedman, Michael Passaro and Mary Lawson; American Dance Machine Stage Manager: Michael Trent
Music Contractor: John Monaco; American Dance Machine Conductor: James Raitt
Press Representative: Shirley Herz Associates, Shirley Herz and David Roggensack; Advertising: Fisher / LeDonne / Wilner, Jon Wilner and Dan Jinks; Photographer: Martha Swope
Edie Adams
Performer
Keith Allen
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Sydney Anderson
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Elizabeth Ashley
Performer
Tom Bosley
Performer
Bill Burns
Performer
Dennis Callahan
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Darrell Carey
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Joan Caulfield
Performer
Pam Cecil
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Christopher Chadman
Performer
Carol Channing
Performer
Gary Chryst
Performer
Wayne Cilento
Performer
Newton Cole
Member of American Dance Machine
Keene Curtis
Performer
Dannul Dailey
Member of American Dance Machine
Kari Delong
Member of American Dance Machine
Frank Di Pasquale
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Brian Duguay
Member of American Dance Machine
David Evans
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Nanette Fabray
Performer
Lynn Faro
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
José Ferrer
Performer
Dan Fletcher
Member of American Dance Machine
Spence Ford
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Arlene Francis
Performer
Laura Freemont
Member of American Dance Machine
Kim Freshwater
Member of American Dance Machine
Shawn Gannon
Member of American Dance Machine
Drew Geraci
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Jack Gilford
Performer
Lillian Gish
Performer
Tinka Gutrick
Member of American Dance Machine
Kitty Carlisle Hart
Performer
June Havoc
Performer
Suzanne Hawe
Member of American Dance Machine
Helen Hayes
Performer
Rex Hays
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Jan Leigh Herndon
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
George S. Irving
Performer
Suzanne Ishee
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
David Jackson
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Van Johnson
Performer
Larry Kert
Performer
David Klatt
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Stanislaw Kmiec
Member of American Dance Machine
Juliette Kurth
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Eric Lamp
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Hal Linden
Performer
Paul Loper
Member of American Dance Machine
Diana Losk
Member of American Dance Machine
Michael Lott
Member of American Dance Machine
Dorothy Loudon
Performer
Aja Major
Member of American Dance Machine
Peter Marshall
Performer
A. Michael McKee
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Butterfly McQueen
Performer
Karen Morrow
Performer
Russell Nype
Performer
Dan O'Grady
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Janis Paige
Performer
Elizabeth Parrish
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Jay Pierce
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Darcy Pulliam
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Chita Rivera
Performer
Arthur Rubin
Performer
Donald Saddler
Performer
Marie Santell
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
David Scala
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Donna Smythe
Member of American Dance Machine
Maureen Stapleton
Performer
Elaine Stritch
Performer
Jo Sullivan Loesser
Performer
Ali Theodore
Member of American Dance Machine
Eric Underwood
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Gwen Verdon
Performer
Mark Waldrop
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
John Weiner
Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Act 1
Sung By
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (from 'Jumbo')
(music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Lorenz Hart)
Arthur Rubin and Company
Good For the Average Man (from 'On Your Toes')
(music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Lorenz Hart)
Kitty Carlisle Hart, George S. Irving
It's Love (from 'Wonderful Town')
(music by Leonard Bernstein; lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green)
Edie Adams
There Once Was a Man (from 'Pajama Game')
(music by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross; lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross)
Janis Paige, Hal Linden
Sing Happy (from 'Flora, The Red Menace')
(music by John Kander; lyrics by Fred Ebb)
Karen Morrow
Papa, Wont You Dance with Me? (from 'High Button Shoes')
(music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Sammy Cahn)
Nanette Fabray, Donald Saddler
All of My Laughter (from 'Figs Leaves Are Falling')
(music by Albert Hague; lyrics by Allan Sherman)
Dorothy Loudon
You're Just in Love (from 'Call Me Madam')
(music by Irving Berlin; lyrics by Irving Berlin)
Elaine Stritch, Russell Nype
Something To Dance About (from 'Call Me Madam')
(music by Irving Berlin; lyrics by Irving Berlin)
Chita Rivera, Bill Burns, Christopher Chadman, Gary Chryst and Wayne Cilento
Rodgers and Hart Medley
The Cast of 'La Cage Aux Folles'
Act 2
Sung By
Little Old New York (from 'Tenderloin')
(music by Jerry Bock; lyrics by Sheldon Harnick)
American Dance Machine
Lonely Town (from 'On The Town')
(music by Leonard Bernstein; lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green)
Larry Kert
The Name's LaGuardia (from 'Fiorello!')
(music by Jerry Bock; lyrics by Sheldon Harnick)
Tom Bosley
My Darling, My Darling (from 'Where's Charley?')
(music by Frank Loesser; lyrics by Frank Loesser)
Jo Sullivan Loesser
The New Ashmolean Marching Society and Students' Conservatory Band (from 'Where's Charley?')
(music by Frank Loesser; lyrics by Frank Loesser)
Dorothy Loudon and Company
Once in Love with Amy (from 'Where's Charley?')
(music by Frank Loesser; lyrics by Frank Loesser)
Butterfly McQueen and Company
Bewitched (from 'Pal Joey')
(music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Lorenz Hart)
Joy Abbott
Step to the Rear (from 'How Now, Dow Jones')
(music by Elmer Bernstein; lyrics by Carolyn Leigh)
Elizabeth Ashley and Company
Heart (from 'Damn Yankees')
(music by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross; lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross)
The Company
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