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Auntie Mame
Play
Comedy
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Oct 31, 1956
Closing Date
Jun 28, 1958
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Open Date: Oct 31, 1956
Close Date: Jun 28, 1958
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Broadhurst Theatre
(Oct 31, 1956 - Jun 28, 1958)
Description
A comedy in two acts and many scenes.
Setting
In Auntie Mame's Beekman apartment and various other locales in which she becomes involved during a period of years from 1928 to 1946.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Central Theatres Leasing & Construction Company
Produced by
Robert Fryer
and
Lawrence Carr
Written by
Jerome Lawrence
and
Robert E. Lee
; Based on the novel by
Patrick Dennis
; Incidental music by
Saul Schechtman
Directed by
Morton Da Costa
Production Design by
Oliver Smith
; Costume Design by
Noel Taylor
; Lighting Design by
Peggy Clark
; Hair Design by
Ronald De Mann
; Miss Russell's clothes by
Travis Banton
(of Marusia); Assistant to Mr. Taylor:
George Sullivan
General Manager:
Ben F. Stein
Production Manager:
Robert Linden
; Stage Manager:
Duane Camp
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Walter Riemer
,
Wally Mohr
and
Frank Roberts
Press Representative:
Arthur Cantor
; Advertising:
Fred Golden
; Master Carpenter:
Joseph Harbuck
Rosalind Russell
Auntie Mame
Oct 31, 1956 - Jan 18, 1958
Polly Rowles
Vera Charles
Cris Alexander
Osbert
Mr. Loomis
Huntsman
Robert Allen
Mr. Babcock
Dorothy Blackburn
Doris Upson
Barry Blake
Emory Macdougal
Geoffrey Bryant
Mr. Waldo
a paper hanger
Dr. Shurr
a vet
Duane Camp
Assistant Stage Manager
Peggy Cass
Agnes Gooch
Ethel Cody
Mother Burnside
James Field
Leading Man
Sam
another groom
Beulah Garrick
Norah Muldoon
Jan Handzlik
Patrick Dennis, as a boy
Michael Dennis
Robert Higgins
Patrick Dennis, as a young man
Patricia Jenkins
Pegeen Ryan
Walter Klavun
Claude Upson
Joyce Lear
Gloria Upson
Paul Lilly
Butler
Fred
a groom
William Martel
Bishop ElefTharosees
Theatre Manager
Cousin Jeff
Kip McArdle
Maid
Customer
Nan McFarland
Cousin Fan
Wally Mohr
Al Linden
the stage manager
James Monks
Brian O'Bannion
John O'Hare
M. Lindsay Woolsey
Walter Riemer
Lord Dudley
Frank Roberts
Cousin Moultrie
Yuki Shimoda
Ito
Robert Smith
Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside
Grant Sullivan
Ralph Devine
Barry Towsen
Customer's Son
Marian Winters
Sally Cato MacDougal
Standby:
Haila Stoddard
(Auntie Mame, Vera Charles)
Broadhurst Theatre
(Oct 31, 1956 - Jun 28, 1958)
Assistant Stage Mgr:
Peter Pell
and
Cris Alexander
Cast
Greer Garson
Auntie Mame
Jan 20, 1958 - May 31, 1958
Beatrice Lillie
Played the role for four weeks prior to opening the show in London
Auntie Mame
Jun 02, 1958 - Jun 28, 1958
Cris Alexander
Raymond
Guy Arbury
Claude Upson
Butler
Fred
a groom
Ray Fulmer
Patrick Dennis, as a young man
Walter Greaza
Claude Upson
James Hickman
Patrick Dennis, as a young man
Dennis Joel
Patrick Dennis, as a boy
Michael Dennis
John Lee
Ito
Mark Lee
Ito
Florence MacMichael
Agnes Gooch
Sellwyn Myers
Sam
another groom
Peter Pell
Osbert
Huntsman
Isabel Price
Cousin Fan
Walter Riemer
Mr. Loomis
Spivy
Mother Burnside
Dec 26, 1957 - ?
Susan Steell
Mother Burnside
? - Dec 25, 1957
Ann Summers
Broadway debut
Sally Cato MacDougal
Barry Towsen
Emory Macdougal
Stanley Vincent
Emory Macdougal
Eugene Wilson
Customer's Son
Awards
Tony Award®
Best Actress in a Play
1957 Nominee
Rosalind Russell
Best Featured Actress in a Play
1957 Winner
Peggy Cass
Best Scenic Design
1957 Nominee
Production Design by
Oliver Smith
Best Stage Technician
1957 Nominee
Carpenter:
Joseph Harbuck
Theatre World
Award
1957 Recipient
Peggy Cass
People
Awards
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Central Theatres Leasing & Construction Company
Produced by
Robert Fryer
and
Lawrence Carr
Written by
Jerome Lawrence
and
Robert E. Lee
; Based on the novel by
Patrick Dennis
; Incidental music by
Saul Schechtman
Directed by
Morton Da Costa
Production Design by
Oliver Smith
; Costume Design by
Noel Taylor
; Lighting Design by
Peggy Clark
; Hair Design by
Ronald De Mann
; Miss Russell's clothes by
Travis Banton
(of Marusia); Assistant to Mr. Taylor:
George Sullivan
General Manager:
Ben F. Stein
Production Manager:
Robert Linden
; Stage Manager:
Duane Camp
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Walter Riemer
,
Wally Mohr
and
Frank Roberts
Press Representative:
Arthur Cantor
; Advertising:
Fred Golden
; Master Carpenter:
Joseph Harbuck
Rosalind Russell
Auntie Mame
Oct 31, 1956 - Jan 18, 1958
Polly Rowles
Vera Charles
Cris Alexander
Osbert
Mr. Loomis
Huntsman
Robert Allen
Mr. Babcock
Dorothy Blackburn
Doris Upson
Barry Blake
Emory Macdougal
Geoffrey Bryant
Mr. Waldo
a paper hanger
Dr. Shurr
a vet
Duane Camp
Assistant Stage Manager
Peggy Cass
Agnes Gooch
Ethel Cody
Mother Burnside
James Field
Leading Man
Sam
another groom
Beulah Garrick
Norah Muldoon
Jan Handzlik
Patrick Dennis, as a boy
Michael Dennis
Robert Higgins
Patrick Dennis, as a young man
Patricia Jenkins
Pegeen Ryan
Walter Klavun
Claude Upson
Joyce Lear
Gloria Upson
Paul Lilly
Butler
Fred
a groom
William Martel
Bishop ElefTharosees
Theatre Manager
Cousin Jeff
Kip McArdle
Maid
Customer
Nan McFarland
Cousin Fan
Wally Mohr
Al Linden
the stage manager
James Monks
Brian O'Bannion
John O'Hare
M. Lindsay Woolsey
Walter Riemer
Lord Dudley
Frank Roberts
Cousin Moultrie
Yuki Shimoda
Ito
Robert Smith
Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside
Grant Sullivan
Ralph Devine
Barry Towsen
Customer's Son
Marian Winters
Sally Cato MacDougal
Standby:
Haila Stoddard
(Auntie Mame, Vera Charles)
Broadhurst Theatre
(Oct 31, 1956 - Jun 28, 1958)
Assistant Stage Mgr:
Peter Pell
and
Cris Alexander
Cast
Greer Garson
Auntie Mame
Jan 20, 1958 - May 31, 1958
Beatrice Lillie
Played the role for four weeks prior to opening the show in London
Auntie Mame
Jun 02, 1958 - Jun 28, 1958
Cris Alexander
Raymond
Guy Arbury
Claude Upson
Butler
Fred
a groom
Ray Fulmer
Patrick Dennis, as a young man
Walter Greaza
Claude Upson
James Hickman
Patrick Dennis, as a young man
Dennis Joel
Patrick Dennis, as a boy
Michael Dennis
John Lee
Ito
Mark Lee
Ito
Florence MacMichael
Agnes Gooch
Sellwyn Myers
Sam
another groom
Peter Pell
Osbert
Huntsman
Isabel Price
Cousin Fan
Walter Riemer
Mr. Loomis
Spivy
Mother Burnside
Dec 26, 1957 - ?
Susan Steell
Mother Burnside
? - Dec 25, 1957
Ann Summers
Broadway debut
Sally Cato MacDougal
Barry Towsen
Emory Macdougal
Stanley Vincent
Emory Macdougal
Eugene Wilson
Customer's Son
Tony Award®
Best Actress in a Play
1957 Nominee
Rosalind Russell
Best Featured Actress in a Play
1957 Winner
Peggy Cass
Best Scenic Design
1957 Nominee
Production Design by
Oliver Smith
Best Stage Technician
1957 Nominee
Carpenter:
Joseph Harbuck
Theatre World
Award
1957 Recipient
Peggy Cass
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