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Big Fish, Little Fish
Play
Comedy
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Mar 15, 1961
Closing Date
Jun 10, 1961
1st Preview
Mar 14, 1961
1st Preview
Mar 14, 1961
Previews
1
Performances
101
Play
Comedy
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Mar 15, 1961
Close Date: Jun 10, 1961
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
ANTA Playhouse
(Mar 15, 1961 - Jun 10, 1961)
Description
A play in three acts
Setting
William Baker's New York apartment in the East Thirties. The Present.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
ANTA (Alfred de Liagre Jr: executive producer; Jean Dalrymple: executive director)
; ANTA Theatre Managing Director:
Louis A. Lotito
Produced by
Lewis Allen
and
Ben Edwards
; Produced in association with
Joseph I. Levine
; Mr. Allen is producing for
Allen-Hodgdon, Inc.
Written by
Hugh Wheeler
Directed by
John Gielgud
Scenic Design by
Ben Edwards
; Costume Design by
Mary Grant
; Lighting Design by
Ben Edwards
; Assistant to Mr. Edwards:
Robin Wagner
; Sound Design by
Masque Sound Engineering Company
General Manager:
Oscar Olesen
General Stage Manager:
John Maxtone-Graham
; Stage Manager:
Ben Morse
Casting:
Terry Fay
; General Press Representative:
Harvey B. Sabinson
; Press Representative:
David Powers
,
Ted Goldsmith
and
Lila Glaser
; Advertising:
Lawrence Weiner
Hume Cronyn
Jimmie Luton
Jason Robards Jr.
William Baker
Martin Gabel
Basil Smythe
George Grizzard
Ronnie Johnson
George Voskovec
Paul Stumpfig
Ruth White
Edith Maitland
Elizabeth Wilson
Hilda Rose
Understudies:
Stephen Bolster
(Ronnie Johnson),
Pirie MacDonald
(Jimmie Luton, Basil Smythe, Paul Stumpfig),
Addison Powell
(William Baker) and
Margot Stevenson
(Edith Maitland, Hilda Rose)
ANTA Playhouse
(Mar 15, 1961 - Jun 10, 1961)
Cast
Frank Overton
William Baker
Sandor Szabo
Paul Stumpfig
Awards
Tony Award®
Best Actor in Play
1961 Nominee
Hume Cronyn
Best Featured Actor in a Play
1961 Winner
Martin Gabel
Best Featured Actor in a Play
1961 Nominee
George Grizzard
Best Direction of a Play
1961 Winner
Directed by
John Gielgud
People
Awards
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
ANTA (Alfred de Liagre Jr: executive producer; Jean Dalrymple: executive director)
; ANTA Theatre Managing Director:
Louis A. Lotito
Produced by
Lewis Allen
and
Ben Edwards
; Produced in association with
Joseph I. Levine
; Mr. Allen is producing for
Allen-Hodgdon, Inc.
Written by
Hugh Wheeler
Directed by
John Gielgud
Scenic Design by
Ben Edwards
; Costume Design by
Mary Grant
; Lighting Design by
Ben Edwards
; Assistant to Mr. Edwards:
Robin Wagner
; Sound Design by
Masque Sound Engineering Company
General Manager:
Oscar Olesen
General Stage Manager:
John Maxtone-Graham
; Stage Manager:
Ben Morse
Casting:
Terry Fay
; General Press Representative:
Harvey B. Sabinson
; Press Representative:
David Powers
,
Ted Goldsmith
and
Lila Glaser
; Advertising:
Lawrence Weiner
Hume Cronyn
Jimmie Luton
Jason Robards Jr.
William Baker
Martin Gabel
Basil Smythe
George Grizzard
Ronnie Johnson
George Voskovec
Paul Stumpfig
Ruth White
Edith Maitland
Elizabeth Wilson
Hilda Rose
Understudies:
Stephen Bolster
(Ronnie Johnson),
Pirie MacDonald
(Jimmie Luton, Basil Smythe, Paul Stumpfig),
Addison Powell
(William Baker) and
Margot Stevenson
(Edith Maitland, Hilda Rose)
ANTA Playhouse
(Mar 15, 1961 - Jun 10, 1961)
Cast
Frank Overton
William Baker
Sandor Szabo
Paul Stumpfig
Tony Award®
Best Actor in Play
1961 Nominee
Hume Cronyn
Best Featured Actor in a Play
1961 Winner
Martin Gabel
Best Featured Actor in a Play
1961 Nominee
George Grizzard
Best Direction of a Play
1961 Winner
Directed by
John Gielgud
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