MusicalComedy FarceRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Mar 30, 1972
Closing Date
Aug 12, 1972
1st Preview
Mar 28, 1972
1st Preview
Mar 28, 1972
Previews
3
Performances
156
MusicalComedy FarceRevivalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
(Mar 30, 1972 - Aug 12, 1972)
Setting
Two hundred years before the Christian era, a day in spring. A street in Rome in front of the houses of Erronius, Senex and Lycus.
Comments
For this revival, the song "Pretty Little Picture" was dropped from Act I and "Farewell" (sung by Domina) was added; the song "That'll Show Him" was dropped from Act II and "Echo Song" (sung by Philia and Hero) was added.
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre General Manager: Arthur Rubin; Lunt-Fontanne Theatre Manager: Leonard Soloway
Produced by David Black and Larry Blyden; Produced in association with Seymour Vall and Henry Honeckman
As originally presented at the Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre (Robert Fryer, Artistic Director)
Music by Stephen Sondheim; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart; Based on the plays of Plautus; Musical and vocal direction by Milton Rosenstock; Music orchestrated by Irwin Kostal and Sid Ramin; Dance arrangements by Hal Schaefer; Additional dance music by Richard De Benidictis
Directed by Burt Shevelove; Choreographed by Ralph Beaumont
Scenic Design by James Trittipo; Costume Design by Noel Taylor; Lighting Design by H. R. Poindexter; Hair Design by Dorman Allison; Costumes executed by Western Costume Company; Scenery excuted by Center Theatre Group Scenic Studios
General Manager: Eugene Wolsk and Emanuel Azenberg
Stage Manager: Scott Jackson; Assistant Stage Mgr: Patrick Spohn
Production Associate: Jose Véga; Photographer: Steven Keull; General Press Representative: Betty Lee Hunt Associates, Inc.; Press Associate: Henry Luhrman; Assistant Press Representative: Harriett Trachtenberg and Maria Pucci; Assistant to the Director: Howard Krieger; Asst. to the Choreographer: Marc Wilder; Advertising: The Blaine Thompson Company; Production Assistant: Richard Pardy
Phil Silvers
Prologus
an actor
 
Pseudolus
slave to Hero
Carl Ballantine
Lycus
a buyer and seller of courtesans
Larry Blyden
Hysterium
slave to Senex and Domina
Pamela Hall
Philia
a virgin
John Hansen
Hero
son of Senex and Domina
Carl Lindstrom
Miles Gloriosus
a warrior
Lew Parker
Did not perform opening night; role was played by Jack Collins
Senex
a citizen of Rome
Lizabeth Pritchett
Domina
wife of Senex
Chad Block
Protean
Sonja Haney
Geminae
a courtesan, one of a pair
Keita Keita
Vibrata
a courtesan
Lauren Lucas
Tintinabula
a courtesan
Trish Mahoney
Geminae
a courtesan, one of a pair
Gloria Mills
Panacea
a courtesan
Reginald Owen
Erronius
a citizen of Rome
Joe Ross
Protean
Charlene Ryan
Gymnasia
a courtesan
Bill Starr
Protean
Understudies: Chad Block (Miles Gloriosus), Barbara Brown (Philia), Patti Karr (Domina, Tintinabula, Geminae, Vibrata, Gymnasia), Joe Ross (Hysterium), Patrick Spohn (Protean) and Bill Starr (Hero)

Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (Mar 30, 1972 - Aug 12, 1972)

Cast

John Bentley
Prologus
an actor
 
Pseudolus
slave to Hero
Jack Collins
Went on for Lew Parker on opening night
Senex
a citizen of Rome
Mort Marshall
Senex
a citizen of Rome
Tom Poston
Prologus
an actor
 
Pseudolus
slave to Hero
music by Stephen Sondheim; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Comedy Tonight
Prologus, Proteans and Company
Farewell
Domina
Love, I Hear
Hero
Free
Pseudolus and Hero
The House of Marcus Lycus
Lycus, Pseudolus and Courtesans
Lovely
Philia and Hero
Everybody Ought to Have a Maid
Senex, Pseudolus, Hysterium and Lycus
I'm Calm
Hysterium
Impossible
Senex and Hero
Bring Me My Bride
Miles Gloriosus, Pseudolus, Courtesans and Proteans
That Dirty Old Man
Domina
Echo Song
Philia and Hero
Lovely (Reprise)
Pseudolus and Hysterium
Funeral Sequence and Dance
Miles Gloriosus, Pseudolus, Courtesans and Proteans
Comedy Tonight (Reprise)
Company

Tony Award®

Best Actor in a Musical

1972 Winner
Phil Silvers

Best Featured Actor in a Musical

1972 Winner
Larry Blyden
 

Best Direction of a Musical

1972 Nominee
Directed by Burt Shevelove
PRODUCTIONS

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