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| First Preview: | Total Previews: | ||
| Opening Date: | Feb 06, 1946 | ||
| Closing Date: | Jun 08, 1946 | Total Performances: | 142 |
Category: Musical, Original, Broadway
| Production Staff | |
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| Theatre Owned by The Shubert Organization; Theatre Operated by Arthur Hopkins | |
| Produced by Michael Myerberg | |
| Book by Sidney Howard and Will Irwin; Based on the famous Chinese play "Pi-Pa-Ki" by Kao-Tong-Kia and Mao-Tseo; Music by Raymond Scott; Lyrics by Bernard Hanighen; Musical Director: Eugene Kusmiak; Music orchestrated by Raymond Scott | |
| Directed by John Houseman; Choreographed by Yeichi Nimura | |
| Scenic Design by Robert Edmond Jones; Costume Design by Robert Edmond Jones; Miss Martin's costumes designed and executed by Valentina; Lighting Design by Robert Edmond Jones | |
| General Manager: Matilda Stanton; Company Manager: J. Charles Gilbert | |
| Production Manager: John Paul; Stage Manager: Jose Véga; Assistant Stage Mgr: Millicent Ellis | |
| Press Representative: Richard Maney and Anne Woll | |
| Cast |
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| Mary Martin | Tchao-Ou-Niang the Wife |
| Jack Amoroso | Messenger | |
| Ensemble | ||
| Alan Banks | Ensemble | |
| Michael Blair | Second Applicant | |
| A Secretary | ||
| Yul Brynner | Tsai-Yong the Husband |
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| Mary Burr | Ensemble | |
| Victor Burset | Ensemble | |
| Joseph Camiolo | A Lesser Bonze | |
| Ensemble | ||
| Ralph Clanton | The Imperial Chamberlain | |
| The Genie | ||
| Jack Cooper | Ensemble | |
| Helen Craig | Princess Nieou-Chi Daughter of the Imperial Preceptor |
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| Nancy Davis | Si-Tchun a Lady in Waiting |
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| Diane de Brett | A Marriage Broker | |
| Clarence Derwent | The Manager | |
| The Honorable Tchang | ||
| Augustin Duncan | Tsai the Father |
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| Mildred Dunnock | Madame Tsai the Mother |
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| Ronald Fletcher | Imperial Attendant | |
| Ensemble | ||
| Gene Galvin | The Food Commissioner | |
| A Bonze | ||
| Arlene Garver | Ensemble | |
| John High | Imperial Guard | |
| A Merchant | ||
| Ensemble | ||
| Lisan Kay | The Black Ape | |
| Phoenix Bird | ||
| Max Leavitt | First Clerk | |
| Li-Wang | ||
| John Robert Lloyd | Imperial Guard | |
| Ensemble | ||
| Lisa Maslova | The White Tiger | |
| Phoenix Bird | ||
| McKay Morris | Prince Nieou the Imperial Preceptor |
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| Rex O'Malley | Youen-Kong the Steward |
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| Lang Page | Ensemble | |
| Bernard Pisarski | Ensemble | |
| Mary Ann Reeve | Hand Maiden | |
| Child | ||
| Leslie Rheinfeld | Second Property Man | |
| A Lesser Bonze | ||
| Ensemble | ||
| Donald Rose | A Little Boy | |
| Teddy Rose | Child | |
| Gordon Showalter | Imperial Attendant | |
| Ensemble | ||
| Walter Stane | The Lion | |
| Ensemble | ||
| Sydelle Sylovna | Waiting Woman | |
| Ensemble | ||
| Bob Turner | Second Clerk | |
| A Rich Man | ||
| Albert Vecchio | First Property Man | |
| The Lion | ||
| Ensemble | ||
| Pamela Wilde | Waiting Woman | |
| Ensemble | ||
| Tom Emlyn Williams | First Applicant | |
| Priest of Amida Buddha | ||
| Blanche Zohar | Hand Maiden | |
| Child |
| ACT 1 | Sung By |
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| Mountain High, Valley Low | Tchao-Ou-Niang (the Wife) and Tsai-Yong (the Husband) |
| Monkey See, Monkey Do | Tchao-Ou-Niang (the Wife) |
| Where You Are | Tchao-Ou-Niang (the Wife) |
| ACT 2 | Sung By |
| Willow Tree | Tsai-Yong (the Husband) |
| Vision Song | Tchao-Ou-Niang (the Wife) and Tsai-Yong (the Husband) |
| Bitter Harvest | Tchao-Ou-Niang (the Wife) |
| ACT 3 | Sung By |
| Mountain High, Valley Low (Reprise) | Tchao-Ou-Niang (the Wife) |
| Lute Song | Tchao-Ou-Niang (the Wife) |