PlayComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Mar 15, 1961
Closing Date
Jun 10, 1961
1st Preview
Mar 14, 1961
1st Preview
Mar 14, 1961
Previews
1
Performances
101
PlayComedyOriginalBroadway
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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.
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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