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3 for Tonight   
A Diversion in Song and Dance

 
Plymouth Theatre , (4/06/1955 - 6/18/1955)
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Opening Date:Apr 06, 1955   
Closing Date:Jun 18, 1955 Total Performances:85

Category: Musical, Revue, Original, Broadway


Production Staff
Theatre Owned by The Shubert Organization; Theatre Operated by Select Operating Corporation
Presented by Paul Gregory; Produced by Paul Gregory and Charles Laughton
Original Music by Walter Schumann; Special Material by Robert Wells; Lyrics by Robert Wells; Music arranged by Nathan Scott; Additional music by Jester Herston ("In That Great Gettin Up Mornin") and Jack Norworth ("By the Light of the Silvery Moon" and "Shine on, Harvest Moon")
Directed by Gower Champion; Musical staging by Gower Champion
Company Manager: Emmett Callahan
Stage Manager: Irving Sudrow; Assistant Stage Mgr: Thomas Wright
Conducted by Richard Pribor; Guitarist for Mr. Belafonte: Millard Thomas; Woodwinds: Sherwin Lichtenfield; Percussion: Bob Morrison; Bass: Milton Nadel; Pianist: John Williams
General Press Representative: Karl Bernstein; Press Representative: Harvey Sabinson and Robert Ganshaw
Cast
Harry Belafonte Performer
Betty Benson Performer
Gower Champion Performer
Marge Champion Performer
Walter Schumann Impressions
Recorded Voices
Hiram Sherman Story Teller
Robert Brink Chorus
Andrew Case Chorus
Gina Christen Chorus
Diane Doxee Chorus
Elaine Drew Chorus
Joyce L. Foss Chorus
Dorothy Gill Chorus
Nancy Harp Chorus
Jimmy Harris Chorus
Mark Karl Chorus
Jerry Madison Chorus
Robert Miller Chorus
Ned Romero Chorus
Jack Steele Chorus
Brad Thomas Chorus
Robert Trevis Chorus
Karen Vonne Chorus
Richard Wessler Chorus
 

ACT 1
All You Need Is a Song
Dance, Dance, Dance
The Clock
By-Play for Drums
Jerry
Sylvie
Mark Twain
When the Saints Go Marching In
Summer in Fairview Falls
It Couldn't Be a Better Day
Here I Stand
The Auction
Fly Bird
ACT 2
Noah
Take My Mother Home
In That Great Gettin Up Mornin
(music by Jester Herston; lyrics by Jester Herston)
The Lecture
Matilda
Scarlet Ribbons
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
(music by Jack Norworth; lyrics by Jack Norworth)
Shine on, Harvest Moon
(music by Jack Norworth; lyrics by Jack Norworth)
Troubles