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Pipe Dream   

 
Shubert Theatre , (11/30/1955 - 6/30/1956)
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Opening Date:Nov 30, 1955   
Closing Date:Jun 30, 1956 Total Performances:246

Category: Musical, Original, Broadway
Description: A musical in two acts
Setting: Cannery Row, Monterey County, California. The Present.


Production Staff
Theatre Owned by The Shubert Organization; Theatre Operated by the Affiliated Theatre Building Co., Inc.
Produced by Rodgers & Hammerstein
Book by Oscar Hammerstein II; Based on the novel "Sweet Thursday" by John Steinbeck; Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett; Musical Director: Salvatore Dell'Isola; Dance Arrangements by John Morris
Directed by Harold Clurman; Musical Staging by Boris Runanin; Choreographed by Boris Runanin
Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Costume Design by Alvin Colt; Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner; Assistant Scenic Design: John Harvey; Assistant Costume Design: Florence Klotz and Frank Spencer; Hair Design by Ernest Adler
General Manager: Morris Jacobs; Company Manager: Maurice Winters
Production Supervisor: Jerome Whyte; General Stage Manager: Charles Atkin; Stage Manager: Ruth Mitchell; Assistant Stage Mgr: Beau Tilden
Orchestra Personnel Manager: Sol Gusikoff
General Press Representative: Michel Mok; Casting: John Fearnley; Assistant Casting: Barbara Wolferman; Ballet Master: Kasimir Kokich; Advertising: Lawrence Weiner; Assistant to Mr. Rodgers: Margot Hopkins; Assistant to Mr. Hammerstein: Mary Steele; Assistant to Mr. Dell'Isola: Robert Stanley
Cast
William Johnson Doc
Helen Traubel Fauna
Kenneth Harvey Joe
The Mexican
Mike Kellin Hazel
Judy Tyler Suzy
G. D. Wallace Mac
Marilyn Bradley Emma
Ruby Braff Pancho
A Wetback
Warren Brown Alec
John Call Ray Busch
Rudolfo Cornejo Pedro
Pat Creighton Cho Cho Sen
Sandra Devlin Sumi
Scotty Engel Johnny Carriagra
Annabelle Gold Sonya
Kenneth Harvey Joe
The Mexican
Jayne Heller Millicent Henderson
Keith Kaldenberg Red
Patty Karkalits Weirde
Warren Kemmerling Eddie
Gene Kevin Slick
Ruth Kobart Hilda
Kasimir Kokich A Waiter
Marvin Krauter Fred
Jerry LaZarre Esteban
A Wetback
Joseph Leon Sonny Boy
Jackie McElroy Mable
Nicholas Orloff Dizzy
Guy Raymond George Herman
Marsha Reynolds Bubbles
Steve Roland Bill
Sigyn Basha
Mildred Slavin Beulah
Rufus Smith Jim Blaikey
Hobe Streiford Whitey
Temple Texas Agnes
Calvin Thomas Dr. Ormondy
Louise Troy Marjorie
Don Weissmuller Slim
Patricia Wilson Harriet
Jenny Workman Kitty
Understudy: Ruth Kobart (Fauna)
1956 Tony Award® Best Musical
 Book by Oscar Hammerstein II; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; Music by Richard Rodgers; Produced by Rodgers & Hammerstein [nominee]
1956 Tony Award® Best Actor in a Musical
 William Johnson [nominee]
1956 Tony Award® Best Featured Actor in a Musical
 Mike Kellin [nominee]
1956 Tony Award® Best Featured Actress in a Musical
 Judy Tyler [nominee]
1956 Tony Award® Best Scenic Design
 Jo Mielziner [nominee]
1956 Tony Award® Best Costume Design
winnerAlvin Colt [winner]
1956 Tony Award® Best Choreography
 Boris Runanin [nominee]
1956 Tony Award® Conductor and Musical Director
 Musical Director: Salvatore Dell'Isola [nominee]
1956 Tony Award® Best Director
 Directed by Harold Clurman [nominee]
ACT 1Sung By
All Kinds of People Doc and Hazel
The Tide Pool Doc, Hazel and Mac
All Kinds of People (Reprise)Jim Blaikey
Everybody's Got a Home But Me Suzy
A Lopsided Bus Mac, Hazel, Kitty, Sonya and the Flophouse Gang
Bums' Opera Fauna, Joe (The Mexican), Pancho (A Wetback) and the Flophouse Gang
The Man I Used To Be Doc and danced by Slim
Sweet Thursday Fauna
Suzy Is a Good Thing Fauna and Suzy
All At Once You Love Her Doc, Suzy and Esteban (A Wetback)
ACT 2Sung By
The Happiest House on the Block Fauna and Girls
The Party That We're Gonna Have Tomorrow Night Mac and the people of Cannery Row
The Party Gets Going
I am a Witch Fauna, Agnes, Marjorie, Beulah and Mable
Will You Marry Me? Suzy, Fauna and Doc
Thinkin Hazel
All At Once You Love Her (Reprise)Fauna
How Long? Fauna, Doc, Flophouse Boys and Bear Flag Girls
The Next Time It Happens Suzy and Doc
Sweet Thursday (Reprise)Entire Company
Finale Entire Company