A Visit to a Small Planet

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Booth Theatre , (2/07/1957 - 1/11/1958)

Category: Play, Comedy, Original, Broadway

Description: A comedy in three acts and four scenes

Setting: The house of Roger Spelding outside Manassas, Virginia. The time is next next summer.

Production Staff [Collapse]
Theatre Operated by Affiliated Theatre Building Co., Inc.; Theatre Owned by The Shubert Organization
Produced by George Axelrod and Clinton Wilder
Written by Gore Vidal
Directed by Cyril Ritchard
Scenic Design by Oliver Smith; Lighting Design by Feder; Sound Design by Masque Sound Engineering Company; Assistant to Oliver Smith: Robert O'Hearn
General Manager: Sylvia Herscher; Business Manager: Michael Goldreyer
Production Stage Manager: Pat Chandler; Stage Manager: Pat Fowler
The Emotional and Rather Alarming Vibrations Electronically Created by Louis Barron and Bebe Barron
Costume Supervisor: Patricia Zipprodt; Press Representative: William Fields and Walter Alford

Cast

Kreton

General Tom Powers

Understudies: Pat Fowler (Ellen Spelding, Reba Spelding), Genevieve Frizzell (Reba Spelding), Bob Gothie (Conrad Mayberry), John Hallow (A Friend, Aide) and Earl Montgomery (General Tom Powers, Roger Spelding)

1957 Tony Award^® Best Actor in Play
	Performer: Cyril Ritchard [nominee]
1957 Tony Award^® Best Featured Actor in a Play
	Eddie Mayehoff [nominee]
1957 Tony Award^® Best Scenic Design
	Oliver Smith [nominee]