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Chéri
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Broadway
Opening Date
Oct 12, 1959
Closing Date
Nov 28, 1959
Performances
56
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Open Date: Oct 12, 1959
Close Date: Nov 28, 1959
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Morosco Theatre
(Oct 12, 1959 - Nov 28, 1959)
Description
A play in three acts
Setting
Neuilly; Normandy; Paris. 1911, 1914, 1919, 1929.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Owned / Operated by
City Playhouses, Inc. (Louis A. Lotito, President)
Produced by
The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; S.N. Behrman; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Sidney Howard)
and
Robert Lewis
Written by
Anita Loos
; Based on the novels "Chéri" and "The Last of Chéri" by
Colette
Directed by
Robert Lewis
Scenic Design by
Oliver Smith
; Costume Design by
Miles White
; Lighting Design by
Peggy Clark
; Assistant to Mr. Smith:
Peggy Clark
and
William Pitkin
; Assistant to Mr. White:
Ann Roth
; Coiffures and wigs designed by
Walter Florell
and
Tony Migliaro
Company Manager:
Morton Gottlieb
Production Stage Manager:
Robert Downing
; Stage Manager:
Charles Forsythe
and
Angelo Del Rossi
Press Representative:
William Fields
,
Walter Alford
,
Reginald Denenholz
and
Mae Lyons
; Assistant to Mr. Lewis:
Judd Mathison
Horst Buchholz
Frédérick Peloux
Chéri
Kim Stanley
Léa de Lonval
Lili Darvas
Coco
Frieda Altman
Madame Valerie Aldonza
Jerome Collamore
Count Anthime Berthellmy
Angelo Del Rossi
Prince Guido Ceste
Ginger
Franchette
John Granger
Patron
Joan Gray
Edmée
Edith King
Charlotte Peloux
Lucy Landau
Baroness de Berche
Margot Lassner
Rose
Jane Moultrie
Madame Lili
Byron Russell
Butler
Understudies:
Charles Forsythe
(Patron, Prince Guido Ceste, Butler),
Maria Gambarelli
(Léa de Lonval, Rose),
Jill Kraft
(Edmée),
Margot Lassner
(Coco, Charlotte Peloux, Madame Valerie Aldonza, Baroness de Berche, Madame Lili),
Byron Russell
(Count Anthime Berthellmy) and
Dirk Sanders
(Frédérick Peloux)
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Owned / Operated by
City Playhouses, Inc. (Louis A. Lotito, President)
Produced by
The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; S.N. Behrman; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Sidney Howard)
and
Robert Lewis
Written by
Anita Loos
; Based on the novels "Chéri" and "The Last of Chéri" by
Colette
Directed by
Robert Lewis
Scenic Design by
Oliver Smith
; Costume Design by
Miles White
; Lighting Design by
Peggy Clark
; Assistant to Mr. Smith:
Peggy Clark
and
William Pitkin
; Assistant to Mr. White:
Ann Roth
; Coiffures and wigs designed by
Walter Florell
and
Tony Migliaro
Company Manager:
Morton Gottlieb
Production Stage Manager:
Robert Downing
; Stage Manager:
Charles Forsythe
and
Angelo Del Rossi
Press Representative:
William Fields
,
Walter Alford
,
Reginald Denenholz
and
Mae Lyons
; Assistant to Mr. Lewis:
Judd Mathison
Horst Buchholz
Frédérick Peloux
Chéri
Kim Stanley
Léa de Lonval
Lili Darvas
Coco
Frieda Altman
Madame Valerie Aldonza
Jerome Collamore
Count Anthime Berthellmy
Angelo Del Rossi
Prince Guido Ceste
Ginger
Franchette
John Granger
Patron
Joan Gray
Edmée
Edith King
Charlotte Peloux
Lucy Landau
Baroness de Berche
Margot Lassner
Rose
Jane Moultrie
Madame Lili
Byron Russell
Butler
Understudies:
Charles Forsythe
(Patron, Prince Guido Ceste, Butler),
Maria Gambarelli
(Léa de Lonval, Rose),
Jill Kraft
(Edmée),
Margot Lassner
(Coco, Charlotte Peloux, Madame Valerie Aldonza, Baroness de Berche, Madame Lili),
Byron Russell
(Count Anthime Berthellmy) and
Dirk Sanders
(Frédérick Peloux)
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