Blues for Mister Charlie
PlayOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Apr 23, 1964
Closing Date
Aug 29, 1964
1st Preview
Apr 14, 1964
1st Preview
Apr 14, 1964
Previews
8
Performances
148
PlayOriginalBroadway
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Open Date: Apr 23, 1964
Close Date: Aug 29, 1964
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Setting
A small Southern town. The present and the past.
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PeopleTheatre Owned / Operated by ANTA, Inc.Produced by The Actors StudioOriginally produced by The Actors Studio TheatreWritten by James BaldwinDirected by Burgess MeredithGeneral Manager: Arthur Waxman; Company Manager: Eugene V. Wolsk; Assistant Co. Mgr: Ronald BruguiereProduction Stage Manager: John Strasberg; Stage Manager: Martin Gold; Assistant Stage Mgr: Otis Young and Wayne GriceExecutive Assistant: Richard R. Chandler; Musical Coordinator: Robert CordierGeneral Press Representative: Samuel Lurie; Assistant to the Director: Ira Cirker and Talley Beatty; Creative Consultant: Jerome Smith; Press Representative: Judith S. Davidson; Press Assistant: Stanley F. Kaminsky; Advertising: Fred GoldenDrummerTownspersonTownspersonTownspersonRalphCounsel for the BeareavedUnderstudies: Billie Allen (Juanita), Joe Don Baker (Court Stenographer, Judge, Rev. Phelps), Dick Bradford (Parnell), Pat Corley (Ralph, Rev. Phelps, Ellis), Wayne Grice (Counsel for the Beareaved, Lorenzo, Pete), Hilda Haynes (Mother Henry), John McCurry (Rev. Meridian Henry), Grachan Moncur III (Arthur, Ken, Tom), Bill Moor (Ralph, The State), Patricia Quinn (Jo Britten), Ralph Waite (Lyle Britten), Richard Ward (Papa D, Rev. Meridian Henry) and Otis Young (Richard Henry)
ANTA Playhouse (Apr 23, 1964 - Aug 29, 1964)
Cast
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Awards
Theatre Owned / Operated by ANTA, Inc.
Produced by The Actors Studio
Originally produced by The Actors Studio Theatre
Written by James Baldwin
Directed by Burgess Meredith
General Manager: Arthur Waxman; Company Manager: Eugene V. Wolsk; Assistant Co. Mgr: Ronald Bruguiere
Production Stage Manager: John Strasberg; Stage Manager: Martin Gold; Assistant Stage Mgr: Otis Young and Wayne Grice
Executive Assistant: Richard R. Chandler; Musical Coordinator: Robert Cordier
General Press Representative: Samuel Lurie; Assistant to the Director: Ira Cirker and Talley Beatty; Creative Consultant: Jerome Smith; Press Representative: Judith S. Davidson; Press Assistant: Stanley F. Kaminsky; Advertising: Fred Golden
Drummer
Townsperson
Townsperson
Townsperson
Ralph
Counsel for the Beareaved
Understudies:
Billie Allen
(Juanita), Joe Don Baker
(Court Stenographer, Judge, Rev. Phelps), Dick Bradford
(Parnell), Pat Corley
(Ralph, Rev. Phelps, Ellis), Wayne Grice
(Counsel for the Beareaved, Lorenzo, Pete), Hilda Haynes
(Mother Henry), John McCurry
(Rev. Meridian Henry), Grachan Moncur III
(Arthur, Ken, Tom), Bill Moor
(Ralph, The State), Patricia Quinn
(Jo Britten), Ralph Waite
(Lyle Britten), Richard Ward
(Papa D, Rev. Meridian Henry) and Otis Young
(Richard Henry)
ANTA Playhouse (Apr 23, 1964 - Aug 29, 1964)
Cast
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