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The Front Page   

 
Ethel Barrymore Theatre , (10/18/1969 - 2/28/1970)
First Preview: Total Previews:6
Opening Date:Oct 18, 1969   
Closing Date:Feb 28, 1970 Total Performances:158

Category: Play, Comedy, Revival, Broadway
Description: A play in three acts
Setting: The Press Room of the Criminal Courts Building in Chicago. 1928.
This production is a return engagement of The Front Page (5/10/1969 - 7/05/1969)


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization
Produced by Jay H. Fuchs, Jerry Schlossberg and Albert Zuckerman; Produced in association with Roland Mattson; Associate Producer: Bruce Diamond and Fred Menowitz
Written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Directed by Harold J. Kennedy
Scenic Design by Will Steven Armstrong; Lighting Design by Will Steven Armstrong; Costume Design by Sara Brook
General Manager: Leonard A. Mulhern and George Thorn
Production Stage Manager: Elissa Lane; Assistant Stage Mgr: Bruce Blaine
General Press Representative: Howard Atlee; Press Representative: David Roggensack and Stanley F. Kamkinsky; Advertising: The Blaine Thompson Company
Cast
Val Avery Diamond Louis
Peggy Cass Mollie Malloy
Bert Convy Hildy Johnson
Herald Examiner
Dody Goodman Jennie
Helen Hayes Mrs. Grant
Conrad Janis Kruger
Journal of Commerce
John McGiver The Mayor
Robert Ryan Walter Burns
James Flavin Murphy
Journal
Harold J. Kennedy Bensinger
Tribune
Charles White Sheriff Hartman
Bruce Blaine Carl
a Deputy
Jack Collard Policeman
Patrick Desmond Earl Williams
Walter Flanagan Woodenshoes Eichorn
Joseph George Tony
Will Gregory Wilson
American
Bob Larkin Schwartz
Daily News
Kendall March Peggy Grant
Robert Milli Endicott
Post
Robert Riesel Policeman
Ed Riley McCue
City Press
Bernie West Mr. Pincus
Understudies: Bruce Blaine (Sheriff Hartman, The Mayor, Woodenshoes Eichorn), Jack Collard (Kruger, Murphy), Patrick Desmond (Bensinger, Mr. Pincus), Joseph George (Diamond Louis, Earl Williams, Endicott, Wilson), Dody Goodman (Mollie Malloy, Mrs. Grant), Helen Noyes (Jennie), Robert Riesel (McCue, Schwartz) and Ed Riley (Hildy Johnson)