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Don't Drink the Water
Play
Comedy
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Nov 17, 1966
Closing Date
Apr 20, 1968
1st Preview
Nov 02, 1966
1st Preview
Nov 02, 1966
Previews
19
Performances
598
Play
Comedy
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Nov 17, 1966
Close Date: Apr 20, 1968
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Morosco Theatre
(Nov 17, 1966 - Jan 20, 1968)
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
(Jan 22, 1968 - Mar 23, 1968)
Belasco Theatre
(Mar 25, 1968 - Apr 20, 1968)
Setting
An American Embassy somewhere behind the Iron Curtain.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
The Shubert Organization
; Morosco Theatre Managing Director:
Louis A. Lotito
Produced by
David Merrick
; Produced in association with
Jack Rollins
and
Charles Joffe
; Associate Producer:
Samuel Liff
Written by
Woody Allen
Directed by
Stanley Prager
Scenic Design by
Jo Mielziner
; Lighting Design by
Jo Mielziner
; Costume Design by
Motley
; Sound Design by
Lincoln J. Stulick
; Production Sound:
Robert Maybaum
; Associate Designer:
Paul Trautvetter
; Assistant to Mr. Mielziner:
Leor C. Warner
Company Manager:
Richard Osorio
Stage Manager:
Jim Stevenson
; Production Manager:
Ross Bowman
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
John Hallow
General Press Representative:
Harvey B. Sabinson
and
Lee Solters
; Press Representative:
Jay Russell
; Casting Director:
Linda Otto
; Associate Casting Director:
Geoffrey Johnson
; Advertising:
Blaine-Thompson
and
Fred Golden
; Assistant to Mr. Merrick:
Helen Nickerson
; Staff Associate:
Sylvia Schwartz
and
Lynn Middleton
Lou Jacobi
Walter Hollander
Kay Medford
Marion Hollander
Anthony Roberts
Axel Magee
Anita Gillette
Susan Hollander
Luke Andreas
Novotny
Jonathan Bolt
Waiter
Oliver Clark
The Sultan of Bashir
James Dukas
Krojack
John Hallow
Kaznar
House Jameson
Ambassador James F. Magee
Dick Libertini
Father Drobney
Gerry Matthews
Kilroy
Donna Mills
Sultan's 1st Wife
Sharon Talbot
Countess Bordoni
Gene Varrone
Chef
Curtis Wheeler
Burns
Standby:
Merle Albertson
(Marion Hollander) and
Don De Leo
(Walter Hollander)
Understudies:
Luke Andreas
(Krojack, The Sultan of Bashir, Chef),
Jonathan Bolt
(Axel Magee),
John Hallow
(Ambassador James F. Magee, Burns, Father Drobney),
Donna Mills
(Susan Hollander) and
Jim Stevenson
(Kilroy, Kaznar)
Morosco Theatre
(Nov 17, 1966 - Jan 20, 1968)
Understudy:
Jim Stevenson
(Axel Magee)
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
(Jan 22, 1968 - Mar 23, 1968)
Theatre Owned / Operated by
The Shubert Organization
Sound Design by
Don Kurtis
Company Manager:
Martin Cohen
Stage Manager:
John Hallow
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Luke Andreas
; Production Manager:
Jim Stevenson
Assistant to Mr. Schlissel:
Robert Greenwald
; Casting Director:
Mitchell Erickson
Cast
James Beard
Chef
Peggy Cass
Marion Hollander
Len Cotchman
Kilroy
Jul 31, 1967 - ?
Len Gochman
Axel Magee
Dan Resin
Kilroy
Gene Varrone
Father Drobney
Understudies:
Luke Andreas
(Kaznar),
Jim Stevenson
(Axel Magee) and
Sharon Talbot
(Susan Hollander)
Belasco Theatre
(Mar 25, 1968 - Apr 20, 1968)
Theatre Owned / Operated by
The Shubert Organization
Casting Director:
Mitchell Erickson
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
The Shubert Organization
; Morosco Theatre Managing Director:
Louis A. Lotito
Produced by
David Merrick
; Produced in association with
Jack Rollins
and
Charles Joffe
; Associate Producer:
Samuel Liff
Written by
Woody Allen
Directed by
Stanley Prager
Scenic Design by
Jo Mielziner
; Lighting Design by
Jo Mielziner
; Costume Design by
Motley
; Sound Design by
Lincoln J. Stulick
; Production Sound:
Robert Maybaum
; Associate Designer:
Paul Trautvetter
; Assistant to Mr. Mielziner:
Leor C. Warner
Company Manager:
Richard Osorio
Stage Manager:
Jim Stevenson
; Production Manager:
Ross Bowman
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
John Hallow
General Press Representative:
Harvey B. Sabinson
and
Lee Solters
; Press Representative:
Jay Russell
; Casting Director:
Linda Otto
; Associate Casting Director:
Geoffrey Johnson
; Advertising:
Blaine-Thompson
and
Fred Golden
; Assistant to Mr. Merrick:
Helen Nickerson
; Staff Associate:
Sylvia Schwartz
and
Lynn Middleton
Lou Jacobi
Walter Hollander
Kay Medford
Marion Hollander
Anthony Roberts
Axel Magee
Anita Gillette
Susan Hollander
Luke Andreas
Novotny
Jonathan Bolt
Waiter
Oliver Clark
The Sultan of Bashir
James Dukas
Krojack
John Hallow
Kaznar
House Jameson
Ambassador James F. Magee
Dick Libertini
Father Drobney
Gerry Matthews
Kilroy
Donna Mills
Sultan's 1st Wife
Sharon Talbot
Countess Bordoni
Gene Varrone
Chef
Curtis Wheeler
Burns
Standby:
Merle Albertson
(Marion Hollander) and
Don De Leo
(Walter Hollander)
Understudies:
Luke Andreas
(Krojack, The Sultan of Bashir, Chef),
Jonathan Bolt
(Axel Magee),
John Hallow
(Ambassador James F. Magee, Burns, Father Drobney),
Donna Mills
(Susan Hollander) and
Jim Stevenson
(Kilroy, Kaznar)
Morosco Theatre
(Nov 17, 1966 - Jan 20, 1968)
Understudy:
Jim Stevenson
(Axel Magee)
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
(Jan 22, 1968 - Mar 23, 1968)
Theatre Owned / Operated by
The Shubert Organization
Sound Design by
Don Kurtis
Company Manager:
Martin Cohen
Stage Manager:
John Hallow
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Luke Andreas
; Production Manager:
Jim Stevenson
Assistant to Mr. Schlissel:
Robert Greenwald
; Casting Director:
Mitchell Erickson
Cast
James Beard
Chef
Peggy Cass
Marion Hollander
Len Cotchman
Kilroy
Jul 31, 1967 - ?
Len Gochman
Axel Magee
Dan Resin
Kilroy
Gene Varrone
Father Drobney
Understudies:
Luke Andreas
(Kaznar),
Jim Stevenson
(Axel Magee) and
Sharon Talbot
(Susan Hollander)
Belasco Theatre
(Mar 25, 1968 - Apr 20, 1968)
Theatre Owned / Operated by
The Shubert Organization
Casting Director:
Mitchell Erickson
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