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Don't Drink the Water

Morosco Theatre, (11/17/1966 - 1/20/1968)
Ethel Barrymore Theatre, (1/22/1968 - 3/23/1968)
Belasco Theatre, (3/25/1968 - 4/20/1968)
Preview:Nov 2, 1966 Total Previews:19
Opening:Nov 17, 1966   
Closing:Apr 20, 1968 Total Performances:598


Category: Play, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Setting: An American Embassy somewhere behind the Iron Curtain.





by opening date


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; Production Sound: Robert Maybaum; Sound Design by Lincoln J. Stulick; 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


Opening Night Cast

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  

Standbys: Merle Albertson (Marion Hollander), Don De Leo (Walter Hollander).

Understudies: Luke Andreas (Chef, Krojack, The Sultan of Bashir), Jonathan Bolt (Axel Magee), John Hallow (Ambassador James F. Magee, Burns, Father Drobney), Donna Mills (Susan Hollander), Jim Stevenson (Kaznar, Kilroy).