MusicalRomantic ComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Jan 04, 1976
Closing Date
Jan 04, 1976
1st Preview
Dec 26, 1975
1st Preview
Dec 26, 1975
Previews
11
Performances
1
MusicalRomantic ComedyOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Palace Theatre
(Jan 04, 1976 - Jan 04, 1976)
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Messrs. Nederlander
Produced by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Music by Mitch Leigh; Book by Roland Kibbee and Albert Marre; Lyrics by Charles Burr and Forman Brown; Musical Director: Ross Reimueller; Music orchestrated by Buryl Red
Directed by Albert Marre; Musical Staging by Albert Marre; Choreographic Assistant: Michael Mann
Scenic Design by Howard Bay; Lighting Design by Howard Bay; Costume Design by Howard Bay and Ray Diffen; Miss Diener's Hairstyles by Wayne Herndon
General Manager: Wolsk & Azenberg
Stage Manager: Patrick Horrigan and Gregory A. Hirsch
Musical Coordinator: Earl Shendell; Associate Conductor: Terrill Jory
Assistant to the Director: Dwight Frye; General Press Representative: Betty Lee Hunt Associates, Inc.; Casting: Dwight Frye; Advertising: The Blaine Thompson Company; Press Representative: Ruth Cage; Assistant to Mitch Leigh: Sy Mann
Yul Brynner
Odysseus
Joan Diener
Penelope
Odysseus' wife
Russ Thacker
Telemachus
Odysseus' son
John Aristides
Pimteus
suitor of Penelope
Daniel Brown
Eurymachus
suitor of Penelope
Diana Davila
Nausikaa
King Alkinoos' daughter
Brian Destazio
Leokritos
suitor of Penelope
Les Freed
Polybos
suitor of Penelope
Darel Glaser
Kerux
Bill Mackey
Ktesippos
suitor of Penelope
P. J. Mann
Dektai Evdomi
The Seventeenth
Bill Nabel
Melios
suitor of Penelope
Shev Rodgers
King Alkinoos
Cecile Santos
Melantho
handmaiden of Nausikaa
Suzanne Sponsler
Therapina
handmaiden of Nausikaa
Ian Sullivan
Pilokrates
suitor of Penelope
Christine Uchida
Hippodameia
handmaiden of Nausikaa
Martin Vidnovic
Antinous
suitor of Penelope
Swing: Linda Byrne
Standby: Karen Shepard (Penelope)
Understudies: Daniel Brown (Antinous), Darel Glaser (Telemachus), Shev Rodgers (Odysseus), Suzanne Sponsler (Nausikaa) and Ian Sullivan (King Alkinoos)
music by Mitch Leigh; lyrics by Charles Burr and Forman Brown
The Sorceress
Penelope and Suitors
The Departure
Odysseus and Dektai Evdomi
Home Sweet Homer
Odysseus
The Ball
Nausikaa and Handmaidens
How Could I Dare to Dream
Odysseus and Telemachus
I Never Imagined Goodbye
Penelope
Love Is the Prize
Odysseus
Penelope's Hand
Antinous
He Will Come Home Again
Telemachus
Did He Really Think
Penelope
I Was Wrong
Odysseus
The Rose
Penelope
Tomorrow
Antinous and Suitors
The Contest
Odysseus, Telemachus, Antinous and Suitors
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