MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Oct 22, 1978
Closing Date
Dec 03, 1978
1st Preview
Oct 17, 1978
1st Preview
Oct 17, 1978
Previews
6
Performances
48
MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Minskoff Theatre
(Oct 22, 1978 - Dec 03, 1978)

Setting
The French town of DuTemps and the trenches that surround it. One day in September, 1918, toward the end of World War I.

Theatre Owned / Operated by Minskoff Organization
Produced by Joseph Kipness and Patty Grubman; Produced in association with Jerome Minskoff; Associate Produced by Lee Minskoff and Charlotte Dicker
Book by Joseph Stein; Music by Peter Link; Lyrics by Jacob Brackman; Musical Director: Karen Gustafson; Dance arrangements by Dorothea Freitag; Music orchestrated by Bill Brohn; Based upon an original Screenplay by Philippe De Broca, Maurice Bessy and Daniel Boulanger
Directed by Ron Field; Choreographed by Ron Field
Scenic Design by Santo Loquasto; Costume Design by Patricia Zipprodt; Lighting Design by Pat Collins; Sound Design by Jack Shearing; Hair Design by Patrik D. Moreton; Make-Up Design by Patrik D. Moreton
General Manager: Marvin A. Krauss; Associate General Manager: Gary Gunas; Company Manager: Bob Skerry
Production Stage Manager: Janet Beroza; Stage Manager: Clint Jakeman and Robert Schear
Assistant to the Director: John Calvert; Asst. to the Choreographer: Marianne Selbert; Production Associate: Nan Pearlman; General Press Representative: The Merlin Group, Ltd.; Press Representative: Patt Dale, Beatrice Da Silva and Glen Gary; Casting: Peter Cereghetti; Aerial Instructor: Warren Bacon; Dance Captain: Spence Ford; Advertising: Serino, Coyne & Nappi; Assistant to Wilbur: Howard Mammano; Animal Trainer: Animal Actors Inc.
Jeunefille (La Jeine Fille)
Madeleine (La Madame)
Private Johnny Perkins
Lieutenant McNeill
Raoul (Le Patron du Círque)
Genevieve (La Courtisane)
DuBac (Le Monseigneur)
Demosthenes (Le Muet)
Kapitan Kost
Henri (Le Duc)
Marie-Claire (La Duchesse)
M. Clichy (Le Photographe)
Claude (Le Coiffeur)
Siegfried
Simone (La Ballerine)
Dahlia (La Servante)
Therese (La Maman)
Jacques (Le Fermier)
Willie
Philippe (Le Maitre d'Hotel)
Valerie (La Flutiste)
Isolde (La Chanteuse d'Opéra)
Guy-Louis (Le Petit Garçon)
Monsieur Cochon (Le Porc)
Understudies: Richard Christopher (Lieutenant McNeill), Marilyn D'Honau (Marie-Claire), Harry Fawcett (Private Johnny Perkins), Spence Ford (Genevieve, Isolde, Simone, Valerie, Dahlia, Therese), Rex David Hays (Raoul), Navarre Matlovsky (Guy-Louis, Philippe), Bryan Nicholas (Henri), Neva Rae Powers (Jeunefille), Gerrianne Raphael (Madeleine), Timothy Scott (Demosthenes, Claude) and Timothy Wallace (DuBac, Kapitan Kost, M. Clichy, Jacques)
music by Peter Link; lyrics by Jacob Brackman
Act 1
Sung By
A Stain on the Name
Inmates
Deja Vu
Madeleine
Promenade (The Transformation)
Inmates
Turn Around
Madeleine and Inmates
Nothing, Only Love
Jeunefille, Johnny and Madeleine
King of Hearts
Demosthenes, Jeunefille, Raoul, Madeleine and Inmates
Close Upon the Hour
Johnny
A Brand New Day (The Coronation)
DuBac, Johnny and Inmates
Act 2
Sung By
Le Grand Cirque de Provence
Raoul and Inmates
Hey, Look at Me, Mrs. Draba
Johnny
Going Home Tomorrow
Soldiers
Somewhere Is Here
Madeleine
Nothing, Only Love (Reprise)
Raoul, Madeleine, Jeunefille and Johnny
March, March, March
Johnny and Inmates

Tony Award®

 

Best Featured Actress in a Musical

1979 Nominee
Millicent Martin

Drama Desk Award

 

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

1979 Nominee
Bob Gunton

Outstanding Costume Design

1979 Winner
Costume Design by Patricia Zipprodt
 

Outstanding Set Design

1979 Nominee
Scenic Design by Santo Loquasto
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