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Spokesong
or The Common Wheel
Play
Play with music
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Mar 15, 1979
Closing Date
May 20, 1979
1st Preview
Feb 24, 1979
1st Preview
Feb 24, 1979
Previews
21
Performances
77
Play
Play with music
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Mar 15, 1979
Close Date: May 20, 1979
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Circle in the Square Theatre
(Mar 15, 1979 - May 20, 1979)
Setting
A bicycle shop in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The 1970s and the eighty years preceding.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Circle in the Square (under the direction of Theodore Mann and Paul Libin)
Produced by
Circle in the Square (Theodore Mann: Artistic Director; Paul Libin: Managing Director)
and
The Long Wharf Theatre (M. Edgar Rosenblum, Executive Director; Arvin Brown, Artistic Director)
Written by
Stewart Parker
; Music by
Jimmy Kennedy
; Lyrics by
Stewart Parker
; Musical Director and Pianist:
Tom Fay
Directed by
Kenneth Frankel
Scenic Design by
Marjorie Bradley Kellogg
; Costume Design by
Bill Walker
; Lighting Design by
John McLain
; Hair and Wig Design by
Paul Huntley
Company Manager:
William Conn
Production Stage Manager:
Anne Keefe
; Stage Manager:
James Bernardi
Musical Supervisor:
Earl Shendell
Cycle Coach:
John Jenack
; Circle in the Square Public Relations Director:
Merle Debuskey
; Press Representative:
Leo Stern
; Casting Director:
Lynn Kressel
; Casting Consultant:
Feuer & Ritzer
; Photographer:
Martha Swope
; Advertising:
Ash / LeDonne
John Horton
Julian
Frank's brother
John Lithgow
Frank
Joseph Maher
The Trick Cyclist
Josef Sommer
Francis
Frank's grandfather
Maria Tucci
Kitty
Francis' wife
Virginia Vestoff
Daisy
Awards
Tony Award®
Best Featured Actor in a Play
1979 Nominee
Joseph Maher
People
Awards
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Circle in the Square (under the direction of Theodore Mann and Paul Libin)
Produced by
Circle in the Square (Theodore Mann: Artistic Director; Paul Libin: Managing Director)
and
The Long Wharf Theatre (M. Edgar Rosenblum, Executive Director; Arvin Brown, Artistic Director)
Written by
Stewart Parker
; Music by
Jimmy Kennedy
; Lyrics by
Stewart Parker
; Musical Director and Pianist:
Tom Fay
Directed by
Kenneth Frankel
Scenic Design by
Marjorie Bradley Kellogg
; Costume Design by
Bill Walker
; Lighting Design by
John McLain
; Hair and Wig Design by
Paul Huntley
Company Manager:
William Conn
Production Stage Manager:
Anne Keefe
; Stage Manager:
James Bernardi
Musical Supervisor:
Earl Shendell
Cycle Coach:
John Jenack
; Circle in the Square Public Relations Director:
Merle Debuskey
; Press Representative:
Leo Stern
; Casting Director:
Lynn Kressel
; Casting Consultant:
Feuer & Ritzer
; Photographer:
Martha Swope
; Advertising:
Ash / LeDonne
John Horton
Julian
Frank's brother
John Lithgow
Frank
Joseph Maher
The Trick Cyclist
Josef Sommer
Francis
Frank's grandfather
Maria Tucci
Kitty
Francis' wife
Virginia Vestoff
Daisy
Tony Award®
Best Featured Actor in a Play
1979 Nominee
Joseph Maher
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