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Frankenstein   

 
Palace Theatre , (1/04/1981 - 1/04/1981)
First Preview:Dec 09, 1980 Total Previews:29
Opening Date:Jan 04, 1981   
Closing Date:Jan 04, 1981 Total Performances:1

Category: Play, Drama, Original, Broadway
Setting: In and around the Frankenstein Estate, Geneva, Switzerland, in the mid-1800s.


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Messrs. Nederlander
Produced by Terry Allen Kramer, Joseph Kipness, James M. Nederlander and Stewart F. Lane; Produced in association with 20th Century Fox; Associate Producer: Marvin A. Krauss
Written by Victor Gialanella; Incidental music by Richard Peaslee
Directed by Tom Moore
Scenic Design by Douglas W. Schmidt; Costume Design by Carrie F. Robbins; Puppets Conceived by Carrie F. Robbins; Lighting Design by Jules Fisher and Robby Monk; Sound Design by Bran Ferren; Make-Up Design by John Caglione, Jr.; Artic Sequence Puppets by Bil Baird; Puppet Master: Peter Baird
General Manager: Marvin A. Krauss Associates, Inc., Eric Angelson, Gary Gunas and Steven C. Callahan
Production Stage Manager: Michael Martorella; Stage Manager: John Fennessy; Assistant Stage Mgr: Stephen Van Benschoten; Special Effects Director: William McDonough
Musical Supervisor: Bruce Coughlin; Musical Coordinator: Earl Shendell
Special Effects by Bran Ferren
Casting: Johnson-Liff Associates; Fight Coordinator: B. H. Barry; General Press Representative: Merle Debuskey; Press Representative: Leo Stern; Advertising: Ash / LeDonne; Photographer: Martha Swope; Dog Owner and Trainer: William Berloni; Poster Design by Gilbert Lesser
Cast
Dennis Bacigalupi Peter Schmidt
A Villager
John Carradine DeLacey
A Blind Hermit
David Dukes Victor Frankenstein
A Young Scientist
John Glover Henry Clerval
Victor's Friend
Keith Jochim The Creature
Richard Kneeland Lionel Mueller
The Local Magistrate
Jill P. Rose Justine Moritz
A Maidservant
Scott Schwartz William Frankenstein
Victor's Younger Brother
Douglas Seale Alphonse Frankenstein
Victor's Father
John Seitz Hans Metz
A Villager
Dianne Wiest Elizabeth Lavenza
Victor's adopted "Cousin"
Kate Wilkinson Frau Mueller
The Magistrate's Wife
Understudies: Leslie Barrett (Alphonse Frankenstein, DeLacey, Lionel Mueller), Michael Davidson (William Frankenstein), Anne Kerry (Elizabeth Lavenza, Justine Moritz), Barbara Lester (Frau Mueller), Eric Uhler (Hans Metz, Peter Schmidt), Stephen Van Benschoten (The Creature) and Mark Winkworth (Henry Clerval, Victor Frankenstein)
1981 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Lighting Design
winnerJules Fisher [winner]
winnerRobby Monk [winner]
1981 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Set Design
 Scenic Design by Douglas W. Schmidt [nominee]