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| First Preview: | Oct 19, 1981 |
Total Previews: | 33 |
| Opening Date: | Nov 17, 1981 |
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| Closing Date: | Dec 13, 1981 |
Total Performances: | 37 |
| Production Staff |
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| Theatre Owned / Operated by Jujamcyn Theaters (under the direction of Richard G. Wolff, President) |
| Produced by Zev Bufman, Neil Bogart, Michael Harvey and Peter A. Bobley; Associate Producer: Roger Luby |
| Book by Joel Siegel; Music by Bob Brush; Lyrics by Martin Charnin; Written in collaboration with Martin Charnin; Music orchestrated by Luther Henderson; Dance arrangements by Luther Henderson; Vocal arrangements by Joyce Brown |
| Directed by Martin Charnin; Choreographed by Alan Johnson |
| Scenic Design by David Chapman; Costume Design by Carrie Robbins; Lighting Design by Marc B. Weiss; Sound Design by Louis Shapiro |
| General Manager: Gatchell & Neufeld, Ltd.; Company Manager: James G. Mennen |
| Production Stage Manager: Peter Lawrence; Stage Manager: Jim Woolley; Assistant Stage Mgr: David Blackwell and Sarah Whitman; Technical Director: Arthur Siccardi |
| Musical Supervisor: Luther Henderson; Conducted by Joyce Brown; Score published by MPL Communications, Inc.; Assistant Conductor: Mark Hummel; Music Contractor: Ted Sommer and Martin Grupp; Woodwinds: William Slapin, Edward Salkin, Robert Magnuson, Mauricio Smith and Frank Santagata; Trumpet: Francis Bonny, Jimmy Owens and Leo Ball; Trombone: Jim Pugh, Keith O'Quinn and Garfield Fobbs; Percussion: Richard Brown ; Horn: Greg Williams; Cello: Anne Callahan; Drums: Dennis Mackrel; Guitar: Bernard Grobman ; Piano: Mark Hummel; Bass: William Stanley |
| Authentic baseball gloves and catcher's mitt loaned by Barry Halper |
| Consultant: Rachel Robinson; Dance Captain: Steven Boockvor; General Press Representative: Fred Nathan & Associates; Advertising: Ash / LeDonne; Casting: Simon & Kumin Casting, Inc.; Photographer: Martha Swope |
| Swings: Neal Ben-Ari (Swing), Margaret Lamée (Swing) and Jacqueline Lowe (Swing) |
| Understudies: Steven Boockvor (Casey Higgins), Bill Buell (Clyde Sukeforth), Stephen Crain (Pee Wee Reese), Michael Edward-Stevens (Junkyard Jones), Margaret Lamée (Eunice, Hilda Chester), Jacqueline Lowe (Cool Minnie's Girl, Rachel Isum), Rodney Saulsberry (Jackie Robinson), Sam Stoneburner (Noonan), Paul Cook Tartt (Cool Minnie) and George D. Wallace (Branch Rickey) |
| 1982 Tony Award® Best Book of a Musical |
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| | Book by Joel Siegel; Written in collaboration with Martin Charnin [nominee] | | 1982 Tony Award® Best Featured Actor in a Musical |
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| | David Alan Grier [nominee] |
| 1982 Tony Award® Best Direction of a Musical |
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| | Martin Charnin [nominee] |
| 1982 Theatre World Award |
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 | David Alan Grier [winner] |
| 1982 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical |
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| | Lonette McKee [nominee] |
| 1982 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Set Design |
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| | Scenic Design by David Chapman [nominee] |
| ACT 1 | Sung By |
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| Jack Roosevelt Robinson | Branch Rickey and Leo Durocher |
| The National Pastime | Cool Minnie, Jackie Robinson, Junkyard Jones and The Monarchs |
| Will We Ever Know Each Other | Jackie Robinson and Rachel Isum |
| The First | Jackie Robinson |
| Bloat | Leo Durocher and Reporters and The Dodgers |
| It Ain't Gonna Work | Casey Higgins, Clyde Sukeforth and The Dodgers |
| The Brooklyn Dodger Strike | Rickey and Durocher |
| Jack Roosevelt Robinson (Reprise) | Rickey |
| The First (Reprise) | Rachel Isum |
| ACT 2 | Sung By |
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| Is This Year Next Year? | Noonan (the maitre'd), Eunice (the cigarette girl), Huey (a waiter), Frog (a busboy) and Sorrentino (a busboy) |
| You Do-Do-Do-It Good | Cool Minnie, Jackie Robinson, The Monarchs, Ruby (on the right) and Opal (on the left) |
| Is This Year Next Year? (Reprise) | Branch Rickey, Holmes, The Reporters, Clyde Sukeforth and The Dodgers |
| There Are Days and There Are Days | Rachel Isum |
| It's A Beginning | Jackie Robinson, Branch Rickey and Rachel Isum |
| The Opera Ain't Over | Noonan (the maitre'd), The Regulars, All the Dodgers, Branch Rickey, Hilda Chester and The Fans |
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