PlayComedyRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Apr 30, 1952
Closing Date
Jan 31, 1953
Performances
333
PlayComedyRevivalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
City Center
(Apr 30, 1952 - May 11, 1952)
Music Box Theatre
(May 15, 1952 - Jan 31, 1953)
Setting
The living-room in the house of Professor Thomas Turner, in a mid-western university town. 1940.
Produced by New York City Theatre Company
Written by James Thurber and Elliott Nugent
Directed by Michael Gordon; Artistic Director: George Schaefer
Scenic Design by Melvin Bourne; Costume Design by Noel Taylor
Company Manager: Gilman Haskell
Production Stage Manager: Billy Matthews; Stage Manager: Tom Hughes Sand
Press Representative: Sol Jacobson and Anne Sloper
Elliott Nugent
Tommy Turner
Robert Preston
Joe Ferguson
Martha Scott
Ellen Turner
Matt Briggs
Ed Keller
John Gerstad
Michael Barnes
Halliwell Hobbes
Dean Frederick Damon
Ruth McDevitt
Mrs. Blanche Damon
Apr 30, 1952 - May 18, 1952
Regina Wallace
Myrtle Keller
Apr 30, 1952 - May 18, 1952
Charles Boaz
Wally Myers
Peter Harris
Newspaper Reporter
Billy James
"Nutsy" Miller
Eulabelle Moore
Cleota
Nancy Nugent
Patricia Stanley
Understudies: Gene Blakely (Tommy Turner, Michael Barnes, Newspaper Reporter, Wally Myers), Joseph Hardy (Joe Ferguson, Ed Keller, Dean Frederick Damon) and Helen Harrelson (Ellen Turner, Patricia Stanley)

City Center (Apr 30, 1952 - May 11, 1952)

Music Box Theatre (May 15, 1952 - Jan 31, 1953)

Theatre Owned / Operated by Irving Berlin and Lee Shubert
Produced by John Golden
Company Manager: Richard E. French
Assistant Stage Mgr: Peter Harris

Cast

Dorothy Blackburn
While Regina Wallace performed in City Center's 'First Lady'
Myrtle Keller
May 20, 1952 - Jun 08, 1952
 
Mrs. Blanche Damon
Jul 20, 1952 - ?
Ruth McDevitt
Mrs. Blanche Damon
Jun 10, 1952 - Jul 20, 1952
Leora Thatcher
While Ruth McDevitt performed in City Center's 'First Lady'
Mrs. Blanche Damon
May 20, 1952 - Jun 08, 1952
Regina Wallace
Myrtle Keller
Jun 10, 1952 - ?
Gene Blakely
"Nutsy" Miller
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