MusicalOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Mar 22, 1969
Closing Date
Mar 22, 1969
Previews
21
Performances
1
MusicalOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Billy Rose Theatre
(Mar 22, 1969 - Mar 22, 1969)
Setting
Aboard a man-of-war. 1796.
Produced by Bruce W. Stark; Produced in association with Joseph H. Shoctor
Music by Ron Dante and Gene Allan; Lyrics by Ron Dante and Gene Allan; Book by Stephen Glassman; Suggested by "Billy Budd" by Herman Melville; Incidental music by Wally Harper; Musical Director: Jack Lee; Music orchestrated by Ronald Frangipane; Dance arrangements by Coleridge Perkinson; Special Arrangements by Wally Harper
Directed by Arthur A. Seidelman; Musical Staging by Grover Dale
Scenic Design by Ming Cho Lee; Costume Design by Theoni V. Aldredge; Lighting Design by Martin Aronstein; Associate Designer: Leigh Rand; Associate to Miss Aldredge: Don Foote; Associate to Mr. Aronstein: Lawrence Metzler; Assistant to Ming Cho Lee: Douglas Higgins and Marjorie Kellogg; Sound Design by Admins, Ltd.
General Manager: Allentuck, Azenberg, and Wolsk; Company Manager: Peter Neufeld
Production Stage Manager: Frank Rembach; Stage Manager: Tom Porter; Assistant Stage Mgr: Simm Landres and Pascual Vaquer
Assistant Conductor: Wally Harper; Orchestra Personnel Manager: Martin Grupp; Head Music Copyist: Ervin Moser
General Press Representative: Harvey B. Sabinson and Lee Solters; Press Representative: David Powers; Assistant to the Director: David Fallon; Dance Captain: Steven Boockvor; Asst. to the Choreographer: Steven Boockvor; Poster Design by Lee Savage; Advertising: The Blaine Thompson Company
John Beal
Dansker
John Devlin
John Claggart
Master-At-Arms
Laurence Naismith
Captain Edward Vere
Robert Salvio
Billy Budd
Steven Boockvor
Rush
Danny Carroll
Rawley
Christopher Chadman
Potter
Al Cohen
Gilbert
William Countryman
Lt. William Radcliffe
Peter DeMaio
Donald Taff
Frank DeSal
Seeger
Joseph Della Sorte
John Thorp
Igors Gavon
Boyer
Howard Girven
Smithy
Simm Landres
Cpl. John Bernard
George Marcy
Campbell
Barbara Monte
Molly
Laried Montgomery
Marine Corporal
 
Stoker
De Wayne Oliver
Grimer
Michael Peters
Roper
Tim Ramirez
Marsten
Bill Schustik
Stafford
Dolph Sweet
Whiskers
Michael Tartel
Lt. Roger Mordant
Ron Tassone
Harker
Pascual Vaquer
Fallon
Danny Villa
Marine Corporal
Alan Weeks
Boscombe
Standby: Robert Berdeen (Billy Budd) and Susan Hufford (Molly)
Understudies: Danny Carroll (Dansker), William Countryman (John Claggart), Peter DeMaio (Campbell, Boyer), Joseph Della Sorte (Stafford), Igors Gavon (Whiskers), Howard Girven (Boscombe), Tony Stevens (Swing Dancer), Dolph Sweet (Captain Edward Vere), Michael Tartel (Lt. William Radcliffe) and Pascual Vaquer (Donald Taff, John Thorp, Rawley)
music by Gene Allan and Ron Dante; lyrics by Gene Allan and Ron Dante
Molly
Billy Budd
Chanty
Stafford, Fallon, Smithy and Stoker
Watch Out for Claggart/Work
Boscombe, John Claggart and Crew
Shaking Hand with the Wind
Billy Budd
Whiskers' Dance
Whiskers and Crew
Billy
Molly and Billy Budd
It Ain't Us Who Make the Wars
Campbell and Crew
The Bridge to Nowhere
Captain Edward Vere
The Night and the Sea
Billy Budd and John Claggart
Whiskers' Dance (Reprise)
Whiskers, Billy Budd, Fallon, Donald Taff and John Thorp
In the Arms of a Stranger
Dansker
The Fiddlers' Green
Whiskers, Campbell, Boyer, Stoker, Rawley and Gilbert
My Captain
Captain Edward Vere and Billy Budd
Requiem
Billy Budd

Tony Award®

 

Best Scenic Design

1970 Nominee
Scenic Design by Ming Cho Lee
 

Best Choreography

1970 Nominee
Musical Staging by Grover Dale

Drama Desk Award

Outstanding Choreography

1969 Winner
Musical Staging by Grover Dale

Outstanding Set Design

1969 Winner
Scenic Design by Ming Cho Lee
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