MusicalComedyRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Jun 05, 1980
Closing Date
Jun 22, 1980
1st Preview
May 29, 1980
1st Preview
May 29, 1980
Previews
8
Performances
21
MusicalComedyRevivalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
City Center
(Jun 05, 1980 - Jun 22, 1980)
Description
A musical comedy in two acts and sixteen scenes
Setting
River City, Iowa. 1912.
Theatre Owned / Operated by City Center
Produced by James M. Nederlander, Raymond Lussa and Fred Walker
Book by Meredith Willson; Music by Meredith Willson; Lyrics by Meredith Willson; Written in collaboration with Franklin Lacey; Music and Vocal Director: Milton Rosenstock; Music orchestrated by Don Walker
Directed by Michael Kidd; Choreographed by Michael Kidd
Scenic Design by Peter Wolf; Costume Design by Stanley Simmons; Lighting Design by Marcia Madeira; Sound Design by Barry Rimler; Projection Producer: Wendall Harrington; Projection Photographer: Peter Johansky; Projections supervised by Marcia Madeira; Hair Design by Dale Brownell
General Manager: Jack Schlissel and James Walsh; Company Manager: David Hedges
Production Stage Manager: Conwell S. Worthington II; Stage Manager: John M. Galo
Musical Supervisor: Earl Shendell
Assistant to Mr. Kidd: Bonnie Evans and Randy Doney; General Press Representative: Solters / Roskin / Friedman, Inc.; Production Assistant: Jay Binder; Dance Captain: Dennis Batutis; Press Representative: Milly Schoenbaum, Anne Obert Weinberg and Kevin Patterson
Dick Van Dyke
Harold Hill
Meg Bussert
Marian Paroo
Iggie Wolfington
Mayor Shinn
Victoria Ally
Resident of River City
Carol Arthur
Mrs. Paroo
Carol Ann Basch
Resident of River City
Dennis Batutis
Traveling Salesman
 
Resident of River City
David Beckett
Resident of River City
Ralph Braun
Traveling Salesman
 
Olin Britt
Quartet
Marcia Brushingham
Alma Hix
Larry Cahn
Traveling Salesman
 
Ewart Dunlop
Quartet
Mark A. Esposito
Resident of River City
Mary Gaebler
Maud Dunlop
Tom Garrett
Traveling Salesman
 
Resident of River City
Liza Gennaro
Resident of River City
Dennis Holland
Traveling Salesman
 
Constable Locke
 
Resident of River City
Andy Hostettler
Traveling Salesman
 
Resident of River City
Tony Jaeger
Resident of River City
Jen Jones
Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn
Wendy Kimball
Resident of River City
Àra Marx
Resident of River City
Calvin McRae
Tommy Djilas
Darleigh Miller
Resident of River City
Lara Jill Miller
Amaryllis
Randy Morgan
Traveling Salesman
 
Oliver Hix
Quartet
P. J. Nelson
Ethel Toffelmier
Gail Pennington
Resident of River City
Richard Warren Pugh
Marcellus Washburn
Rosemary Rado
Resident of River City
Mary Roche
Mrs. Squires
Michael J. Rockne
Traveling Salesman
 
Resident of River City
Christina Saffran
Zaneeta Shinn
Christian Slater
Winthrop Paroo
Coley Sohn
Resident of River City
Jay Stuart
Charlie Cowell
Peter Wandel
Conductor
 
Resident of River City
Lee Winston
Traveling Salesman
 
Jacey Squires
Quartet
Swings: Alis-Elaine Anderson and J. J. Jepson
Standby: Jay Stuart (Harold Hill)
Understudies: Ralph Braun (Mayor Shinn), Larry Cahn (Traveling Salesman), Mary Gaebler (Mrs. Paroo, Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn), Tom Garrett (Oliver Hix), Dennis Holland (Charlie Cowell, Ewart Dunlop), Tony Jaeger (Tommy Djilas), J. J. Jepson (Conductor, Marcellus Washburn, Constable Locke), Wendy Kimball (Maud Dunlop, Ethel Toffelmier, Mrs. Squires), Àra Marx (Zaneeta Shinn), Darleigh Miller (Marian Paroo), Randy Morgan (Jacey Squires), Mary Roche (Alma Hix), Michael J. Rockne (Olin Britt) and Coley Sohn (Amaryllis, Winthrop Paroo)
music by Meredith Willson; lyrics by Meredith Willson
Act 1
Sung By
Rock Island
Charlie Cowell
Iowa Stubborn
Townspeople of River City
(Ya Got) Trouble
Harold Hill and Townspeople of River City
Piano Lesson
Marian Paroo, Mrs. Paroo and Amaryllis
Goodnight, My Someone
Marian Paroo
Seventy Six Trombones
Harold Hill, Boys and Girls
Sincere
The Buffalo Bills
The Sadder-But-Wiser Girl
Harold Hill and Marcellus Washburn
Pickalittle (Talkalittle)
Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn, Maud Dunlop, Ethel Toffelmier, Alma Hix, Mrs. Squires and Ladies of River City
Goodnight Ladies
The Buffalo Bills
Marian The Librarian
Harold Hill, Boys and Girls
My White Knight
Marian Paroo
Wells Fargo Wagon
Winthrop Paroo and Townspeople of River City
Act 2
Sung By
It's You
Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn, Maud Dunlop, Ethel Toffelmier, Alma Hix and Mrs. Squires
Shipoopi
Marcellus Washburn, Harold Hill, Marian Paroo, Tommy Djilas and Zaneeta Shinn
Pickalittle (Reprise)
Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn, Maud Dunlop, Ethel Toffelmier, Alma Hix, Mrs. Squires and Ladies of River City
Lida Rose
The Buffalo Bills
Will I Ever Tell You
Marian Paroo
Gary, Indiana
Winthrop Paroo
It's You (Reprise)
Townspeople of River City, Boys and Girls
Till There Was You
Marian Paroo and Harold Hill
Seventy Six Trombones/Goodnight My Someone (Reprise)
Harold Hill and Marian Paroo
Till There Was You (Reprise)
Harold Hill
Finale
Entire Company

Theatre World

Award

1981 Recipient
Meg Bussert
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