Opening Date

Aug 02, 1965

Closing Date

Dec 18, 1965

MusicalRevivalNational Tour

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Setting
Baghdad
Produced by Music Theater of Lincoln Center (Richard Rodgers: president and producing director)
Book by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis; Music by Robert Wright and George Forrest; Based on themes by Alexander Borodin; Lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest; Based on the play by Edward Knoblock; Orchestral and Choral Arrangements by Arthur Kay; Musical Director: Jonathan Anderson
Directed by Edward Greenberg; Choreography and Musical Staging by Jack Cole
Production Design by Lemuel Ayers; Costume Design by Frank Thompson; Lighting Design by Peter Hunt
Production Stage Manager: Bill Ross
Alfred Drake
Public Poet, later called Hajj
Richard Banke
The Caliph
Henry Calvin
The Wazir of Police
Anne Jeffreys
Lalume
Aug 02, 1965 - Oct 30, 1965
Lee Venora
Marsinah
Haji's Daughter
Aug 02, 1965 - Sep 11, 1965
Anita Alpert
Ayah to Zubbediya
 
The Widow Yussef
Henry Baker
Attendant
 
Singer
Diana Banks
Princess of Ababu
Don Beddoe
Omar
Buddy Bryan
Dervish
 
Akbar
Barbara Christopher
Singer
Frank Coleman
Hassan-Ben
 
Singer
Joanne DiVito
Dancer
Michele Evans
Slave Girl
Julius Fields
Mullah
 
Dancer
 
Akbar
 
Assiz
Truman Gaige
Jawan
Bonnie Glasgow
Singer
Carol Hallock
Slave Girl
Vincent Henry
Muezzin
 
Singer
Marti Hespen
Dancer
Shai Holsaert
Dancer
Indra-nila
Dancer
Eddie James
Dervish
 
Assiz
Martin Jewell
Muezzin
 
Singer
Richard Khan
Singer
Eleanore Kingsley
Slave Girl
Ingeborg Kjeldsen
Slave Girl
Beatrice Kraft
Princess Samaris of Bangalore
Robert Lamont
Second Beggar
Nick Littlefield
Wazir's Guard
 
Singer
Earle MacVeigh
First Beggar
 
Prosecutor
Joyce McDonald
Singer
Neil McNelis
A Merchant
 
Singer
Jerry Meyers
Wazir's Guard
Sally Neal
Street Dancer
 
Princess Zubbediya of Damascus
Allen Peck
Second Policeman
 
Singer
Nancy Roth
Princess of Ababu
Connie Sanchez
Dancer
Susan Sanders
Singer
Reiko Sato
Princess of Ababu
Wanda Saxon
Singer
Bette Scott
Dancer
Susan Sigrist
Dancer
Bonnie Ellen Spark
Singer
Grant Spradling
Muezzin
 
Singer
Andre St. Jean
Third Beggar
 
Dancer
Alfred Toigo
Chief Policeman
Paul Veglia
Muezzin
 
A Servant
Rudy Vejar
Imam
 
The Bangle Man
James Wamen
Attendant
Understudies: Joanne DiVito (Princess of Ababu), Truman Gaige (Omar), Richard Khan (First Beggar), Ingeborg Kjeldsen (Lalume), Robert Lamont (Jawan), Nick Littlefield (Second Policeman), Earle MacVeigh (Public Poet, later called Hajj), Joyce McDonald (Marsinah), Neil McNelis (Hassan-Ben), Allen Peck (Chief Policeman), Susan Sanders (Ayah to Zubbediya), Bette Scott (Princess Samaris of Bangalore), Bonnie Ellen Spark (The Widow Yussef), Andre St. Jean (Second Beggar), Alfred Toigo (The Wazir of Police) and Rudy Vejar (The Caliph)
Production Stage Manager: Ben Strobach

Cast

Patricia Morison
Lalume
Nov 01, 1965 - Dec 18, 1965
Patricia Welting
Marsinah
Haji's Daughter
Sep 13, 1965 - Dec 18, 1965
Frank Coleman
A Servant
Anne Doughty
Slave Girl
Max Shoaf
Muezzin
 
Singer
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Nov 22, 1965 - Dec 18, 1965
Fisher Theatre
Detroit, MI
Nov 15, 1965 - Nov 20, 1965
Clowes Memorial Hall
Indianapolis, IN
Nov 08, 1965 - Nov 13, 1965
Forrest Theatre
Philadelphia, PA
Nov 01, 1965 - Nov 06, 1965
Forrest Theatre
Philadelphia, PA
Oct 19, 1965 - Oct 30, 1965
Shubert Theatre at the Boch Center
Boston, MA
Oct 11, 1965 - Oct 16, 1965
Shubert Performing Arts Center
New Haven, CT
Sep 27, 1965 - Oct 09, 1965
National Theatre
Washington, DC
Sep 13, 1965 - Sep 18, 1965
St. Paul Auditorium
St. Paul, MN
Aug 30, 1965 - Sep 11, 1965
Shubert Theatre
Cincinnati, OH
Aug 23, 1965 - Aug 28, 1965
Pittsburgh Civic Arena
Pittsburgh, PA
Aug 02, 1965 - Aug 14, 1965
Meridian Hall
Toronto, ON