Princess Ida Revival 1961

Opened: June 22, 1961

Princess Ida - 1961 - Off-Broadway History , Info & More

Greenwich Mews Theatre
141 West 13th Street New York, NY 10014

Princess Ida runs a women-only university dedicated to anti-male propaganda. Prince Hilarion (betrothed to Ida in infancy) and two male friends break into the university and disguise themselves as girls in an attempt to win her back.







When Hilarion’s father decides to launch a full-scale attack the lady undergraduates are ordered to “man” the barricades. This is Gilbert and Sullivan at the height of their powers. Not to be missed!

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Cast Announced for FENCES at American Blues Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 13, 2022


American Blues Theater has announced the cast of August Wilson’s Fences, directed by Monty Cole. The intimate and up-close production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama will play to a capacity of 60 people per performance from July 1-August 6, 2022, at Theater Wit,1229 W. Belmont Ave. 

A Play About Women Of The Ku Klux Klan Opens In Ivoryton
by Julie Musbach - Oct 31, 2018


It is summer, 1961, and in Celestial, Alabama, it's hotter'n a blister bug in a pepper patch.  It is especially steamy in the kitchen of the Sage household where the matriarch, Ida, has gathered her friends around her to meet the new girl in town.  How will Rose from Ohio fit in with the ladies of Celestial who bake pies, sell Avon and belong to the Ku Klux Klan?

THE QUEENS OF THE GOLDEN MASK Come The Ivoryton Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 9, 2018


It is summer, 1961, and in Celestial, Alabama, it's hotter'n a blister bug in a pepper patch.  It is especially steamy in the kitchen of the Sage household where the matriarch, Ida, has gathered her friends around her to meet the new girl in town.  How will Rose from Ohio fit in with the ladies of Celestial who bake pies, sell Avon and belong to the Ku Klux Klan?

Goodman Theatre to Stage Free Readings by Playwrights Unit Next Week
by BWW News Desk - Jul 10, 2017


Goodman Theatre announces a line-up of free staged readings written by 2016/2017 members of its Playwrights Unit - Lucas Baisch, Dawn Renee Jones, Evan Linder and Emma Stanton.

FREE AS AIR Begin 5 October at Finborough Theatre
by Tyler Peterson - Sep 10, 2014


Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the world premiere of Salad Days, and as part of the Finborough Theatre acclaimed Celebrating British Music Theatre series, Stewart Nicholls directs the first professional UK revival in over 50 years of Julian Slade's musical Free As Air, playing Sunday and Monday evening and Tuesday matinee performances from Sunday, 5 October 2014 (Press Night: Monday, 6 October 2014 at 7.30pm)

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by Hilary Kelly - Apr 24, 2014


Tony-Nominated Director Randal Myler and multi-talented Music Director Dan Wheetman return to Lone Tree Arts Center (LTAC) to create a new vision for Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn after setting the bar high with Hank Williams: Lost Highway last spring and John Denver Holiday Concert in 2012. Returning to the roots of Mark Twain's classic American folktale, this production of Big River focuses on the talent and voices of the cast as they each become storytellers.

Princess Ida FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of Princess Ida have there been?
Princess Ida has had 10 productions including Broadway which opened in 1925, Broadway which opened in 1925, Broadway which opened in 1934, Broadway which opened in 1934, Broadway which opened in 1936, Broadway which opened in 1936, Broadway which opened in 1955, Broadway which opened in 1955, Off-Broadway which opened in 1961 and Off-Broadway which opened in 1979.

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