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Who Played Noah Curry in The Rainmaker

Noah Curry is a role in The Rainmaker that opened Broadway in 1999.

This heartfelt classic is set in 1936 during the late summer in the sweeping landscape of Western Iowa at a time of drought. Cattle are "down and out" on the Curry ranch and temperatures are a stifling 104 degrees at night. As the relentless sun scorches the grasses' verdure and desperation creeps into the characters' lives, a young woman's search for love begins when a picaresque stranger with a "mellifluous tongue" enters and claims that he can bring rain. Nash, who was born and raised in South Philadelphia, conceived the play after a trip through the drought-ridden Southwest during the summer of 1951. He met a dirt-covered eight-year-old boy at a filling station who was clutching a long, forked stick. It hadn't rained in a long time. Nash noticed that the boy shook the stick at the sky every few minutes. When he asked what the stick was for, the boy simply answered, "Rain."

4 actors have played Noah Curry in The Rainmaker.

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Performer Production Opened
Joseph Sullivan Broadway The Rainmaker 1954
David Harbour Broadway The Rainmaker 1999
John Bedford Lloyd Broadway The Rainmaker 1999
Mark Zimmerman Broadway The Rainmaker 1999

Other Roles in The Rainmaker

Role Production Opened
Bill Starbuck Broadway The Rainmaker 1999
Farmhand Broadway The Rainmaker 1999
File Broadway The Rainmaker 1999
H.C. Curry Broadway The Rainmaker 1999
Jim Curry Broadway The Rainmaker 1999
Lizzie Curry Broadway The Rainmaker 1999
Noah Curry Broadway The Rainmaker 1999
Sheriff Thomas Broadway The Rainmaker 1999

“Noah Curry” Also Appears In

Production Type Year
110 in the Shade Broadway 1963

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