Who Played Policeman in Can-Can

Policeman is a role in Can-Can, a musical that opened Broadway in 1981.

The musical comedy takes place in turn-of-the-century Paris, where La Mome Pistache, proud owner of the Bal du Paradis, famous for its sexy can-can girls, spars with Aristide Forestier, a self-righteous judge determined to close all Parisian dance halls.

21 actors have played Policeman in Can-Can.

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Performer	Production	Opened
	Broadway Can-Can	1953
Arthur Rubin	Broadway Can-Can	1953
Joe Cusanelli	Broadway Can-Can	1953
Joe Milan	Broadway Can-Can	1953
Jon Silo	Broadway Can-Can	1953
Michael De Marco	Broadway Can-Can	1953
Michael DeMarco	Broadway Can-Can	1953
Ralph Beaumont	Broadway Can-Can	1953
Socrates Birsky	Broadway Can-Can	1953
Bill Miller	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Carl Erbele	US Tour Can-Can	1955
John Pero	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Kayton Nesbitt	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Michael Fiotakis	US Tour Can-Can	1955
Darrell Sandeen	Off-Broadway Can-Can	1962
George Del Monte	Off-Broadway Can-Can	1962
Dennis Batutis	Broadway Can-Can	1981
John Dolf	Broadway Can-Can	1981
John Remme	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Kevin McCready	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Tommy Breslin	Broadway Can-Can	1981

Other Roles in Can-Can

Role	Production	Opened
Adam	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Apache Leader	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Bailiff	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Bailiff/Tabac Waiter/Chief Justice	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Boris Adzinidzinadze	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Chief Justice	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Claudine	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Claudine/Eve	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Court President	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Court President/Monarchist/Prosecutor	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Ensemble	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Etienne	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Eve	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Hercule	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Hilaire Jussac	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Jailer	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Judge Aristide Forestier	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Judge Paul Barniere	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Judge Paul Barriere	Broadway Can-Can	1981
La Mome Pistache	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Mimi	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Model	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Monarchist	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Patron	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Performer	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Photographer	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Policeman	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Prosecutor	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Second Waiter	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Snake	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Tabac Waiter	Broadway Can-Can	1981
The Snake	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Theophile	Broadway Can-Can	1981
Waiter/Jail Guard	Broadway Can-Can	1981

“Policeman” Also Appears In

Production	Type	Year
The Phantom of the Opera	West End	2021
Mary Poppins	Broadway	2006
Bombay Dreams	Broadway	2004
Pardon My English	Off-Broadway	2004
Take Me Out	Broadway	2003
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom	Broadway	2003
Amour	Broadway	2002
Ragtime	Broadway	1998
Jekyll & Hyde	Broadway	1997
The Song of Jacob Zulu	Broadway	1993
Six Degrees Of Separation	Broadway	1990
Sweeney Todd	Broadway	1989
The Threepenny Opera	Broadway	1989
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby	Broadway	1986
Sarava	Broadway	1979
The Great God Brown	Broadway	1972
The Great White Hope	Broadway	1968
Wait Until Dark	Broadway	1966
Carousel	Broadway	1965
Man and Superman	Off-Broadway	1964
Kwamina	Broadway	1961
The Tenth Man	Broadway	1959
Hotel Paradiso	Broadway	1957
Lunatics and Lovers	Broadway	1954
Witness for the Prosecution	Broadway	1954
Wonderful Town	Broadway	1953
Lost in the Stars	Broadway	1949
On the Town	Broadway	1944
Mr. Big	Broadway	1941
May Wine	Broadway	1935
Dead End	Broadway	1935
Porgy and Bess	Broadway	1935
Gambling	Broadway	1929
Porgy	Broadway	1929
Street Scene	Broadway	1929
The Front Page	Broadway	1928
Liliom	Broadway	1921
The Velvet Lady	Broadway	1919
The Gay White Way	Broadway	1907
45 Minutes from Broadway	Broadway	1906

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