Production Staff
Leroy Anderson
Composer
Joan Ford
Lyricist
Jean Kerr
Bookwriter
Walter Kerr
Bookwriter
Kerr was born in Evanston, Illinois, and earned both a B.A. and M.A. from Northwestern University., after graduation from St. George H.S. also in Evanston.
He was a regular film critic for the St. George High School newspaper while a student there, and was also a critic for the Evanston News Index. He was the editor of the high school newspaper and yearbook. He taught speech and drama at The Catholic University of America.
After writing criticism for Commonweal he became a theater critic for the New York Herald Tribune in 1951. When that paper folded, he then began writing theater reviews ... read more
Jean Kerr
Lyricist
Walter Kerr
Lyricist
Castillo
Costume Designer
City Playhouses, Inc. (Louis A. Lotito, President)
Theatre Owner / Operator
Theatrical Interests Plan, Inc.
Press Associate
Castillo
Costume Designer
Jonathan Anderson
Stage Manager
Leroy Anderson
Orchestrator
Lehman Engel
Musical Director
Terry Fay
Casting
Howard Fischer
Assistant Stage Manager
James Gelb
Production Stage Manager
Lila Glaser
Associate Press Representative
Karen Gustafson
Assistant to Mr. Engel
Richard Horner
Company Manager
Barry Hyams
Press Representative
Walter Kerr
Director
Kerr was born in Evanston, Illinois, and earned both a B.A. and M.A. from Northwestern University., after graduation from St. George H.S. also in Evanston.
He was a regular film critic for the St. George High School newspaper while a student there, and was also a critic for the Evanston News Index. He was the editor of the high school newspaper and yearbook. He taught speech and drama at The Catholic University of America.
After writing criticism for Commonweal he became a theater critic for the New York Herald Tribune in 1951. When that paper folded, he then began writing theater reviews ... read more
Philip J. Lang
Orchestrator
Philip J. Lang was a musician, composer and music educator who taught at the graduate schools of music at the University of Michigan and the University of Colorado and was the orchestrator of more than 50 Broadway musicals including My Fair Lady and Camelot (with Robert Russell Bennett); Annie Get Your Gun; Applause; Hello, Dolly!; Carnival; and 42nd Street. Mr. Lang was an orchestrator for the Metropolitan Opera and a frequent musical arranger for television including Hallmark Productions, David Susskind, Radio City Music Hall and "The Tonight Show."
Peter Larkin
Scenic Designer
Joseph I. Levine
Production Associate
Oscar Olesen
General Manager
John Passaretti
Assistant Conductor
Mavis Ray
Assistant to Miss de Mille
Laurence Rosenthal
Dance Music Arranger
Joy Small
Assistant to Walter and Jean Kerr
Assistant to Mr. Castillo
Morris Stonzek
Music Contractor
Producers Theatre
Producer
The Producers Theatre
Producer
Beau Tilden
Assistant Stage Manager
Bob Ullman
Press Representative
Lawrence Weiner
Advertising
Robert Whitehead
Producer
Frederic de Wilde
Stage Manager
Awards and Nominations
1959 Tony Awards
Best Choreography: Agnes de Mille was nominated but did not win.
Best Conductor and Musical Director: Lehman Engel was nominated but did not win.
Best Costume Design: Castillo was nominated but did not win.
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