Production Staff
Dorothy Fields
Bookwriter
Herbert Fields
Bookwriter
Dorothy Fields
Lyricist
Herbert Fields (i)
Bookwriter
Albert Hague
Composer
David Shaw
Bookwriter
Bookwriter
Sidney Sheldon
Bookwriter
Theatrical Interests Plan, Inc.
Associate Producer
Roger Adams
Dance Music Arranger
Robert Russell Bennett
Orchestrator
Robert Russell Bennett orchestrated more than 300 Broadway musical scores including Show Boat; No, No, Nanette; Of Thee I Sing; Face the Music; Oklahoma!; Carmen Jones; Finian's Rainbow; Kiss Me, Kate; South Pacific; The King and I; My Fair Lady; and Camelot. His arrangements for the 1955 film version of Oklahoma! earned him an Academy Award. He also orchestrated and arranged Richard Rodgers' TV documentary score for "Victory at Sea." A classically trained composer, Bennett's prolific output of original compositions includes symphonies, sonatas, a ballet, a concerto and an opera.
Jay Blackton
Musical Director
Vocal Music Arranger
Ross Bowman
Stage Manager
Patton Campbell
Assistant to Mr. Ter-Arutunian (Costumes)
Arthur Cantor
Press Representative
Lawrence Carr
Producer
Bob Fosse
Director/Choreographer
Bob Fosse was an American actor, choreographer, dancer, and film and stage director. He directed and choreographed musical works on stage and screen, including the stage musicals The Pajama Game (1954), Damn Yankees (1955), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1961), Sweet Charity (1966), Pippin (1972), and Chicago (1975). He directed the films Sweet Charity (1969), Cabaret (1972), Lenny (1975), All That Jazz (1979), and Star 80 (1983).
Fosse's distinctive style of choreography included turned-in knees and "jazz hands". He is the only person ever to have won Oscar, Emmy, and Tony awards in the same year (1973). He ... read more
Robert Fryer
Producer
Tony Geiss
Press Representative
Fred Golden
Advertising Representative
Sol Gusikoff
Orchestra Personnel Manager
Peter Harvey
Assistant to Mr. Ter-Arutunian (Scenery)
Klaus Holm
Assistant to Mr. Ter-Arutunian (Scenery)
David Lawlor, Jr.
Company Manager
Marian Kinsella
Production Assistant to Jean Rosenthal
Gertrude Kirschner
Press Representative
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."
Robert Linden
Production Manager
Donald McKayle
Associate Choreographer
The Shubert Organization
Theatre Owner / Operator
The Shubert Organization is America's oldest professional theatre company and the largest theatre owner on the Broadway. Since the dawn of the 20th Century, Shubert has operated hundreds of theatres and produced hundreds of plays and musicals both in New York City and throughout the United States. Shubert currently owns and operates seventeen Broadway theatres and six off-Broadway venues.
Walter Rinner
Assistant Stage Manager
Jean Rosenthal
Lighting Designer
Ben F. Stein
General Manager
Rouben Ter-Arutunian
Production Designer
Production
Awards and Nominations
1959 Tony Awards
Best Choreography: Bob Fosse won.
Best Conductor and Musical Director: Jay Blackston was nominated but did not win.
Best Costume Design: Rouben Ter-Arutunian won.
Best Musical: Dorothy Fields won.
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