PlayOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Feb 19, 1953
Closing Date
Apr 10, 1954
Performances
477
PlayOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Music Box Theatre
(Feb 19, 1953 - Apr 10, 1954)
Description
A play in three acts
Setting
A small town in Kansas in the backyard shared by Flo Owens and Helen Potts.
Theatre Owned / Operated by Irving Berlin and Lee Shubert
Produced by The Theatre Guild (Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner: Administrative Directors) and Joshua Logan
Written by William Inge
Directed by Joshua Logan; Assistant Director: Marshall Jamison
Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner; Costume Design by Mildred Trebor; Assistant to Mr. Mielziner: John Harvey
Company Manager: James Miller
Production Stage Manager: Alan Anderson; Stage Manager: Scott Jackson
Assistant to Mr. Logan: Joseph Curtis; Press Representative: Leo Freedman and Abner D. Klipstein; Press Assistant: Betty Lee Hunt; Photographer: Zinn Arthur; Master Electrician: John Davis
Ralph Meeker
Hal Carter
Peggy Conklin
Flo Owens
Eileen Heckart
Rosemary Sydney
Feb 19, 1953 - Mar 1954
Ruth McDevitt
Helen Potts
Morris Miller
Bomber
Paul Newman
Broadway debut
Alan Seymour
Arthur O'Connell
Howard Bevans
Feb 19, 1953 - Mar 1954
Janice Rule
Madge Owens
Reta Shaw
Irma Kronkite
Kim Stanley
Millie Owens
Elizabeth Wilson
Christine Schoenwalder
Understudies: Paul Newman (Hal Carter) and Joanne Woodward (Madge Owens, Millie Owens)

Music Box Theatre (Feb 19, 1953 - Apr 10, 1954)

Company Manager: Peter Davis

Cast

John C. Becher
Howard Bevans
Mar 1954 - Apr 10, 1954
Sandra Church
Madge Owens
Dulcie Cooper
Irma Kronkite
Fred Eisley
Alan Seymour
Betty Lou Holland
Millie Owens
Louise Larabee
Rosemary Sydney
Mar 1954 - Apr 10, 1954
Eleanor Phelps
Irma Kronkite
Understudy: Carolyn Brenner (Helen Potts, Christine Schoenwalder, Irma Kronkite)

Tony Award®

Stage Technician

1954 Winner
Electrician: John Davis (for constant good work as a theater electrician)

Director

1953 Winner
Directed by Joshua Logan

Pulitzer Prize

for Drama

1953 Winner
Written by William Inge

Theatre World

Award

1953 Recipient
Eileen Heckart and Paul Newman
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