The Front Page
PlayComedyRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Oct 18, 1969
Closing Date
Feb 28, 1970
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6
Performances
158
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Open Date: Oct 18, 1969
Close Date: Feb 28, 1970
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
This production is a return engagement of The Front Page (May 10, 1969 - Jul 05, 1969)
Description
A play in three acts
Setting
The Press Room of the Criminal Courts Building in Chicago. 1928.
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PeopleTheatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert OrganizationProduced by Jay H. Fuchs, Jerry Schlossberg and Albert Zuckerman; Produced in association with Roland Mattson; Associate Producer: Bruce Diamond and Fred MenowitzWritten by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthurDirected by Harold J. KennedyScenic Design by Will Steven Armstrong; Lighting Design by Will Steven Armstrong; Costume Design by Sara BrookGeneral Manager: Leonard A. Mulhern and George ThornProduction Stage Manager: Elissa Lane; Assistant Stage Mgr: Bruce BlaineGeneral Press Representative: Howard Atlee; Press Representative: David Roggensack and Stanley F. Kaminsky; Advertising: The Blaine Thompson CompanyUnderstudies: Bruce Blaine (The Mayor, Sheriff Hartman, Woodenshoes Eichorn), Jack Collard (Murphy, Kruger), Patrick Desmond (Bensinger, Mr. Pincus), Joseph George (Wilson, Endicott, Diamond Louis, Earl Williams), Dody Goodman (Mollie Malloy, Mrs. Grant), Helen Noyes (Jennie), Robert Riesel (McCue, Schwartz) and Ed Riley (Hildy Johnson)
Ethel Barrymore Theatre (Oct 18, 1969 - Feb 28, 1970)
Cast
Walter Burns
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization
Produced by Jay H. Fuchs, Jerry Schlossberg and Albert Zuckerman; Produced in association with Roland Mattson; Associate Producer: Bruce Diamond and Fred Menowitz
Written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Directed by Harold J. Kennedy
Scenic Design by Will Steven Armstrong; Lighting Design by Will Steven Armstrong; Costume Design by Sara Brook
General Manager: Leonard A. Mulhern and George Thorn
Production Stage Manager: Elissa Lane; Assistant Stage Mgr: Bruce Blaine
General Press Representative: Howard Atlee; Press Representative: David Roggensack and Stanley F. Kaminsky; Advertising: The Blaine Thompson Company
Understudies:
Bruce Blaine
(The Mayor, Sheriff Hartman, Woodenshoes Eichorn), Jack Collard
(Murphy, Kruger), Patrick Desmond
(Bensinger, Mr. Pincus), Joseph George
(Wilson, Endicott, Diamond Louis, Earl Williams), Dody Goodman
(Mollie Malloy, Mrs. Grant), Helen Noyes
(Jennie), Robert Riesel
(McCue, Schwartz) and Ed Riley
(Hildy Johnson)
Ethel Barrymore Theatre (Oct 18, 1969 - Feb 28, 1970)
Cast
Walter Burns
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