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A Doll's Life

Original Broadway Production [1982]

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Credits click here for credits »
Director ... Harold Prince
Choreography ... Larry Fuller

Top Cast Members

Nora ... Betsy Joslyn
Actor/Torvald/Johan ... George Hearn
Otto ... Peter Gallagher (i)
Eric ... Edmund Lyndeck
Astrid ... Barbara Lang
Audition Singer/Selma/Jacqueline ... Penny Orloff
Conductor/Gustafson/Escamillo/Audition Singer/Loki/Mr. Zetterling ... Norman A. Large
Stage Hand/Dr. Berg/Audition Singer/Ambassador ... David Vosburgh
Stage Manager/Hamsun/Petersen/Warden/Nilson ... Michael Vita
Dowager ... Diane Armistead
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Songs
The song list for this production has been verified as complete.

Act One

  • Prologue ..... Nora, Company
  • A Woman Alone ..... Nora, Otto, Conductor, Company
  • Letter to the Children ..... Nora
  • New Year's Eve ..... Eric, Johan, Dr. Berg, Mr. Gustafson
  • Stay with Me, Nora ..... Otto, Nora
  • The Opera Audition: Arrival ..... Astrid and Company
  • The Opera Audition: Loki and Baldur ..... Otto and Singers
  • The Opera Audition: You Interest Me ..... Johan
  • The Opera Audition: Departure ..... Astrid and Company
  • Letter from Klemnacht ..... Astrid
  • Learn to Be Lonely ..... Nora
  • Rats and Mice and Fish ..... Women
  • Jailer, Jailer /
  • Letter to the Children (Reprise) ..... Nora and Women
  • Excerpts from Loki and Baldur ..... Company
  • Rare Wines ..... Eric, Nora

Act Two

  • Entr'acte ..... Orchestra
  • No More Mornings ..... Nora
  • There She Is ..... Johan, Eric, Otto
  • Power ..... Nora
  • Letter to the Children (Reprise) ..... Nora
  • At Last ..... Johan
  • The Grand Cafe ..... Company
  • Finale ..... Company

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History

According to an article in the New York Times, RCA was to record the score on Sept. 6, 1982, two days before the start of New York previews, but the recording was canceled. After the show closed, a cast recording was made by Original Cast records.

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Production Info

Production Stats

PREVIEWS: September 8, 1982 (18 prev.)
OPENING: September 23, 1982
CLOSING: September 26, 1982
LENGTH OF RUN: 5p

Location Info

MARKET: Broadway
LOCATION: New York, NY

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