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Zorbá

National Tour (1969)

Production Info

Previews: December 26, 1969 (4 previews)
Opening December 30, 1969
Closing: August 30, 1970
Length of Run: not listed yet
Run Type: Open-ended

Credits Highlights

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... Director	Harold Prince
... Choreography	Ron Field

Cast

... Madame Hortense	Barbara Baxley
... The Widow	Marsha Tamaroff
... Konstandi	Joseph Alfasa
... Leader	Chita Rivera
... Zorba	John Raitt
... Nikos	Gary Krawford
... Tasso	Lisa Mordente
... Vasilia	Rita Rudner
... Constable	Ken Waller
... Loukas	Loukas Skipitaris

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Musical Numbers

Act One

Life Is .... Leader and the Company
The First Time .... Zorba
The Top of the Hill .... Leader, Alex and Loukas
No Boom Boom .... Hortense, Zorba, Nikos, The Admirals
Vive La Difference .... Leader, The Admirals and Dancers
The Butterfly .... Nikos, Leader, Widow, Alex and Loukas
Goodbye, Canavaro .... Hortense and Zorba
Belly Dance .... Irini
Grandpapa .... Zorba and Leader
Only Love .... Hortense
The Bend of the Road .... Leader, Alex and Loukas
Only Love (Reprise) .... Leader

Act Two

Bouzouki Soloist .... Dick Dio
Sousta .... Leader and Men
Bouboulina .... Zorba, Hortense, Leader and Chorus
That's a Beginning .... Widow, Nikos, Leader
Mine Celebration .... Zorba and Company
The Crow .... Leader and Women
Happy Birthday .... Hortense
I Am Free .... Zorba
Life Is (Reprise) .... Leader and the Company

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Trivia & History

Shortly before this tour opened, Harold Prince said in a New York Times (published on November 12, 1969) interview that he was planning for the production to open on Broadway after the tour. He felt that the original Broadway production had closed prematurely, thanks to illnesses plaguing the stars (Herschel Bernardi, Maria Karnilova and Lorraine Serabian), who were all going to be out for at least a month when it closed. Replacing them, he said, did not seem feasible, nor did running it with understudies.

This touring production, however, did not come to Broadway.