Production Info

Previews: March 31, 1961 (preview count not listed yet)
Opening April 19, 1961
Closing: May 7, 1961
Length of Run: 22 perf.
Run Type: Open-ended

Location Info

Location: New York, NY

Credits Highlights

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... Production Supervisor	Theodore Mann
... Director	Word Baker (uncredited)

Cast

... Waldo Templeton	Danny Meehan
... Lawyer Manson	Joseph Macauley
... Eva Templeton	Louise Larabee
... Squire Gatsby	Russell Bailey
... Amanda Gatsby	Justine Johnston
... Simeon Moodis	Phil Leeds
... Dorothea Gatsby	Claiborne Cary
... Tobias Tyler	Warren Wade
... The Bandit	James Beard
... Dean Rigby	Charles Goff

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Musical Numbers

Act One

Sons of Greentree .... The Entire Company
Let's Evolve .... Waldo and the Boys
The ABC's of Success .... Waldo and Manson
If I Felt Any Younger Today .... Manson, Eva, the Martins, the Johnsons and the Kiplingers
More Than Ever Now .... Dorothea
I've Got a Wonderful Future .... Waldo
Small Town .... The Martins, the Johnsons, the Kiplingers, Manson, Eva and Amanda
Heredity-Environment .... Moodis
The Gatsby Bridge March .... The Entire Company
A World to Win .... Dorothea and Waldo
The Wonderful Machine .... Waldo and the Entire Company

Act Two

Temperance Polka .... Tobias and Chicago People
Daydreams .... Waldo
Dear Old Dad .... Eva and Waldo
Me and Dorothea .... Moodis
Two by Two .... Dorothea and Waldo
More Than Ever Now (Reprise) .... Dorothea
The ABC's of Success (Reprise) .... The Entire Company

Additional Musical Numbers Lists

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Trivia & History

Word Baker was the original director. The production, which started previews on March 31, 1961, was originally scheduled to open on April 11. In the New York Times on April 12, 1961, it was announced that Baker was being replaced by Gerald Freedman. The article also mentioned that the show had been scheduled to open the night before, but the opening was being delayed by a week.

Two days later the theatre column in the Times reported that Freedman would not be taking over as director. When the show opened, there was no credited director, but co-producer Theodore Man was listed as production supervisor.