Production Info

Previews: February 23, 1953 (2 previews)
Opening February 25, 1953
Closing: July 3, 1954
Length of Run: 559 perf.
Run Type: Open-ended

Location Info

Location: New York, NY

Credits Highlights

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... Director	George Abbott
... Dances and Musical Numbers	Donald Saddler
... Additional Choreography (uncredited)	Jerome Robbins

Cast

... Appopolous	Henry Lascoe
... Officer Lonigan	Walter Kelvin
... Helen	Michele Burke
... Wreck	Jordan Bentley
... Eileen Sherwood	Edith Adams
... Ruth Sherwood	Rosalind Russell
... Robert Baker	George Gaynes
... Mrs. Wade	Isabella Hoopes
... Frank Lippencott	Cris Alexander
... Chick Clark	Dort Clark

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Musical Numbers

Act One

Overture .... Orchestra
Christopher Street .... Sung by Guide and The Villagers
Ohio .... Ruth, Eileen
Conquering New York .... Ruth, Eileen and Ensemble
One Hundred Easy Ways .... Ruth
What a Waste .... Robert, Associate Editors
Story Vignettes (sketch) .... Ruth, with Rexford, Mr. Mallory, Danny, Trent
A Little Bit in Love .... Eileen
Pass the Football .... Wreck and The Villagers
Conversation Piece .... Ruth, Eileen, Frank, Robert, Chick
A Quiet Girl .... Robert
Conga! .... Sung by Ruth; Danced by the Cadets

Act Two

Entr'acte .... Orchestra
My Darlin' Eileen .... Eileen and Police
Swing! .... Ruth and Villagers
Ohio (Reprise) .... Ruth, Eileen
It's Love .... Robert and The Villagers
Ballet at the Village Vortex .... Villagers
Wrong Note Rag .... Ruth, Eileen and The Villagers
It's Love (Reprise) .... Entire Company

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Trivia & History

The pre-Broadway opening in New Haven was on Monday, January, 19, 1953. During a rehearsal the next afternoon, Rosalind Russell started feeling ill. She with diagnosed as having a respiratory virus and a high fever (102.5), and that evening's performance was canceled. It was announced that the matinee the following day would be postponed till Thursday. Wednesday evening the show went on with Russell's understudy, Patricia Wilkes, in the lead. According to Variety, Wilkes played Ruth through the end of the week of the in New Haven, playing six out of the seven performances there. By the opening in the next tryout city, Boston, on Monday, January 26, Russell was back in the show.