Alice Ghostley

On stage 10 productions, 25 years

1952	Leonard Sillman's New Faces of 1952 Royale Theatre · Original · directed by John Murray Anderson	365 perf.
1952	New Faces Of 1952 Royale Theatre · Original · directed by John Murray Anderson, John Beal	365 perf.
1955	All in One Playhouse Theatre · Original · directed by David Brooks Cast: Alice Ghostley (Dinah), John Tyers (Sam)	47 perf.
1956	Shangri-La Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Albert Marre	21 perf.
1957	Livin' The Life Phoenix Theatre · Original · directed by David Alexander	25 perf.
1958	Maybe Tuesday Playhouse Theatre · Original · directed by Elliot Silverstein	5 perf.
1960	A Thurber Carnival Anta Playhouse · Original · directed by Burgess Meredith	223 perf.
1962	The Beauty Part Music Box Theatre · Original · directed by Noel Willman	85 perf.
1964	The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window Longacre Theatre · Original · directed by Peter Kass	101 perf.
1977	Annie Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by Martin Charnin	2,377 perf.

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Worked with more than once4 names

Carol Lawrence	3 productions
Virginia de Luce	2 productions
Robert Clary	2 productions
Eartha Kitt	2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership. A long-running company puts the same forty people together every night, but it is where one would start looking.

Also credited on1 work

Jimmy

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In the literature8 passages

• As for Trouble in Tahiti and my crying – it was beautifully performed by Alice Ghostley, and it is a truly remarkable piece of work – and I had that feeling of closeness, and desire for us to be working with you, and the sadness of the pressure of time, and everything all at once overwhelming me.Leonard Bernstein Letters, The - Leonard Bernstein
• 77 Alice Ghostley (1926–2007), American singer and actor. She sang the role of Dinah in Trouble in Tahiti on tour, and again when it arrived on Broadway as part of a triple bill called All In One (alongside dances by Paul Draper and Tennessee Williams' 27 Wagons Full of Cotton ), described by Brooks Atkinson in The New York Times (20 Apri…Leonard Bernstein Letters, The - Leonard Bernstein
• First New York performance: 19 April 1955, Playhouse Theatre, cast incl. Alice Ghostley (Dinah), John Tyers (Sam), Constance Bingham, John Taliafero, James Tushar (Trio), David Brooks (dir.), Joseph D. Lewis and Urey Krasnopolsky (pfs), Max Rich (drums), Leonard Gaskin (bass)Leonard Bernstein Letters, The - Leonard Bernstein
• Cast : Virginia Bosler, June Carroll, Robert Clary, Allen Conroy, Virginia de Luce, Michael Dominico, Alice Ghostley, Ronny Graham, Patricia Hammerlee, Eartha Kitt, Joe Lautner, Carol Lawrence, Paul Lynde, Bill Mullikin, Carol Nelson, Rosemary O’Reilly, Jimmy RussellComplete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz
• Cast : Alice Ghostley (Dinah), John Tyers (Sam); Trio: Kathy Farrell, John Taliaferro, James Tushar; Musicians: Joseph D. Lewis (Piano), Urey Krasnopolsky (Piano), Joe Harris (Drums), Leonard Gaskin (Bass)Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz
• Act One: “Om mani padme hum” (Male Singers); “Lost Horizon” (Company); “Dance of Welcome” (Robert Cohan, Edwin Kim Ying; Pole Boys: Ray Dorian, Eddie Heim, Rico Riedl; Lotus Girl: Ilona Murai; Tigers: Ed Stinnett, Michael DeMarco; Tiger Tamer: Ralph Beaumont); “The Man I Never Met” (Shirley Yamaguchi); “Every Time You Danced with Me” (Har…Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz

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