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Shows · Ballroom · Majestic Theatre, 1978

Ballroom, 1978

Opened December 14, 1978

Closed March 24, 1979

116 performances

Majestic Theatre

Original

Broadway

1 Tony Awards

Of the productions that opened in the 1970s, this had the 154th longest run.

Who was in it37 named

Danny Carroll
Dick Corrigan
Dorothy Danner as Diane Asher
Patricia Drylie as Angie
David Evans
Bud Fleming
Carol Flemming
Peter Gladke
Victor Griffin
Svetlana Mclee Grody
Mickey Gunnerson
John Hallow as Jack
Roberta Haze
Alfred Karl
Adriana Keathley
Gene Kelton
Dorothy D Lister
John J Martin
Joe Milan
Mary Ann Niles as Emily
Howard Parker as Johnny "Lightfeet"
Frank Pietri
Mavis Ray
Jayne Turner
Terry Violino
Janet Stewart White

Creative team

Director
Michael Bennett
Choreographer
Michael Bennett, Bob Avian
Orchestrations
Jonathan Tunick 8

Tony Awards 1 from 8 nominations

Best Musical
Nominated

Recordings

1 recording of Ballroom exist, but none was released while this run was on. See Ballroom for all of them.

Around this production

Ballroom is a stage musical with a book by Jerome Kass and music by Billy Goldenberg and lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman. Debuting on Broadway in 1978, it was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical. Based on Kass's teleplay for the 1975 Emmy Award-winning television drama Queen of the Stardust Ballroom starring Maureen Stapleton, the plot focuses on lonely widow Bea Asher, who becomes romantically involved with Alfred Rossi, a mail carrier she meets at the local dance hall. Her dream of a happily-ever-after relationship is shattered when she discovers Alfred hasn't been as honest about his personal life as she thought.

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