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Shows · Darling of the Day · George Abbott Theatre, 1968

Darling of the Day, 1968

Opened January 27, 1968

Closed February 24, 1968

31 performances

Adelphi Theatre

Original

Broadway

Darling of the Day
Internet Archive, Internet Archive; scanned from Vinyl LP

Of the productions that opened in the 1960s, this had the 336th longest run.

Who was in it37 named

John Aman
Bonnie Ano
Camila Ashland as Mrs. Leek
Larry Brucker
Paul Eichel
Charles Gerald
Marian Haraldson
Reby Howells
Mitchell Jason as Duncan
Marc Jordan as Bert
Reid Klein
George Lee
Leo Leyden as Doctor / Judge
Jim May
Ross Miles
Carl Nicholas
Kay Oslin
Jeannette Seibert
Fred Siretta
Georgianne Thon
Phyllis Wallach
Charles Welch as Henry Leek
Herb Wilson
Denise Winston
Maggie Worth
Albert Zimmerman
Mariliyn Sofia

Creative team

Director
Steven Vinaver
Choreographer
Lee Theodore

Tony Awards

0 wins from 3 nominations.

Recordings 2 released while this run was on

1968
Darling of the Day (1968 original Broadway cast)
Darling of the Day (1968 original Broadway cast) RCA Victor LSO 1149, released 1968
United States
1968
Darling of the Day (1968 original Broadway cast) RCA Victor LOC 1149, released 1968
United States

1 more exist for other runs of this show: see Darling of the Day for all of them.

Around this production

'A sunlit musical comedy bursting with melody,' said the blurb, 'brim- ming with an artful…'OF THE ‘DAY a veritable host in herself and justifies that title.

Darling of the Day is a musical with a book by Nunnally Johnson, lyrics by E. Y. Harburg, and music by Jule Styne. Based on the Arnold Bennett novel Buried Alive and his play The Great Adventure, the original 1968 Broadway production starred Vincent Price and Patricia Routledge, who won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.

Darling of the Day January 27, 1968 More Opening Nights On Broadway A Critical Quotebook of Compiled By Steven Suski, p. 1108

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