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Shows · Greenwillow · Alvin Theatre, 1960

Greenwillow, 1960

Opened March 8, 1960

Closed May 28, 1960

95 performances

Neil Simon Theatre

Original

Broadway

Greenwillow
Friedman-Abeles (Firm)

Of the productions that opened in the 1960s, this had the 201st longest run.

Who was in it43 named

Kenny Adams
Jere Admire
Don Atkinson
Lynn Brinker
Joan Coddington
Saralou Cooper
Dortha Duckworth
Ethelyne Dunfee
Richard Englund
Marie Foster
David Gold
Russell Goodwin
Margery Gray
Mickey Gunnerson
Brenda Harris
Jordon Howard
Patsi King
Jack Leigh
Bruce Mackay
John Megna
Carl Nicholas
Thomas Norden
Bob Roman
Elaine Swann
Shelia Swenson
Karen Thorsell
Ian Tucker
Nancy van Rhein
Jimmy White

Creative team

Director
George Roy Hill
Choreographer
Joe Layton
Producer
Robert Willey
Orchestrations
Don Walker

Recordings 1 released while this run was on

1960
Greenwillow (1960 original Broadway cast) RCA Victor LOC 2001, released 1960
United States

Around this production

The recording might lead one to want to revive the show, but Greenwillow is best left undone.

To Loesser’s chagrin, even pre-sold theater parties didn’t help fill the theater weeknights. The show’s musical director Abba Bogin noted that on Friday nights “You could graze sheep in the theater—there was nobody there!” Broadway Babylon Boze Hadleigh, p. 97

Singing tends to feminize a performer, especially a female one.

GEORGE ROY HILL. Broadway Babylon Boze Hadleigh, p. 356

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