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Shows · Jimmy · Winter Garden, 1969

Jimmy, 1969

Opened October 23, 1969

Closed January 3, 1970

84 performances

Winter Garden Theatre

Original

Broadway

Of the productions that opened in the 1960s, this had the 216th longest run.

Who was in it47 named

John D Anthony
Andy Bew
Steven Boockvor
Cindi Bulak
Dorothy Claire
Carol Conte
Nancy Dalton
Andrea Duda
Gini Eastwood
Paul Forrest
Gary Gendell
Barbara Gregory
William Griffis
Peggy Hewett
Del Horstmann
Scott Hunter
Ben Laney
Henry Lawrence
Sandi Mccreadie
Joseph Mcgrath
Saundra Mcpherson
Sally Neal
Frank Newell
Carl Nicholas
Harold Pierson
Eileen Shannon
Stanley Simmonds
Claire Theiss
Evan Thompson
Monica Tiller
Pat Trott
Roberta Vatske
Dwight Weist

Creative team

Director
Joseph Hardy
Choreographer
Peter Gennaro

Around this production

After terrible reviews, the producers took out quoteless ads advertising the show as "The People's Choice." But the advance sale disappeared after three months, and Jimmy, dropping about $1 million, became one of the most expensive flops of its day.

"When I heard about the Astor, I thought it was a shame. My suite looked up Broadway and you could see the names going up and down on the theaters. Today that’s all motion picture theaters. It ain’t the same anymore." Jimmy Durante said.

Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 60

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