Kean, 1961
Of the productions that opened in the 1960s, this had the 205th longest run.
Who was in it47 named
Alfred de Sio
Robert Penn
Arthur Rubin
Truman Smith
Patrick Waddington
Martin Ambrose
Charise Amidon
John Aristides
Barbara Beck
Johanna Carothers
Lois Castle
Charles Corbett
Kenneth Creel
Patricia Cutts
Randy Doney
Judy Dunford
Charles Dunn
Eddie Erickson
Nancy Foster
Margaret Gathright
Maggie Goz
Mickey Gunnerson
George Harwell
Pamela Hayford
Jim Hutchison
Lisa James
Rene Jarmon
John Jordan
Paul Jordan
John Lankston
Richard Lyle
Joseph Mcgrath
Lispet Nelson
Mary Nettum
Roger Puckett
Larry Shadur
Suanne Shirley
Susan Terry
Alfred Toigo
Gloria Warner
John Wheeler
Creative team
Around this production
Kean is a musical with a book by Peter Stone and music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest. Using material by Jean-Paul Sartre and Alexandre Dumas, père as its source, it centers on the adventures of Edmund Kean, considered the greatest Shakespearean actor of the early 19th century, focusing primarily mainly on his wild behavior offstage. Trouble ensues as Kean desperately tries to juggle the two women in his life - the Danish Ambassador's wife, Elena, and a young aspiring actress, Anna. After one preview, the Broadway production, directed and choreographed by Jack Cole, opened on November 2, 1961 at the Broadway Theatre, where it ran for 92 performances. The cast included Roderic…
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