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Shows · Once Upon A Mattress · Phoenix Theater, 1959

Once Upon A Mattress, 1959

Opened May 11, 1959

Closed July 2, 1960

460 performances

Phoenix Theatre

Original

Off-Broadway

Of the productions that opened in the 1950s, this had the 63rd longest run.

Other stagings of Once Upon A Mattress 3 more

1960
Adelphi TheatreBroadway
1996
Broadhurst TheatreBroadway Revival, directed by Gerald Gutierrez
188 performances
2024
Hudson TheatreBroadway Revival, directed by Lear deBessonet
128 performances

Who was in it55 named

Joe Bova
Robert Weil
Dorothy D Honau
Christopher Edwards
Luce Ennis
Dorothy Frank
Chris Karner
Patsi King
Jim Maher
Tom Mixon
David Neuman
Jerry Newby
Howard Parker
Julian Patrick
Ginny Perlowin
Dan Resin
Mary Stanton
Jim Stevenson
Joseph Carow
Jean Mattox
Marjorie Pragon
Casper Roos
Anthony Rossi
Jack Schwartz
Stuart Hodes
Gene Kelton
Cheryl Kilgren
Jerane Michel
Paul Richards
Gina Viglione
Ellie Zalon
John Baylis
Carla Huston
Betty Linton
Sarah Jessica Parker as Princess Winnifred
Ken Berry as Prince Dauntless
Mary Lou Rosato as Queen Aggravain
Bernadette Peters as Lady Larken
Ron Husmann as Sir Harry
Wally Cox as Jester
Lawrence Clayton as Minstrel

Creative team

Director
George Abbott
Choreographer
Joe Layton
Producer
T. Edward Hambleton, Norris Houghton, William & Jean Eckart
Orchestrations
Her

Tony Awards 0 from 1 nomination

Best Musical
Nominated

Recordings

3 recordings of Once Upon A Mattress exist, but none were released while this run was on. See Once Upon A Mattress for all of them.

Around this production

11 May: Once upon a Mattress, Carol Burnett’s Broadway debut, opens at the Phoenix Theater. Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical Volume 22 William A Everett Paul R, p. 26

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