Raggedy Ann, 1986

The run closed October 19, 1986

Opened

October 16, 1986

Closed

October 19, 1986

Performances

5

Previews

Unknown

Theatre

Nederlander Theatre

Of the 464 productions we hold that opened in the 1980s and carry a performance count, this is the 398th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.

Who was in it20 named

Joel Aroeste
Elizabeth Austin
Joe Barrett
Gail Benedict
Melinda Buckley
Gregory Butler
Anny de Gange
Dick Decareau
Michaela Hughes
Carolyn Marble
Bob Morrisey
Richard Ryder
Michelan Sisti
Gordon Weiss
Andrea Wright

5 of these 20 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 15 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name, so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.

Creative team

Director

Patricia Birch

Choreographer

Patricia Birch

Orchestrations

Stan Applebaum

A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.

Recordings 3 held for the work

None of these is attributed to this staging. They are filed against Raggedy Ann, and nothing says which production any of them documents. Closing that join is the point of this catalogue and it is not closed yet.

Around this production

The musical had a book by William Gibson, the playwright who had rewritten the book for Golden Boy, and a score by Joseph Raposo, best known for his "Sesame Street" songs.

• STEPPING STONES contained an especially infectious rag, Raggedy Ann. Show Tunes the Songs Shows and Careers of Broadway S Suskin Steven Suskin Steven, p. 54
• One of the most bizarre musicals ever to reach Broadway, Raggedy Ann (Nederlander; Oct. 16, ’86; 5) was based on stories written by John Not Since Carrie Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops Ken Mandelbaum, p. 213
• Raggedy Ann was a perverse curiosity suitable neither for adults nor children. Not Since Carrie Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops Ken Mandelbaum, p. 215
• Raggedy Ann, book by William Gibson, music and lyrics by Joe Raposo; Ever After the Last Years of Musical Theater and Beyond Barry Singer, p. 255
• Other than Grease 2 and her 1986 Broadway flop Raggedy Ann, Birch has pretty much stayed away from the director’s chair. Today In History Musicals Today In History Stollenwerk Joe 1973 Today In History, p. 176

Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.

What this page does not know

• No photograph of this staging.
• No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
• Which of the 3 recordings of Raggedy Ann document this run, if any.
• Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.