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The Most Happy Fella, 1956

Opened May 3, 1956

Closed December 14, 1957

676 performances

Imperial Theatre

Original

Broadway

The Most Happy Fella
Internet Archive, Internet Archive; scanned from Vinyl LP

Of the productions that opened in the 1950s, this had the 28th longest run.

Other stagings of The Most Happy Fella 2 more

1979
Majestic TheatreBroadway Revival, directed by Jack O'Brien
53 performances
1992
Booth TheatreBroadway Revival, directed by Gerald Gutierrez
229 performances

Who was in it73 named

Lanier Davis
Henry Director
Ralph Farnworth
Beverly Gaines
Alan Gilbert
Russell Goodwin
Marlyn Greer
Norris Greer
John Henson
Richard Hermany
Keith Kaldenberg
Athan Karras
Walter Kelvin
Jerry Kurland
Roy Lazarus
Martha Mathes
Carolyn Maye
Meri Miller
Genevieve Owens
Arthur Partington
Louis Polacek
Hunter Ross
Patti Schmidt
John Sharpe
Lillian Shelby
Toba Sherwood
Marjorie Smith
Christopher Snell
Evans Thornton
Lois van Pelt
Louis Bolyard
Nancy Davis
Marcella Dodge
Ralph Farnsworth
Joyce L. Foss
Tony Gardell
Garold Gardner
Billy Harris
Stuart Hodes
Jack Irwin
Jack Mccann
Wendy Nickerson
Hal Norman
Janice Painchaud
Tony Rossi
James Schlader
Thelma Scott
Ann Sparkman
Richard Weede
Dean Dittman
Rina Falcone
Betty Oakes
Milton Jiricka
Bill Reynolds
Bob Roman

Creative team

Director
Joseph Anthony
Choreographer
Dania Krupska
Producer
Kermit Bloomgarden and Lynn Loesser
Orchestrations
Don Walker

Tony Awards 0 from 1 nomination

Best Musical
Nominated

Recordings

3 recordings of The Most Happy Fella exist, but none were released while this run was on. See The Most Happy Fella for all of them.

Around this production

Frank LoesserA Musical with a Lot of Music

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