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The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 1985

Opened December 2, 1985

Closed May 16, 1987

608 performances

Imperial Theatre

Original

Broadway

1 Tony Awards

Of the productions that opened in the 1980s, this had the 32nd longest run.

Other stagings of The Mystery of Edwin Drood 2 more

1988
ProductionLondon
2012
Studio 54Broadway Revival, directed by Scott Ellis
136 performances

Who was in it38 named

Karen Giombetti
Stephen Glavin as Deputy (Nick Cricker, Jr.)
Susan Goodman
Joe Grifasi as Bazzard & Waiter (Philip Bax)
Nicholas Gunn
Francine Landes
George N Martin as Reverend Crisparkle (Cedric Moncrieffe)
Peter Mcrobbie
Brad Miskell
George Spelvin
Loretta Swit
Karen Culliver
Steve Clemente
Richard Cray
Camille de Ganon
Lorraine Goodman
Joe Pichette
Robert Radford
Mary Robin Roth
Christina Saffran
Catherine Ulissey

Creative team

Director
Wilford Leach
Choreographer
Graciela Daniele
Producer
Joseph Papp for the

Tony Awards 1 from 1 nomination

Best Musical
Won

Recordings 2 released while this run was on

2 more exist for other runs of this show: see The Mystery of Edwin Drood for all of them.

Around this production

In 1985, The Mystery of Edwin Drood (a title later shortened to Drood) by Rupert Holmes, a musical first done by the New York Shakespeare Festival at Central Park's Delacorte Theatre, transferred here and promptly... At This Theatre 100 Years of Broadway Shows Stories and Botto Louis Viagas Rober, p. 183

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