Top Banana, 1951

Who was in it54 named

Phil Silvers1911–1985

J

Jack Albertson

F

Florence Baum

M

Marian Burke

D

Dean Campbell

N

Nikki Cellini

Z

Zachary A. Charles

D

Donald Covert

S

Sara Dillon

L

Lindy Doherty

H

Herbie Faye

Joey Faye1909–1997

H

Herb Fields

J

Joan Fields

E

Ed Hanley

B

Bob Scheerer

G

Gloria Smith

Kaye Ballard1925–2019

Mary Harmon
Ken Harvey
Bradford Hatton
Claude Heater
Eve Hebert
Betsy Holland
Bill Joyce
B J Keating
Bob Kole
John Laverty
Hal Loman
Douglas Luther
Judy Lynn
George Marci
Rose Marie
Don Mckay
Ted Sport Morgan
Basha Regis
Laurel Shelby
Judy Sinclair
Joy Skylar
Vivian Smith
Walter Stane
Bill Sumner
Thelma Tadlock
Johnny Trama
Ken Urmston
Walter Wahl
Polly Ward
Beverly Weston
Bill Callahan
Jack Carter
Donna Gilmore
Audrey Meadows
Dolores Novins
Danny Scholl

Creative team

Director

Jack Donohue

Choreographer

Ron Fletcher

Producer

Paula Stone and Mike Sloane

Tony Awards 0 from 1 nomination

Around this production

Top Banana was Phil Silvers’s show, and the superannuated clown kept the belly laughs going at roller-coaster speed throughout the evening, and then toward the very end of the musical he all but topped himself when he and the company saluted old-time burlesque in the “Top Banana Ballet.” The audience went wild The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Hardcover 2014 Rowman Lit, p. 213