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Shows · Wish You Were Here · Imperial Theatre, 1952

Wish You Were Here, 1952

Opened June 25, 1952

Closed November 28, 1953

598 performances

Imperial Theatre

Original

Broadway

Wish You Were Here
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Of the productions that opened in the 1950s, this had the 39th longest run.

Who was in it69 named

John Perkins
Frank Aletter
Tom Ayre
Nancy Baker
Mardi Bayne
Joan Berke
Sue Brin
Robert Dixon
Norma Doggett
Elliott Feder
Nancy Franklin
Gus Giordano
Elaine Gordon
Denise Griffin
Bill Hogue
Ray Hyson
Joan Johnston
Leo Kayeworth
Sybil Lamb
Al Lawrence
George Lenz
Roslynd Lowe
Toni Parker
Candi Parsons
Don Paterson
Shirley Ann Prior
Inga Rode
Ray Steele
Wally Strauss
Jan Stuart
Joseph Thomas
Gloria van Deweel
Don Wayne
Beverly Weston
Steve Wiland
Rain Winslow
Leo de Lyon
Peter Kelley
Christine Matthews
Dick Bernie
Eleanor Duffy
Ruth Gilbert
Frank Green
Edmund Hall
Larry Howard
Pat Kelley
Buddy Martin
Mary Menzies
Don Peterson
George Vosburgh
Arnold Walton
Charles Wood

Creative team

Director
Joshua Logan
Producer
Leland Hayward & Joshua Logan

Tony Awards 0 from 1 nomination

Best Musical
Nominated

Recordings

1 recording of Wish You Were Here exist, but none was released while this run was on. See Wish You Were Here for all of them.

Around this production

The enormous popularity of the sultry title song—and the novelty of a featured swimming pool—carried WISH YOU WERE HERE past poor reviews to a long, successful run. Show Tunes the Songs Shows and Careers of Broadway S Suskin Steven Suskin Steven, p. 226

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