Shows · Wonderful Town · Winter Garden Theatre, 1953
Wonderful Town, 1953
Opened February 25, 1953
Closed July 3, 1954
559 performances
Original
Broadway
1 Tony Awards
Of the productions that opened in the 1950s, this had the 42nd longest run.
Other stagings of Wonderful Town 2 more
Who was in it62 named
Edith Adams
Delbert Anderson
Ed Balin
Maxine Berke
Margaret Caddy
Geraldine Delaney
Jean Eliot
Warren Galjour
Edward J Heim
Isabella Hoopes
Pat Johnson
Walter Kelvin
Robert Kole
Albert Linville
David Lober
Victor Moreno
Evelyn Page
Lee Papell
Helen Rice
Chris Robinson
Helena Seroy
William Weslow
Patty Wilkes
Donald Barton
Ruth Anne Fleming
Babs Heath
Diana Herbert
Ray Kirchner
Hugh Lambert
Marion Lauer
Paul Lyday
Mike Mason
David Neuman
Virginia Poe
Eva Ralf
Jean Sincere
Doris Wright
Jacquelyn McKeever as Eileen Sherwood
Jerry Lanning as Robert Baker
Ralston Hill as Frank Lippencott
Gabriel Dell as Chick Clark
Joseph Buloff as Appopolous
? as Speedy Valenti
? as Wreck
Creative team
- Director
- George Abbott, Jerome Robbins
- Choreographer
- Donald Saddler
- Producer
- Robert Fryer
Tony Awards 1 from 1 nomination
Recordings 1 released while this run was on
10 more exist for other runs of this show: see Wonderful Town for all of them.
Around this production
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