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Candide (1956)

Broadway, Musical

MusicLeonard Bernstein

MusicGenevieve Pitot

Based on the NovelVoltaire

VenueMartin Beck Theatre302 W. 45th St. New York, NY

Licensed ByMTI

Opening DateDec 1st 1956

Closing DateFeb 2nd 1957

Creative Team
Lyrics
John La Touche
Original
Richard Wilbur
Original
Dorothy Parker
Original
Book
Lillian Hellman
Original
Based on the Novel
Voltaire
Original
Direction
Tyrone Guthrie
Original
Assistant Direction
Tom Brown
Original
Choreography
Anna Sokolow
Original
Wallace Seibert
Original
Orchestrations
Hershy Kay
Original
Leonard Bernstein
Original
Music Direction
Samuel Krachmalnick
Original
Music Incidental
Leonard Bernstein
Original
Scenic Design
Oliver Smith
Original
Costume Design
Irene Sharaff
Original
Lighting Design
Paul Morrison
Original
Hair Design
Ronald De Mann
Original
Production Stage Management
Jack Merigold
Original
Joseph Bernard
Original
Peter Zeisler
Original
Cast
Baron/Prince Ivan
Robert Mesrobian
Original
Candide
Robert Rounseville
Original
Cunegonde/Scrub Lady
Barbara Cook
Original
Dr. Pangloss/Martin
Max Adrian
Original
Ferone
William Chapman
Original
Infant Casmira
María Novotna
Original
Lady Cutely
Dori Davis
Original
Lady Soothly
Fred Jones
Original
Lady Toothly
George Blackwell
Original
Marquis Milton
Boris Aplon
Original
Maximilian
Louis Edmonds
Original
Sultan Milton
Joseph Bernard
Original
Arab Conjurer
Robert Barry
Original
Beggar
Robert Cosden
Original
Captain
Conrad Bain
Original
Dancer
Alvin Beam
Original
Charles Czarny
Original
Frances Noble
Original
Gloria Stevens
Original
Carmen Gutierrez
Original
Charles Morrell
Original
Marvin Gordon
Original
Liane Plane
Original
Duchess
Maud Scheerer
Original
Dutch Lady
Margaret Roy
Original
Governor of Buenos Aires
William Olvis
Original
Officers
Thomas Pyle
Original
Old Lady/Madame Sofronia
Irra Petina
Original
Ensemble
Carmen Mathews
Original
Pilgrim Father
Robert Rue
Original
Prefect of Police
Norman Roland
Original
Singer
Lois Monroe
Original
Mara Shorr
Original
Henry Lawrence
Original
Dorothy Krebill
Original
Vivian Laurence
Original
Tony Drake
Original
Mollie Knight
Original
Naomi Farr
Original
Peggyann Alderman
Original
Jack De Lon
Original
Dorothy White
Original
Very Old Inquisitor
Charles Aschmann
Original
Wine-Seller
Stanley Grover
Original
Woman
Doris Okerson
Original
Artistic Production
Production
Ethel Linder Reiner
Original
Lester Osterman Jr.
Original
Production Staff
Press Representation
Ben Washer
Original
Company Management
Joseph Moss
Original
Associate Production
Thomas Hammond
Original
Press Representation
Howard Newman
Original

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