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Finian's Rainbow (1947)

Broadway, Musical

Music • WritingBurton Lane

LyricsEY Harburg

Lyrics • BookE.Y. Harburg

AdaptationCharlotte Moore (Director)

AdaptationArthur Perlman

AdaptationCharlotte Moore US

Based on the StoryNew York City Center Encores!

Venue46th Street Theatre226 W. 46th St. New York, NY

Licensed ByConcord Theatricals (UK)

Opening DateJan 10th 1947

Closing DateOct 2nd 1948

Creative Team
Direction
Bretaigne Windust
Original
Assistant Direction
Rosette Plesser
Original
Choreography
Michael Kidd
Original
Dance Captain
Frank Neal
Original
Orchestrations
Don Walker
Original
Music Arrangements Voice
Lyn Murray
Original
Music Coordination
Philip Palmer
Original
Dance Arrangements
Trude Rittman
Original
Scenic Design
Jo Mielziner
Original
Costume Design
Eleanore Goldsmith
Original
Production Stage Management
James Russo
Original
James Gelb
Original
Assistant Production Stage Management
George Charles
Original
Cast
Henry
Augustus Smith Jr.
Original
Sharon Mclonergan
Ella Logan
Original
Sunny
Sonny Terry
Original
Actor
Dorothy Tucker
Original
Norma Jane Marlowe
Original
Frank Neal
Original
Kathleen Stanford
Original
Augustus Smith Jr.
Original
Eddie Phillips
Original
Jane Earle
Original
Bette Anderson
Original
Nathaniel Dickerson
Original
Eleanore Gregory
Original
Maude Simmons
Original
Lucas Aco
Original
Gene Wilson
Original
William Greaves
Original
Alan Gilbert I
Original
Harry Day
Original
Jerry Laws
Original
Margaret Tynes
Original
Arthur Tell
Original
Theodore Hines
Original
Vera McNichols
Original
Erona Harris
Original
Mr. Shears
Royal Dano
Original
Buzz Collins
Eddie Bruce
Original
Woody Mahoney
Larry Stewart
Original
Donald Richards
Original
Og
David Wayne
Original
Senator Billboard Rawkins
Robert Pitkin
Original
Diane
Diane Woods
Original
Finian Mclonergan
Albert Sharpe
Original
John
Coyal McMahan
Original
Susan Mahoney
Anita Alvarez
Original
1st Deputy
Michael Ellis
Original
1st Sharecropper
Alan Gilbert
Original
2nd Deputy
Robert Eric Carlson
Original
3rd Sharecropper
Ralph Waldo Cummings
Original
2nd Passion Pilgrim Gospeleer
Lorenzo Fuller
Original
3rd Passion Pilgrim Gospeleer
Louis Sharp
Original
Other Child
Elayne Richards
Original
Sheriff
Tom McElhany
Original
Dancer
Edythe Udane
Original
James Flash Riley
Original
Cyprionne Gabel
Original
Ann Hutchinson
Original
Roger Orhadieno
Original
Ann Mitten
Original
Kenneth Davis
Original
Robert Billheimer
Original
Singer
Eve Lynn
Original
Mimi Kelly
Original
Roland Skinner
Original
Arlene Anderson
Original
Eleanor Winter
Original
Helen Stanton
Original
Dolores Martin
Original
Charles Dayton
Original
Ensemble
Lyn Murray Singers
Original
Orchestra
Music Conductor
Max Meth
Original
Milton Rosenstock
Original
Associate Music Conductor
Joseph Benavente
Original
Artistic Production
Production
Lee Sabinson
Original
General Management
General Management
Charles Harris
Original
Assistant General Management
Joseph Harris
Original
Jo Mielziner
Original
Theatre Owner
The Shubert Organization
Original
Assistant Press Representation
Harvey B Sabinson
Original
Press Representation
Theodore Goldsmith
Original
Press Representation General
Samuel J. Friedman
Original
Company Management
Michael Goldreyer
Original
Personal Assistant
John Harvey
Original

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