Production Info

Previews: October 7, 1964 (22 previews)
Opening October 27, 1964
Closing: May 1, 1965
Length of Run: 215 perf.
Run Type: Open-ended

Location Info

Location: New York, NY

Credits Highlights

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... Director	Michael Kidd
... Choreography	Michael Kidd

Cast

... Benjamin Franklin	Robert Preston
... Temple Franklin	Franklin Kiser
... Benjamin Franklin Bache	Jerry Schaefer
... Madame La Comtesse Diane de Vobrillac	Ulla Sallert
... David Lord Stormont	Byron Webster
... Pierre Caron de Beaumarchais	Bob Kaliban
... Pedro Count de Aranda	Jack Fletcher (i)
... Janine Nicolet	Susan Watson
... Abbe de Morellet	Herb Mazzini
... Captain Wickes	Sam Greene

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Musical Numbers

Act One

We Sail the Seas .... American Sailors
I Invented Myself .... Ben and Company
Too Charming .... Ben and Diane
Whatever Became of Old Temple .... Temple
Half the Battle .... Ben, Benny, Temple and Beaumarchais
A Balloon Is Ascending .... Company
To Be Alone With You .... Ben, Diane and Company
You're in Paris .... Janine, Temple and Company
How Laughable It Is .... Diane
Hic Haec Hoc .... Monks
God Bless the Human Elbow .... Ben, Pedro, Beaumarchais and Monks

Act Two

When I Dance with the Person I Love .... Janine
Diane Is .... Ben
Look for Small Pleasures .... Ben and Diane
I Love the Ladies .... Ben, Captain Wickes, Beaumarchais, Temple and Sailors
To Be Alone With You (Reprise) .... Ben

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Trivia & History

In February 1965, it was announced that Ben Franklin in Paris would transfer to another theatre on April 10 to make way for the highly anticipated Frank Loesser-Sam Spewack-Bob Fosse musical Pleasures and Palaces, which was to open at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on April 19. Then Pleasures and Palaces, which was in trouble during its pre-Broadway run at the Fisher in Detroit, postponed its Broadway opening to May 10, and an additional tryout run in Boston was scheduled. That postponement allowed Ben Franklin in Paris to remain in the Lunt-Fontanne till May 1. Soon, however, it was announced that Pleasures and Palaces would close down completely after the Detroit run ended on April 10, but Ben Franklin in Paris still ended up closing on May 1. Bajour was the next tenant the Lunt-Fontanne, re-opening there on May 10, having moved from the Shubert, where it was replaced by The Roar of the Greasepaint—The Smell of the Crowd.