Finian's Rainbow

Replacements and additional info can be seen by clicking on a linked role.

Original Cast

... Sunny (Harmonica Player)	Sonny Terry
... Buzz Collins	Eddie Bruce
... Sheriff	Tom McElhany
... First Sharecropper 2 replacements	Alan Gilbert (i)
... Second Sharecropper 2 replacements	Robert Eric Carlson
... Susan Mahoney 3 replacements	Anita Alvarez
... Honey Lou	Elayne Richards
... Third Sharecropper 1 replacement	Ralph Waldo Cummings
... Finian McLonergan 6 replacements	Albert Sharpe
... Sharon McLonergan 3 replacements	Ella Logan
... Woody Mahoney 1 replacement	Donald Richards
... Fourth Sharecropper 2 replacements	Maude Simmons
... Howard (Sharecropper)	William Greaves
... Og (A Leprechaun) 4 replacements	David Wayne (i)
... Senator Billboard Rawkins	Robert Pitkin
... First Geologist 1 replacement	Lucas Aco
... Second Geologist 2 replacements	Nathaniel Dickerson
... Henry	Augustus Smith Jr.
... Diane 2 replacements	Diane Woods
... Jane 2 replacements	Jane Earle
... John (The Preacher)	Roland Skinner
... Mr. Robust	Arthur Tell
... Mr. Shears 1 replacement	Royal Dano
... 1st Passion Pilgrim Gospeleer	Jerry Laws
... 2nd Passion Pilgrim Gospeleer 1 replacement	Lorenzo Fuller
... 3rd Passion Pilgrim Gospeleer 1 replacement	Louis Sharp
... First Deputy 1 replacement	Michael Ellis (i)
... Second Deputy 2 replacements	Robert Eric Carlson
... Third Deputy 1 replacement	Harry Day
... Child 1 replacement	Norma Jane Marlowe
... Dancers 25 replacements	Kenneth Davis Cyprionne Gabel Eleanore Gregory Erona Harris Ann Hutchinson Vera McNichols Anna Mitten Kathleen Stanford Dorothy Tucker Edythe Udane Lucas Aco Robert Billheimer Frank Neal Roger Orhadieno Eddie Phillips James Flash Riley Gene Wilson
... Singers 25 replacements	Arlene Anderson Bette Anderson Mimi Kelly Eve Lynn Maude Simmons Helen Stanton Margaret Tynes Eleanor Winter Ralph Waldo Cummings Charles Dayton Theodore Hines Dolores Martin Roland Skinner Lyn Murray Singers

Swings & Alternates

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Standbys

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Understudies

... Sharon McLonergan 2 replacements

Connie Baxter

The credits below document characters added after a production has opened; roles for which understudies were added after opening night; and performers who are listed in reliable sources as replacements but without the role they took over being specified.

... Fifth Sharecropper	Sheila Guyse 9/27/1948 - date not listed yet
... Tourists	Eleanor Winter 9/27/1948 - date not listed yet Louis Yetter 2/2/1948 - date not listed yet Gerry Simpson 2/2/1948 - September 1948
... Other Children	James Grimes 2/2/1948 - September 1948 Regina Jouvin 2/2/1948 - September 1948