During the pre-Broadway run in Ann Arbor, "Floozies" was the second musical number, and "This One Day" was placed after "I'll Always Be in Love" (aka "Chain of Love")..
At the first preview on Broadway, the placement of the two numbers was reversed: "This One Day" was moved up to become the second musical number, and "Floozies" was placed after "I'll Always Be in Love."
Before opening night on Broadway, the numbers were switched back to where they had been in Ann Arbor. According to some who saw the production during previews, this change was in place by the third preview. The playbill's list of musical numbers, however, was never adjusted to reflect the change made during previews.
In our list of musical numbers for the production, we have adjusted the placements of the two songs to reflect the order in which they were performed on opening night and during the brief post-opening run.
Muriel Smith was announced in newspaper reports and ads for the production, but she left during rehearsals. She was to have played Catherine Creek. It has been reported that she quit when she saw the treehouse set into which she was to climb and where she would have to be for a good deal of the show. This was before the first pre-Broadway performances at The Power Center for the Performing Arts.
Smith was replaced by Carol Brice, who had played the role when a very different version of the show premiered in December 1966 at the Trinity Square Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island.
The production opened on a Tuesday evening. It did not play a matinee on the day after it opened, but instead played a matinee on Thursday. Had the production continued to run after that week, it would have played Wednesday matinees, not Thursday matinees.
