Production Info

Previews: October 6, 1948 (1 previews)
Opening October 7, 1948
Closing: May 14, 1949
Length of Run: 252 perf.
Run Type: Open-ended

Location Info

Location: New York, NY

Credits Highlights

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... Director	Elia Kazan
... Choreography	Michael Kidd

Cast

... Susan Cooper	Nanette Fabray
... Sam Cooper	Ray Middleton
... Elizabeth Cooper	Cheryl Archer
... Johnny Cooper	Johnny Stewart
... Hobo	Johnny Thompson (i)
... Punch (in "Punch and Judy Get a Divorce")	Arthur Partington
... Judy (in "Punch and Judy Get a Divorce")	Barbara McCutcheon
... Interlocutor	Victor Clarke
... Mr. Cynic	David Thomas (i)
... Miss Ideal Man	Sylvia Stahlman

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Musical Numbers

Act One

Who Is Samuel Cooper .... Mary Jo, George, Jonathan, Charlie, Hank and Women
My Name Is Samuel Cooper .... Sam
Here I'll Stay .... Susan and Sam
Progress .... The Go-Getters
I Remember It Well .... Susan and Sam
Green-Up Time .... Susan, Men and Women
Green-Up Time (Dance) .... Arthur Partington and Dancers
Economics .... Quartette
Mother's Getting Nervous .... Three Tots
My Kind of Night .... Sam
Women's Club Blues .... Susan and Women
Dance .... Dancers
Love Song .... Hobo
I'm Your Man .... Sam, Slade, Boylan, Harvey, Leffcourt

Act Two

Ho, Billy O! .... Madrigal Singers
I Remember It Well (Reprise) .... Sam and Susan
Is It Him or Is It Me .... Susan
Punch and Judy Get a Divorce .... Punch, Judy, Lawyer, Judge, Bell Hop, Correspondent, Lawyers, Flighty Pair, Speedy Pair, Child, Father, Mother, Hep Cats
This Is the Life .... Sam
Here I'll Stay (Reprise) .... Interlocutor
Minstrel Parade .... Minstrels
Madame Zuzu .... Miss Horoscope and Miss Mysticism
Taking No Chances .... Mr. Cynic
Mr. Right .... Susan and Miss Ideal Man

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Trivia & History

Limited Partnership "Dish for the Gods & Co." was filed with the New York County Clerk's office on August 17, 1948. By that time, the show was titled Love Life and not the original title, Dish for the Gods.