Mame (Original Broadway Production, 1966)

Production Info

Previews: May 18, 1966 (5 prev.)
Opening May 24, 1966
Closing: January 3, 1970
Length of Run: 1508 perf.
Run Type: Open-ended

Location Info

Market: Broadway
Location: New York, NY

Credits Highlights

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... Director	Gene Saks
... Dances and Musical Numbers	Onna White

Cast

... Patrick Dennis, Age 10	Frankie Michaels
... Agnes Gooch	Jane Connell
... Vera Charles	Beatrice Arthur
... Mame Dennis	Angela Lansbury
... M. Lindsay Woolsey	George Coe
... Ito	Sab Shimono
... Dwight Babcock	Willard Waterman
... Beauregard Jackson Picket Burnside	Charles Braswell
... Sally Cato	Margaret Hall
... Patrick Dennis, age 19-29	Jerry Lanning

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Musical Numbers

Act One

[Overture .... Orchestra]
St. Bridget .... Agnes and Patrick
It's Today .... Mame and All
Open a New Window .... Mame and All
The Man in the Moon .... Vera, Mame and All
My Best Girl .... Patrick and Mame
We Need a Little Christmas .... Mame, Patrick, Agnes, Ito, Beau
The Fox Hunt .... Uncle Jeff, Patrick, Cousin Fan, Mother Burnside and Cousins
Mame .... Beau and All

Act Two

Reprise: Mame .... Patrick
Reprise: My Best Girl .... Patrick
Bosom Buddies .... Mame and Vera
Gooch's Song .... Agnes
That's How Young I Feel .... Mame and All
If He Walked into My Life .... Mame
Reprise: It's Today .... Mame and All
Reprise: My Best Girl .... Patrick
Reprise: Open a New Window .... Mame
[Finale .... All]

Additional Musical Numbers Lists

These song lists document any changes that the production went through aside from the opening night song list.

Trivia & History

During the Philadelphia tryout, Frankie Michaels played both Young Patrick and Patrick's son, then named Michael. This was changed when the production reached Boston.

Posters & Promo Art

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Production Info

Previews: May 18, 1966 (5 prev.)
Opening May 24, 1966
Closing: January 3, 1970
Length of Run: 1508 perf.
Run Type: Open-ended

Location Info

Market: Broadway
Location: New York, NY

Venues

Main Run

Winter Garden Theatre (New York, NY)
5/24/1966 - 10/4/1969
Broadway Theatre (New York, NY)
10/6/1969 - 1/3/1970

Tryout

Shubert Theatre (Philadelphia, PA)
3/27/1966 - 4/23/1966
Shubert Theatre (Boston, MA)
4/28/1966 - 5/14/1966

Audio Recordings

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Commercial Recordings

Original Broadway Cast (1966)
Angela Lansbury , Beatrice Arthur , Jane Connell , Frankie Michaels , Charles Braswell

Private Recordings

Original Cast Rehearsal (1966)
Angela Lansbury , Beatrice Arthur , Jane Connell , Frankie Michaels , Willard Waterman
Original/Replacement Cast (1966)
Celeste Holm , Anne Francine , Stuart Getz
Replacement Cast (1966)
Janis Paige , Audrey Christie , Helen Gallagher

Broadcast Recordings

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Archival Recordings

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Video Recordings

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