New Girl in Town
Original Broadway Production (1957)
Original Broadway Production (1957)
Previews:
May 8, 1957
(6 prev.)
Opening
May 14, 1957
Closing:
May 24, 1958
Length of Run:
431 perf.
Run Type:
Open-ended
Market:
Broadway
Location:
New York, NY
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Director
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Dances and Musical Numbers
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Chris
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Marthy
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Bartender
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Anna
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Mat
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Lily
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Moll
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Katie
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Alderman
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Johnson
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These song lists document any changes that the production went through aside from the opening night song list.
See MoreThe role of Anna was originally written to have little or no dancing, despite Gwen Verdon's extraordinary dance skills. As a result, actress-singer Ann Williams was hired to be Verdon's understudy, as well as to play a supporting role. During rehearsals and tryouts, considerable dancing was added to the role. So much dancing was added that for some time five understudies were listed for Verdon. Williams was listed first in the playbill as the understudy, with Clairborne Cary, Pat Ferrier and Marie Kolin then listed as the dance understuides for Verdon, and Mara Lynn was then listed as the alternate. It's not clear from the playbill whether Lynn's listing as alternate meant that she was the alternate dance understudy or that she was an alternate understudy who would be able to perform the entire role or that she was an alternate performer for the role who would be performing it on a regular basis. The last, however, seems unlikely, and there is no evidence that Lynn performed the role on that basis.
By the week of August 19, 1957, Joan Holloway was listed as the sole understudy for the role.
Previews:
May 8, 1957
(6 prev.)
Opening
May 14, 1957
Closing:
May 24, 1958
Length of Run:
431 perf.
Run Type:
Open-ended
Market:
Broadway
Location:
New York, NY
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