About the Show
Story: Aboard the S.S. American are Billy Crocker, a stowaway in love with heiress Hope Harcourt, who in turn is engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh, nightclub singer and former evangelist Reno Sweeney, and Public Enemy #13, Moonface Martin, who is posing as a minister. A series of comical mistaken identities ensues as the passengers and crew sing and dance their way across the Atlantic.
Cast and Creative Team
Composer and Lyricist: Cole Porter
Librettist: Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay, and Russel Crouse
Broadway Premiere
Theatre: Alvin Theatre, 46th Street Theatre
Opening Night: Nov 21, 1934
Total Performances: 420
Original Cast: Ethel Merman, Mickey Deems, Barbara Lang, Hal Linden, Kenneth Mars, Eileen Rodgers
Director: Howard Lindsay
Choreographer: Robert Alton
Scenic Design: Donald Oenslager
1987 Broadway Revival
Theatre: Vivian Beaumont Theatre
Opening Night: Oct 19, 1987
Total Performances: 784
Original Cast: Patti LuPone, Bill McCutcheon, Howard McGillin, Rex Everhart, Anne Francine, Anthony Heald, Kathleen Mahony-Bennett
Director: Jerry Zaks
Choreographer: Michael Smuin
Musical Director: Edward Strauss
Orchestrations: Michael Gibson
Scenic and Costume Design: Tony Walton
Lighting Design: Paul Gallo
2002 Broadway Revival
Theatre: Vivian Beaumont Theatre
Opening Night: Apr 1, 2002
Total Performances: 1
Original Cast: Patti LuPone, Howard McGillin, John Cunningham, Boyd Gaines, Linda Hart, Kaitlin Hopkins, Elizabeth Hubbard, Michael McGrath, Brad Anderson
Director and Choreographer: Robert Longbottom
Musical Director: David Chase
Orchestrations: Michael Gibson
Scenic and Costume Design: Tony Walton
Lighting Design: Phil Monat
2010 Broadway Revival
Theatre: Stephen Sondheim Theatre
Opening Night: April 7, 2010
Original Cast: Sutton Foster, Joel Grey, Jessica Walter, John McMartin, Colin Donnell, Adam Godley, Laura Osnes, Jessica Stone, Walter Charles, Robert Creighton, Andrew Cao, Raymond J. Lee
Director and Choreographer: Kathleen Marshall
Choreographer: Michael Smuin
Musical Director: Rob Fisher
Orchestrations: Michael Gibson
Scenic Design: Derek McLane
Costume Design: Martin Pakledinaz
Lighting Design: Peter Kaczorowski
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