Description
This is a beautiful February 1977 playbill from the Broadway production of the ALFRED UHRY and ROBERT WALDMAN musical "THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM" at the Biltmore Theatre in New York City. (The production opened October 9th, 1976 and ran for 145 performances.) ..... The musical started with an early 1970's production in producer Stuart Ostrow's Musical Theatre Lab, which invented the concept of the "workshop" development process for musicals. RAUL JULIA starred as "Lockhart". John Houseman's group, THE ACTING COMPANY took the show to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, New York with KEVIN KLINE replacing Julia, PATTI LuPONE as "Rosamund", and MARY LOU ROSATO as "Salome". It then was staged at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago in the summer of 1975. The first Broadway production, with the same Ravinia cast directed by GERALD FREEDMAN and choreographed by DONALD SADDLER, opened in a limited engagement on October 6th, 1975 at the Harkness Theatre, where it ran for one preview and 14 performances before setting out on a one-year U.S. National Tour. Its success on the road convinced the producers to mount a revamped Broadway production with an extended book and expanded, heavily bluegrass-tinged score ..... This Broadway production starred BARRY BOSTWICK as "Lockhart", RHONDA COULLET as "Rosamund", and BARBARA LANG as "Salome" and featured LAWRENCE JOHN MOSS, SUSAN BERGER, GEORGE DELROY, B. J. HARDIN, CAROLYN McCURRY, ALDYN McKEAN, MARY MURRAY, TRIP PLYMALE, ERNIE SABELLA, JANE SCHNEIDER, MELINDA TANNER, STEPHEN VINOVICH, DENNIS WARNING, TOM WESTERMAN, BOB JONES, ALAN KAUFMAN, KENNY KOSEK, STEVE MANDELL, ROGER MASON and TONY TRISCHKA ..... CREDITS: Book and Lyrics by ALFRED UHRY; Composed and Arranged by ROBERT WALDMAN; Based upon the Novella by EUDORA WELTY; Sets designed by DOUGLAS W. SCHMIDT; Costumes designed by JEANNE BUTTON; Choreographed by DONALD SADDLER; Directed by GERALD FREEDMAN; Produced by JOHN HOUSEMAN, MARGOT HARLEY and MICHAEL B. KAPON by arrangement with THE ACTING COMPANY ..... DETAILS: The 40 page playbill measures 5 5/8" X 9" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers and individual bios of each of the leading actors and members of the creative team as well as a page of six production photos ..... CONDITION: This playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.
