Michele Lee "SEESAW" John Gavin / Tommy Tune / Cy Coleman 1974 St. Louis Flyer

Description

This is a rare advertising handbill (flyer) promoting ticket sales for the one-week, Post-Broadway engagement of the CY COLEMAN, DOROTHY FIELDS and MICHAEL BENNETT musical comedy "SEESAW" at the Municipal Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri beginning July 23rd, 1974. (The production opened March 18th, 1973 at the Uris Theatre in New York City and ran for 296 performances before going on the road.) ..... The musical starred MICHELE LEE and JOHN GAVIN and featured TOMMY TUNE (Tony Award for "Best Featured Actor in a Musical") ..... CREDITS: Music by CY COLEMAN ("Wildcat", "Little Me", "Sweet Charity", "Seesaw", "I Love My Wife", "On the Twentieth Century", "Barnum", "City of Angels", "The Will Rogers Follies"); Book by MICHAEL BENNETT based on the play "Two For The Seesaw" by WILLIAM GIBSON; Lyrics by DOROTHY FIELDS; Sets designed by ROBIN WAGNER; Costumes designed by ANN ROTH; Written, Staged and Choreographed by MICHAEL BENNETT (Tony Award for "Best Choreography"); Produced on Broadway by JOSEPH KIPNESS, LAWRENCE KASHA, JAMES NEDERLANDER and GEORGE M. STEINBRENNER III ..... DETAILS: Advertising handbills (heralds) were distributed or inserted into the playbills of other productions to help generate ticket sales for upcoming shows and events. This single page, one-sided handbill measures 4 1/4" X 10 1/4" inches and includes excerpts from several New York reviews and a ticket order form on the front. The backside is blank ..... CONDITION: With the exception of heavy creasing at the top and bottom and paper loss in the top right corner, this rare handbill 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.
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