Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Original Broadway Production [1949]
Production Info
OPENING
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December 8, 1949
CLOSING: September 15, 1951
Ziegfeld Theatre [New York, NY]
740 perf.
Opening Night Cast
- Carol Channing [Lorelei Lee]
- Yvonne Adair [Dorothy Shaw]
- Eric Brotherson [Henry Spofford]
- Rex Evans [Sir Francis Beekman]
- Anita Alvarez [Gloria Stark]
- George S. Irving [Josephus Gage]
- Mort Marshall [Robert Lemanteur]
- Jack McCauley [Gus Esmond]
- Irving Mitchell [Mr. Esmond, Sr.]
- Howard Morris [Louis Lemanteur]
- Alice Pearce [Mrs. Ella Spofford]
- Reta Shaw [Lady Phyllis Beekman]
- Jerry Craig [A Steward]
- Robert Cooper [Frank (of the Olympic Team)]
- Eddie Weston [George (of the Olympic Team)]
- Pat Donohue [Sun Bather]
- Marjorie Winters [Sun Bather]
- Bob Burkhardt [Deck Steward]
- Shelton Lewis [Deck Steward]
- Curt Stafford [An Olympic]
- Fran Keegan [Deck Walker]
- Junior Standish [Deck Walker]
- Peter Birch [Bill (a Dancer)]
- Bob Neukum [Pierre (a Steward)]
- Kazimir Kokic [Taxi Driver]
- Peter Holmes [Leon (a Valet)]
- Nicole France [Flower Girl]
- Crandall Diehl [Maitre d'Hotel]
- Judy Sinclair [Zizi]
- Hope Zee [Fifi]
- William Krach [The Tenor]
- William Diehl [Policeman]
- Kazimir Kokic [Head Waiter]
- Cholly Atkins [Performer]
- Charles "Honi" Coles [Performer]
- Pat Donohue [Showgirl]
- Anna Rita Duffy [Showgirl]
- Fran Keegan [Showgirl]
- Annette Kohl [Showgirl]
- Junior Standish [Showgirl]
- Marjorie Winters [Showgirl]
- Bob Burkhardt [Singer]
- Joan Coburn [Singer]
- Jerry Craig [Singer]
- William Diehl [Singer]
- William Krach [Singer]
- Shelton Lewis [Singer]
- Ellen McCown [Singer]
- Candy Montgomery [Singer]
- Bob Neukum [Singer]
- Judy Sinclair [Singer]
- Curt Stafford [Singer]
- Lucille Udovick [Singer]
- David Vogel [Singer]
- Beverly Jane Weston [Singer]
- Hope Zee [Singer]
- Angela Castle [Singer]
- Charles Basile [Dancer]
- Florence Baum [Dancer]
- Peter Birch [Dancer]
- Bill Bradley [Dancer]
- Rex Cooper [Dancer]
- Robert Cooper [Dancer]
- Crandall Diehl [Dancer]
- Nicole France [Dancer]
- Aristide J. Ginoulias [Dancer]
- Pauline Goddard [Dancer]
- Peter Holmes [Dancer]
- Patty Ann Jackson [Dancer]
- Alicia Krug [Dancer]
- John Laverty [Dancer]
- Mary Martinet [Dancer]
- Caren Preiss [Dancer]
- Evelyn Taylor [Dancer]
- Norma Thornton [Dancer]
- Polly Ward [Dancer]
- Prue Ward [Dancer]
- Eddie Weston [Dancer]
- Helen Wood [Dancer]
- Suzanne Ames [Dancer]
Staff/Creatives
- Herman Levin [Producer]
- Oliver Smith [Producer]
- John C. Wilson (i) [Director]
- Agnes de Mille [Choreography]
- Oliver Smith [Settings]
- Miles White [Costumes]
- Peggy Clark [Lighting]
- Milton Rosenstock [Musical Director]
- Hugh Martin [Vocal Director]
- Don Walker [Music Arrangements]
- Trude Rittman [Dance Arrangements]
Authors
- Joseph Fields [Book]
- Anita Loos [Book]
- Leo Robin [Lyrics]
- Jule Styne [Music]
Video [add]
Carol Channing performs "Little Girl from Little Rock" on Broadway Sings: The Music of Jule Styne in 1987.
Carol Channing sings "A Little Girl from Little Rock" and "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" on NBC's The Buick Berle Show in 1953.
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