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Ann Needham

Shows · Ann Needham

DirectorOn stage 19521955

On stage 3 productions, 3 years

1952 Buttrio Square New Century Theatre · Original · directed by Maurice Levine Cast: David Kurlan (Michelino), Vincent Barbi (Padre), Rina Falcone (Angela), Joan Morton (Maria), Ann Needham (Elizabetta), Lionel Ames (Dominic), Ernest Sarracino (Baron D’Alessandro), Ferdinand Hilt (Rocco), James MacCracken (Vittorio), Orville Sherman (Cassio), Ted Thurston (Pietro), Jane Harven (Emelia), Marie Gibson (Francesca), Billy Gilbert (Pappa Mario), Charlotte Jones (Norina), Henry Hamilton (Carlo), Walter Black (Sergeant McKenzie), Lawrence Brooks (Captain Steve Dickson), James Tarbutton (Private Poole), Leon Daniels (Tabulator), Lois Hunt (Marisa D’Alessandro), Joe Mantell (Private Burns), Al Checco (Corporal Gower), George Reeder (Private Whitfield), Don (Donn) Driver (Private Webster), Susan Johnson (Terry Patterson), Marti Stevens (Joan Wellington) 7 perf.
1954 The Golden Apple Phoenix Theatre · Original · directed by Norman Lloyd 173 perf.
1955 Plain And Fancy Mark Hellinger Theatre · Original · directed by Morton Da Costa 461 perf.

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Worked with more than once4 names

Tao Strong 2 productions
Sara Bettis 2 productions
Janet Hayes 2 productions
Crandall Diehl 2 productions

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In the literature3 passages

  • Cast : Kaye Ballard (Helen), Bibi Osterwald (Lovey Mars, Siren), Shannon Bolin (Mrs. Juniper, Madame Calypso), Portia Nelson (Miss Minerva Oliver, Scientist), Martha Larrimore (Mother Hare, Circe), Priscilla Gillette (Penelope), Dean Michener (Menelaus, Scylla); The Heroes: Frank Seabolt (Captain Mars), Marten Sameth (Ajax), Crandall Dieh…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act Two: “My Picture in the Papers” (Kaye Ballard, Jonathan Lucas, Male Ensemble); “The Taking of Rhododendron” (Stephen Douglass, Jack Whiting, Jonathan Lucas); “Hector’s Song” (Jack Whiting); “Windflowers” (Priscilla Gillette); “Store-Bought Suit” (Stephen Douglass); “Calypso” (Shannon Bolin); “Scylla and Charybdis” (Dean Michner, Jack…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act One: “You Can’t Miss It” (Richard Derr, Shirl Conway, Ensemble); “It Wonders Me” (Gloria Marlowe); “Plenty of Pennsylvania” (Nancy Andrews, Douglas Fletcher Rodgers, Elaine Lynn, Ensemble); “Young and Foolish” (David Daniels); “Why Not Katie?” (Douglas Fletcher Rodgers, Men); “Young and Foolish” (reprise) (Gloria Marlowe, David Daniel…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

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