The run closed June 18, 1955
- Opened
- April 6, 1955
- Closed
- June 18, 1955
- Performances
- 85
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
Of the 705 productions we hold that opened in the 1950s and record a performance count, this is the 245th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it22 named
Robert Miller
Ned Romero
Jack Steele
Brad Thomas
Robert Trevis
Karen Vonne
Richard Wessler
15 of these 22 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 7 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Creative team
- Director
- Gower Champion, Betty Benson, Harry Belafonte, Hiram Sherman, Richard Pribor Cast: Marge, The Voices of Walter Schumann, Walter Schumann
- Choreographer
- Gower Champion
- Producer
- Paul Gregory (A Paul Gregory-Charles Laughton Production)
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Around this production
- Paul Gregory, Charles Laughton, and the Walter Schumann singers had previously joined forces for the masterful film The Night of the Hunter , which was released a few weeks after 3 for Tonight closed. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 456
- Throughout his long career, Hiram Sherman appeared in both plays and musicals; he was often the evening’s compere in such revues as Mum’s the Word (1940), 3 for Tonight (1955), and International Soiree (1958). Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 888
- Marge and Gower Champion and Harry Belafonte in 3 For Tonight (1955), a “diversion in song and dance;” At This Theatre 100 Years of Broadway Shows Stories and Botto Louis Viagas Rober, p. 132
- His two-dimensional work within limits is seen in a later number, “By-Play for Drums,” from the Broadway revue 3 for Tonight (1955). As subjects in a scientific experiment measuring the effect of music on the nervous system, he and Marge sat on two stools rapidly extending and contracting their arms and legs to the wil… Before the Parade Passes By Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical Joh, p. 37
- Though an abbreviated version of the original stage performance, it nonetheless captured the unique work of both its performers and choreographer-director. As such, it reflected not only the approval of the majority of newspaper columnists, but also that of television critic Jack Gould, who reported in the New York Tim… Before the Parade Passes By Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical Joh, p. 88
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
- No recording is held for 3 for Tonight at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.