The run closed June 25, 1955
- Opened
- May 7, 1953
- Closed
- June 25, 1955
- Performances
- 892
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Shubert Theatre
Of the 705 productions we hold that opened in the 1950s and record a performance count, this is the 12th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of Can-Can 1 more that season
| 1981 | Minskoff Theatre Revival · Roland Petit | 5 perf. |
Who was in it73 named
C K Alexander
Robert Penn
Richard Purdy
Sheila Arnold
Meredith Baylis
Socrates Birsky
Michael Cavallaro
Mary Ann Cohan
Joe Cusanelli
Shelah Hackett
Ina Hahn
Clarence Hoffman
Jean Kraemer
Al Lanti
Vera Lee
Bert May
Arthur Partington
Beverly Purvin
Arthur Rubin
Michael Scrittorale
Jon Silo
Beverly Tassoni
David Thomas
Pat Turner
Ruth Vernon
Rita Dimitri
Ronnie Cunningham
Joan Holloway
Norwood Smith
Gail Adams
Charles Basile
Lynn Bernay
Conchita del Rivero
Mary Jane Doerr
Norman Fontaine
Ray Kirchner
Hugh Lambert
Ronnie Landry
Julie Marlowe
Bernice Massi
Joe Milan
Kayton Nesbitt
Duncan Noble
John Nola
Basha Regis
Deborah Remsen
Marsha Rivers
Ruth Schoeni
Ann Sparkman
Carol Stevens
Eleonore Treiber
Rudy Tronto
Ken Urmston
Janyce Ann Wagner
Norman Weise
21 of these 73 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 52 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
- Abe Burrows
- Choreographer
- Michael Kidd
- Producer
- Cy Feuer & Ernest Martin
- Orchestrations
- Philip J. Lang
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.
Tony Awards 0 from 1 nomination
| Best Musical | Nominated |
Around this production
- It was the musical theatre’s loss that she never again created a new role on Broadway (she returned just twice, and received glowing notices for her 1964 revue Zizi and the 1981 revival of Can-Can ). Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 367
- And both men starred opposite (Zizi) Jeanmaire, Atkinson in The Girl in Pink Tights and Brooks in Can-Can . And Brooks as Barriere in the 1981 Broadway revival). Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 370
- “It’s All Right with Me” (Can-Can, 1953; lyric and music by Cole Porter) Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 529
- “C’est magnifique” (Can-Can , 1953; lyric and music by Cole Porter). Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 695
- Porter’s last show, Can-Can (5/7/53; 892 performances), was a much bigger hit. The Parisian locale was better suited to Porter’s sensibilities, and the score yielded several hits: “I Love Paris,” “C’est Magnifique,” and “Can-Can.” Lilo, Peter Cookson, and Hans Conried were the advertised stars, but by the end of the op… Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 439
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 photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
- No recording is held for Can-Can at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.