The run closed December 29, 1956
- Opened
- November 26, 1956
- Closed
- December 29, 1956
- Performances
- 40
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Bijou Theatre
Of the 705 productions we hold that opened in the 1950s and record a performance count, this is the 344th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it4 named
4 of these 4 names have a person record behind them and link to one. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Creative team
- Director
- John Cranko, John
- Producer
- Richard Charlton and John Krimsky
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
- Despite the musical’s attempts for originality and freshness and favorable comments by Brooks Atkinson in the New York Times, the critics were generally unimpressed and so The Nervous Set was gone in less than three weeks; like so many intimate offerings of the era (such as Cranks and The Next President), it probably w… Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 790
- like so many intimate offerings of the era (such as Cranks and The Next President), it probably would have fared better in an intimate Off-Broadway venue rather than a traditional Broadway playhouse. The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Hardcover 2014 Rowman Lit, p. 795
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 Cranks at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.