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Fade Out— Fade In, 1964

Shows · Fade Out— Fade In · Mark Hellinger Theatre, 1964

We hold no picture of this staging. This one is filed against Fade Out— Fade In and could document any of its runs. eBay seller listing photograph
Original BroadwayMark Hellinger Theatre 271 performances

The run closed April 17, 1965

Opened
May 26, 1964
Closed
April 17, 1965
Performances
271
Previews
Theatre
Mark Hellinger Theatre

Of the 603 productions we hold that opened in the 1960s and record a performance count, this is the 88th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.

Who was in it66 named

Sean Allan
Virginia Allen
Jackie Alloway
Diane Arnold
Darrell J Askey
Judy Cassmore
Fred Cline
Don Crichton
Trish Dwelley
Diana Ede
Penny Egelston
Stephen Elmore
Richard Frisch
Ernie Horvath
Mitchell Jason
Howard Kahl
Gene Kelton
Carolyn Kemp
Betty Kent
Glenn Kezer
William Louther
Charlene Mehl
Mari Nettum
Bob Neukum
Judy Newman
Virginia Payne
Jody Perselle
Ed Pfeiffer
Aileen Poe
Roger Allan Raby
Dan Resin
Carolsue Shaer
Patricia Sigris
Reuben Singer
Smaxie
Roy Smith
Bill Stanton
Wendy Taylor
Jo Tract
Frank Tweddell
Gene Varrone
James von Weiss
Dick Shawn
Terri Baker
Dell Brownlee
David Cryer
Dean Doss
Paul Eichel
Alice Glenn
Jerry Gotham
Barney Johnston
Bobbi Lange
Paul Michael
John D Richardson
Buddy Spencer
Bill Starr
Ron Tassone
Michael Toles

8 of these 66 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 58 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
George Abbott
Choreographer
Ernest Flatt
Orchestrations
Ralph

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 2 nominations

Best Musical Nominated

Around this production

Fade Out – Fade In is a musical with a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Jule Styne. The story involves the movie industry in the 1930s. It starred Carol Burnett, returning to the Broadway stage for the first time in four years. Comden and Green, who tackled the problems Hollywood players faced when the film industry transitioned from silent movies to sound films in Singin' in the Rain, now turn to Hollywood in the 1930s. The show spoofs some of the great film stars of the era, such as Shirley Temple and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, and the character L.Z. Governor is based on MGM honcho Louis B. Mayer, known for his roving eye for pretty starlets and deep-seated nep…

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 Fade Out— Fade In at all.
  • Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.

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