The run closed March 5, 1966
- Opened
- October 20, 1964
- Closed
- March 5, 1966
- Performances
- 569
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Majestic Theatre
Of the 603 productions we hold that opened in the 1960s and record a performance count, this is the 39th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of Golden Boy 3 more that season
| 1937 | Belasco Theatre Original · Harold Clurman | 250 perf. |
| 1952 | Anta Playhouse Revival | 55 perf. |
| 2012 | Belasco Theatre Revival · Bartlett Sher | 53 perf. |
Who was in it35 named
Johnny Brown
Marguerite Delain
Jeannette Dubois
Roy Glenn
Buck Heller
Terrin Miles
Robin Miller
Sally Neal
Benny Payne
Harold Pierson
Albert Popwell
Louise Quick
Mabel Robinson
Amy Rousselle
Kenneth Scott
Stephen Taylor
Charles Welch
Barbara Charles
Hilda Harris
Nat Horne
15 of these 35 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 20 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
- Arthur Penn
- Choreographer
- Donald McKayle
- Producer
- Hillard Elkins
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
Such was the care taken for audiences with the British Golden Boy. Although Strouse and Adams’ songs for Lorna (‘Lorna’s Here’ and ‘Golden Boy’) are not the strongest, Martin gave them an intensity and strength that was deserving of something better, but almost everything she did in her long career was deserving of something better. West End Broadway the Golden Age of the American Musical Adrian Wright Boydell B, p. 268
- the most successful of all, Golden Boy (11/4/37; 248 performances). Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 220
- Golden Boy (10/20/64; 569 performances) was a powerful drama by Clifford Odets. It wasn’t an obvious choice for musical comedy, but producer Hillard Elkins convinced the team to take it on. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 528
- The 1964 musicals continuing into the new year consisted of Dolly!, Funny Girl, and—from the fall season—Fiddler, as well as ultimate failures Oh, What a Lovely War, Golden Boy, Ben Franklin in Paris, Bajour, and I Had a Ball. More Opening Nights On Broadway A Critical Quotebook of Compiled By Steven Suski, p. 39
- Golden Boy (1964), A Time for Singing (1966), Im Solomon (1968)—had been less than overwhelming. More Opening Nights On Broadway A Critical Quotebook of Compiled By Steven Suski, p. 783
- His next efforts, though—the Ray Bolger vehicle All American (1962) and the Sammy Davis vehicle Golden Boy (1964)—were unsuccessful. More Opening Nights On Broadway A Critical Quotebook of Compiled By Steven Suski, p. 1108
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 Golden Boy at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.