The run closed April 19, 1970
- Opened
- March 29, 1970
- Closed
- April 19, 1970
- Performances
- 25
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Of the 589 productions we hold that opened in the 1970s and record a performance count, this is the 339th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it33 named
Linda Andrews
Virginia Craig
Richard Graham
Anita Sheer
Maggie Task
Marc Allen Iii
Lisa Bellaran
Lori Bellaran
Ray Bellaran
Joe Benjamin
Glenn Brooks
Carol Conte
Michael Davis
Paul Eichel
Harry Endicott
Tony Falco
Tina Faye
Gary Gendell
Marian Haraldson
Suzanne Horn
Sherri Huff
Ben Laney
Ravah Malmuth
Shirley Potter
Don Prieur
Steven Ross
Maggie Worth
6 of these 33 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 27 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.
Characters9 roles recorded
Shirley Booth Mother Maria Marthe
Al Freeman Jr. Homer Smith
Titos Vandis Juan Archuleta
Taina Elg Sister Albertine
Carmen Alvarez Rosita
Patti Karr Juanita
Maggie Task Sister Gertrude
Richard Graham Monsignor O'Hara
Virginia Craig Sister Elizabeth
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Creative team
- Director
- Joshua Logan
- Choreographer
- Joyce Trisler
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Around this production
LOOK TO THE LILIES March 29, 1970 Lunt-Fontanne Theatre 25 performances Lyrics by Sammy Cahn Book by Leonard Spigelgass (Based on Lilies of the Field [novel] by William Barrett) Directed by Joshua Logan Produced by Edgar Lansbury, Max Brown, Richard Lewine, and Ralph Nelson With Shirley Booth, Al Freeman, Jr., Taina Elg, and Carmen Alvarez Show Tunes 1905 1985 the Songs Shows and Careers of Steven Suskin 1st Ed New Yor, p. 420
- Styne teamed up with his old partner Sammy Cahn for Look to the Lilies (3/29/70; 51g Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 539
- After Fanny (and such straight drama hits as Mister Roberts), Logan’s golden touch seemed to disappear, and he turned out flop after flop, including Al! American (where his Staging of the “Physical Fitness” number seemed gratuitously fleshy, even for him), Mr. President, Hot September (a musicalization of play Picnic,… Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 309
- Look to the Liles, incidentally, was intended as a Merman vehicle. More Opening Nights On Broadway A Critical Quotebook of Compiled By Steven Suski, p. 566
- Look to the Lilies (1970) all slid down the tin pan hopper, and deservedly so. More Opening Nights On Broadway A Critical Quotebook of Compiled By Steven Suski, p. 1003
- Two by Two, Rex, I Remember Mama, Carmelina, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Look to the Lilies, One Night Stand, and The Red Shoes. The trouble with these shows was decidedly mo¢ in the ears of the beholders. More Opening Nights On Broadway Steven Suskin, p. 39
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What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No recording is held for Look to the Lilies at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.