Theatre Register

Man and Superman, 1947

Shows · Alvin Theatre, 1947

Revival BroadwayNeil Simon Theatre 295 performances

The run closed June 19, 1948

Opened
October 8, 1947
Closed
June 19, 1948
Performances
295
Previews
Theatre
Neil Simon Theatre

Of the 890 productions we hold that opened in the 1940s and record a performance count, this is the 106th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.

Other stagings of Man and Superman 3 more that season

1905 Hudson Theatre Original 192 perf.
1949 City Center Revival 16 perf.
1978 Circle In The Square Theatre Revival · Stephen Porter 77 perf.

Who was in it10 named

Tony Bickley
Josephine Brown
Malcolm Keen
Frances Rowe
Miriam Stovall
Chester Stratton
Victor Sutherland

3 of these 10 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 7 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 Schaefer
Producer
Maurice Evans

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.

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 Man and Superman at all.
  • No show page for Man and Superman. The work is here as a title and a year, and nothing more has been gathered about it.
  • Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.

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