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Mask and Gown, 1957

Shows · Mask and Gown · John Golden Theatre, 1957

Original BroadwayJohn Golden Theatre 39 performances

The run closed October 12, 1957

Opened
September 10, 1957
Closed
October 12, 1957
Performances
39
Previews
Theatre
John Golden Theatre

Of the 705 productions we hold that opened in the 1950s and record a performance count, this is the 349th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.

Who was in it5 named

5 of these 5 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
Leonard Sillman
Choreographer
Jim Russell
Producer
Leonard Sillman and Bryant Haliday

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

Mask and Gown (personality revue) Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 868

  • In some instances, other performers were on the bills, but it’s clear the productions were designed to showcase the special skills and talents of specific entertainers, such as Cornelia Otis Skinner (Paris ’90), T. C. Jones (Mask and Gown), Patachou (International Soiree), and Mort Sahl (The Next President). The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Hardcover 2014 Rowman Lit, p. 877

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 Mask and Gown at all.
  • Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.

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