The run closed June 8, 1963
- Opened
- October 20, 1962
- Closed
- June 8, 1963
- Performances
- 265
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- St. James Theatre
Of the 603 productions we hold that opened in the 1960s and record a performance count, this is the 90th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it46 named
Wisa D Orso
Charlotte Fairchild
Jerry Strickler
John Aman
Don Atkinson
Carlos Bas
Lynn Bernay
Warren J Brown
Kellie Brytt
Connie Burnett
Sterling Clark
Anthony Falco
Marian Haraldson
Carol Lee Jensen
Louis Kosman
Lynn Gay Lorino
Mary Louise
Jack Mcminn
Jack Mette
Donna Monroe
Anna Marie Moylan
Lispet Nelson
Barbara Newman
Carl Nicholas
Joan Petlak
Lowell Purvis
Jack Rains
Lynn Ross
Mari Shelton
Ruth Shepard
Dan Siretta
Van Stevens
Arline Woods
Maggie Worth
Sybil Scotford
Terry Violino
10 of these 46 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 36 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.
Characters13 roles recorded
Robert Ryan President Stephen Decatur Henderson
Nanette Fabray First Lady Nell Henderson
Anita Gillette Leslie Henderson (First Daughter)
David Brooks Harmon Bardahl / Manager; Governor
Jack Washburn Youssein Davair (Son of a Middle Eastern ruler)
Jack Haskell Pat Gregory (of the Secret Service)
Stanley Grover Charley Wayne (of the Secret Service)
Jerry Stickler Larry Henderson (First Son)
Carol Lee Jensen Betty Chandler (new First Daughter)
Charlotte Fairchild Tippy Taylor (a secretary)
Wisa D'Orso Princess Kyra
John Cecil Holm Chester Kincaid
Baayork Lee Deborah Chakronin (East Indian Marching Team Leader)
Only 512 of 13,459 productions carry role names, and these came out of a wiki table — the names arrived with the table's own cell markup on them and have been stripped back. They are not linked to person records because the identifiers in that table do not resolve to ours.
Creative team
- Director
- Joshua Logan
- Choreographer
- Peter Gennaro
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
Mr. President is a musical with a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse and music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. The story focuses on fictional US President Stephen Decatur Henderson, who runs into political trouble following a disastrous trip to the Soviet Union, and his problems with his children. Bored with life as a civilian after his presidency ends, he decides to return to political life. The original 1962 Broadway production ran for 265 performances and starred Robert Ryan and Nanette Fabray. The show received a generally unenthusiastic response and was Irving Berlin's last musical.
Mr. President, the last original show with a score by Berlin, premieres at the St. James Theater. Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical Volume 22 William A Everett Paul R, p. 27
- Love Life , Arms and the Girl , Make a Wish (1951), and Mr. President (1962) were all financial failures with relatively brief Broadway runs. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 28
- Arms and the Girl (1950), Make a Wish, and Mr. President (1962) were disappointments. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 145
- an uninspired Irving Berlin musical, Mr. President (1962), also his last Broadway show, starring Robert Ryan and Nanette Fabray; At This Theatre 100 Years of Broadway Shows Stories and Botto Louis Viagas Rober, p. 280
- Mr. President (10/20/62) was Berlin’s last score and the least suc- cessful of his shows, running only 265 performances. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 89
- Once more into the fray, and another flop, Mr. President, which also sent Irving Berlin packing, and once more, Fabray was the best thing going, singing the infectious “They Love Me” as First Lady Nell Henderson. Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 57
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 recording is held for Mr. President at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.