The run closed June 30, 1956
- Opened
- November 30, 1955
- Closed
- June 30, 1956
- Performances
- 246
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Shubert Theatre
Of the 705 productions we hold that opened in the 1950s and record a performance count, this is the 120th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it44 named
Jayne Heller
Keith Kaldenberg
Patty Karkalits
Warren Kemmerling
Gene Kevin
Marvin Krauter
Jerry Lazarre
Joseph Leon
Jackie Mcelroy
Nicholas Orloff
Guy Raymond
Marsha Reynolds
Sigyn
Mildred Slavin
Rufus Smith
Hobe Streiford
Temple Texas
Calvin Thomas
Don Weissmuller
Patricia Wilson
Jenny Workman
Nancy Andrews
Don Blackey
Sally Crane
Stokely Gray
Frances Martin
20 of these 44 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 24 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
- Harold Clurman
- Choreographer
- Boris Runanin
- Producer
- Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
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 |
Recordings 1 held for the work
None of these is attributed to this staging. They are filed against Pipe Dream, and nothing in the record says which production any of them documents. Closing that join is the point of this catalogue and it is not closed yet.
Around this production
Rodgers and Hammerstein supplied the entire $250,000 cost, and Feuer and Martin were promised twenty percent of the ultimately nonexistent profits.
Its short Broadway run was a major disappointment, and within a year of its closing, tragedy struck and its two young leads were dead. The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Hardcover 2014 Rowman Lit, p. 523
- Dropped during preproduction were the songs “Nobody’s Fool,” “Cannery Row,” and “A Man of Some Intelligence.” It appears “Sitting on the Porch in the Moonlight,” which had been cut from Allegro, was at one point considered for Pipe Dream. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 519
- The show, although not as well regarded as Rodgers and Hammerstein’s greatest hits, was better received than Allegro, Pipe Dream, or Me and Juliet. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 466
- Even songwriters like Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and Jerry Herman, who supplied both music and lyrics also worked in teams, repeatedly pairing up with the same librettists. The team of Rodgers and Hammerstein created nine indelible shows in only sixteen years, plus an original film score (State Fair) and an original t… Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 62
- Replacing a miscast Helen Traubel in Pipe Dream (1955), and many said her presence in the role of Flora made the whole show fall into place. Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 202
- In addition to songs from the film, including “It’s a Grand Night for Singing,” other songs from the Rodgers and Hammerstein catalog were added to the show, including “The Man I Used to Be” from Pipe Dream. Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical Volume 22 William A Everett Paul R, p. 367
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 character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
- Which of the 1 recordings of Pipe Dream document this run, if any.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.