The run closed July 2, 1955
- Opened
- May 26, 1955
- Closed
- July 2, 1955
- Performances
- 44
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- August Wilson Theatre
Of the 705 productions we hold that opened in the 1950s and record a performance count, this is the 336th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of Seventh Heaven 1 more that season
| 1922 | Booth Theatre Original | 704 perf. |
Who was in it42 named
Winifred Ainslee
George Burles
Philip Cook
Dominic Cortese
Victor Duntiere
Bonnie Evans
Joseph Flynn
William Guske
Edmund Hall
Barclay Hodges
Ferdi Hoffman
Leo Kayworth
Nancy Lynch
Joy Marlene
Alexandra Moss
Ralph Quist
Ray Saint Jacques
Philip Salem
Jeanne Schlegel
Betty Jane Seagle
Helena Seroy
Barbara Stabile
Nanette Vezina
Rebecca Vorno
James E Wall
Ralph Wayne
Jimmy White
15 of these 42 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.
Creative team
- Director
- John C. Wilson, John
- 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
Based on the 1922 play and 1927 silent film that won the first Academy Award for Best Actress (Janet Gaynor). The Broadway musical version featured a young Chita Rivera in an early career role.
- when it closed, it had chalked up 704 performances and was the fifth-longest-running play in Broadway history. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 485
- Bad shows include such dogs as Seventh Heaven, Her First Roman, Christine, and Victor/Victoria (“Paris Makes Me Horny.” Need we say more’). Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 168
- As the Girls Go, Seventh Heaven, Goldilocks, On a Clear Day, Zorba, The Act, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, and Kiss of the Spider Woman—each of which saw fit to raise the prevailing price plateau—all floundered and flopped. That’s show biz. More Opening Nights On Broadway A Critical Quotebook of Compiled By Steven Suski, p. 35
- Moreover, by the end of East Wind Paul is blind, a similar affliction for Chico, the soldier who goes blind in the play, film, and much later 1955 musical Seventh Heaven. The Complete Book of 1930s Broadway Musicals Dietz Dan Rowman Littlefield Publis, p. 182
- Seventh Heaven 704 performances Opened October 30, 1922 Unknown closing date Theatre World 2011 12 Season V 68 Willis, p. 459
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 Seventh Heaven at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.