The run closed June 30, 1956
- Opened
- June 13, 1956
- Closed
- June 30, 1956
- Performances
- 21
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Winter Garden Theatre
Of the 705 productions we hold that opened in the 1950s and record a performance count, this is the 462nd longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it43 named
Eddie Heim
Dorothy Hill
Joan Holloway
Berry Kroeger
Carol Lawrence
George Lenz
Greb Lober
Ellen Matthews
Leland Mayforth
Bob Mcclure
David Mcdaniel
Teresa Montes
Eileen Moran
Illona Murai
Mary Ann Niles
Jack Rains
Rico Riedl
Edward Stinnett
Ed Stroll
Ted Wills
Maggie Worth
Doris Wright
Shirley Yamaguchi
Edward Kim Ying
Marvin Zeller
19 of these 43 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
- Albert Marre
- Choreographer
- Donald Saddler
- Producer
- Robert Fryer and Lawrence Carr
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
Although he died during the early stages of the subsequent stage production, Hilton shared book credit with Jerome Lawrence and Robert E.
At the opening night party for the fabled Harry Warren flop SHANGRI-LA [June 13, 1956], leading man Jack Cassidy introduced Bock to Sheldon Harnick. Show Tunes 1905 1985 the Songs Shows and Careers of Steven Suskin 1st Ed New Yor, p. 455
- Also appearing in the production was Carol Lawrence as Liat; she later appeared in Shangri-La and Ziegfeld Follies , and then in 1957 appeared as Maria in the original Broadway production of West Side Story . Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 469
- Besides “In the Hollow of His Hand” and “Men Are Only Little Boys Grown Tall” (which had also been dropped during the tryout) and the new song “A Man in the Dark,” eight songs were retained from the Broadway production: “Om Mani Padme Hum,” “Lost Horizon,” “Shangri-La,” “I’m Just a Little Bit Confused,” “The World Outs… Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 575
- the Winter Garden Theatre was the place to watch her because she appeared there six times, first as a chorus-dancer replacement in Plain and Fancy, later in Shangri-La, and then in the current Ziegfeld Follies; three months after the latter closed, Lawrence was back at the Winter Garden as Maria in the original product… Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 614
- Saddler was saddled with more than his share of stinkers (Shangri-La, Sophie, Tricks, Teddy and Alice), and his greatest work was in the revivals of No, No, Nanette and On Your Toes. Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 232
- Carol Lawrence, who later appeared in Shangri-La and Ziegfeld Follies, and then in 1957 appeared as Maria in the original Broadway production of West Side Story. The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Hardcover 2014 Rowman Lit, p. 472
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 Shangri-La at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.