The run closed August 7, 1977
- Opened
- January 7, 1975
- Closed
- August 7, 1977
- Performances
- 1,050
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Neil Simon Theatre
Of the 589 productions we hold that opened in the 1970s and record a performance count, this is the 22nd longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of Shenandoah 2 more that season
| 1889 | Star Theatre Original | 250 perf. |
| 1989 | Virginia Theatre Revival · Robert Tucker | 32 perf. |
Who was in it51 named
Joseph Shapiro
Tedd Carrere
Stephen Dubov
Gary Harger
Brian James
Robert Johanson
Gene Masoner
Paul Myrvold
Dan Ormond
Edward Penn
Ed Preble
Casper Roos
Robert Rosen
David Russell
J Kevin Scannell
Jack Starkey
E Allen Stevens
Jordan Suffin
Marshall Thomas
Charles Welch
Roger Berdahl
Suzy Brabeau
Philip Carling
Dennis Cooley
Donny Cooper
Richard Flanders
Kathleen Gordon
Steve Grober
Tony Holmes
Joe Howard
Wayne Hudgins
Mark Perman
Maureen Silliman
David Vann
Timothy Wallace
Martin Walsh
Mark Zimmerman
Emily Bindiger
Harry Fawcett
Tim Wallace
Kevin Wilson
10 of these 51 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 41 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.
Characters11 roles recorded
John Cullum Charlie Anderson
Donna Theodore Ann Anderson
Penelope Milford Jenny Anderson
Joel Higgins James Anderson
Ted Agress Jacob Anderson
Gordon Halliday Sam
Chip Ford Gabriel
Joseph Shapiro Robert (The Boy)
Robert Rosen Henry Anderson
David Russell John Anderson
Jordan Suffin Nathan Anderson
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
- Philip Rose
- Choreographer
- Robert Tucker
- Producer
- Philip Rose, Gloria & Louis Sher
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 |
Around this production
Shenandoah, starring John Cullum, opens at the Alvin Theater and runs for 1,050 performances. Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical Volume 22 William A Everett Paul R, p. 29
- A new production of the hit musical Shenandoah failed to run as long as the original, but it was followed by the successful musical City of Angels, which won six Tony Awards: Best Musical, Best Score (Cy Coleman, David Zippel), Best Book (Larry Gelbart) At This Theatre 100 Years of Broadway Shows Stories and Botto Louis Viagas Rober, p. 220
- Shenandoah, a musical that arrived from the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut in 1975, starred John Cullum, who won a Tony Award for his performance in this Civil War musical. At This Theatre 100 Years of Broadway Shows Stories and Botto Louis Viagas Rober, p. 293
- Comin’ Uptown, an all-black version starring Gregory Hines and written by the team that gave us Purlie (1970) and Shenandoah (1975). Unfortunately, that one played only forty-five performances back in 19709. Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 269
- Last night Miss Frings—helped by the team that a few seasons back gave us the successful but culturally uneventful Shenandoah [1975]—devised a musical version of her play. More Opening Nights On Broadway A Critical Quotebook of Compiled By Steven Suski, p. 67
- This third and final offering from the Purlie (1970) boys had been skedded for production by Circle in the Square, simultaneously with their second musical, Shenandoah. More Opening Nights On Broadway A Critical Quotebook of Compiled By Steven Suski, p. 70
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 Shenandoah at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.