The run closed April 14, 1956
- Opened
- February 24, 1955
- Closed
- April 14, 1956
- Performances
- 478
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Imperial Theatre
Of the 705 productions we hold that opened in the 1950s and record a performance count, this is the 53rd longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it55 named
Martin Allen
Tommy Andrew
Lee Barry
Paul Best
Barbara Bostock
Verna Cain
Kenneth Chertok
Ludi Claire
Geraldine Delaney
George Foster
Tony Gardell
Forrest Green
Marcel Hillaire
Bruce Hoy
Dick Humphrey
Walter Kelvin
Devra Kline
Win Mayo
Pat Mcbride
Alexandra Moss
Louis Polacek
John Ray
Carol Risser
Stanley Simmonds
Philip Sterling
Carol Stevens
Arthur Ulisse
Dorothy Dushock
Christiane Felsmann
Jane Hennessy
Greb Lober
Tom O Steen
Adam Petroski
Ben Raisen
Christina Rush
Karen Shepard
Jan Sherwood
Ann Sparkman
Ken Urmston
Norman Weise
15 of these 55 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 40 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
- Cy Feuer
- Choreographer
- Eugene Loring
- Producer
- Cy Feuer & Ernest Martin
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
Silk Stockings, a musical with score by Porter and a plot based on the Cold War, debuts at the Imperial Theater and runs 478 performances. Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical Volume 22 William A Everett Paul R, p. 25
- There have been musicals about the cold war (e.g. Leave It to Me!, Silk Stockings ), but Chess was the first to treat the conflict seriously, using an international chess match as a metaphor. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 273
- It settled into a profitable run of almost 500 performances and was later made into a successful MGM film musical. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 449
- Cole Porter's last musical, Silk Stockings (1955), an adaptation of Garbo's famous film Ninotchka, was a hit with Don Ameche, Hildegarde Neff, and Gretchen Wyler. At This Theatre 100 Years of Broadway Shows Stories and Botto Louis Viagas Rober, p. 180
- Then, Cole Porter’s last Broadway show, Silk Stockings (2/24/55; 477 performances), opened at the Imperial with Don Ameche and Hildegarde Neff in the leads. “All of You” was the hit in the score. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 279
- Porter’s last show, Silk Stockings (2/24/55; 478 performances), was based on the film Ninotchka. Hildegarde Neff had the Greta Garbo part, with support from Don Ameche and Gretchen Wyler. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 439
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 Silk Stockings at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.