The run closed December 17, 1960
- Opened
- October 22, 1959
- Closed
- December 17, 1960
- Performances
- 448
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Shubert Theatre
Of the 705 productions we hold that opened in the 1950s and record a performance count, this is the 64th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of Take Me Along 1 more that season
| 1985 | Martin Beck Theatre Revival · Thomas Gruenewald | 1 perf. |
Who was in it52 named
Nicole Barth
Charles Bolender
Frank Borgman
Renee Byrns
James Cresson
Barbara Doherty
Katia Geleznova
Arlene Golonka
Luke Halpin
Lee Howard
Diana Hunter
Jack Konzal
Elna Laun
Paula Lloyd
Nancy Lynch
Bill Mcdonald
Rae Mclean
Henry Michel
Fred Miller
Jack Murray
John Nola
Zeme North
Janice Painchaud
Rusty Parker
Bill Richards
Harry Lee Rogers
Bill Starr
Walter Strauss
Jimmy Tarbutton
Pat Tolson
Gene Varrone
Marc West
William Bendix
Sidney Blackmer
Julie Marlow
Patricia Mount
Michael O Shaughnessy
Ron Schwinn
14 of these 52 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 38 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.
Characters14 roles recorded
Jackie Gleason Sid Davis
Walter Pidgeon Nat Miller
Eileen Herlie Lily Miller
Una Merkel Essie Miller
Robert Morse Richard Miller
Peter Conlow Wint Selby
Susan Luckey Muriel McComber
Fred Miller Dave MacComber
Arlene Golonka Belle
Zeme North Mildred Miller
James Cresson Arthur Miller
Luke Halpin Tommy Miller
Jack Collins Bartender
Gene Varrone The Drunk
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
- Peter Glenville
- Choreographer
- Onna White
- Producer
- David Merrick
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
The production toured, and then opened on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre on April 14, 1985, where it played for just one performance. The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Hardcover 2014 Rowman Lit, p. 833
- In 1959, Merrill wrote the songs for Take Me Along, based on another O’Neill play Ah, Wilderness! Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 168
- In 1959, Merrill wrote the songs for Take Me Along, based on another O'Neill play Ah, Wilderness! Broadway Musicals Show By Show Green Stanley Green Kay 5th Ed Rev and Updated By, p. 197
- His second score, for Take Me Along , was also based on a play by O’Neill. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 633
- An all-black version of the musical was revived Off-Off-Broadway at the Richard Allen Center for Culture and Art/Manhattan Community College on March 14, 1984. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 828
- The streak of flops ended on October 20, 1977, when Frank Langella opened in the title role of Dracula, and the Martin Beck became a happy haven for thrill-seekers for 925 performances. Mr. Langella was succeeded by Raul Julia and David Dukes. The much publicized Broadway debut of Elizabeth Taylor in The Little Poxes h… At This Theatre 100 Years of Broadway Shows Stories and Botto Louis Viagas Rober, p. 193
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 Take Me Along at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.