Theatre Register

The Cherry Orchard, 1977

Shows · Vivian Beaumont Theater, 1977

Revival BroadwayVivian Beaumont Theater 62 performances

The run closed April 10, 1977

Opened
February 17, 1977
Closed
April 10, 1977
Performances
62
Previews
20
Theatre
Vivian Beaumont Theater

Of the 589 productions we hold that opened in the 1970s and record a performance count, this is the 242nd longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.

Other stagings of The Cherry Orchard 10 more that season

1923 Jolsons 59th Street Theatre Original 18 perf.
1924 Jolsons 59th Street Theatre Return-Engagement 8 perf.
1928 Bijou Theatre Revival 5 perf.
1929 Civic Repertory Theatre Revival · Eva Le Gallienne 14 perf.
1933 New Amsterdam Theatre Revival 30 perf.
1944 National Theatre Revival · Eva Le Gallienne 96 perf.
1968 Lyceum Theatre Revival · Jack O'Brien 38 perf.
1970 Anta Playhouse Revival · John Fernald 5 perf.
1997 Martin Beck Theatre Revival · Galina Volchek 12 perf.
2016 American Airlines Theatre Revival · Simon Godwin 57 perf.

Who was in it20 named

John Ahlberg
C K Alexander
Suzanne Collins
Michael Cristofer
Jon Devries
William Duff Griffin
C S Hayward
Mary Beth Hurt
Diane Lane
Dwight Marfield
Ben Masters
Jim Siering
Priscilla Smith
Meryl Streep
George Voskovec
Irene Worth
Max Wright

3 of these 20 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 17 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
Andrei Serban
Producer
The New York Shakespeare Festival (Joseph Papp, Producer)

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.

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 The Cherry Orchard at all.
  • No show page for The Cherry Orchard. The work is here as a title and a year, and nothing more has been gathered about it.
  • Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.

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