The Happy Time, 1968

The run closed September 28, 1968

Opened

January 18, 1968

Closed

September 28, 1968

Performances

286

Previews

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Theatre

Broadway Theatre

Of the 603 productions we hold that opened in the 1960s and record a performance count, this is the 85th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.

Other stagings of The Happy Time 1 more that season

Who was in it53 named

Robert Goulet1933–2007

David Wayne1914–1995

M

Mike Rupert—

J

Julie Gregg—

George S. Irving1922–2016

C

Charles Durning—

Q

Quinn Baird—

J

June Squibb—

S

Sammy Williams1948–2018

Jeanne Arnold
Ron Abshire
Jovanni Anthony
Marc Anthony
Andy Bew
Alan Blight
Blake Brown
George Connolly
Leonard Crofoot
Ron Crofoot
Tom de Mastri
Wayne Dugger
Paul Dwyer
Tammie Fillhart
Kim Freund
Scott Gandert
Jacki Garland
Joe Giamalva
Jeffrey Golkin
Eric Hamilton
Gary Hamilton
Jeffrey Hamilton
Kevin Hamilton
Dallas Johann
Mary Gail Laverenz
Gene Law
Mark Lonergan
Mary Ann O Reilly
Vicki Powers
Steve Reinhart
Brian Shyer
Susan Sigrist
Connie Simmons
Jon Simonson
Michael Stearns
Julane Stites
Brandy Wayne
Teddy Williams
Marc Winters
Paul Charles
George Coleman
Scott David
Gina Page
Bob Troy

9 of these 53 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 44 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

Robert Goulet Jacques Bonnard
Jeanne Arnold Suzanne Bonnard
George S. Irving Philippe Bonnard
Michael Rupert Bibi Bonnard
Charles Durning Louis Bonnard
Kim Freund Annabelle Bonnard
Julane Stites Gillie Bonnard
Connie Simmons Nanette Bonnard
June Squibb Felice Bonnard
David Wayne Grandpere Bonnard
Julie Gregg Laurie Mannon

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

Gower Champion

Choreographer

Gower Champion

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

Around this production

• The Happy Time bore a certain resemblance to 110 in the Shade, a previous musical by N. Richard Nash that had also been presented by David Merrick. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 214
• The Happy Time.The (musical), 192 Happy Time, The (play), I 13 At This Theatre 100 Years of Broadway Shows Stories and Botto Louis Viagas Rober, p. 365
• RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN produced Samuel Taylor’s The Happy Time (1/24/50; 614 performances), with Claude Dauphin, Johnny Stewart, Eva Gabor, and Kurt Kasznar. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 434
• He won a Tony Award for his portrayal of Jacques Bonnard in The Happy Time (1968). Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical Volume 22 William A Everett Paul R, p. 170
• RUPERT, MICHAEL (ALSO KNOWN AS MIKE RUPERT, 1951– ). Singing actor who made his Broadway debut at age 16 as Bibi Bonnard in The Happy Time. Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical Volume 22 William A Everett Paul R, p. 342

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 The Happy Time at all.
• No director named.
• Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.