The run closed February 13, 1977
- Opened
- October 9, 1976
- Closed
- February 13, 1977
- Performances
- 145
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Of the 589 productions we hold that opened in the 1970s and record a performance count, this is the 127th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of The Robber Bridegroom 1 more that season
| 1975 | Harkness Theatre Original · Gerald Freedman | 14 perf. |
Who was in it17 named
Susan Berger
George Deloy
Gary Epp
B J Hardin
Carolyn Mccurry
Mary Murray
Trip Plymale
Melinda Tanner
Stephen Vinovich
Dennis Warning
Tom Westerman
6 of these 17 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 11 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
- Gerald Freedman
- Choreographer
- Donald Saddler
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
LuPone received a Tony nomination the same year her brother Robert was nominated for A Chorus Line, and Uhry's book was also nominated.
- The Robber Bridegroom was tuneful, unconventional, and delightfully refreshing. No, it wasn’t perfect, but how many shows are? More Opening Nights On Broadway A Critical Quotebook of Compiled By Steven Suski, p. 806
- THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM was initially presented for a limited engagement at the Harkness Theatre [October 7, 1975] by John Houseman’s Acting Company (from Juil- liard). Playing the bridegroom and bride: Kevin Kline and Patti LuPone. Show Tunes 1905 1985 the Songs Shows and Careers of Steven Suskin 1st Ed New Yor, p. 586
- The lab produced twenty-six experimental musicals, starting with The Robber Bridegroom. Showtime A History of the Broadway Musical Theatre Larry Stempel, p. 635
- 'Sleepy Man' (The Robber Bridegroom, New York [1975 and 1976]; lyric by Alfred Uhry, music by Robert Waldman); The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Paxton Mcnallie 2016 Rowm, p. 224
- When the Acting Company brought The Robber Bridegroom by Alfred Uhry and Robert Waldman to Broadway in 1975, she received 1976 Tony and Drama Desk nominations for her performance in the featured role of the backwoods heroine Rosamund. The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia Rick Pender Rowman Littlefield Publishing Lanh, p. 448
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 The Robber Bridegroom at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.