The run closed November 9, 1963
- Opened
- March 18, 1963
- Closed
- November 9, 1963
- Performances
- 264
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Broadway Theatre
Of the 603 productions we hold that opened in the 1960s and record a performance count, this is the 91st longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it50 named
Louise Kirtland
Alexander Scourby
Lorenzo Bianco
Antony de Vecci
Alice Evans
Marion Fels
Carol Flemming
Michele Franchi
Katia Geleznova
William Glassman
Margery Gray
Harald Horn
Del Horstmann
Bettye Jenkins
Barney Johnston
Pat Kelly
Jeff Killion
Dale Malone
Don Mchenry
Charlene Mehl
Rita Metzger
Paul Michael
Byron Mitchell
Barbara Monte
Will Parkins
William Reilly
Barbara Richman
Larry Roquemore
Elliott Savage
Maggie Task
Eleonore Treiber
Joan Trona
Gene Varrone
C K Alexander
Roger de Koven
Eva Gabor
George Chatal
Virginia Craig
Alfred Dennis
Robert Lenn
Herb Mazzini
Anna Marie Moylan
Caroline Parks
Ron Schwinn
6 of these 50 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
Vivien Leigh Tatiana Petrovna
Jean-Pierre Aumont Mikail Alexandrovich Ouratieff
Alexander Scourby Gorotchenko
Louise Troy Natalia Mayovskaya
George S. Irving Charles Davis
Louise Kirtland Grace Davis
Byron Mitchell George Davis
Margery Gray Helen Davis
Bettye Jenkins Maria Soukhomine
Rita Metzger Marina
Paul Michael Vassily
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
- Herbert Ross, Herbert
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.
Around this production
Tovarich is a 1963 stage musical in two acts with book by David Shaw; music by Lee Pockriss and lyrics by Anne Croswell; based on the comedy by Jacques Deval and Robert E. Sherwood.
- Robert E. Sherwood's deft adaptation of the French play Tovarich (1936), with the famed Italian actress Marta Abba making her Broadway debut, co-starring with the suave John Halliday, another on Mantle's best-plays-of-the-year list; At This Theatre 100 Years of Broadway Shows Stories and Botto Louis Viagas Rober, p. 130
- In 1963 Tovarich was notable for offering Vivien Leigh in her musical comedy debut with Jean Pierre Aumont as her co-star. Ms. Leigh won a Tony for her delightful performance, and the show ran for 264 performances. At This Theatre 100 Years of Broadway Shows Stories and Botto Louis Viagas Rober, p. 210
- Tovarich moved here from the Broadway Theatre with Tony Award winner Vivien Leigh and Jean Pierre Aumont. At This Theatre 100 Years of Broadway Shows Stories and Botto Louis Viagas Rober, p. 272
- Herbert Berghof, and Paula Laurence were in Tovarich; Helen Gahagan, Scott McKay, Peggy Ann Garner, and Edna Best sparkled in First lady. At This Theatre 100 Years of Broadway Shows Stories and Botto Louis Viagas Rober, p. 318
- Robert E. Sherwood adapted Tovarich (10/15/36; 356 performances) for stars Marta Abba and John Halliday. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 433
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 Tovarich at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.