The run closed May 20, 1973
- Opened
- December 1, 1971
- Closed
- May 20, 1973
- Performances
- 627
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- St. James Theatre
Of the 589 productions we hold that opened in the 1970s and record a performance count, this is the 42nd longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of Two Gentlemen of Verona 3 more that season
| 1958 | Phoenix Theatre Original · Michael Langham | 28 perf. |
| 1971 | Transfer Transfer | |
| 1973 | Transfer Transfer |
Who was in it53 named
Alvin Lum
Frank O Brien
Jose Perez
Frederic Warriner
Loretta Abbott
Christopher Alden
Roger Briant
Douglas Brickhouse
Paul Dejohn
Richard de Russo
Nancy Denning
Arthur Erickson
Georgyn Geetlein
Jeff Goldblum
Albert Insinnia
Jane Jaffe
Signa Joy
Sakinah Mahammud
Phineas
Otis Sallid
Madeleine Swift
Carlos Cestero
Stanton Edghill
Robbee Fian
Larry Giroux
Gregory V Karliss
La Lupe
Wendy Mansfield
Taro Meyer
Craig Richard Nelson
M J Quinn
Buena Rivera
David Thomas
Chesley Uxbridge
Arnetia Walker
Elwoodson Williamson
Victor Willis
Morton Winston
15 of these 53 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.
Characters11 roles recorded
Jonelle Allen Silvia
Raul Julia Proteus
Carla Pinza Julia
Clifton Davis Valentine
Alix Elias Lucetta
Jerry Stiller Launce
Alvin Lum Eglamour
Norman Matlock Duke of Milan
Frederic Warriner Antonio
Jose Perez Speed
Frank O'Brien Thurio
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
- Mel Shapiro
- Choreographer
- Jean Erdman
- Producer
- Joseph Papp for the
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 1 from 1 nomination
| Best Musical | Won |
Around this production
- In 1971 Joseph Papp then brought his musical success Two Gentlemen of Verona from Central Park to this theatre, where it stayed for 613 performances, winning a Tony Award for best musical. At This Theatre 100 Years of Broadway Shows Stories and Botto Louis Viagas Rober, p. 281
- Two Gentlemen of Verona, winner of the book award, carried off the award for Best Musical. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 554
- Two Gentlemen of Verona, a rock version of Shakespeare that transferred from the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park to a successful run on Broadway, beating out Stephen Sondheim's Follies for the Tony Award in 1972. Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 157
- MacDermot's rock musical scores include Hair (1968), Two Gentlemen of Verona (1971), Dude (1972), and Via Galactica (1972); the first two succeeded while the latter two failed. Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical Volume 22 William A Everett Paul R, p. 244
- No, No, Nanette (1971), Two Gentlemen of Verona (1971), and Raisin (1973), and far shorter than superhits Pippin (1972) and Grease (1972). More Opening Nights On Broadway A Critical Quotebook of Compiled By Steven Suski, p. 561
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 Two Gentlemen of Verona at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.