The run closed September 17, 1960
- Opened
- September 9, 1960
- Closed
- September 17, 1960
- Performances
- 8
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Mark Hellinger Theatre
Of the 603 productions we hold that opened in the 1960s and record a performance count, this is the 458th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it14 named
14 of these 14 names have a person record behind them and link to one. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Creative team
- Director
- Jonathan Lucas
- Choreographer
- Jonathan Lucas
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
In 1971, Allen had appeared in a Broadway flop called Soon, a rock opera which closed after three performances and which also featured Richard Gere, Barry Bostwick and Nell Carter; but by the time of Legs Diamond he was much better known, and Legs Diamond was meant to be the vehicle that would allow him to make the transition from concert performer to Broadway star.
The opening show was a lively musical revue Vintage ’60 (9/13/60). Despite songs by such future greats as Sheldon Harnick and Fred Ebb, and cast members Bert Convy and Michele Lee, the show ran only 8 performances. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 110
- Vintage ’60 also looked at television and politics in the sketch “Convention,” and it too offered sketches about medicine (“Tranquilizers”) and New York (“The Kinney System Parking Lot Plot”). Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 107
- “Vanityade” had been in the 1956 Follies (and as “Vanityades” would later surface in the 1960 Broadway revue Vintage ’60 ). Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 722
- And in 1960, the Broadway revue Vintage ’60 also looked at television and politics in the The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Hardcover 2014 Rowman Lit, p. 107
- The latter (as “Vanityades”) also appeared in the short-lived Broadway revue Vintage ’60. The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Hardcover 2014 Rowman Lit, p. 574
- Lee launched her career with the Broadway revue Vintage ’60 (1960), followed by landing the lead as Rosemary in How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying (1961); she also starred in the 1967 film. The Golden Age of American Musical Theatre 1943 1965 Naden Corinne J Rowman Litt, p. 173
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 Vintage ’60 at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.