Productions1 on Broadway
| 1963 | Broadway Theatre Original. March 18, 1963 · Peter Glenville | 264 performances |
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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; book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p130
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. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p210
Tovarich moved here from the Broadway Theatre with Tony Award winner Vivien Leigh and Jean Pierre Aumont. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p272
Herbert Berghof, and Paula Laurence were in Tovarich; Helen Gahagan, Scott McKay, Peggy Ann Garner, and Edna Best sparkled in First lady. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p318
Robert E. Sherwood adapted Tovarich (10/15/36; 356 performances) for stars Marta Abba and John Halliday. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p433
There were several other women songwriters over the years, fringe players like Alma Sanders (of Carlo and Sanders), June Sillman Carroll of her brother Leonard’s New Faces series, Anne Croswell of Tovarich (1963), and Marian Grudeff of Baker Street (1965)—but that was it. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p849
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