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Production Information

Opening:	May 07, 1953
Closing:	June 25, 1955
# Performances:	892
Theatres:	Shubert Theatre (5/7/1953 - 6/25/1955)
	Shubert Theatre (5/7/1953 - 6/25/1955)
	Forrest Theatre (0/0/1953 - ?)
Production Type:	Original Production
Production Status:	Closed
Run Type:	Open Run
Market:	Broadway
Intermissions:	1
Version:	Original Broadway Version

Production Staff

Motley

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Costume Designer

Abe Burrows

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Director

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Director

Michael Kidd

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Choreographer

Philip J. Lang

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Orchestrator

Ronald De Mann

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Hair and Wig Designer

Jo Mielziner

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Lighting Designer

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Scenic Designer

Robert Noeltner

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Orchestrator
(Additional Orchestrations)

Milton Rosenstock

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Musical Director

Original Cast | Replacements

Lilo	....	La Mome Pistache
	....	La Mome Pistache
C. K. Alexander	....	Judge Paul Barriere
Sheila Arnold	....	Customer
Meredith Baylis	....	Dancer
Ralph Beaumont	....	Leopard ("The Garden of Eden")
	....	Dancer
	....	Policeman
Socrates Birsky	....	Inchworm ("The Garden of Eden")
	....	Dancer
	....	Policeman
Michael Cavallaro	....	Doctor
	....	Registrar
	....	Etienne (Understudy)
Mary Anne Cohan	....	Gabrielle
Mary Ann Cohan	....	Gabrielle
David Collyer	....	Bailiff
	....	Judge Paul Barriere (Understudy)
Hans Conried	....	Boris Adzinidzinadze
Peter Cookson	....	Judge Aristide Forestier
Joe Cusanelli	....	Cafe Customer
	....	Policeman
Michael DeMarco	....	Policeman
	....	Dancer
Rita Dmitri	....	La Mome Pistache (Understudy)
Shelah Hackett	....	Flamingo ("The Garden of Eden")
	....	Dancer
Ina Hahn	....	Inchworm ("The Garden of Eden")
	....	Dancer
Ferdinand Hilt	....	Customer
	....	Prosecutor
	....	Second Waiter
	....	Hilaire Jussac (Understudy)
	....	Judge Aristide Forestier (Understudy)
Clarence Hoffman	....	Waiter
	....	Hercule (Understudy)
Jean Kraemer	....	Celestine
Dania Krupska	....	Dancer
	....	Mimi
Al Lanti	....	Frog ("The Garden of Eden")
	....	Dancer
Vera Lee	....	Frog ("The Garden of Eden")
	....	Dancer
Phil Leeds	....	Theophile
	....	Boris Adzinidzinadze (Understudy)
Michael De Marco	....	Dancer
	....	Policeman
Bert May	....	Snake ("The Garden of Eden")
	....	Dancer
Tom Panko	....	Dancer
	....	Sea Horse ("The Garden of Eden")
	....	Dancer
Arthur Partington	....	Flamingo ("The Garden of Eden")
	....	Dancer
Robert Penn	....	Hercule
Eddie Phillips	....	Dancer
	....	Penguin ("The Garden of Eden")
	....	Dancer
Richard Purdy	....	Etienne
Beverly Purvin	....	Marie
Erik Rhodes	....	Hilaire Jussac
	....	Hilaire Jussac
Arthur Rubin	....	Policeman
	....	Second
Michael Scrittorale	....	Kangaroo ("The Garden of Eden")
	....	Dancer
Jon Silo	....	Cafe Waiter
	....	Policeman
	....	Theophile (Understudy)
Beverly Tassoni	....	Kangaroo ("The Garden of Eden")
	....	Dancer
David Thomas (ii)	....	Court President, Henri Marceaux
	....	Customer
	....	Court President (Henri Marceaux)
	....	Customer
Pat Turner	....	Leopard ("The Garden of Eden")
	....	Dancer
	....	Model
Gwen Verdon	....	Eve ("The Garden of Eden")
	....	Claudine
Ruth Vernon	....	Sea Horse ("The Garden of Eden")
	....	Dancer
Deedee Wood	....	Penguin ("The Garden of Eden")
	....	Dancer
	....	Jailer
	....	Claudine (Understudy)

[Full Cast & Staff]

Can-Can

(Original Broadway Production, 1953)