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Production Information

Opening:	December 03, 1953
Closing:	April 23, 1955
# Performances:	583
Theatres:	Ziegfeld Theatre (12/3/1953 - 4/23/1955)
	Ziegfeld Theatre (12/3/1953 - 4/23/1955)
Production Type:	Original Production
Production Status:	Closed
Run Type:	Open Run
Market:	Broadway
Intermissions:	1

Production Staff

Louis Adrian

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Musical Director

Lemuel Ayers

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Costume Designer

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Scenic Designer

Peggy Clark

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Lighting Designer

Jack Cole

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Choreographer

Christine Ell

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Choral Director

William Ellfeldt

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Choral Director

Arthur Kay

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Orchestrator

Albert Marre

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Director

Original Cast | Replacements

Neile Adams	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Diwan Dancer
Lucy Andonian	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Ayah to Zubbediya
Henry Calvin	....	Wazir of Police
	....	The Wazir of Police
Gerald Cardoni	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Muezzin
	....	Singer
Tom Charlesworth	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Chief Policeman
Philip Coolidge	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Omar
Anita Coulter	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Singer
Patricia Dale	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Dancer
Thelma Dare	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Ayah to Samaris
	....	Singer
Joan Diener	....	Lalume
Jack Dodds	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Akbar
	....	Dervish
	....	Diwan Dancer
Alfred Drake	....	Hajj
	....	Public Poet, later called Hajj
Patricia Dunn	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Princess of Ababu
Bonnie Evans	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Princess of Ababu
Stephen Ferry	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Wazir's Guard
Truman Gaige	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Jawan
Hal Hackett	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Hassan-Ben
	....	Second Policeman
Lila Jackson	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Singer
	....	Slave Girl
Richard Kiley	....	The Caliph
Devra Kline	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Dancer
Beatrice Kraft	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Princess Samaris of Bangalore
Mario Lamm	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Attendant
Robert Lamont	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Second Beggar
	....	Singer
Florence Lessing	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Princess Zubbediya of Damascus
	....	Street Dancer
Jack Mei Ling	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Doorman
Earle MacVeigh	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	A Peddler
	....	First Beggar
	....	Prosecutor
	....	later called Hajj (Understudy)
	....	Public Poet (Understudy)
Doretta Morrow	....	Marsinah (Haji's Daughter)
Jo Ann O'Connell	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Singer
	....	Street Woman
	....	Marsinah (Understudy)
Carol Ohmart	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Slave Girl
Richard Oneto	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Imam of the Mosque
	....	Singer
	....	The Bangle Man
Joyce Palmer	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Slave Girl
Louis Polacek	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Muezzin
	....	Singer
Steve Reeves	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Wazir's Guard
Ania Romaine	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Dancer
George E. Romaine	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Dancer
Reiko Sato	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Princess of Ababu
Rodolfo Silva	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Third Beggar
Barbara Slate	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Singer
	....	The Widow Yussef
Kirby Smith	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	A Merchant
	....	Muezzin
	....	Singer
Vida Ann Solomon	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Dancer
Sandra Stahl	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Slave Girl
Roberta Stevenson	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Dancer
	....	Princess of Ababu (Understudy)
Ralph Strane	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Muezzin
	....	Singer
Lynne Stuart	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Singer
	....	Street Woman
Erica Twiford	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Singer
Richard Vine	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	A Servant
	....	Singer
	....	Omar (Understudy)
John Weidemann	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Attendant
Marc Wilder	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Assiz
	....	Dervish
	....	Diwan Dancer
George Yarick	....	Ensemble/Other Roles
	....	Singer

Neile Adams	....	Princess of Ababu
	....	Princess of Ababu (Understudy)
Carmen Austin	....	Singer
	....	Slave Girl
Gerald Cardoni	....	Hassan-Ben (Understudy)
Francis Compton	....	Omar
Loren Driscoll	....	Singer
	....	The Bangle Man
Clifford Fearl	....	Hassan-Ben
	....	Singer
	....	Second Policeman (Understudy)
Ronnie Field	....	Assiz
	....	Third Beggar
Ann Flood	....	Slave Girl
April Gaskins	....	Dancer
Phyllis Gehrig	....	Dancer
Arthur Hammond	....	Muezzin
	....	Singer
	....	The Caliph (Understudy)
Stuart Hodes	....	Akbar
	....	Doorman
William Johnson	....	Public Poet, later called Hajj
	....	later called Hajj
	....	Public Poet
Ingeborg Kjeldsen	....	Singer
	....	Slave Girl
Mario Lamm	....	Wazir's Guard
Nancy Lynch	....	Dancer
Bruce MacKay	....	Second Policeman
Earle MacVeigh	....	The Wazir of Police (Understudy)
Elaine Malbin	....	Marsinah
Ethel Martin	....	Street Dancer
	....	Princess Samaris of Bangalore (Understudy)
George Martin	....	Dervish
Carol Ohmart	....	Lalume (Understudy)
Richard Oneto	....	The Caliph
	....	The Caliph (Understudy)
Steve Reeves	....	Attendant
Don Rogers	....	Muezzin
	....	Singer
Kirby Smith	....	Chief Policeman
	....	Jawan (Understudy)
	....	later called Hajj (Understudy)
	....	Public Poet (Understudy)
	....	The Wazir of Police (Understudy)
Joanne Spiller	....	Singer
	....	Slave Girl
	....	Lalume (Understudy)
Sandra Stahl	....	Singer
	....	The Widow Yussef
Edward Thuren	....	Attendant
Ted Thurston	....	Singer
	....	Taman
	....	The Caliph
	....	A Peddler (Understudy)
	....	Chief Policeman (Understudy)
	....	First Beggar (Understudy)
	....	Muezzin (Understudy)
	....	Prosecutor (Understudy)
Erica Twiford	....	The Widow Yussef
Prue Ward	....	Princess of Ababu
Don Weissmuller	....	Dervish
	....	Akbar (Understudy)
	....	Assiz (Understudy)
	....	Doorman (Understudy)
	....	Third Beggar (Understudy)
Julie Wilson	....	Lalume
Doris Yarick	....	Singer
	....	Ayah to Zubbediya (Understudy)

[Full Cast & Staff]

Kismet

(Original Broadway Production, 1953)