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Production Information

Opening:	March 31, 1943
Closing:	May 29, 1948
# Performances:	2212
Theatres:	St. James Theatre (3/31/1943 - 5/29/1948)
	St. James Theatre (3/31/1943 - 5/29/1948)
	Colonial Theatre (3/15/1943 - ?)
Production Type:	Original Production
Production Status:	Closed
Run Type:	Open Run
Market:	Broadway
Intermissions:	1
Version:	Original Broadway Version

Production Staff

Lemuel Ayers

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Scenic Designer

Russell Bennett

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Orchestrator

Agnes de Mille

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Choreographer

Rouben Mamoulian

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Director

Agnes De Mille

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Choreographer

Jacob Schwartzdorf

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Musical Director

Miles White

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Costume Designer

Original Cast | Replacements

Diana Adams	....	Dancer
	....	Dancing Ensemble
Remo Arlotta	....	Singing Ensemble
Elsie Arnold	....	Singer
	....	Singing Ensemble
Bobby Barrentine	....	Dancer
	....	Other Post Card (Dream Ballet)
	....	Dancing Ensemble
John Baum	....	Singer
	....	Singing Ensemble
Harvey Brown	....	Singer
	....	Singing Ensemble
Kenneth Buffett	....	Dancer
	....	Dancing Ensemble
	....	Performer (Swing)
Joseph Buloff	....	Ali Hakim
George Church	....	Dream Jud
	....	Jess
Edwin Clay	....	Singer
	....	Fred
	....	Singing Ensemble
Joseph Cunneff	....	Singing Ensemble
Howard Da Silva	....	Jud Fry
Margit DeKova	....	Dancer
Lee Dixon	....	Will Parker
Alfred Drake	....	Curly
Jack Dunphy	....	Dancer
	....	Dancing Ensemble
	....	Performer (Swing)
Nona Feid	....	Dancer
	....	Laurey's Friend (Dream Ballet)
	....	Dancing Ensemble
Gary Fleming	....	Dancer
	....	Dancing Ensemble
	....	Performer (Swing)
Kate Friedlich	....	Dancer
	....	One of Jud's Postcards (Dream Ballet)
	....	Armina
	....	Dancing Ensemble
Betty Garde	....	Aunt Eller
Hayes Gordon	....	Singer
	....	Sam
	....	Singing Ensemble
June Graham	....	Laurey's Friend (Dream Ballet)
Ray Harrison	....	Dancer
	....	Dancing Ensemble
	....	Performer (Swing)
Maria Harriton	....	Dancer
	....	Laurey's Friend (Dream Ballet)
	....	Dancing Ensemble
Jack Harwood	....	A Cowboy
Rhoda Hoffman	....	Dancer
	....	Laurey's Friend (Dream Ballet)
	....	Dancing Ensemble
Celeste Holm	....	Ado Annie Carnes
Eddie Howland	....	Dancer
Edmund Howland	....	Dancing Ensemble
	....	Performer (Swing)
George S. Irving	....	Joe
	....	Singer
George Irving	....	Joe
	....	Singing Ensemble
Gary Smith, Jr.	....	Singing Ensemble
Barry Kelley	....	Ike Skidmore
Margit De Kova	....	One of Jud's Postcards (Dream Ballet)
	....	Dancing Ensemble
Eric Kristen	....	Dancing Ensemble
	....	Performer (Swing)
Erik Kristen	....	Dancer
Jane Lawrence	....	Gertie Cummings
	....	Gertie Cummings
Kenneth LeRoy	....	Dancer
Bambi Linn	....	Dancer
	....	Aggie
	....	Dancing Ensemble
	....	Dream Child
Suzanne Lloyd	....	Singer
	....	Singing Ensemble
Ellen Love	....	Singer
	....	Kate
	....	Singing Ensemble
Dorothea MacFarland	....	Singer
Owen Martin	....	Cord Elam
Joan McCracken	....	Dancer
	....	One of Jud's Postcards (Dream Ballet)
	....	Dancing Ensemble
	....	Sylvie
Dorothea McFarland	....	Singing Ensemble
Pat Meany	....	Dancing Ensemble
	....	Performer (Swing)
May Muth	....	Singing Ensemble
Carl Nelson	....	Singing Ensemble
Virginia Oswald	....	Singer
	....	Singing Ensemble
Robert Penn	....	Singer
	....	Singing Ensemble
Marc Platt (ii)	....	Chalmers
	....	Chalmers
	....	Dream Curley
Ralph Riggs	....	Andrew Carnes
Herbert Rissman	....	Singer
	....	Singing Ensemble
	....	Slim
Joan Roberts	....	Laurey
Rosemary Schaefer	....	Laurey's Friend (Dream Ballet)
	....	Dancing Ensemble
Katharine Sergava	....	Dream Laurey
	....	Ellen
Paul Shiers	....	Singer
	....	Mike
	....	Singing Ensemble
Howard Da Silva	....	Jud Fry
Vivienne Simon	....	Singer
	....	Singing Ensemble
Faye Smith	....	Singer
	....	Singing Ensemble
Vivian Smith	....	Dancer
	....	Other Post Card (Dream Ballet)
	....	Dancing Ensemble
Arthur Ulisse	....	Singer
	....	Singing Ensemble
Billie Zay	....	Dancer
	....	Laurey's Friend (Dream Ballet)
	....	Dancing Ensemble

Vivian Allen	....	Ado Annie Carnes
	....	Gertie Cummings
Florenz Ames	....	Andrew Carnes
Leif Argo	....	Dancing Ensemble
Tom Avera	....	Chalmers
	....	Will Parker
Jack Baker	....	Dancer
	....	Dancing Ensemble
Herbert Berghof	....	Ali Hakim
Tom Bowman	....	Singer
	....	Singing Ensemble
Pamela Britton	....	Gertie Cummings
Buster Burnell	....	Dancer
	....	Cowboy
	....	Dancing Ensemble
	....	Performer (Swing)
Maxwell Coker	....	Dancer
	....	Dancing Ensemble
Lloyd Cole	....	Singer
	....	Sam
	....	Singing Ensemble
Payne Converse	....	Dancer
	....	Dancing Ensemble
Paul Crabtree	....	Will Parker
Ann Crowley	....	Singer
	....	Singing Ensemble
Joseph Cunneff	....	Joe
Miriam Day	....	Singer
	....	Singing Ensemble
Jay Dowd	....	Dancer
	....	Dream Curley
Nona Feid	....	Dancer
	....	Other Post Card
Gary Fleming	....	Dancer
	....	Cowboy
Louise Fornaca	....	Dancer
	....	Dancing Ensemble
	....	One of Jud's Postcards
	....	Sylvie
Phyllis Gehrig	....	Armina
Harold Gordon	....	Joe
	....	Singer
	....	Joe
	....	Singing Ensemble
J. Gould	....	Singer
	....	Singing Ensemble
June Graham	....	Dancer
	....	Dancing Ensemble
	....	Other Post Card
Muriel Gray	....	Dancer
	....	Armina
	....	Dancing Ensemble
	....	Other Post Card
Stokeley Gray	....	Joe
	....	Joe
Birgin Haldorson	....	Singer
	....	Singing Ensemble
Ruth Harte	....	Dancer
	....	Aggie
	....	Dancing Ensemble
	....	Dream Child
Mary Hatcher	....	Laurey
Marian Horosko	....	Dancer
	....	Dancing Ensemble
	....	Laurey's Friend
Howard Keel	....	Curly
	....	Curly
	....	Curly
Bob Kennedy	....	Curly
Jack Kilty	....	Curly (Alternate)
	....	Will Parker (Alternate)
Marie Korjinska	....	Dancer
	....	Dancing Ensemble
Vladimir Kostenko	....	Dancer
	....	Dream Jud
	....	Jess
Dania Krupska	....	Dancer
	....	Dream Laurey
	....	Ellen
Irene Larson	....	Dancer
	....	Armina
	....	Dancing Ensemble
	....	Other Post Card
Pat Likely	....	Dancer
	....	Dancing Ensemble
Paul Lyday	....	Dancing Ensemble
	....	Laurey's Friend
Beatrice Lynn	....	Dancer
	....	Dancing Ensemble
	....	Laurey's Friend
	....	One of Jud's Postcards
Betty Lynn	....	Sylvie
Dorothea MacFarland	....	Gertie Cummings
Remi Martel	....	Sam
Remi Martell	....	Dancer
	....	Dancing Ensemble
	....	Sam
Pat Meany	....	Dancer
	....	Cowboy
Scott Merrill	....	Dancer
	....	Chalmers
	....	Dream Curley
Joseph Meyer	....	Ike Skidmore
	....	Ike Skidmore
Jack Miller	....	Dancer
	....	Cowboy
	....	Dancing Ensemble
	....	Performer (Swing)
Mae Muth	....	Kate
May Muth	....	Gertie Cummings
David Neuman	....	Dancer
	....	Cowboy
Ann Newland	....	Dancer
	....	Dancing Ensemble
	....	Laurey's Friend
Remington Olmstead	....	Singer
	....	Dancer
	....	Dancing Ensemble
	....	Singing Ensemble
Valentina Oumansky	....	Dancer
	....	Dancing Ensemble
	....	One of Jud's Postcards
Robert Pagent	....	Dancer
	....	Dancing Ensemble
Miriam Pandor	....	Dancer
	....	Dancing Ensemble
	....	Laurey's Friend
James Parnell	....	Will Parker
Susan Pearce	....	Singer
	....	Singing Ensemble
Bonita Primrose	....	Ado Annie Carnes
Frances Rainer	....	Dancer
	....	Dancing Ensemble
	....	One of Jud's Postcards
Richard Rober	....	Jud Fry
	....	Jud Fry
	....	Jud Fry
Kenneth Le Roy	....	Dancer
	....	Cowboy
	....	Dancing Ensemble
	....	Performer (Swing)
Allen Sharp	....	Fred
Paul Shiers	....	Fred
Edna Skinner	....	Ado Annie Carnes
	....	Ado Annie Carnes
	....	Ado Annie Carnes
Vivian Smith	....	Dancer
	....	One of Jud's Postcards
Jean Snider	....	Singer
	....	Singing Ensemble
George Stecher	....	Dancer
	....	Cowboy
	....	Dancing Ensemble
Harry Stockwell	....	Curly
	....	Curly
	....	Curly
Bill Sumner	....	Dancer
	....	Cowboy
	....	Dancing Ensemble
David Tihmar	....	Chalmers
Arthur Ulisse	....	Sam
Frank Vespia	....	Singer
	....	Singing Ensemble
Murvyn Vye	....	Jud Fry
Helen Wagner	....	Singer
	....	Kate
	....	Singing Ensemble
J. T. Ward	....	Dancer
	....	Dancing Ensemble
Jack Ward	....	Dancer
	....	Cowboy
Betty Jane Watson	....	Laurey
Milton Watson	....	Curly (Standby)
	....	Will Parker (Standby)
Ruth Weston	....	Aunt Eller
Shelley Winters	....	Ado Annie Carnes
Iva Withers	....	Laurey
Evelyn Wyckoff	....	Laurey
	....	Laurey
	....	Laurey

[Full Cast & Staff]

Oklahoma!

(Original Broadway Production, 1943)