Title: Ballroom
Date: December 1978
Type: Musical
Location: Majestic Theatre, NYC, USA
Music: Billy Goldenberg
Lyrics: Alan & Marilyn Bergman
Book: Jerome Kass
Production: Original Broadway Production
Collection Folder: Folder 19

Cast

Bea Asher: Dorothy Loudon
Helen, Her Sister-in-Law: Sally-Jane Heit
Jack, Her Brother-in-Law: John Hallow
Diane, Her Daughter: Dorothy Danner
David, Her Son: Peter Alzado

Natalie, Store Customer: Marilyn Cooper
Estelle, Store Customer: Roberta Haze
Kathy, Store Customer: Carol Flemming

At the Stardust Ballroom-
Alfred Rossi: Vincent Gardenia
Marlene: Lynn Roberts
Nathan Bricker: Bernie Knee
Angie: Patricia Drylie
Johnny ‘Lightfeet’: Howard Parker
Martha: Barbara Erwin
Petey: Gene Kelton
Shirley: Liz Sheridan
Paul: Michael Vita
‘Scooter’: Danny Carroll
Eleanor: Jayne Turner
Pauline Krim: Janet Stewart White
Faye: Roberta Haze
Harry ‘The Noodle’: Victor Griffin
Marie: Adriana Keathley
Emily: Mary Ann Niles
Mario: Terry Violino
Anitra: Svetlana McLee Grody
Carl: David Evans
Margaret: Mavis Ray
Thomas: Peter Gladke
Bill: Rudy Tronto
Stardust Ballroom Ensemble: Marilyn Cooper, Dick Corrigan, Bud Fleming, Carol Flemming, Mickey Gunnersen, Alfred Karl, Dorothy D. Lister, John J. Martin, Joe Milan, Frank Pietri

Swings: Kathie Dalton, Ken Urmston

Understudy Bea Asher: Liz Sheridan
Understudy Alfred Rossi: John J. Martin
Understudy Jack: Joe Milan
Understudy Scooter: Rudy Tronto
Understudy Angie: Mary Ann Niles
Understudy Martha/Emily/Shirley: Adriana Keathley
Understudy Diane: Carol Flemming
Understudy Helen/Marlene: Marilyn Cooper
Understudy Lightfeet: Gene Kelton
Understudy Eleanor: Roberta Haze
Understudy Pauline: Jayne Turner
Understudy David: Alfred Karl
Understudy Nathan Bricker: Michael Vita


Piano: Robert Colston
Drums: Ron Traxler

Crew

For Ballroom

Producer, Director, Choreographer: Michael Bennett
Co-Producers: Bob Avian, Bernard Gersten, Susan MacNair
Co-Choreographer: Bob Avian
Scenic Design: Robin Wagner
Costume Design: Theoni V. Aldredge
Hair Styles: Ted Azar
Lighting Design: Tharon Musser

Assistants to Mr Wagner: Nancy Winters, David Gropman
Assistants to Ms Musser: Marilyn Rennagel, Rick Belzer
Musical Assistant to the Choreographers: Peter Hammer
Associate to Miss Aldredge: Donna Tomas
Special Assistant to Miss Aldredge: Basha Johnson H.
Assistants to Mr Azar: Tony Marerro, Hiram Ortiz

Orchestrations: Jonathan Tunick
Sound Design: Otts Munderloh
Musical Direction: Don Jennings
Assistant Conductor: Les Scott
Music Preparation Supervisors: Mathilde Pincus, Al Miller
Rehearsal Pianist: Fran Liebergall

General Manager: Maurice Schaded
Company Manager: Sally Campbell
Assistant Company Manager: Linda Cohen
Production Stage Manager: Jeff Hamlin
Stage Manager: David Taylor
Assistant Stage Manager: Pat Trott
Production Assistant: Michael LaPoff

Casting Director: Shirley Rich
Assistant to the Casting Director: Mimi Obler
Additional Casting: Joe Nelson

Production Electrician: Gershen Shevett
Assistant Electricians: Michael Girman, Ron Annas, Jimmy Franklin
Technical Coordinator: Arthur Siccardi
Assistant Carpenters: Joe Patria, Christopher Nass
Flyman: Sonny Delvecchio
Property Master: George Green
Assistant Property Master: Eugene O’Donovan

Wardrobe Mistress: Alyce Gilbert
Wardrobe Staff: Bobbye Sue Albrecht, Charles Auburn, Cynthia J. Donnelly, William Jones, Robert Mooney, Reet Pell, Frances Rosenthal, Teresa Schipani, Sally Smith

Comptroller: Marvin Shulman
Quadrille Staff: Betty Jacobs, Marilyn Langrehr, Fran Lanier, Harry Kalkanis, Paul Flannery

General Press Representative: Merle Debuskey
Press Representative: Leo Stern

For the Majestic Theatre

Operators: Shubert Organisation

Chairman, Shubert Organisation: Gerald Schoenfeld
President, Shubert Organisation: Bernard B. Jacobs
Board of Directors, Shubert Organisation: Hellen M. Hollerith, John W. Kluge, Lee J. Seidler, Kerttu H. Shubert, Irving M. Wall
Director of Theatre Operations, Shubert Organisation: Warren Caro
General Manager, Shubert Organisation: Philip J. Smith
Director of Development, Shubert Organisation: Lee Silver

House Physician: Dr Max L. Kamen

Programme Published By: Playbill