Title: Piaf
Date: June 1981
Type: Play
Company: N/A
Location: Plymouth Theatre, NYC, USA
Playwright: Pam Gems
Director: Howard Davies
Collection Folder: Folder 19

Cast

Emcee/Manager, also known as Henri: David Leary
Piaf: Jane Lapotaire
“Papa” Leplée, owner of Cluny Club/American Sailor #2: Peter Friedman
Toine: Zoe Wanamaker
Emil, Maître d’ at Cluny Club/Jacko: Nicholas Woodeson
Legionnaire/Pierre, on bicycle; later Piaf’s agent: Stephen Davies
Jacques, a Thug/German Solider #1/Angelo: Lewis Arlt
Eddie, a Thug/Butcher/Marcel/Barman: Robert Christian
Little Louis, a Thug/German Soldier #2/Lucien/Dope Pusher: Michael Ayr
Police Inspector/Georges/Physiotherapist: Kenneth Welsh
Paul, man with Rose/American Sailor #1/Theo: David Purdham
Marlene: Jean Smart
Madeleine: Judith Ivey
Nurse: Sherry Steiner

Piano: Michael Dansicker
Accordion: Charles Sauss
Bass: Ray Kidlay

Alternate Piaf (Weds. Mat.): Judith Ivey
Alternate Madeleine (Weds. Mat.): Sherry Steiner
Alternate Nurse (Weds. Mat): Cynthia Carle

Understudy Marlene/Nurse/Madeleine: Cynthia Carle
Understudy Physiotherapist/Paul: Robert Christian
Understudy Eddie: Stephen Davies
Understudy Dope Pusher/German Soldier #1: Peter Friedman
Understudy Manager/Inspector/Georges/American Sailor #1/German Soldier #2: Michael Hammond
Understudy Marcel/Jacques/Theo/Legionnaire/American Sailor #2: Christopher McHale
Understudy Leplée: David Purdham
Understudy Toine/Madeleine/Piaf: Sherry Steiner
Understudy Pierre/Jacko/Emil/Lucien/Little Louis: Robert Thaler
Understudy Angelo: Kenneth Welsh
Understudy Barman/Butcher: Nicholas Woodeson

Crew

For Piaf

Producers: Elizabeth I. McCann, Nelle Nugent, The Shubert Organisation, Ray Larsen
Associate Producers: Warner Theatre Productions Inc.
Original Production By: Royal Shakespeare Company

Assistant Director: Helaine Head
Musical Direction & Arrangements: Michael Dansicker
Set Design: David Jenkins
Assistant to Mr Jenkins: Michael Smith
Costume Design: Julie Weiss
Associate Costume Designer: Lee Austin
Wigs: Paul Huntley
Lighting Design: Beverly Emmons
Assistant to Miss Emmons: Peter Kaczorowksi
Sound Design: Jack Mann

General Management: McCann & Nugent
Production Coordinator: Brent Peek
Production Stage Manager: Helaine Head
Management Associates: Claire Calkins, Ann Dorszynski, David Domedion, Elizabeth Hermann

Company Manager: James A. Gerald
Stage Manager: William Gammon
Assistant Stage Manager: Christopher McHale

Production Carpenter: Elbert Kuhn
Production Electrician: Gustave Popiel
Soundman: James G. Limberg
Production Propertyman: Mel Saltzman
Master Propertyman: Michael Gallagher

Wardrobe Supervisor: Margot Moore
Miss Lapotaire’s Dresser: Veneda Truesdale
Miss Wanamaker’s Dresser: Jan Shoebridge
Hairdresser: Stephen Campanella

Musical Copying Services: Music Preparation Intl., Larry Abel, John F. Knapp
Special Effects: Chic Silber
Assistant to Mr Silber: David Benson
Speech Consultant: Elizabeth Smith
Casting: Johnson-Liff Associates

General Press Representative: Joshua Ellis for Solters/Roskin/Friedman Inc.
Press Associate: David LeShay
Marketing Associate: James C. Ezzes
Press Assistant: Cindy Valk

For the Plymouth Theatre

Owners: Shubert Organisation

Chairman, Shubert Organisation: Gerald Schoenfeld
President, Shubert Organisation: Bernard B. Jacobs
Board of Directors, Shubert Organisation: Helen M. Hollerith, John W. Kluge, Lee J. Seidler, Kettu H. Shubert, Irving M. Walls
Executive Vice President, Shubert Organisation: Philip J. Smith
Vice President, Finance, Shubert Organisation: Robert E. Wankel
Special Projects Director, Shubert Organisation: Warren Caro
Corporate Relations Director, Shubert Organisation: Lee Silver

Programme Published By: Playbill