Shirley Booth "BY THE BEAUTIFUL SEA" Wilbur Evans 1954 Tryout Souvenir Program - $130 - (Cannon Beach, OR)
This is a beautiful souvenir program from the Pre-Broadway tryouts of the HERBERT & DOROTHY FIELDS and ARTHUR SCHWARTZ musical "BY THE BEAUTIFUL SEA". (Following tryouts in New Haven, Philadelphia and Boston, the production opened April 8th, 1954 at the Majestic Theatre in New York City and ran for 268 performances.) ..... The musical starred the legendary SHIRLEY BOOTH and included WILBUR EVANS, CAMERON PRUD'HOMME, MAE BARNES, RAY MALONE, CAROL LEIGH, MARIA KARNILOVA and ANNE FRANCINE ..... CREDITS: Music by ARTHUR SCHWARTZ ("Three's a Crowd", "The Band Wagon", "Stars in Your Eyes", "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn", "The Gay Life", "Jennie"); Book by HERBERT and DOROTHY FIELDS; Lyrics by DOROTHY FIELDS; Sets designed by JO MIELZINER; Costumes designed by IRENE SHARAFF; Choreographed by HELEN TAMIRIS; Directed by MARSHALL JAMISON; Produced by ROBERT FRYER and LAWRENCE CARR ..... DETAILS: The oversized 20 page program measures 9" X 12" inches and includes full production credits, photos and bios of each of the leading actors and members of the creative team, photos from several of SHIRLEY BOOTH's prior stage successes, promotional text and three pages of rehearsal photos ..... PLEASE NOTE: The scanned pages have been cropped due to the limitations of my scanner. The margins are slightly wider than shown ..... CONDITION: With the exception of light edge wear, this rare program is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.
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