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New Faces of 1956
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New Faces of 1956 Playbill - July 1956
New Faces of 1956 Playbill - July 1956
New Faces of 1956
Broadway
Original
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
243 W. 47th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
music:
Dean Fuller
,
John Rox
lyrics:
Marshall Barer
,
Michael Brown
People (73)
Cast
Current
Cast
Opening Night
Production Credits
Opening Night
Franca Baldwin
Dancer, "Tell Her"
(Original)
Dreamer's Dream
(Original)
Entr'Acte Singer, "Don't Wait"
(Original)
Girl Monitor
(Original)
Grace
(Original)
Harem Houris
(Original)
Lola
(Original)
Member of the Graduating Class
(Original)
Pony
(Original)
Princess Doll
(Original)
Townsperson
(Original)
Suzanne Bernard
Ava
(Original)
Dreamer's Dream
(Original)
Gamin
(Original)
Harem Houris
(Original)
Member of the Graduating Class
(Original)
Pony
(Original)
Tourist
(Original)
Townsperson
(Original)
Urchin
(Original)
Jane Connell
Edna
(Original)
Harem Houris
(Original)
Miss Hat
(Original)
Mme. Interpreter
(Original)
Old Lady
(Original)
Singer, "April in Fairbanks"
(Original)
Singer, "Rouge"
(Original)
Wife
(Original)
Billie Hayes
Dreamer's Dream
(Original)
Pony
(Original)
Singer, "I Could Love Him"
(Original)
Singer, "The Greatest Invention"
(Original)
Sweeper Doll
(Original)
Teacher
(Original)
Townsperson
(Original)
Johnny Haymer
Broken Kimona
(Original)
Dreamer
(Original)
Dreamer's Dream
(Original)
Eric
(Original)
Italy
(Original)
M.C.
(Original)
Moe
(Original)
Roue
(Original)
Singer, "The Greatest Invention"
(Original)
Singer, "The Pioneer"
(Original)
Superintendent
(Original)
Violinist
(Original)
Tiger Haynes
Dreamer's Dream
(Original)
Levine
(Original)
Singer, "Scratch My Back"
(Original)
Singer, "The Washingtons Are Doin' Okay"
(Original)
Water Color
(Original)
Ann Henry
Dreamer's Dream
(Original)
Filly
(Original)
Singer, "And He Flipped"
(Original)
Singer, "Scratch My Back"
(Original)
T. C. Jones
Daughter
(Original)
Helen Hunt
(Original)
Hope Diamond
(Original)
Introduction to "Entr'Acte"
(Original)
Introduction to "Isn't She Lovely"
(Original)
Introduction to "Powers Below"
(Original)
Introduction to "Twenty Years in the Blackboard Jungle"
(Original)
Introduction to the Opening
(Original)
Moth of Desire
(Original)
John Laverty
Singer, "Talent"
(Original)
Johnny Laverty
2nd Sanitation Man
(Original)
Aristocrat
(Original)
Chorus Boy
(Original)
Dreamer's Dream
(Original)
Entr'Acte Singer, "I Could Love Him"
(Original)
Father in "Steady Edna"
(Original)
Johnny
(Original)
Member of the Graduating Class
(Original)
Messenger
(Original)
Roger
(Original)
Tony Taps
(Original)
Tourist
(Original)
Virginia Martin
Brazil
(Original)
Dreamer's Dream
(Original)
Femme du Monde
(Original)
Hairy Hilda
(Original)
Introduction to "Steady Edna"
(Original)
Marilyn
(Original)
Miss Bird Cage
(Original)
Mother Doll
(Original)
Mrs. Carruthers
(Original)
Singer, "Talent"
(Original)
Zelda
(Original)
Bill McCutcheon
Bamboo Brother
(Original)
Doc
(Original)
Dreamer's Dream
(Original)
George
(Original)
Great Britain
(Original)
Lover
(Original)
Manny
(Original)
Principal in "Boy Most Likely to Succeed"
(Original)
Principal in "Twenty Years in the Blackboard Jungle"
(Original)
The Boy Friend
(Original)
John Reardon
Announcer
(Original)
Aristocrat
(Original)
Bamboo Brother
(Original)
Father in "Girls 'n' Girls 'n' Girls"
(Original)
Husband
(Original)
Man
(Original)
Native Man
(Original)
Production Singer
(Original)
Singer, "Tell Her"
(Original)
U.S.S.R.
(Original)
Amru Sani
India
(Original)
Mrs. Mustapha
(Original)
Singer, "Hurry"
(Original)
Bob Shaver
Adolescent
(Original)
Aristocrat
(Original)
Caller
(Original)
Chorus Boy
(Original)
Class Valedictorian
(Original)
Junk Man
(Original)
Kowalski
(Original)
Tourist
(Original)
United States
(Original)
Jimmy Sisco
Aristocrat
(Original)
Bartender
(Original)
Chorus Boy
(Original)
Dancer, "Tell Her"
(Original)
Dreamer's Dream
(Original)
Entr'Acte Singer, "Blues"
(Original)
Father Doll
(Original)
Flower Vendor
(Original)
Ice Cream Vendor
(Original)
Mahoney
(Original)
Member of the Graduating Class
(Original)
Overseer
(Original)
Maggie Smith
France
(Original)
Harem Houris
(Original)
Harriet
(Original)
Introduction to "A Canful of Trash"
(Original)
Introduction to "The Broken Kimona"
(Original)
Introduction to "The Pioneer"
(Original)
Miss Orange
(Original)
Nurse
(Original)
Pura
(Original)
Steffany
(Original)
Tourist
(Original)
Woman
(Original)
Dana Sosa
Dreamer's Dream
(Original)
Entr'Acte Singer, "Girls 'n Girls"
(Original)
Girl Doll
(Original)
Girl in "Don't Wait 'Til it's too Late..."
(Original)
Harem Houris
(Original)
Member of the Graduating Class
(Original)
Native Woman
(Original)
Patty Potts
(Original)
Pony
(Original)
Townsperson
(Original)
Rod Strong
1st Sanitation Man
(Original)
Bamboo Brother
(Original)
Boy in "Don't Wait til it's too Late..."
(Original)
Chorus Boy
(Original)
Dreamer's Dream
(Original)
Entr'Acte Singer, "Tell Her"
(Original)
Introduction to "La Ronde: This is Quite a Perfect Night"
(Original)
Member of the Graduating Class
(Original)
Native Chief
(Original)
Policeman
(Original)
Prince Doll
(Original)
Inga Swenson
Harem Houris
(Original)
Jeune Fille
(Original)
Miss Blue Fish
(Original)
Mother
(Original)
Singer, "Boy Most Likely To Succeed"
(Original)
Soprano
(Original)
Tina
(Original)
Wife
(Original)
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Franca Baldwin
Dancer, "Tell Her"
(Original)
Dreamer's Dream
(Original)
Entr'Acte Singer, "Don't Wait"
(Original)
Girl Monitor
(Original)
Grace
(Original)
Harem Houris
(Original)
Lola
(Original)
Member of the Graduating Class
(Original)
Pony
(Original)
Princess Doll
(Original)
Townsperson
(Original)
Suzanne Bernard
Ava
(Original)
Dreamer's Dream
(Original)
Gamin
(Original)
Harem Houris
(Original)
Member of the Graduating Class
(Original)
Pony
(Original)
Tourist
(Original)
Townsperson
(Original)
Urchin
(Original)
Jane Connell
Edna
(Original)
Harem Houris
(Original)
Miss Hat
(Original)
Mme. Interpreter
(Original)
Old Lady
(Original)
Singer, "April in Fairbanks"
(Original)
Singer, "Rouge"
(Original)
Wife
(Original)
Billie Hayes
Dreamer's Dream
(Original)
Pony
(Original)
Singer, "I Could Love Him"
(Original)
Singer, "The Greatest Invention"
(Original)
Sweeper Doll
(Original)
Teacher
(Original)
Townsperson
(Original)
Johnny Haymer
Broken Kimona
(Original)
Dreamer
(Original)
Dreamer's Dream
(Original)
Eric
(Original)
Italy
(Original)
M.C.
(Original)
Moe
(Original)
Roue
(Original)
Singer, "The Greatest Invention"
(Original)
Singer, "The Pioneer"
(Original)
Superintendent
(Original)
Violinist
(Original)
Tiger Haynes
Dreamer's Dream
(Original)
Levine
(Original)
Singer, "Scratch My Back"
(Original)
Singer, "The Washingtons Are Doin' Okay"
(Original)
Water Color
(Original)
Ann Henry
Dreamer's Dream
(Original)
Filly
(Original)
Singer, "And He Flipped"
(Original)
Singer, "Scratch My Back"
(Original)
T. C. Jones
Daughter
(Original)
Helen Hunt
(Original)
Hope Diamond
(Original)
Introduction to "Entr'Acte"
(Original)
Introduction to "Isn't She Lovely"
(Original)
Introduction to "Powers Below"
(Original)
Introduction to "Twenty Years in the Blackboard Jungle"
(Original)
Introduction to the Opening
(Original)
Moth of Desire
(Original)
John Laverty
Singer, "Talent"
(Original)
Johnny Laverty
2nd Sanitation Man
(Original)
Aristocrat
(Original)
Chorus Boy
(Original)
Dreamer's Dream
(Original)
Entr'Acte Singer, "I Could Love Him"
(Original)
Father in "Steady Edna"
(Original)
Johnny
(Original)
Member of the Graduating Class
(Original)
Messenger
(Original)
Roger
(Original)
Tony Taps
(Original)
Tourist
(Original)
Virginia Martin
Brazil
(Original)
Dreamer's Dream
(Original)
Femme du Monde
(Original)
Hairy Hilda
(Original)
Introduction to "Steady Edna"
(Original)
Marilyn
(Original)
Miss Bird Cage
(Original)
Mother Doll
(Original)
Mrs. Carruthers
(Original)
Singer, "Talent"
(Original)
Zelda
(Original)
Bill McCutcheon
Bamboo Brother
(Original)
Doc
(Original)
Dreamer's Dream
(Original)
George
(Original)
Great Britain
(Original)
Lover
(Original)
Manny
(Original)
Principal in "Boy Most Likely to Succeed"
(Original)
Principal in "Twenty Years in the Blackboard Jungle"
(Original)
The Boy Friend
(Original)
John Reardon
Announcer
(Original)
Aristocrat
(Original)
Bamboo Brother
(Original)
Father in "Girls 'n' Girls 'n' Girls"
(Original)
Husband
(Original)
Man
(Original)
Native Man
(Original)
Production Singer
(Original)
Singer, "Tell Her"
(Original)
U.S.S.R.
(Original)
Amru Sani
India
(Original)
Mrs. Mustapha
(Original)
Singer, "Hurry"
(Original)
Bob Shaver
Adolescent
(Original)
Aristocrat
(Original)
Caller
(Original)
Chorus Boy
(Original)
Class Valedictorian
(Original)
Junk Man
(Original)
Kowalski
(Original)
Tourist
(Original)
United States
(Original)
Jimmy Sisco
Aristocrat
(Original)
Bartender
(Original)
Chorus Boy
(Original)
Dancer, "Tell Her"
(Original)
Dreamer's Dream
(Original)
Entr'Acte Singer, "Blues"
(Original)
Father Doll
(Original)
Flower Vendor
(Original)
Ice Cream Vendor
(Original)
Mahoney
(Original)
Member of the Graduating Class
(Original)
Overseer
(Original)
Maggie Smith
France
(Original)
Harem Houris
(Original)
Harriet
(Original)
Introduction to "A Canful of Trash"
(Original)
Introduction to "The Broken Kimona"
(Original)
Introduction to "The Pioneer"
(Original)
Miss Orange
(Original)
Nurse
(Original)
Pura
(Original)
Steffany
(Original)
Tourist
(Original)
Woman
(Original)
Dana Sosa
Dreamer's Dream
(Original)
Entr'Acte Singer, "Girls 'n Girls"
(Original)
Girl Doll
(Original)
Girl in "Don't Wait 'Til it's too Late..."
(Original)
Harem Houris
(Original)
Member of the Graduating Class
(Original)
Native Woman
(Original)
Patty Potts
(Original)
Pony
(Original)
Townsperson
(Original)
Rod Strong
1st Sanitation Man
(Original)
Bamboo Brother
(Original)
Boy in "Don't Wait til it's too Late..."
(Original)
Chorus Boy
(Original)
Dreamer's Dream
(Original)
Entr'Acte Singer, "Tell Her"
(Original)
Introduction to "La Ronde: This is Quite a Perfect Night"
(Original)
Member of the Graduating Class
(Original)
Native Chief
(Original)
Policeman
(Original)
Prince Doll
(Original)
Inga Swenson
Harem Houris
(Original)
Jeune Fille
(Original)
Miss Blue Fish
(Original)
Mother
(Original)
Singer, "Boy Most Likely To Succeed"
(Original)
Soprano
(Original)
Tina
(Original)
Wife
(Original)
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Paul Lynde
"Stars in the Rough," "Steady Edna," "Darts" sketches
Sketches Direction
Richard Maury
"The Broken Kimona" sketch
Lyrics for "The Broken Kimona"
Louis Botto
"A Canful of Trash" sketch
Neil Simon
"Madame Interpreter" sketch
Danny Simon
"Madame Interpreter" sketch
Terry Ryan
"Twenty Years in the Blackboard Jungle" sketch
Barry Blitzer
"Twenty Years in the Blackboard Jungle" sketch
Dean Fuller
Music for "One Perfect Moment"; "Isn't She Lovely"; "Scratch My Back"; "This is Quite a Perfect Night"; "Mustapha..."; "She's Got Everything"
John Rox
Music for "One Perfect Moment"; "Isn't She Lovely"; "Scratch My Back"; "This is Quite a Perfect Night"; "Mustapha..."; "She's Got Everything"
Michael Brown
Music for "The Washingtons Are Doin\' Okay"
Arthur Siegel
Music for "Tell Her," "A Doll's House," "Don't Wait...," "Boy Most Likely...," "White Witch"
Murray Grand
Music for "Hurry," "April in Fairbanks," "Rouge"
Matt Dubey
Music for "The Greatest Invention"
Lyrics for "What Does Dream Mean?" and "The Greatest Invention"
Sid Silvers
Music for "The Greatest Invention"
Lyrics for "The Greatest Invention"
Harold Karr
Music for "What Does Dream Mean?" and "The Greatest Invention"
Lyrics for "The Greatest Invention"
Irvin Graham
Music for "Girls 'n' Girls 'n' Girls"
Lyrics for "Girls 'n' Girls 'n' Girls"
Ronny Graham
Music for Opening Number
Lyrics for Opening Number
Paul Nassau
Music for "I Could Love Him" and "Talent"
Lyrics for "I Could Love Him" and "Talent"
Leslie Julian-Jones
Music for "One Perfect Moment"
Robert Stringer
Music for "The Broken Kimona"
Marshall Barer
Lyrics for One Perfect Moment"; "Isn't She Lovely"; "Scratch My Back"; "This is Quite a Perfect Night"; "Mustapha ..."; "She's Got Everything"
June Carroll
Lyrics for "Tell Her," "A Doll's House," "Don't Wait...," "Boy Most Likely...," "White Witch"
Elisse Boyd
Lyrics for "Hurry"
Leonard Sillman
Conception
Production Supervisor
Producer
David Tihmar
Musical Numbers Staging and Direction
Peter Larkin
Scenic Design
Thomas Becher
Costume Design
Peggy Clark
Lighting Design
Ted Royal
Orchestrations
Albert Sendrey
Orchestrations
Joe Glover
Orchestrations
Mortimer V. Halpern
Production Stage Manager
Leonard Auerbach
Stage Manager
Bill O'Brien
Assistant Stage Manager
John H. Del Bondio
General Manager
Bill Doll
National Press Representative
Bob Ullman
Associate Press Representative
Seymour Krawitz
Press Assistant
John Roberts
Producer
Yvette Schumer
Produced In Association With
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Opening Date
Jun
14
1956
Closing Date
Dec
22
1956
Performances
220
as of Oct 08, 2025
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New Faces of 1956 - July 1956
New Faces of 1956 - July 1956
New Faces of 1956 - July 1956
New Faces of 1956 - July 1956
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New Faces of 1956 - July 1956
New Faces of 1956 - July 1956
New Faces of 1956 - July 1956
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