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The Beauty Part
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The Beauty Part
Broadway
Original
Music Box Theatre
239 W. 45th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
music:
Don Walker
playwright:
S. J. Perelman
People (36)
Bert Lahr
Harry Hubris
(Original)
Hyacinth Beddoes Laffoon
(Original)
Judge Herman J. Rinderbrust
(Original)
Milo Leotard Allardyce DuPlessis Weatherwax
(Original)
Nelson Smedley
(Original)
Alice Ghostley
Grace Fingerhead
(Original)
Kitty Entrail
(Original)
Octavia Weatherwax
(Original)
Charlotte Rae
Gloria Krumgold
(Original)
Mrs. Lafcadio Mifflin
(Original)
Mrs. Younghusband
(Original)
Rowena Inchcape
(Original)
Maurice Brenner
Camera Man
(Original)
David Doyle
Bunce
(Original)
Curtis Fingerhead
(Original)
Hanratty
(Original)
Maurice Blount
(Original)
Mike Mulroy
(Original)
Wagnerian
(Original)
Patricia Englund
April Munkhood
(Original)
Gil Gardner
Elmo
(Original)
Fish-Market Boy
(Original)
Policeman
(Original)
Secretary
(Original)
Van Lennep
(Original)
Sean Garrison
Rob Roy Fruitwell
(Original)
Larry Hagman
Lance Weatherwax
(Original)
William LeMassena
Bailiff
(Original)
Boris Pickwick
(Original)
Emmett Stagg
(Original)
Hagedorn
(Original)
Hennepin
(Original)
Joseph Leon
Goddard Quagmeyer
(Original)
Arnold Soboloff
Joe Gourielli
(Original)
Rukeyser
(Original)
Vernon Equinox
(Original)
Vishnu
(Original)
Fiddle Viracola
Chenille Schreiber
(Original)
Court Stenographer
(Original)
Sherry Quicklime
(Original)
Marie Wallace
Roxanna DeVilbiss
(Original)
Bernie West
Poteat
(Original)
Sam Fussfeld
(Original)
Seymour Krumgold
(Original)
Wormser
(Original)
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Bert Lahr
Harry Hubris
(Original)
Hyacinth Beddoes Laffoon
(Original)
Judge Herman J. Rinderbrust
(Original)
Milo Leotard Allardyce DuPlessis Weatherwax
(Original)
Nelson Smedley
(Original)
Alice Ghostley
Grace Fingerhead
(Original)
Kitty Entrail
(Original)
Octavia Weatherwax
(Original)
Charlotte Rae
Gloria Krumgold
(Original)
Mrs. Lafcadio Mifflin
(Original)
Mrs. Younghusband
(Original)
Rowena Inchcape
(Original)
Maurice Brenner
Camera Man
(Original)
David Doyle
Bunce
(Original)
Curtis Fingerhead
(Original)
Hanratty
(Original)
Maurice Blount
(Original)
Mike Mulroy
(Original)
Wagnerian
(Original)
Patricia Englund
April Munkhood
(Original)
Gil Gardner
Elmo
(Original)
Fish-Market Boy
(Original)
Policeman
(Original)
Secretary
(Original)
Van Lennep
(Original)
Sean Garrison
Rob Roy Fruitwell
(Original)
Larry Hagman
Lance Weatherwax
(Original)
William LeMassena
Bailiff
(Original)
Boris Pickwick
(Original)
Emmett Stagg
(Original)
Hagedorn
(Original)
Hennepin
(Original)
Joseph Leon
Goddard Quagmeyer
(Original)
Arnold Soboloff
Joe Gourielli
(Original)
Rukeyser
(Original)
Vernon Equinox
(Original)
Vishnu
(Original)
Fiddle Viracola
Chenille Schreiber
(Original)
Court Stenographer
(Original)
Sherry Quicklime
(Original)
Marie Wallace
Roxanna DeVilbiss
(Original)
Bernie West
Poteat
(Original)
Sam Fussfeld
(Original)
Seymour Krumgold
(Original)
Wormser
(Original)
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S. J. Perelman
Writer
Noel Willman
Director
Jonathan Lucas
Choreographer
William Pitkin
Scenic Design
Lighting Design
Alvin Colt
Costume Design
Ernest Adler
Hair Design
Don Walker
Incidental Music
Incidental Music Orchestrations
Perry Bruskin
Production Stage Manager
Bruce Laffey
Stage Manager
Maurice Brenner
Assistant Stage Manager
Jerri Kenneally
Casting
Elias Goldin
General Manager
Leonard A. Mulhern
Company Manager
Bob Ullman
General Press Representative
Anne Woll
Press Representative
Fred Golden
Advertising
Michael Ellis
Producer
Edmund Anderson
Produced in Association with
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Dec
26
1962
Closing Date
Mar
9
1963
Performances
85
as of Jun 19, 2025
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Awards
Tony Award
1963
Best Featured Actress in a Play
Alice Ghostley
Nominee
1963
Best Actor in a Play
Bert Lahr
Nominee
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