Description
This is a rare April 7th, 1963 playbill (with an original ticket stub) from the musical revue "PUT IT IN WRITING" which played the Happy Medium Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. (The production would eventually arrive May 13th, 1963 at New York's Off-Broadway Theatre de Lys and close after only 24 performances.) ..... The ensemble cast included BARRY BURNS, CLAIBORNE CARY, BEN KELLER, PETER SANSONE, PAT SIMON, NANETTE STANLEY, VIRGINIA VESTOFF, TOM WILLIAMS and JO ANNE WORLEY ..... CREDITS: Sketches mostly by DAVID PANICH and JAY THOMPSON; Music and Lyrics by FRED EBB ("Flora the Red Menace", "Cabaret", "70, Girls, 70", "Chicago", "The Rink", "The Happy Time", "The Act", "Woman of the Year", "Zorba", "Curtains"), NORMAN MARTIN, G. WOOD, WILLIAM ANGELOS, ALAN KOHAN, BUD McCREEDY, MARTIN CHARNIN ("Annie", "I Remember Mama", "Hot Spot", "The First", "Mata Hari", "Zenda", "Two By Two", "La Strada"), ROBERT KESSLER, CHARLES STROUSE ("Annie", "Bye Bye Birdie", "All American", "Golden Boy", "Applause", "It's a Bird ... It's a Plane ... It's Superman!", "Charlie and Algernon", "Dance a Little Closer"), FRED TOBIAS and JAY THOMPSON ("Once Upon a Mattress", "From A to Z", "Thoroughly Modern Millie"); Sets designed by HERBERT SENN and HELEN POND; Costumes designed by BILL BELEW; Playbill Cover illustrated by AL HIRSCHFELD; Choreographed by JOYCE TRISLER; Directed by ROBERT WEINER; Produced by ROBERT WEINER with GEORGE and OSCAR MARIENTHAL ..... DETAILS: The sixteen page playbill measures 6 1/2" X 9" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers and bios of each of the actors and members of the creative team as well as individual photos of each cast member. Includes a ticket stub from the April 11th, 1963 evening performance ..... CONDITION: With the exception of tape residue on the ticket stub and inside the back cover where it was originally attached, the date written at the top of the back cover and creasing to the outside edge, this rare playbill 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, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.
