Helen Gallagher "MOLLY DARLING" St. Louis Municipal Opera 1962 Souvenir Program

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This is a beautiful souvenir program from the 1962 season of the ST. LOUIS MUNICIPAL OPERA presented in
the Municipal Open Air Theatre (Forest Park) in St. Louis, Missouri ..... Among the shows offered that summer was the
one-week, out-of-town tryout of the obscure MARTIN QUIGLEY, JAY LANDESMAN and TOMMY WOLF musical comedy "MOLLY DARLING". (The production played one week beginning June 25th, 1962 in St. Louis and failed to arrive in New York.) ..... The musical starred HELEN GALLAGHER, KELLEY STEPHENS, NOLAN VAN WAY, RICHARD TONE and EDWIN STEFFE and featured EDMUND LYNDECK, CAMILA ASHLAND, JACK MURDOCK, KATHLEEN NOSER, KITTY SULLIVAN, LORY STARK, MARY STEVENSON, CAROLE LINTZENICH, ZONA KENNEDY, WILLIAM LINDGREN, DAVEY BOLD, JEROME ZEFFREN, PHIL RASH, DAVID SMITH, DAVID McLAREN, JOHN PAUL TOTTER, GREGORY NANOS and DOROTHY BRANDEMOUR ..... CREDITS: Book by MARTIN QUIGLEY and JAY LANDESMAN; Music by TOMMY WOLF; Lyrics by FRAN LANDESMAN; Sets designed by PAUL C. McGUIRE; Costumes designed by BILL HARGATE; Choreographed by MARC HERTSENS; Directed by JAMES VINCENT RUSSO; Produced by JOHN KENNEDY ..... The additional shows included Victor Young and Sammy Fain's musical "AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS" starring CYRIL RITCHARD (June 11th, 1962 for two weeks); George Abbott, Richard Adler and Jerry Ross' musical comedy "THE PAJAMA GAME" starring DOLORES GRAY and STEPHEN DOUGLASS (July 2nd, 1962 for one week); Mike Stewart, Charles Strouse and Lee Adams' musical comedy "BYE BYE BIRDIE" starring GRETCHEN WYLER and DICK PATTERSON (July 16th, 1962 for one week); Irving Berlin's musical comedy "ANNIE GET YOUR GUN" starring DOLORES GRAY (July 23rd, 1962 for one week); Sigmund Romberg's operetta "BLOSSOM TIME" starring WILLIAM WALKER, MONTE AMUNDSEN, JILL HAWTHORNE and EILEEN SCHAULER (July 30th, 1962 for one week); Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's musical comedy "OKLAHOMA!" starring PETER PALMER and LOUISE O'BRIEN and featuring MARGARET HAMILTON as "Aunt Eller" (August 6th, 1962 for one week); L. Frank Baum, Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg's musical "THE WIZARD OF OZ" starring WENDY MARTIN, WILL B. ABLE, IGGIE WOLFINGTON and MARGARET HAMILTON (August 13th, 1962 for one week) and Meredith Willson's musical comedy "THE MUSIC MAN" starring NORWOOD SMITH, JACQUELYN McKEEVER and IGGIE WOLFINGTON (August 20th, 1962 for two weeks)
..... DETAILS: The oversized 52 page program measures 8 3/8" X 11" inches and includes full production credits, cast lists, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers, individual photos and bios of each of the leading actors and members of the creative team, extensive text on the history of the St. Louis Municipal Opera with photos and several production photos from previous seasons ..... CONDITION: With the exception of light edge wear, this 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.