Candide.
Contributors: Costa, Mary.; Porretta, Frank.; Campbell, Douglas, 1922-; Meister, Barbara, 1932-; Wilbur, Richard, 1921-; Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984.; Patinkin, Sheldon.; Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990.; Voltaire, 1694-1778.; Curran Theatre (Organization : San Francisco, Calif.); San Francisco Civic Light Opera Association.; Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1971
Language: eng
Notes: The San Francisco Civic Light Opera Association, in association with the trustees of Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., presents Mary Costa, Frank Porretta, Douglas Campbell, in the premiere of a new version of Voltaire's "Candide," also starring Rae Allen, William Lewis, Joshua Hecht, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Richard Wilbur, other lyrics by John La Touche, this version by Sheldon Patinkin, based on the play by Lillian Hellman, with Harold Brown, Eugene Green, Annette Cardona, Robert Ito, Barbara Meister, produced by Edwin Lester, scenery by Oliver Smith, costumes by Freddy Wittop, lighting by Peggy Clark, music director Maurice Peress, dances and musical numbers staged by Michael Smuin, conceived and directed by Sheldon Patinkin.

Curran Theatre, beginning July 6, 1971.

Cast: Douglas Campbell, Frank Porretta, Mary Costa, Barbara Meister, William Lewis, Annette Cardona, Robert Ito, Joshua Hecht, Harold Brown, Eugene Green, Howard Chitijian, Juleste Salvé, Garold Gardner, Danny Villa, Rae Allen, Lucy Adonian, Marvin Samuels, James L. Cutlip, Cecile Wilson, Tina Blandy, Maris O'Neill, Damita Freeman, Marie Patrice, Georgelton McClain, Robert Bakanic.

Title devised by Library staff.

"Performing arts, San Francisco's music & theatre monthly, July 1971, vol. 5, no. 7"--p. 6.

In: Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress).