The cradle will rock
Contributors: Da Silva, Howard, 1909-1986; Hays, David, 1930-; Morley, Ruth; Parsons, Billy; Jonson, William; Blitzstein, Marc; Camus, Albert, 1913-1960; Coe, Richard L. (Richard Livingstone), 1914-1995, annotator; New York City Opera; City Center of Music and Drama (New York, N. Y.); Russian Tea Room; Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1960
Language: eng
Other titles: New York City Opera
Description: New York City Center, winter season 1960, New York City Opera, premiere performance by the New York City Opera of Marc Blitzstein's "The Cradle Will Rock," conducted by Lehman Engel, staged by Howard Da Silva, sets by David Hays, costumes by Ruth Morley, dance direction by Billy Parsons, chorus master: William Jonson.
Notes: New York City Center, Wednesday evening, February 17, at 8:15 o'clock, Saturday matinee, February 20, 1960, at 2:30 o'clock, Sunday evening, February 21, 1960, at 8:15 o'clock.

Title devised by Library staff.

"Playbill, a weekly magazine for theatregoers. The City Center of Music and Drama, Inc"--Cover.

Cast: Tammy Grimes, Seth Riggs, Arnold Voketaitis, Dan Merriman, Kenneth Smith, Jack Harrold, Michael Wager, Chandler Cowles, John Macurdy, Philip Bruns, Maurice Stern, Howard Fried, Joshua Hecht, William Griffis, Lehman Engel, Craig Timberlake, Ruth Kobart, Keith Kaldenberg, Nancy Dussault, Frank Porretta, George Del Monte, Sophie Ginn, Robert Kerns, David Atkinson, Jane A. Johnston, SethRiggs, William Saxon.

LC copy has notations by Coe. Accompanied by playbill advertisement for the Russian Tea Room with enrollment form for Friends of the City Center. Also accompanied by playbill advertisement for Kenneth Haigh in "Caligula," by Albert Camus at the 54th Street Theatre. Shelved under: New York City Opera.

With: Six characters in search of an author -- The ballad of Baby Doe -- Street scene -- The consul. Issued together.

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