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The American Dance Machine
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The American Dance Machine Playbill - June 1978
The American Dance Machine Playbill - June 1978
The American Dance Machine
Broadway
Original
Century Theatre
235 W. 46th St., New York, NY, New York, NY
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Cast
Current
Cast
Opening Night
Production Credits
Opening Night
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Helena Andreyko
Ensemble
(Original)
Nancy Louise Chismar
Soloist
(Original)
Harold Cromer
Guest Artist
(Original)
Liza Gennaro
Ensemble
(Original)
Louise Hickey
Soloist
(Original)
Don Johanson
Soloist
(Original)
Amy Lester
Ensemble
(Original)
Patti Mariano
Guest Artist
(Original)
Greg Minahan
Ensemble
(Original)
Christine Oren
Ensemble
(Original)
Candice Prior
Ensemble
(Original)
Kevin Ryan
Ensemble
(Original)
Don Swanson
Guest Artist
(Original)
Alexandra Visitor
Ensemble
(Original)
Derek Wolshonak
Ensemble
(Original)
Donald Young
Ensemble
(Original)
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Jule Styne
Featured Songs
Frederick Loewe
Featured Songs
Featured Songs with Lyrics
George M. Cohan
Featured Songs
Richard Rodgers
Featured Songs
Harold J. Rome
Featured Songs
Sandy Wilson
Featured Songs
John Kander
Featured Songs
Gary Geld
Featured Songs
Cy Coleman
Featured Songs
Jerry Jeff Walker
Featured Songs
David Heneker
Featured Songs
Duke Ellington
Featured Songs
Meredith Willson
Featured Songs
Cole Porter
Featured Songs
Vincent Youmans
Featured Songs
James Van Heusen
Featured Songs
Leo Robin
Featured Songs with Lyrics
Oscar Hammerstein II
Featured Songs with Lyrics
Fred Ebb
Featured Songs with Lyrics
Carolyn Leigh
Featured Songs with Lyrics
Billy Strayhorn
Featured Songs with Lyrics
Johnny Mercer
Featured Songs with Lyrics
Alan Jay Lerner
Featured Songs with Lyrics
Irving Caesar
Featured Songs with Lyrics
Sammy Cahn
Featured Songs with Lyrics
Lee Theodore
Entire Production Directed and Supervised
Producer
Agnes de Mille
Featuring choreography from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Carousel and Brigadoon
Joe Layton
Featured Choreography from "George M!"
Michael Kidd
Featuring choreography from Destry Rides Again and Can Can
Buddy Schwab
Featuring choreography from The Boy Friend
Ron Field
Featured Choreography from "Cabaret"
Robert Tucker
Featuring choreography from Shenandoah
Production Stage Manager
Bob Fosse
Featured Choreography from "Little Me"
Onna White
Featuring choreography from Half a Sixpence
Carol Haney
Featuring choreography from Television
Peter Gennaro
Featuring choreography from The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Donald Saddler
Featured Choreography from "No, No, Nanette"
Danny Daniels
Featuring choreography from Walking Happy
Evelyn Taylor
Choreographic reconstruction
Karin Baker
Choreographic reconstruction
Patti Mariano
Choreographic reconstruction
Gemze de Lappe
Choreographic reconstruction
Swen Swenson
Choreographic reconstruction
Eleonore Treiber
Choreographic reconstruction
Marianne Selbert
Choreographic reconstruction
Gene Gavin
Choreographic reconstruction
Tom Panko
Choreographic reconstruction
Ron Bostick
Choreographic reconstruction
Eric Paynter
Choreographic reconstruction
Buzz Miller
Choreographic reconstruction
Vito Durante
Choreographic reconstruction
James Jamieson
Choreographic reconstruction
Ken Urmstrom
Choreographic reconstruction
Helen Gallagher
Choreographic reconstruction
Richard Korthaze
Choreographic reconstruction
John David Ridge
Costume Design
Rolande Guizart
"No, No Nanette" costume designed
Jeremy Johnson
Lighting Design
David Baker
Associate Director
Dance Arrangements
Danny Hurd
Special Arrangements
Albert Murray
Historical Material Arrangements
Harold Cromer
Historical Material Arrangements
Trude Rittman
Dance Arrangements
Laurence Rosenthal
Dance Arrangements
Genevieve Pitot
Dance Arrangements
John Heawood
Dance Arrangements
Russell Warner
Dance Arrangements
Robert Wagner
Dance Arrangements
Robert Prince
Dance Arrangements
Peter Matz
Dance Arrangements
Sol Berkowitz
Dance Arrangements
Luther Henderson
Dance Arrangements
Edward Scott
Dance Arrangements
Nancy Louise Chismar
Dance Captain
James Walsh
General Manager
Alpert / LeVine
General Press Representative
Ash / LeDonne
Advertising
Sy Friedman
Photographer
Roger Greenawalt
Additional photography
Martha Swope
Additional photography
Kenn Duncan
Additional photography
Louis K. Sher
Producer
Gloria Hope Sher
Producer
The American Dance Machine (Lee Theodore: Founder and Executive Director)
Original Producer
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First Preview
Jun
6
1978
Opening Date
Jun
14
1978
Closing Date
Dec
3
1978
Performances
199
as of Jun 19, 2025
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