This is a rare June 25th, 1963 playbill (and separate advertising broadside) from the Premiere engagement at the GLADIATORS MUSIC ARENA in Totowa, New Jersey. (The ten-week Premiere Season opened June 25th, 1963 and ran through September 1st, 1963.) ..... The Premiere Season opened with the one-week engagement of the EDWARD CHODOROV comedy "OH, MEN! OH, WOMEN!" ..... The play starred RAYMOND BURR (shown in the cover photo) and featured NAOMI BROSSART, ARTHUR KEEGAN, MICHAEL BRADFORD, ALBERT OTTENHEIMER, RICKI MINTE, ANN MITCHELL and GIGI CASCIO ..... CREDITS: Book by EDWARD CHODOROV; Sets designed by FRANK SILBERSTEIN; Directed by LESLIE CUTLER; Produced by GLADIATORS MUSIC ARENA ..... DETAILS: The four page playbill measures 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, synopsis of scenes and bios of each of the actors but with the exception of the front cover, no cast photos. Includes a single page advertising broadside with the entire season's attractions starting with RAYMOND BURR (TV's "Perry Mason") in "OH, MEN! OH, WOMEN!" and followed by ALLEN LUDDEN and BETTY WHITE in the Lerner and Loewe musical "BRIGADOON", LILO starring in the Cole Porter musical "CAN-CAN", PHIL FOSTER starring in the Frank Loesser musical "GUYS and DOLLS", JACK STERLING in the Meredith Willson musical "THE MUSIC MAN", JOE E. BROWN in the Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II musical "SHOW BOAT", EARL HOLLIMAN starring in the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical "OKLAHOMA!", Irving Berlin's "CALL ME MADAM" and MARGOT MOSER in the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical "SOUTH PACIFIC". The broadside measures 4 1/2" X 17" inches and also includes listings for the Music Festival and Monday Evening Jazz Events. The backside is blank ..... CONDITION: With the exception of a fold across the middle of the broadside, this rare set 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.
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