Promises, Promises
Broadway Musical
Comedy Previews March 28 2010
Opened April 25 2010 Running Time
To come Tickets $56.50 to $136.50
Prices do not include any taxes,
service charges or other charges
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Restrictions Children under 4 years of
age not permitted
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No Performances Mar 27th 2:00P |
Mar 31st 2:00P | Apr 7th 2:00P | Apr 25th 3:00P
Added Performances Apr 25th 6:30P
Curtain Changes
Producers
Broadway Across America, Craig Zadan, Neil Meron,
Weinstein Company, Terry Allen Kramer, Candy Spelling, et al
Creative
Billy Wilder & I A L Diamond original screenplay
Neil Simon book
Burt Bacharach music
Hal David lyrics
Jonathan Tunick orchestrations
Rob Ashford director & choreographer
Bruce Pask costume design
Donald Holder lighting design
Scott Pask scenic design
Brian Ronan sound design
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Sean Hayes |
Chuck Baxter |
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Kristin Chenoweth |
Fran Kubelik |
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Tony Goldwin |
J D Sheldrake |
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Katie Finneran |
Marge MacDougal |
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Brooks Ashmanskas |
Mr Dobitch |
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Dick Latessa |
Dr Dreyfuss |
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Peter Benson |
Mr Kirkeby |
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Sean Martin Hingston |
Mr Eichelberger |
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Ken Land |
Jesse Vanderhof |
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Synopsis
Promises, Promises is based on The Apartment (below).
The plot is simple, but the details get complicated -- that's where
the fun is. Chuck Baxter, a very junior employee of the Consolidated
Life Insurance Company, is promised extra help up the corporate
ladder for allowing his bosses to use his apartment for, umm,
after-hours meetings. The arrangement works out well for all parties
until Chuck meets one of the other parties, Fran Kubelik, and takes
a shine to her. Unbeknownst to him, she is a participant in
after-hours meetings with one of his superiors, J D Sheldrake
And this is where the details come in...
Broadway Show History
Promises, promises, prom-prom promises...
Yeah, that's the toe-tapper folks left the
Shubert
Theater humming the night of Sunday, December 1, 1968. Jerry
Orbach as Chuck Baxter opposite Jill O'Hara as Fran Kubelik were
supported by a great cast, including A Larry Haines as Dr Dreyfuss
and Edward Winter as J D Sheldrake. Among the company's young
performers with high aspirations were Carole (later Kelly) Bishop,
Ken Howard, Baayork Lee, and Donna Mckechnie
Helmed by Robert Moore with choreography by Michael Bennet, the
production played 1,281 performances. It was nominated for eight
1969 Tonys®; Jerry Orbach
won for best actor, while Marian Mercer got the nod as best featured
actress for her portrayal of Marge MacDougal
In the Movies
Billy Wilder directed the 1960 film The Apartment, and penned
the screenplay with I A L Diamond. Jack Lemon and Shirley MacLaine
starred with support from Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Hope Holiday
and Edie Adams
The film was nominated for ten Academy Awards, it took home the
hardware for best picture, director, screenplay, editing and art
direction
Jim Says
As a young college freshman I was able to see Promises during
the first week of its run thanks to a buddy from high school who was
then interning for producer David Merrick. It was the Wednesday
evening performance. The seats were tenth row, center. Cost of the
tix? A whopping $17.50 per
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