Broadway Musical Home - The Boys from Syracuse

The Rodgers and Hart musical adaptation of Shakespeare's A Comedy of Errors.

Story:

Identical twins both named Antipholus are served by another set of identical twins both named Dromio. The twins, separated since birth, arrive in the same city and a wonderful series of mishaps occur as the twins are mistaken for each other.

: Composer
Richard Rodgers

: Lyricist
Lorenz Hart

: Librettist
George Abbott

Broadway Premiere

Theatre: Alvin Theatre

Opening Night: Nov 23, 1938

Total Performances: 235

Original Cast: Jimmy Savo, Teddy Hart, Eddie Albert, Wynn Murray, Ronald Graham, Muriel Angelus, Marcy Wescott, Betty Bruce and Burl Ives

Director: George Abbott

Choreographer: George Balanchine

Producer: George Abbott

Musical Director: Harry S. Levant

Orchestrations: Hans Spialek

Scenic Design: Jo Mielziner

Costume Design: Irene Sharaff

Lighting Design: Jo Mielziner

2002 Broadway Revival

Theatre: American Airlines Theatre

Opening Night: Aug 18, 2002

Total Performances: 73

Original Cast: Jeffrey Broadhurst, Walter Charles, Toni diBuono, Erin Dilly, Jonathan Dokuchitz, Sara Gettelfinger, Deidre Goodwin, Milena Govich, George Hall, Teri Hansen, Jackée Harry, Tom Hewitt, Fred Inkley, Davis Kirby, Kirk McDonald, Elizabeth Mills, Lauren Mitchell, J. C. Montgomery, Scott Robertson, Joseph Siravo, Lee Wilkof, Chip Zien

Director: Scott Ellis

Choreographer: Rob Ashford

Producer: The Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes: Artistic Director; Ellen Richard: Managing Director; Julia C. Levy: Executive Director of External Affairs; Gene Feist: Founding Director)

Musical Director: David Loud

Orchestrations: Don Sebesky

Scenic Design: Thomas Lynch

Costume Design: Martin Pakledinaz

Lighting Design: Donald Holder

1940 Film Version

Movie Name: The Boys from Syracuse

Type: Hollywood Musical

Director: A. Edward Sutherland

Screenplay: Paul Girard Smith and Leonard Spigelgass

Starring: Allan Jones, Irene Hervey, Martha Raye, Joe Penner, Alan Mowbray, Charles Butterworth, Rosemary Lane, Samuel S. Hinds, Tom Dugan, Spencer Charters