"The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" - Music Box Theatre
Our playbill of "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs", performed at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway, was dated January 25, 1958 by Norman Landau, the gentlemen who saw the original production and kept the playbill. Mr. Landau also noted that the show was "Good +" and taped several newspaper clippings to the inside including a review by Brooks Atkinson.
Cast (In order of appearance)
Name | Role |
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Pat Hingle | Rubin Flood |
Teresa Wright | Cora Flood |
Charles Saari | Sonny Flood |
Jonathan Shawn | Boy Offstage |
Judith Robinson | Reenie Flood |
Evans Evans | Flirt Conroy |
Frank Overton | Morris Lacey |
Eileen Heckart | Lottie Lacey |
Timmy Everett | Sammy Goldenbaum |
Carl Reindel | Punky Givens |
Anthony Ray | Chauffeur |
Sandy Dennis | u/s for Flirt Conroy & Reenie Flood |
Anthony Ray | u/s for Sammy Goldenbaum & Punky Givens |
Jonathan Shawn | u/s for Boy Offstage |
Production Staff
Name | Role |
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Saint Subber | Producer |
Elia Kazan | Producer |
Elia Kazen | Director |
Ben Edwards | Set Design |
Lucinda Ballard | Costume Design |
Jean Rosenthal | Lighting Design |
William Nolan | Set Construction |
Betty de Stefano | Miss Wright's hair |
Enrico Caruso | Miss Heckart's hair |
Eva Shelley | Hats |
Jessie Zimmer | Stockings |
C. Edwin Knill | General Manager |
Morry Efron | Company Manager |
Selma Tamber | Production Manager |
Harvey B. Sabinson | Press Agent |
David Powers | Press Agent |
Bernard Simon | Press Agent |
Burry Fredrik | Production Stage Manager |
Bernard Pollock | Stage Manager |
Ingram Ash | Advertising Representative |
Anthony Ray | Asst. Stage Manager |
Chester Perry | Master Carpenter |
Mickey Burns | Master Electrician |
Irving Pasternak | Master of Properties |
Ed Earle | Pianist |
Flo Davis | Wardrobe Mistress |