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The Most Happy Fella - Broadway Creative Team


Production Staff

Sidney Howard Source Material
(Based on film)
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Frank Loesser Bookwriter
Composer
Lyricist
Motley Costume Designer
Max Allentuck General Manager
Joseph Anthony Director
(Staging)
Arthur Cantor Press Representative
Henri Caubisens Production Stage Manager
Sam Farber Assistant Conductor
Robert Ganshaw Press Representative
Herbert Greene Musical Director
Herbert Greene was a Broadway conductor, vocal arranger, vocal coach and producer, prominent in the Broadway musical theater in New York City until his death in 1985. In 1958, he was a recipient of the Tony Award for The Music Man as Musical Director and Conductor, and won a second Tony Award as the show's co-producer with Kermit Bloomgarten. With a classical background in opera and composition, Greene wrote innovative vocal and choral arrangements for such hit musicals as Guys and Dolls, The Most Happy Fella, Bells Are Ringing, and The Unsinkable Molly Brown, to name a few. In addition to his ... read more
Joseph Harris Company Manager
Dania Krupska Choreographer
Ming Cho Lee 2nd Assistant Designer to Mr. Mielziner
He first worked on Broadway as a second assistant set designer to Jo Mielziner on The Most Happy Fella in 1956. Lee's first Broadway play as Scenic Designer was The Moon Besieged in 1962; he went on to design the sets for over 20 Broadway shows, including Mother Courage and Her Children, King Lear, The Glass Menagerie, The Shadow Box, and For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf. He won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design, a Helen Hayes Award, and in 1983 he received a Tony Award for Best Scenic Design for ... read more
Terence Little Stage Manager
Lynn Loesser Producer
Jo Mielziner Lighting Designer
Scenic Designer
Settings/Lighting
Al Nano Music Contractor
Arthur Partington Assistant to Miss Krupska
Arthur Rubin Assistant Stage Manager
Arthur Rubin (June 16, 1926 – July 22, 2023) It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Gold Card Manager Arthur Rubin. Arthur came into membership in February of 1962. Arthur Rubin, 97, died peacefully surrounded by his loving children: Ronnie and Anne, Alan and Jane. He had a long and distinguished career in the entertainment industry, both as a singer-actor on Broadway & in films and in theater management. He adored and loved his grandchildren Jonathan (Kristen), Erica (Mike) and Daniel (Gabby) and his great grandchildren Ezra, Miles and Sabine. Arthur began his professional career singing ... read more
Don Walker Orchestrator

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Awards and Nominations

1956 Theatre World Awards
Performance: Susan Johnson won.

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