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Once Over Lightly
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Once Over Lightly Playbill - Nov 1942
Once Over Lightly
Broadway
Original
Alvin Theatre
250 W. 52nd St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
music:
Dean Fuller
,
Alec Wilder
,
Gioacchino Rossini
,
Ralph Strain
,
Samuel Mathovsky
lyrics:
Ira Wallach
,
Marshall Barer
,
William Engvick
book:
Louis Garden
,
Robert Pierpont Forshaw
People (34)
Carlos Alexander
Don Basilio
(Original)
Dr. Bartolo
(Original)
Igor Gorin
Figaro
(Original)
Felix Knight
Almaviva
(Original)
Harold Kravitt
Don Basilio
(Original)
Robert Marshall
Almaviva
(Original)
Grace Panvini
Rosina
(Original)
Myron Szandrowsky
Fiorella
(Original)
Nord Vernellj
Fiorella
(Original)
Ardelle Warner
Bertha
(Original)
Frances Watkins
Rosina
(Original)
Richard Wentworth
Dr. Bartolo
(Original)
Van Atkins
Musicians and Soldiers
(Original)
Max Birnbaum
Musicians and Soldiers
(Original)
Dick Bracken
Musicians and Soldiers
(Original)
Anthony Musarra
Musicians and Soldiers
(Original)
Frank Price
Musicians and Soldiers
(Original)
Martin Stewart
Musicians and Soldiers
(Original)
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Carlos Alexander
Don Basilio
(Original)
Dr. Bartolo
(Original)
Igor Gorin
Figaro
(Original)
Felix Knight
Almaviva
(Original)
Harold Kravitt
Don Basilio
(Original)
Robert Marshall
Almaviva
(Original)
Grace Panvini
Rosina
(Original)
Myron Szandrowsky
Fiorella
(Original)
Nord Vernellj
Fiorella
(Original)
Ardelle Warner
Bertha
(Original)
Frances Watkins
Rosina
(Original)
Richard Wentworth
Dr. Bartolo
(Original)
Van Atkins
Musicians and Soldiers
(Original)
Max Birnbaum
Musicians and Soldiers
(Original)
Dick Bracken
Musicians and Soldiers
(Original)
Anthony Musarra
Musicians and Soldiers
(Original)
Frank Price
Musicians and Soldiers
(Original)
Martin Stewart
Musicians and Soldiers
(Original)
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Louis Garden
Book
Robert Pierpont Forshaw
Book
Gioacchino Rossini
Music
Dean Fuller
Music
Alec Wilder
Music
Samuel Mathovsky
Music
Ralph Strain
Music
Marshall Barer
Lyrics
William Engvick
Lyrics
Ira Wallach
Lyrics
Laszlo Halasz
Book Adaptation
Pierre Augustin Beaumarchais
Based on "The Barber of Seville"
Robert H. Gordon
Director
George Mead
Choreographer
Richard Rychtarik
Scenic Design
Saul C. Colin
Producer
Henri Leiser
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Nov
19
1942
Closing Date
Nov
22
1942
Performances
6
as of Dec 02, 2025
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