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Original
Steel
Broadway
Original
Provincetown Playhouse
133 MacDougal St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Harold Igo
People (24)
Kenneth Cooper Sloan
Yanez
(Original)
Don DeFore
Hunky
(Original)
Edward Fitzpatrick
Mike Shine
(Original)
Paul H. Rohmann
Stan
(Original)
Priscilla Jamison
Marya
(Original)
Ad Karns
Shorty
(Original)
Will Kuluva
Butch Mullins
(Original)
Arthur Lithgow
Davies
(Original)
Vito Scotti
Joe
(Original)
Evelyn Evers
Second Neighbor
(Original)
Richard Cahill
Bill the Riveter
(Original)
First Shoveler
(Original)
O'Toole
(Original)
Donald Campbell
Third Shoveler
(Original)
Allan Frank
Guard
(Original)
Pete
(Original)
Oma Hagar
First Neighbor
(Original)
Helen Kanapielka
Third Neighbor
(Original)
John Manners
Second Shoveler
(Original)
Jay Putney
Pit Boss
(Original)
Bertha Van Zee
Fourth Neighbor
(Original)
Allan Vaughan
Boy
(Original)
Paul Weaver
Foreman
(Original)
Old Peter
(Original)
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Kenneth Cooper Sloan
Yanez
(Original)
Don DeFore
Hunky
(Original)
Edward Fitzpatrick
Mike Shine
(Original)
Paul H. Rohmann
Stan
(Original)
Priscilla Jamison
Marya
(Original)
Ad Karns
Shorty
(Original)
Will Kuluva
Butch Mullins
(Original)
Arthur Lithgow
Davies
(Original)
Vito Scotti
Joe
(Original)
Evelyn Evers
Second Neighbor
(Original)
Richard Cahill
Bill the Riveter
(Original)
First Shoveler
(Original)
O'Toole
(Original)
Donald Campbell
Third Shoveler
(Original)
Allan Frank
Guard
(Original)
Pete
(Original)
Oma Hagar
First Neighbor
(Original)
Helen Kanapielka
Third Neighbor
(Original)
John Manners
Second Shoveler
(Original)
Jay Putney
Pit Boss
(Original)
Bertha Van Zee
Fourth Neighbor
(Original)
Allan Vaughan
Boy
(Original)
Paul Weaver
Foreman
(Original)
Old Peter
(Original)
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Harold Igo
Writer
Ad Karns
Staging
Melville Bernstein
Scenic Design
Margaret Karns
Costume Design
The Producers Theatre
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Dec
19
1939
Closing Date
Dec
30
1939
Performances
9
as of Jan 30, 2026
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