A Visit to a Small Planet

Comedy - Original

Booth Theatre

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  • Opening Date: February 7, 1957
  • Closing Date: January 11, 1958
  • Previews: 0
  • Performances: 388

Playwright: Gore Vidal

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    • Inside the Playbill - A Visit to a Small Planet
 

Synopsis

An alien visits Earth hoping to see the Civil War but lands in a 20th-century Virginia family's back yard. He decides to stay even after discovering his mistake and orchestrates a war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union instead.

 

Opening Night Cast

Cyril Ritchard Kreton
Martyn Green Kreton [Alternate]
Eddie Mayehoff General Tom Powers
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Opening Night Production Credits

Gore Vidal Gore Vidal Writer
  Cyril Ritchard Director
  Oliver Smith Scenic Design
  Patricia Zipprodt Costume Supervisor
  Feder Lighting Design
  Masque Sound Engineering Company Sound Design
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Inside the Playbill (9)

  • Inside the Playbill - A Visit to a Small Planet
  • Inside the Playbill - A Visit to a Small Planet
  • Inside the Playbill - A Visit to a Small Planet
  • Inside the Playbill - A Visit to a Small Planet
Visit to a Small Planet - February 1957
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Shows That Opened That Season: 1956 - 1957

 
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Awards


Tony Award

Year Category Name Winner/Nominee
1957 Actor in a Play Cyril Ritchard Nominee
1957 Featured Actor in a Play Eddie Mayehoff Nominee
1957 Scenic Design (Play or Musical) Oliver Smith Nominee
 
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