Lute Song
Musical - Original
Plymouth Theatre
Data not verified
- First Preview:
- Opening Date: February 6, 1946
- Closing Date: June 8, 1946
- Previews: 0
- Performances: 142
Book: Will Irwin, Sidney Howard
Lyrics: Bernard Hanighen
Music: Raymond Scott
Synopsis
A young Chinese student abandons his wife and parents to make his fortune, becoming a noted magistrate and marrying a princess whose father forbids him to contact his former family, in this musical adaptation of the 14th-century Chinese play Pi-Pa-Ki.
Opening Night Cast
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Mary Martin | Tchao-Ou-Niang |
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Yul Brynner | Tsai-Yong |
| Helen Craig | Princess Nieou-Chi | |
| Nancy Davis | Si-Tchun | |
| Augustin Duncan | Tsai | |
| Mildred Dunnock | Madame Tsai | |
| McKay Morris | Prince Nieou | |
| Rex O'Malley | Youen-Kong |
Opening Night Production Credits
| Sidney Howard | Book | |
| Will Irwin | Book | |
| Raymond Scott | Music | |
| Bernard Hanighen | Lyrics | |
| John Houseman | Director | |
| Yeichi Nimura | Choreographer |
