Best Foot Forward

Theatre
Name: Stage 73
Address: 321 East 73rd Street, New York, NY 10021
Production Information
Number of performances: 224
Opening date: April 2, 1963
Closing date: October 14, 1963
Opening Night Credits

Production Credits
Person/Company Credit
Lawrence Baker Jr. Producer
Buster Davis Producer
Joan D'Incecco Producer
Arthur Whitelaw Producer
  
John Cecil Holm Book
Ralph Blane Lyricist
Hugh Martin Lyricist
Ralph Blane Composer
Hugh Martin Composer
  
Danny Daniels Director
Buster Davis Musical Director
  
Danny Daniels Choreographer
  
Robert Fletcher Set Designer
Robert Fletcher Costume Designer
Jules Fisher Lighting Designer
  
Max Eisen Press Representative
  
Toni Manzi Stage Manager
  
William Goldenberg Dance Arrangements

Cast
Actor Role
Gene Castle LeRoy "Goofy" Clarke
Paul Charles Fred Jones
Jill Choder Winnie McKaye
Kay Cole Minerva Brooks
Edwin Cooper Doctor Reeber
Edmund Gaynes Monroe "Hunk" Hoyt
Jack Irwin Old Grad
Paul Kastl Chet Evans
Tony Manzi Professor Lloyd
Susie Martin Lois Street
Liza Minnelli Ethel Hofflinger
Don Slaton Harrison "Satchel" Moyer
Karen Smith Debbie Baxter
Truman Smith Chester Billings
Patricia Stewart Waitress/Nurse
Grant Walden Jack Haggerty
Christopher Walken Clayton
Glenn Walken Bud Hooper
Paula Wayne Gayle Joy
Renee Winters Linda Ferguson
Karin Wolfe Helen Schlessinger
Replacement Credits

Cast
Actor Role
David Hartman Old Grad
Veronica Lake Gayle Joy
Marsha Levant Ethel Hofflinger
Kenneth Mars Chester Billings
Marcia Strassman Ethel Hofflinger
Awards
Award Person / Company Function
1 WON 1963 Theatre World Award Liza Minnelli Actor
Notes
At the time this production played Christopher Walken was known as Ronald Walken.