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.