The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Theatre

Name:	Delacorte Theater
Address:	81 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024

Production Information

Number of performances:	24
Opening date:	August 4, 1985
Closing date:	September 1, 1985
External Links:	Internet Broadway Database

Production Description

Play-within-a-play format of Charles Dicken's unfinished murder mystery. Endings were determined by audience participation. Names of "actors" appear in parentheses.

Opening Night Credits

Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival	Producer
	Joseph Papp	Producer
	Jason Steven Cohen	Associate Producer
	New York Telephone	Associate Producer

	Rupert Holmes	Book
	Rupert Holmes	Music

	Wilford Leach	Director
	Michael Starobin	Musical Director
	Edward Strauss	Musical Director

	Graciela Daniele	Choreographer

	Bob Shaw	Set Designer
	Lindsay W. Davis	Costume Designer
	Paul Gallo	Lighting Designer
	Otts Munderloh	Sound Designer

	Bruce Campbell	Press Representative
	Merle Debuskey	Press Representative
	Richard Kornberg	Press Representative
	Don Summa	Press Representative

	James Harker	Production Stage Manager
	Robin Herskowitz	Stage Manager

	Michael Starobin	Conductor
	Rupert Holmes	Orchestrations
	Edward Strauss	Assistant Conductor
	Santo Russo	Baritone Horn
	Melanie L. Punter	Bass
	Earl M. McIntyre	Bass Trombone
	Peter Prosser	Cellist
	Glenn Rhian	Drums
	Russell Rizner	French Horn
	James Kowal	Keyboards
	Don Rebic	Keyboards
	Edward Strauss	Keyboards
	Skip Reed	Percussion
	Lester Cantor	Reeds
	Richard Heckman	Reeds
	David Weiss	Reeds
	Santo Russo	Trombone
	Phil Granger	Trumpet
	Earl M. McIntyre	Tuba

Cast

Actor	Role
Betty Buckley	Edwin Drood (Alice Nutting)
Patti Cohenour	Rosa Bud (Deidre Peregrine)
Jerome Dempsey	Durdles (Nick Cricker)
Nicholas Dunn	Client of Princess Puffer (Harry Sayle)
Karen Giombetti	Succubus (Sarah Cook)
Stephen Glavin	Statue (Christopher Lyon)
Charles Goff	Portrait/Horace(Brian Pankhurst)
Joe Grifasi	Bazzard (Phillip Bax)
Robert Grossman	Harold (James Throttle)
John Herrera	Neville Landless (Victor Grinstead)
Don Kehr	Deputy (Robert Bascomb)
Judy Kuhn	Alice (Isabel Yearsley)
Herndon Lackey	Julian (Alan Eliot)
Cleo Laine	Princess Puffer (Angela Prysock)
Francine Landes	Succubus (Gwendolen Prynn)
Howard McGillin	John Jasper (Clive Paget)
Brad Miskell	Client of Princess Puffer (Montague Pruitt)
Donna Murphy	Beatrice (Florence Gill)
George Rose	Mayor Thomas Sapsea (Your Chairman-William Cartwright)
Jana Schneider	Helena Landless (Janet Conover)
Larry Shue	Rev. Crisparkle (Wilfred Barking-Smythe)
George Spelvin	Dick Datchery
Charles Goff	Bazzard (Phillip Bax)/Rev. Crisparkle (Wilfred Barking-Smythe)	UNDERSTUDY
Robert Grossman	Mayor Thomas Sapsea (Your Chairman-William Cartwright)/Durdles (Nick Cricker)	UNDERSTUDY
Judy Kuhn	Edwin Drood (Alice Nutting)/Rosa Bud (Deidre Peregrine)	UNDERSTUDY
Herndon Lackey	John Jasper (Clive Paget)/Neville Landless (Victor Grinstead)	UNDERSTUDY
Brad Miskell	Deputy (Robert Bascomb)	UNDERSTUDY
Donna Murphy	Helena Landless (Janet Conover)/Princess Puffer (Angela Prysock)	UNDERSTUDY

Awards

		Award	Person / Company	Function
1	WON	1986 Clarence Derwent Award	Patti Cohenour	Actor
2	WON	1986 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Actor in a Musical	George Rose	Actor
3	WON	1986 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical	Jana Schneider	Actor
4	WON	1986 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Director of a Musical	Wilford Leach	Director
5	WON	1986 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Music	Rupert Holmes	Music
6	WON	1986 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Book of a Musical	Rupert Holmes	Book
7	WON	1986 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Orchestrations	Rupert Holmes	Orchestrations
8	WON	1986 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Costume Design	Lindsay W. Davis	Costume Designer
9	WON	1986 Edgar Award, Best Play
10	WON	1986 Theatre World Award	Cleo Laine	Actor
11	WON	1986 Theatre World Award	Howard McGillin	Actor