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==Production history== |
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''Jimmy Shine'' opened on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] on December 5, 1968 at the [[Brooks Atkinson Theatre]] where it closed on April 26, 1969 after 161 performances. The production starred [[Dustin Hoffman]] in the title role, with [[Pamela Payton-Wright]] as [[Aura Lee|Constance Fry]], [[Susan Sullivan]] as Elizabeth Evans, [[Rose Gregorio]] as Rosie Pitkin, [[Charles Siebert]] as Michael Leon, [[Cleavon Little]] as Lee Haines, [[Rue McClanahan]] as Sally Weber, [[Barbara Cason]] as Miss Green, [[Eli Mintz]] as Mr. Lepke, [[Dorothy Emmerson]] as Rita, [[Gale Dixon]] as Millie, and [[Arnold Wilkerson ]] as Arnold. Hoffman won a [[Drama Desk Award]] for Outstanding Performance for his role in the production. |
''Jimmy Shine'' opened on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] on December 5, 1968, at the [[Brooks Atkinson Theatre]], where it closed on April 26, 1969, after 161 performances. The production starred [[Dustin Hoffman]] in the title role, with [[Pamela Payton-Wright]] as [[Aura Lee|Constance Fry]], [[Susan Sullivan]] as Elizabeth Evans, [[Rose Gregorio]] as Rosie Pitkin, [[Charles Siebert]] as Michael Leon, [[Cleavon Little]] as Lee Haines, [[Rue McClanahan]] as Sally Weber, [[Barbara Cason]] as Miss Green, [[Eli Mintz]] as Mr. Lepke, [[Dorothy Emmerson]] as Rita, [[Gale Dixon]] as Millie, and [[Arnold Wilkerson ]] as Arnold. Hoffman won a [[Drama Desk Award]] for Outstanding Performance for his role in the production. |
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Revision as of 17:36, 11 February 2018
Jimmy Shine is a play with music. It was written by Murray Schisgal with music and lyrics by John Sebastian. The plot centers on its title character who is a struggling artist in Greenwich Village during the 1960s. Much of the story follows Jimmy's relationships with various women in his life and how he copes with love, sex, death, and rejection in relation to both himself and his art. [1]
Production history
Jimmy Shine opened on Broadway on December 5, 1968, at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, where it closed on April 26, 1969, after 161 performances. The production starred Dustin Hoffman in the title role, with Pamela Payton-Wright as Constance Fry, Susan Sullivan as Elizabeth Evans, Rose Gregorio as Rosie Pitkin, Charles Siebert as Michael Leon, Cleavon Little as Lee Haines, Rue McClanahan as Sally Weber, Barbara Cason as Miss Green, Eli Mintz as Mr. Lepke, Dorothy Emmerson as Rita, Gale Dixon as Millie, and Arnold Wilkerson as Arnold. Hoffman won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance for his role in the production.