This is a beautiful September 1964 playbill from the Original Broadway production of the JULE STYNE, BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN musical comedy "FADE OUT - FADE IN" which played the Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York City. (The show opened May 26th, 1964 and ran for 271 performances.) ..... The musical starred CAROL BURNETT as "Hope Springfield" (shown in the cover photo) and featured JACK CASSIDY, DICK PATTERSON, MITCHELL JASON, JUDY CASSMORE, REUBEN SINGER, VIRGINIA PAYNE, TIGER HAYNES, AILEEN POE, DAN RESIN, DON CRICHTON, GENE VARRONE, STEPHEN ELMORE, FRANK TWEDDELL and LOU JACOBI ..... CREDITS: Music by JULE STYNE (the prolific composer of "Gypsy", "Darling of the Day", "Do Re Mi", "Funny Girl", "Bells are Ringing", "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", "Hallelujah, Baby!", "Hazel Flagg", "High Button Shoes", "Subways Are For Sleeping", "Sugar", "Prettybelle" and "Two on the Aisle"); Book and Lyrics by BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN ("On the Town", "Wonderful Town", "Bells are Ringing", "Say, Darling", "Do Re Mi", "Two on the Aisle", "Subways are for Sleeping", "Fade Out, Fade In", "Hallelujah, Baby!", "On the Twentieth Century", "Applause", "A Doll's Life", "The Will Rogers Follies"); Sets designed by WILLIAM and JEAN ECKART; Costumes designed by DONALD BROOKS; Choreographed by ERNEST FLATT; Directed by GEORGE ABBOTT; Produced by LESTER OSTERMAN and JULE STYNE ..... DETAILS: The 46 page playbill measures 6" X 9" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers and bios of each of the leading actors but with the exception of the front cover, no cast photos ..... BONUS: The playbill includes a full page illustration of SAMMY DAVIS, Jr. and ROBERT PRESTON as the "Dromio Twins" in Rodgers and Hart's "The Boys From Syracuse", number 7 in the AL HIRSCHFELD series "Unlikely Casting" ..... CONDITION: With the exception of light edge wear, this playbill is in excellent condition.
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