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Awake and Sing!
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Awake and Sing! Playbill - Feb 1935
Awake and Sing!
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Belasco Theatre
111 W. 44th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
The battle lines for a lower-middle-class Jewish family in the Depression-era Bronx are drawn between the string-pulling parents who think they know best and their resistant offspring who have hatched their own dreams of the future.
playwright:
Clifford Odets
People (14)
Luther Adler
Moe Axelrod
(Original)
Stella Adler
Bessie Berger
(Original)
Roman Bohnen
Schlosser
(Original)
Phoebe Brand
Hennie Berger
(Original)
J. Edward Bromberg
Uncle Morty
(Original)
Morris Carnovsky
Jacob Berger
(Original)
John Garfield
Ralph Berger
(Original)
Sanford Meisner
Sam Feinschreiber
(Original)
Tootsie Miller
Tootsie
(Original)
Art Smith
Myron Berger
(Original)
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Luther Adler
Moe Axelrod
(Original)
Stella Adler
Bessie Berger
(Original)
Roman Bohnen
Schlosser
(Original)
Phoebe Brand
Hennie Berger
(Original)
J. Edward Bromberg
Uncle Morty
(Original)
Morris Carnovsky
Jacob Berger
(Original)
John Garfield
Ralph Berger
(Original)
Sanford Meisner
Sam Feinschreiber
(Original)
Tootsie Miller
Tootsie
(Original)
Art Smith
Myron Berger
(Original)
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Clifford Odets
Writer
Harold Clurman
Director
Boris Aronson
Scenic Design
The Group Theatre Company
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Feb
19
1935
Closing Date
Sep
28
1935
Performances
208
as of Nov 29, 2025
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