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Knickerbocker Holiday
Broadway
Original
Knickerbocker Holiday
Broadway
Original
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
243 W. 47th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
music:
Kurt Weill
lyrics:
Maxwell Anderson
book:
Maxwell Anderson
People (49)
Walter Huston
Pieter Stuyvesant
(Original)
Edith Angold
Mistress Schermerhorn
(Original)
Charles Arnt
DePeyster
(Original)
Donald Black
General Poffenburgh
(Original)
Richard Cowdery
Van Cortlandt, Jr.
(Original)
Howard Freeman
Schermerhorn
(Original)
Richard Kollmar
Brom Broeck
(Original)
Jeanne Madden
Tina Tienhoven
(Original)
Harry Meehan
Anthony Corlear
(Original)
Ray Middleton
Washington Irving
(Original)
Clarence Nordstrom
Tenpin
(Original)
James Phillips
Van Rensselaer
(Original)
Francis Pierlot
Roosevelt
(Original)
Vanderbilt
(Original)
Mark Smith
Tienhoven
(Original)
George Watts
Roosevelt
(Original)
Vanderbilt
(Original)
John E. Young
DeVries
(Original)
Albert Allen
Soldier
(Original)
Matthias Ammann
Soldier
(Original)
Robert Arnold
Citizen of New Amsterdam
(Original)
Jane Brotherton
Citizen of New Amsterdam
(Original)
Helen Carroll
Citizen of New Amsterdam
(Original)
Carol Dies
Citizen of New Amsterdam
(Original)
Dow Fonda
Soldier
(Original)
Margaret MacLaren
Citizen of New Amsterdam
(Original)
Ruth Mamel
Citizen of New Amsterdam
(Original)
William Marel
Citizen of New Amsterdam
(Original)
Warde Peters
Soldier
(Original)
Robert Rounseville
Citizen of New Amsterdam
(Original)
Rufus Smith
Citizen of New Amsterdam
(Original)
Margaret Stewart
Citizen of New Amsterdam
(Original)
William Wahlert
Citizen of New Amsterdam
(Original)
Erika Zaranova
Citizen of New Amsterdam
(Original)
Carl Nicholas
Citizen of New Amsterdam
(Replacement)
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Walter Huston
Pieter Stuyvesant
(Original)
Edith Angold
Mistress Schermerhorn
(Original)
Charles Arnt
DePeyster
(Original)
Donald Black
General Poffenburgh
(Original)
Richard Cowdery
Van Cortlandt, Jr.
(Original)
Howard Freeman
Schermerhorn
(Original)
Richard Kollmar
Brom Broeck
(Original)
Jeanne Madden
Tina Tienhoven
(Original)
Harry Meehan
Anthony Corlear
(Original)
Ray Middleton
Washington Irving
(Original)
Clarence Nordstrom
Tenpin
(Original)
James Phillips
Van Rensselaer
(Original)
Francis Pierlot
Roosevelt
(Original)
Vanderbilt
(Original)
Mark Smith
Tienhoven
(Original)
George Watts
Roosevelt
(Original)
Vanderbilt
(Original)
John E. Young
DeVries
(Original)
Albert Allen
Soldier
(Original)
Matthias Ammann
Soldier
(Original)
Robert Arnold
Citizen of New Amsterdam
(Original)
Jane Brotherton
Citizen of New Amsterdam
(Original)
Helen Carroll
Citizen of New Amsterdam
(Original)
Carol Dies
Citizen of New Amsterdam
(Original)
Dow Fonda
Soldier
(Original)
Margaret MacLaren
Citizen of New Amsterdam
(Original)
Ruth Mamel
Citizen of New Amsterdam
(Original)
William Marel
Citizen of New Amsterdam
(Original)
Warde Peters
Soldier
(Original)
Robert Rounseville
Citizen of New Amsterdam
(Original)
Rufus Smith
Citizen of New Amsterdam
(Original)
Margaret Stewart
Citizen of New Amsterdam
(Original)
William Wahlert
Citizen of New Amsterdam
(Original)
Erika Zaranova
Citizen of New Amsterdam
(Original)
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Kurt Weill
Music
Orchestrations
Music Arrangements
Maxwell Anderson
Lyrics
Washington Irving
Source Material (inspired by "Knickerbocker History of New York")
Joshua Logan
Staging
Director
Carl Randall
Choreographer
Edwin Denby
Choreographer
Jo Mielziner
Scenic Design
Frank Bevan
Costume Design
Alan Anderson
Stage Manager
Amy Jane London
Assistant Stage Manager
Victor Samrock
Business Manager
William Schneider
Company Manager
William Fields
Press Representative
Phil Stevenson
Press Representative
The Playwrights' Company
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Oct
19
1938
Closing Date
Mar
11
1939
Performances
168
as of Dec 04, 2025
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Victor Garber, Kelli O'Hara, Christopher Fitzgerald, Ben Davis and More Sing Knickerbocker Holiday
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