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Awake and Sing!
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Awake and Sing Playbill - March 1939
Awake and Sing!
Broadway
Play
Revival
Windsor Theatre
157 W. 48th St., New York, NY, 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 (13)
Julia Adler
Bessie Berger
(Original)
Luther Adler
Moe Axelrod
(Original)
Phoebe Brand
Hennie Berger
(Original)
J. Edward Bromberg
Uncle Morty
(Original)
Morris Carnovsky
Jacob Berger
(Original)
William Challee
Schlosser
(Original)
Sanford Meisner
Sam Feinschreiber
(Original)
Alfred Ryder
Ralph Berger
(Original)
Art Smith
Myron Berger
(Original)
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Julia Adler
Bessie Berger
(Original)
Luther Adler
Moe Axelrod
(Original)
Phoebe Brand
Hennie Berger
(Original)
J. Edward Bromberg
Uncle Morty
(Original)
Morris Carnovsky
Jacob Berger
(Original)
William Challee
Schlosser
(Original)
Sanford Meisner
Sam Feinschreiber
(Original)
Alfred Ryder
Ralph Berger
(Original)
Art Smith
Myron Berger
(Original)
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Clifford Odets
Writer
Harold Clurman
Staging
Boris Aronson
Scenic Design
The Group Theatre Company
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Mar
7
1939
Closing Date
Apr
1
1939
Performances
45
as of Jan 08, 2026
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