Amadeus

This sixty-six page issue of Playbill (August 1983) documents the original Broadway production of AMADEUS by Peter Shaffer, starring David Birney, during the third year of a highly successful run (before it became an Academy Award-winning film) at the Broadhurst Theatre. Program contents include title page with credits, three black/white production photos, head shots of the actors, cast list (with John Thomas Waite as Mozart, Maureen Moore as Constanze, among others from the original cast), "Who's Who" - bios. of actors and creative/production team (including playwright Peter Shaffer, director Peter Hall, etc.), full staff, and complete credits. Features include an article in which George Hearn and Gene Barry talk about their roles in the original production of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, Sergio Franchi in the musical NINE, what it's like being a box office manager, and fashion pieces for women and men. Popular monthly columns complete the issue.