Arsenic and Old Lace
PlayComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Jan 10, 1941
Closing Date
Jun 17, 1944
Performances
1,444
PlayComedyOriginalBroadway
Open Date: Jan 10, 1941
Close Date: Jun 17, 1944
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Setting
The living room of the Brewster home in Brooklyn. The Present.
- PeopleProduced byHoward Lindsay andRussel CrouseWritten byJoseph KesselringStaged byBretaigne WindustScenic Design byRaymond SoveyGeneral Manager:Carl FisherStage Manager:Walter Wagner; Assistant Stage Mgr:Margaret Joyce; General Stage Director:Walter Wagner
Fulton Theatre(Jan 10, 1941 - Sep 25, 1943)
Cast
Hudson Theatre(Sep 25, 1943 - Jun 17, 1944)
Theatre Owned / Operated byHoward Lindsay andRussel CrouseGeneral Manager:Herman BernsteinStage Manager:Jean Sincere; Assistant Stage Mgr:Gordon PetersCast
Produced byHoward Lindsay andRussel Crouse
Written byJoseph Kesselring
Staged byBretaigne Windust
Scenic Design byRaymond Sovey
General Manager:Carl Fisher
Stage Manager:Walter Wagner; Assistant Stage Mgr:Margaret Joyce; General Stage Director:Walter Wagner
Fulton Theatre(Jan 10, 1941 - Sep 25, 1943)
Cast
Hudson Theatre(Sep 25, 1943 - Jun 17, 1944)
Theatre Owned / Operated byHoward Lindsay andRussel Crouse
General Manager:Herman Bernstein
Stage Manager:Jean Sincere; Assistant Stage Mgr:Gordon Peters
Cast
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