Come Summer
| Come Summer | ||
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Book Will Holt | | |
| Basis | Rainbow on the Road by Esther Forbes | |
| Productions | 1969 Broadway | |
Come Summer is a
Leonard John Crofoot, David Cryer, Cathryn Damon, Margaret Hamilton, and Barbara Sharma. Directed by Agnes de Mille it closed after 7 performances on March 22, 1969. Despite its short run, David Cryer won the 1969 Theatre World Award
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The story tells of an itinerant peddlar in 19th century New England, and the people whose lives he affects.
Behind the scenes, the musical was a disaster. Ray Bolger demanded that the producers expand his role;[1] several rewrites later, de Mille herself was fired and replaced by Burt Shevelove. Only a few days after that, Shevelove exited, and "the producers asked Agnes to come back, but only to choreograph."[2] De Mille's assistant director, James Mitchell, turned down the director's chair, but became the de facto director anyway. As a result, "neither she [de Mille] nor anyone else could say who directed the show."[2] Come Summer turned out to be de Mille's final Broadway production.
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