After an Atlanta opening in the fall of 1968, Theatre Atlanta sent Don Tucker and Jay Broad's Red, White and Maddox: A Thing With Music to Broadway. The show ran for a total of 41 performances from January 26th to March 1st, 1969 at the Cort Theatre at 138 W. 48th Street. The show featured Jay Garner as Lester Maddox and also Susan Shalhoub Larkin, Fran Brill (later to become the first female Muppeteer hired by Jim Henson for Sesame Street), Mitchell Edmonds, Georgia Allen, Lois Broad, Ronald Bush, Karl Emery, Clarence Felder, Gary Cage, William Gammon, Elaine Harris, Ted Harris, Christopher Lloyd (yes, that Christopher Llyod), Bettye Malone, Ted Martin, Sandy McCallum, Muriel Moore, Arlene Nadel, Steve Renfroe, Judy Schoen, William Trotman and James Westin. The show was produced by Edward Padula (William Domnitz and Arthur Miller Associate Producers) and featured sets and costumes by David Chapman, lights by Richard Casler and visuals by Bill Diehl, Jr.
My grandfather, Coe Hamling, was an actor and President in the early years of Theatre Atlanta. He is 92 years old and lives in Roswell. He would enjoy sharing early memories of the Atlanta theatre scene. Please let me know if you would be interested in talking with him. Thanks to my grandmother's impressive record keeping, we also have quite a few playbills as well.
ReplyDeleteHello Kathryn, I see that this comment was made almost a decade ago, but I'm wondering if you still have access to these playbills. I would love to speak to you about potentially archiving these.
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