Off-Broadway/Regional
Bar Mitzvah Boy (1987)
Opened at American Jewish Theatre at the 92nd Street Y
Opened: May 9, 1987
Closed: June 28, 1987
Opened: May 9, 1987
Closed: June 28, 1987
Book by Jack Rosenthal
Based on the Teleplay "Bar Mitzvah Boy" by Jack Rosenthal
American Adaptation by Martin Gottfried
Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Don Black
Scenic Design by Eugene Gurlitz
Costume Design by Gail Cooper-Hecht
Lighting Design by Brian MacDevitt
Directed by Robert Kalfin
Choreography by Larry Hayden
Assistant Director: Andrew Glant-Linden
Musical Direction and Vocal Arrangements by Buster Davis
Music Consultant: Eric Stern
Produced by American Jewish Theatre (Stanley Brechner, Artistic Director)
Based on the Teleplay "Bar Mitzvah Boy" by Jack Rosenthal
American Adaptation by Martin Gottfried
Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Don Black
Scenic Design by Eugene Gurlitz
Costume Design by Gail Cooper-Hecht
Lighting Design by Brian MacDevitt
Directed by Robert Kalfin
Choreography by Larry Hayden
Assistant Director: Andrew Glant-Linden
Musical Direction and Vocal Arrangements by Buster Davis
Music Consultant: Eric Stern
Produced by American Jewish Theatre (Stanley Brechner, Artistic Director)
Musical Numbers:
- Overture
- Taxis At Midnight
- Why?
- If Only A Little Bit Sticks
- Cohens Are Coming, The
- I'm Grown Up
- This Time Tomorrow
- Harolds Of This World, The
- We've Done Alright
- Simchas
- You Wouldn't Be You
- Sabbath Services
- Kill Me
- Why Did I Do It?
- Why Can't He Be Like Me?
- That's Grown Up
- Hamakom
- I've Just Begun
- I've Just Begun (reprise)
Cast:
| Eliot Green | Peter Smith |
| Rabbi Kaplan | Larry Keith |
| Rita (Eliot's mother) | Mary Gutzi |
| Lucille | Mary Stout |
| Solly | Michael Cone |
| Herbert (Eliot's father) | Michael Callan |
| Lesley (Eliot's sister) | Eleanor Reissa |
| Harold | Daniel Marcus |
| Denise | Kimberly Stern |
| Grandfather | Reuben Schafer |