The Night of the Iguana

1975 -1976 revival (LA and Broadway)

Joseph Hardy directed a revival which ran December 19 1975 to January 31 1976 at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. The cast was headlined by Richard Chamberlain (Reverend Shannon), Eleanor Parker (Maxine Faulk), Dorothy McGuire (Hannah Jelkes), Raymond Massey (Jonathan "Nonno" Coffin), and Allyn Ann McLerie (Miss Judith Fellowes): featured cast members were Susan Lanier (Charlotte Goodall), Jennifer Savidge (Hilda), Norma Connolly (Frau Fahrenkopf), Michael Ross Verona (Herr Fahrenkopf), Benjamin Stewart (Jake Latta), Ben Van Vacter (Wolfgang), Matt Bennett (Hank), José Martin (Pedro), and Ricardo Landeros (Pancho).

The production encored at the Circle in the Square Theatre on Broadway with a limited December 16 1976 to February 20 1977 run, with three recastings among the headliners: Sylvia Miles (Maxine), William Roerick (Nonno), and Barbara Caruso (Miss Fellowes). Along with Savidge, Stewart, Van Vacter and Bennett reprising their LA roles, the supporting cast consisted of Allison Argo (Charlotte Goodall), Gary Tacon (Pedro), William Paulson (Pancho), John Rose (Herr Fahrenkopf), and Amelia Laurenson (Frau Fahrenkopf). The Broadway production featured scenery and lighting by H.R. Poindexter, and costumes by Noel Taylor, with Randall Brooks as production stage manager and James Bernadi as stage manager.[6][7]


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