Muny Moments
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1Agnes Moorehead in The Muny’s 1973 production of Gigi. Starring Karin Wolff in the title role, Agnes Moorehead appeared as Aunt Alicia, and Alfred Drake as Honore. Gigi has been at The Muny only one other time, in 1982. |
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2The 1936 American Premiere of the widely-heralded London operetta, Glamorous Night. The Muny program for the show lists Ivor Novello as having "written, devised and composed" the operetta. The show was produced "Under the Personal Direction of Laurence Schwab." |
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3In the early 1930s, the Shubert Brothers headed the artistic staff at The Muny. This photograph is representative of their elaborate and atmospheric Muny productions. |
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4The Cat and the Fiddle played at The Muny in 1933, 1935, 1945 and 1952. The gentleman pictured is Guy Robertson. The cat with the fiddle is unidentified. |
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5In 1916, then-Mayor Henry Kiel posed on the site of what was to become the Muny stage. Kiel, other city officials and actress/producer Margaret Anglin had decided on that spot as the staging area for a production of As You Like It. |
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6Ozzie and Harriet starred in The Muny’s world premiere of State Fair in 1969. Also in that cast was choreographer/featured dancer Tommy Tune. |
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7In 1974, Robert Preston and Bernadette Peters starred in Mack and Mabel on the Muny stage. This pre-Broadway engagement marks the only appearance of this Jerry Herman bio-musical at The Muny. |
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8In 1967 and 1969, Rudolph Nureyev performed with The Royal Ballet at The Muny. He also danced with Dutch National Ballet at The Muny in 1978. |
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9Circa 1935. A Muny "Kiddy Chorus," precursor to The Muny Kids, poses backstage. |
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10Angela Lansbury has made two musical stops at The Muny. This photo is from her Muny appearance, as Mama Rose, in Gypsy (1974). She also starred as the title character in Mame (1976). |
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11Tony Randall and Jack Klugman starred in THE ODD COUPLE at The Muny in 1975. It is the only non-musical to be performed on that stage. |
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12An unknown, Archie Leach, was hired to perform in each show of The Muny's 1931 season. The Shubert Brothers, then producing at The Muny, felt that Leach needed some theatrical seasoning and so cast him as the resident baritone. Leach later changed his name to Cary Grant. |
