THE GAY LIFE A Musical Comedy in 2 Acts, 15 Scenes. Book by Fay and Michael Kanin. Suggested by the play Anatol by Arthur Schnitzler. Music by Arthur Schwartz. Lyrics by Howard Dietz. World premiere at the Fisher Theater in Detroit - October 2, 1961. O'Keefe Centre, Toronto - October 24, 1961 Sam S. Shubert Theatre - 18 November 1961 to 24 February 1962 (113 perfs) Original Company CAST (in order of appearance): Max: JULES MUNSHIN. Usher: Sterling Clark. Anatol: WALTER CHIARI. Franz: LEONARD ELLIOTT. Helene: JEANNE BAL. Liesl Brandel: BARBARA COOK. Herr Brandel: LORING SMITH. Frau Brandel: LU LEONARD. Mimi: YVONNE CONSTANT. Proprietor: Michael Quinn. The Great Gaston: Jack Adams. Otto: Rico Froehlich. Waiters: Ted Lambrinos, Russell Goodwin. Anna: Joanne Spiller. Grandmother: Aura Vainio. Photographer: Gerald Teijelo. Doorman: Rico Froehlich. Headwaiter: Carl Nicholas. Waiters: Hal Norman, Ted Lambrinos. Magda: ELIZABETH ALLEN. Singers: Ken Ayers, Russell Goodwin, Tony LaRusso, Ted Lambrinos, Carl Nicholas, Hal Norman, Michael Quinn, Loyce Baker, Joan Bishop, June Card, Luce Ennis, Jeanne Grant, Carole O'Hara, Nancy Radcliffe, Joanne Spiller. Dancers: Kip Andrews, Karoly Barta, Sterling Clark, Thatcher Clarke, Ray Kirchner Louis Kosman, Michel Stuart, Gerald Teijelo, Patrick King, Bonnie Brandon, Carolyn Clark, Marion Fels, Carol Flemming, Leslie Franzos, Bettye Jenkins, Doris Ortiz, Eleonore Treiber, Aura Vainio, Jenny Workman. Directed by Gerald Freedman. Dances and musical numbers staged by Herbert Ross. Scenic production by Oliver Smith. Costumes by Lucinda Ballard. Lighting by Jean Rosenthal. Orchestrations by Don Walker. Vocal arrangements and musical direction, Herbert Greene. Dance arrangements, Robert Starer. Magical illusions created and designed by Jack Adams. Produced by Kermit Bloomgarden. SYNOPSIS A church in Vienna in 1904. It is the wedding day of Anatol von Huber. But Anatol is missing. He is still in his own living room; having spent a restless night on the couch. His best friend, Max discovers him there as a mysterious female voice from the bedroom shouts a cheerful good morning. Anatol attempts to explain his unhappy predicament: and the play flashes back to a day months earlier when,
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