John Raitt "ZORBA" Chita Rivera / John Kander & Fred Ebb 1970 Toronto Flyer

Description

This is a rare single page advertising handbill (flyer) promoting ticket sales for the Post-Broadway engagement of the JOSEPH STEIN, JOHN KANDER and FRED EBB musical "ZORBA" at the O'Keefe Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, Ontario, Canada beginning February 16th, 1970. (
The production opened November 17th, 1968 at the Imperial Theatre in New York City and ran for 306 performances before going on the road.) ..... The musical starred JOHN RAITT, BARBARA BAXLEY and CHITA RIVERA and featured GARY KRAWFORD, MARSHA TAMAROFF, LEWIS GUNDUNAS, JOHN LA MOTTA, GEORGE NESTOR, ROSS DIVITO, ALEX PETRIDES, LOUKAS SKIPITARIS, ALI HAFID and JOSEPH ALFASA ..... CREDITS: Music by JOHN KANDER; Lyrics by FRED EBB (the songwriting team responsible for "Flora the Red Menace", "Cabaret", "Chicago", "70, Girls, 70", "Woman of the Year", "The Rink", "Kiss of the Spider Woman", "Curtains"); Book by JOSEPH STEIN adapted from "Zorba the Greek" by NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS; Sets designed by BORIS ARONSON; Costumes designed by PATRICIA ZIPPRODT; Choreographed by RONALD FIELD; Directed by HAROLD PRINCE; Produced by HAROLD PRINCE (in association with RUTH MITCHELL)
..... DETAILS: Advertising handbills (heralds) were distributed or inserted into the playbills of other productions to help generate ticket sales for upcoming shows and events. This single page, two-sided handbill measures 6" X 9" inches and includes wonderful graphics, production credits, performance dates and ticket prices on the front and photos of the three stars, excerpts from several reviews and a ticket order form on the backside ..... CONDITION: This rare handbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian
. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.