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A Soft Touch

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A Soft Touch
Season: 1956-1957
Venue: Main Stage

    Collaborators

    Performer

    • Loring Smith
    • Jean Stapleton
    • Jack Mullaney
    • Patricia Bosworth
    • Donald Symington
    • Alexander Clark
    • Temple Texas
    • John Allen
    • Mary Michael
    • George S. Irving
    • Mel Pape
    • Bob Cresse
    • Nick Ryder
    • Doreen O'Curtis
    • Eric Applewhite
    • Mary Bryant
    • Andy Greenhut
    • Bert Wood
    • David Hale Hand

    Director

    • George Abbott

    Playwright/Author

    • Claude Binyon
    • Mac Edwards

    Producer

    • George S. Engle

    Sets/Scenery

    • Peter Harvey

    Lighting

    • David Hale Hand

    Composer

    • Michael Brown
    • Ronny Graham
    • June Carroll
    • Peter DeVries
    • Arthur Siegel
    • Dean Fuller

    Lyricist

    • Michael Brown
    • Ronny Graham
    • June Carroll
    • Alan Melville
    • Sheldon Harnick

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