Muny Archive

Balalaika

Music: George Posford and Bernard Grun
Lyrics: Eric Maschwitz
Book: Eric Maschwitz
Notes:
Production Year: 1943
Synopsis:
The Balalaika is a nightclub in Montmarte. An old man there tells a love story from the past: A beautiful ballerina and singer loved a highborn gentlemen, but a misunderstanding keeps them apart. We return to the present, and the lovers, now much older, find each other again and fall into each other’s arms.

Cast Member

Role

Randall P. Morrison
Second Revolutionary
Lydia Marakov
First Revolutionary
Postcard Seller
First English Lady
Alexey Vassilyevitch
Colonel Balakirev
Count Peter Karagin
Taxi Driver
Mrs. Morrison
Professor Marakov
Prince Karagin
Stage Director
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