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Kismet

Music: Robert Wright and George Forrest
Lyrics: Robert Wright and George Forrest
Book: Charles Lederer and Luther Davis
Notes: Based on the play by Edward Knoblock with Music from Alexander Borodin
Production Year: 1977
Synopsis:

The story of Hajj, a sly poet, who talks himself out of trouble on frequent occasions, and his daughter Marsinah, who is in love with the Caliph.

Cast Member

Role

Alton Steen
Guards/Litter bearers
Thomas P. Ventimiglia
Male Dancers
Richard White
Chief Policeman/Male Singers
Mark Tibey
Imam/Male Singers
Beth Spencer
Female Singers
Leslie M. Smith
Slave Girls/Female Singers
Jack Roeckeman
A Merchant/Male Singers
Homer Robinson
3rd Beggar/Male Singers
Cheri Ann Schear
Female Singers
Lisa Anne Thomas
Female Dancers
Peggy Ann Zitko
Female Singers
George Rose
The Wazir of Police
Marcie Shaw
Ayah to Zubbediya/Female Singers
Carol Basch
Female Dancers
Aulani
The Princesses of Ababu
Len Cariou
A Public Poet, Later Called Hajj
Eric Brotherson
Omar
Michael Hamilton
2nd Beggar/Male Dancers
Lynnda Curry
Female Dancers
Maureen Brennan
Marsinah
Karen Braun
Female Dancers
Michael Estes
Male Dancers
Sydney Anderson
Female Singers/The Widow Yussef
Bonnie Evans
Princess Samaris of Bangalore
Ray Fournie
Muezzins/1st Beggar/Male Singers
Gordon Bovinet
Muezzins/Manservant/Male Singers
David Bender
The Caliph
Randy Hansen
The Bangle Man/Male Singers
Kathleen Harrison
Slave Girls/Female Singers
Andrea Cohen
Female Dancers
Virginia Ann
The Princesses of Ababu
David Brownlee
Dervishes
Ted Brown
Guards/Litter bearers
Stephen Bourneuf
Muezzins/Male Singers
Buddy Bryan
Akbar
Vicki Ally
The Princesses of Ababu
Neal Frederiksen
Pearl Merchant/Muezzins/Male Singers
William Gilinsky
Hassan-Ben/Second Policeman/Male Singers
Sharon Halley
Female Dancers
Kathleen Chiavola
Female Singers
Susan Beaubian
Female Dancers
Dennis Batutis
Male Dancers
Roberta Keith Haze
Princess Zubbediya of Damascus
Tracy Davenport
Slave Girls/Female Dancers
Diane Daniels
Female Singers
Victor Ciepiel
Male Singers
Rebecca Hayes
Female Singers
Tom Casten
Guards/Litter bearers
Jim Dierker
Guards/Litter bearers
Tod Maltzman
Dervishes/Male Dancers
Daune Mahy
Female Singers
Arthur Mikaelian
Assiz
Robert Rick
Guards/Litter bearers
Kristi Hubbard
Slave Girls/Female Dancers
Patrick Oldani
Urchin
Virginia Martin
Lalume
Mark Krupinski
Male Dancers
Douglas Portillo
Male Singers
Barry MacKinnon
Male Dancers
Robin Levy
Female Singers
Earle MacVeigh
Jawan/Standby for Messrs. Cariou and Rose