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About the Play
The long-running comedy from Abe Burrows based on a French play about a series of affairs gone awry.
Story:
A philandering dentist keeps his many affairs at bay by claiming to be married with children. When the ruse threatens to catch up with him, he drafts his prickly nurse to pose as his "wife". She blossoms and he finds himself falling in love with the lovely "cactus flower" right under his very nose.
Playwright
Abe Burrows
Broadway Premiere
- Theatre
- Royale Theatre, Longacre Theatre
- Opening Night
- Dec 8, 1965
- Total Performances
- 1,234
- Original Cast
- Lauren Bacall, Barry Nelson, Burt Brinckerhoff, Brenda Vaccaro, Marjorie Battles, Michael Fairman, Arny Freeman, Will Gregory, Eileen Letchworth, Robert Moore
- Director
- Abe Burrows
- Producer
- David Merrick
- Scenic Design
- Oliver Smith
- Costume Design
- Theoni V. Aldredge
- Lighting Design
- Martin Aronstein
- Sound Design
- Abe Knapp
1969 Film Version
- Movie Name
- Cactus Flower
- Type
- Hollywood Feature Film
- Director
- Gene Saks
- Screenplay
- I.A.L. Diamond
- Starring
- Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, Goldie Hawn
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1966 Tony Award Nominations
Best Featured Actor in a Play – Burt Brinckerhoff
Best Featured Actress in a Play – Brenda Vaccaro
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