World Premiere
(under the title La Boutique Fantasque)
Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes
June 5, 1919
Alhambra Theatre
London, England
Cast:
Enrico Cecchetti (Shopkeeper)
Alexander Gavrilov (Assistant)
Lydia Sokolova, Leon Woizikowski (Tarantella Dancers)
Stanislas Idzikowski (The Snob)
Nicholas Sverev (Cossack Chief)
Vera Clark, Nicholas Kremiev (Dancing Poodles)
Lydia Lopouhkova, Leonide Massine (Can-Can Dancers)
ABT Premiere
January 4, 1943
Central High School Auditorium
Omaha, Nebraska
Cast:
Simon Semenoff (Shopkeeper)
Nicolas Orloff (Assistant)
Hubert Bland (Thief)
Muriel Bentley (English Old Maid)
Antony Tudor (American)
Shirley Eckl (Wife)
Jerome Robbins (Son)
Nora Kaye, Yurek Lazowsky (Tarantella Dancers)
Richard Reed (The Snob)
John Taras (Melon Hawker)
Andre Eglevsky (Cossack Chief)
Karen Conrad, John Kriza (Dancing Poodles)
Irina Baronova, Leonide Massine (Can-Can Dancers)