Julia, Jake and Uncle Joe

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Julia, Jake and Uncle Joe was a 1961 American comedy play directed by Richard Whorf, produced by Roger L. Stevens and John Shubert, and written by Howard M. Teichmann.

Cast stars Claudette Colbert, Don Briggs, Lynne Charnay, Jospeh Leon, Alexander Clark, John D. Seymou, Michael Sivy, Myles Eason and others.

The playbill is in both Russian and English. The Broadway show closed after only one performance at the Booth Theatre (New York) dated January 28, 1961. The pre-Broadway playbill was at the Walnut Theatre (Philadelphia).

Adapted from Oriana Atkinson's Over at Uncle Joe's, it tells the story of the New York apartment of Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Ryan; a room in the Hotel Metropole, Moscow; the office of the American ambassador, Moscow; a room in the Kremlin. (July 1945 - Spring 1946)

[edit] Cast

• Miles Baker as Constantin
• Maurice Brenner as Professor Rasenik
• Don Briggs as A.J. Webb
• Lynne Charnay as Anya Petrovna
• Tony Cichoke as General Lopakhin
• Alexander Clark as Dickinson Wadsworth
• Claudette Colbert as Julia Ryan
• Myles Eason as Jake Ryan
• F.S. Fisher as Gregor
• John Garner as Knox
• Grant Gordon as Oliver Pendergast
• Jim Holder as Russian Soldier
• Herbert Jones as Dr. von Meinholz / Major Kolnikov
• Laryssa Lauret as Natalya Stepanova
• Joseph Leon as Boris
• R.K. Lowry as Russian Soldier
• Boris Marshalov as Uncle Joe
• Kelly McCormick as Marine Sergeant
• Eigil Silju as Sergei Prosorov
• Ludmilla Tchor as Elena

[edit] Other crew

• Associate producer: Sherman S. Krellberg
• Scenic designer, Costume designer and Lighting designer: Frederick Fox
• Production stage manager: Joseph Olney; stage manager: Kelly McCormick
• Press representative: William Fields, Walter Alford and Reginald Denenholz

[edit] External links

• Internet Broadway Database listing