This is a rare May 27th, 1965 playbill from the 12th Annual MILLIKEN BREAKFAST SHOW at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City ..... The Milliken Breakfast Show was for almost thirty years, the hottest ticket for those in the textile industry and included many of Broadway's leading stars. Milliken produced these lavish musical industrial extravaganzas to introduce their latest products at a cost of over $1 million when the final show was presented in 1980. Each season's Breakfast Show had a run of 13 performances, nine actually at breakfast and four at cocktail hour, and were seen by more than 30,000 people annually ..... The 1965 show starred JACK CASSIDY, NANCY DUSSAULT, PHIL LEEDS and LOU JACOBI and featured ARTHUR RUBIN, TED THURSTON, CARMEN ALVAREZ, MAUREEN HOPKINS and ARLENE GOLONKA. Among "The Girls" in the ensemble was VALERIE HARPER (full cast shown in the third scanned image) ..... CREDITS: Written by ARNOLD HORWITT; Sets designed by ROBERT FLETCHER; Choreographed by ETHEL and GEORGE MARTIN; Directed by HENRY KAPLAN; Produced by MYRON SANFT ..... DETAILS: The 24 page playbill measures 6" X 9 1/4" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, synopsis of scenes, bios of each of the leading actors and several rehearsal photos ..... CONDITION: With the exception of a Milliken sticker on the back cover and minor edge wear, this playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.
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