Also featured in the cast:  Lisa O’Hare (Sibella), Lauren Worsham (Phoebe), Jane Carr (Miss Shingle), Joanna Glushak (Lady Eugenia), Catherine Walker (Miss Barley), Price Waldman (Inspector Pinckney), Jeff Kready (Tom Copley), Jennifer Smith (Tour Guide), Eddie Korbich (Magistrate), and Pamela Bob and Mark Ledbetter (swings).

Choreography by Peggy Hickey.  Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick.  Musical Director, Paul Staroba.  Associate Musical Director, Mike Ruckles.  Scenic Design, Alexander Dodge.  Costume Design, Linda Cho.  Sound Design, Dan Moses Schreier.  Lighting Design by Philip Rosenberg.  Casting by Jay Binder.

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The World Premiere, starring Jefferson Mays and Ken Barnett, took place at Hartford Stage in Hartford, Connecticut, October 11 – November 11, 2012, followed by a co-production at The Old Globe in San Diego, California, March 8 – April 14, 2013.

Also featured in the cast were Lisa O’Hare, Chilina Kennedy, Heather Ayers, Rachel Izen, Kendal Sparks and Price Waldman. 

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In addition to film clips featuring Barbra Streisand, Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, and Jimmy Durante, many stars appeared live (on tape) in tribute to Jule, including: Carol Channing (“Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend”), Chita Rivera (“Every Street’s A Boulevard in Old New York”), Patti Austin (“Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out To Dry”), Melissa Manchester (“The Music That Makes Me Dance”), Donna McKechnie and Ann Reinking (“Let Me Entertain You”), Linda Lavin (“Some People”), Maurice Hines (“All I Need Is The Girl”), Phyllis Newman (“A Perfect Relationship”), Hal Linden (“Long Before I Knew You”), and Vic Damone and Diahann Carroll (“Time After Time”). If you look closely, Robert can be seen applauding with the audience at the St. James Theatre.

In March, 1984, the staged reading of Grand Duchy was performed twice at Playwrights Horizons, with a cast including Reathel Bean, Stephen Berger, Stephen Bogardus, Michael Brian, Ron Fassler, Diane Fratantoni, Jane Galloway, Mary-Pat Green, Myvanwy Jenn, Jean Kauffman, Clark Sayre, Janie Sell and David Wohl, directed by Michael Leeds.  Despite a positive response, buzz about a production at Goodspeed, and other venues, never came to fruition.

Two years later, New Jersey’s Papermill Playhouse produced a staged reading starring Brent Barrett, Jane Connell, Larry Francer, Jean Kauffman, Marcia Lewis, Paige O’Hara, Roxanne Paker and John Sher, among others, directed by Philip Wm. McKinley.

In August, 2000, another staged reading was produced at the Falcon Theatre in Burbank, California, starring John Alee, David Burnham, Richard Fox, Fiama Fricano, Jean Kauffman, Robert Mandan, Marian Mercer, Sean Smith, Clay Storseth, Elizabeth Ann Traub, and others, directed by Jules Aaron.

Finally (and not a moment too soon), in November, 2003, Grand Duchy received its world premiere production, directed by Clark Sayre (who was in the 1984 reading at Playwrights Horizons) at the Charger Theatre, at Dos Pueblos High School, near Santa Barbara, California.

A staged reading of Campaign of the Century was held on September 19, 2005, at 3:00 and 7:00pm, at Makor, 35 West 67^th St., NYC, under the auspices of the New York Musical Theatre Festival. The cast featured Tony winner Michael Rupert as Upton Sinclair, with Sally Mayes, Evan Pappas, Stacie Morgain Lewis, Elsa Carmona, Michael DeVries, Sean Allan Krill, Ron Orbach, Tom Alan Robbins, and KT Sullivan. Steven Lutvak was the Musical Director and Robert L. Freedman directed.

A concert version of the show starring Michael Rupert was presented as the closing event of this year’s Chicago Humanities Festival on November 14, 2004. The cast included Rob Alton, Roger Anderson, Brian Herriott, Trace Hultgren, Glory Kissel, Frances Limoncelli, Susie McMonagle, Rachel Rockwell, Malcolm Rothman, Daniel Tatar and Tracy Warren. Robert directed, and Steven Lutvak was musical director.

Staged readings of Campaign of the Century were previously held in December, 2003, and May, 2004, at American Musical Theatre of San Jose, with a cast that included Augie Amato, Elsa Carmona, David Curley, Richard Frederick, Angela Gunter, John Hickok, Corinne Kason, Dana Lewenthal, Meg MacKay, Craig Mason, Marsha Mercant, Timothy Meyers, Ren Reynolds, and Diana Torres-Koss. The readings were produced by Marc Jacobs, and directed by Robert L. Freedman. The musical director was Craig Bohmler.