Rare Broadway poster including the name of Joseph Campanella, who was replaced by Barry Nelson before opening night

Cactus Flower is a farce by Abe Burrows. It played for years on Broadway before being adapted into a 1969 film. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A farce is a comedy written for the stage, or a film, which aims to entertain the audience by means of unlikely and extravagant - yet often possible - situations, disguise and mistaken identity, verbal humour of varying degrees of sophistication, which may include puns and sexual innuendo, and a fast-paced... Abe Burrows (b. ... Broadway may refer to: Broadway theatre, theatrical productions produced in one of thirty-nine professional New York theatres The Broadway Theatre, a theatre located on Broadway in Manhattan A street: Broadway (Manhattan) Broadway (Los Angeles) Broadway Street (Chicago) Broadway (Seattle) Broadway, New South Wales, Australia Broadway Market, London Broadway (Vancouver...

Based on the play Fleur de cactus by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy, the comedy focuses on the relationship between young, wild Toni and her older, married lover Julian, a dentist. Convinced the two have no future together, Toni attempts suicide, and a guilt-ridden Julian rashly proposes he leave his wife so the couple can be together. However, Julian has never revealted to Toni that his "marriage" is actually an elaborate lie concocted to keep Toni at arm's legth. Toni refuses to break up his household without first meeting and talking with Julian's soon-to-be-ex, so Julian enlists the aid of his shy spinster assistant Stephanie to pose as his non-existent wife. Complications arise when Toni decides the two must find her a new beau so everyone concerned can live happily ever after. It has been suggested that Suicide method be merged into this article or section. ... It wont be my fault if I die an Old Maid. ...

After two previews, the Broadway production, directed by Burrows, opened on December 8, 1965 at the Royale Theatre, where it ran for two years and nine months before transferring to the Longacre, for a total run of 1234 performances. The original cast included Lauren Bacall, Barry Nelson, Brenda Vaccaro, and Burt Brinckerhoff. Lloyd Bridges, Kevin McCarthy, and Betsy Palmer were replacements later in the run. Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The Royale Theatre is located on 45th Street in Manhattans Theatre District. ... The Longacre Theatre is a Broadway theatre. ... Betty Joan Perske (born on September 16, 1924), better known as Lauren Bacall, is a Golden Globe- and Tony Award winning, as well as Academy Award-nominated, American film and stage actress. ... Barry Nelson (April 16, 1917 - April 7, 2007[1]) was an American actor noted as the first actor to portray Ian Flemings secret agent James Bond. ... Brenda Vaccaro (born November 18, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York) is a Italian American stage, motion picture, and television actress. ... Bridges in The Sound of Fury (1950) Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Jr. ... Kevin McCarthy has been a radio-tv personality in north Texas since Gordon McLendon brought him to Dallas as part of the original staff of KNUS/99 in 1972. ... Betsy Palmer as Mrs. ...

Both Vaccaro and Brinckerhoff were nominated for Tony Awards for their featured performances. What is popularly called the Tony Award® but is formally the Antoinette Perry Award is an annual American award celebrating achievements in theater, including musical theater. ...

I.A.L. Diamond adapted the play for a 1969 feature film version directed by Gene Saks. I.A.L. Diamond (27 June 1920 - 21 April 1988) was a comedy writer in Hollywood during the 1940 and 50s. ... Cactus Flower is a 1969 comedic film directed by Gene Saks and starring Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, and Goldie Hawn. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

External links

• Cactus Flower at The Internet Broadway Database