Cher said of her first time on the theater stage “I thought I’d hate having to be the same character every night, but then I found it was natural”

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Portrait of the Broadway cast of Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean by Al Hirschfeld. The Ed Graczyk play previewed at the Martin Beck Theater on February 8th, 1982 (what would have been James Deans 51st birthday) and ran for 52 performances. Directed on stage by filmmaker Robert Altman with Cher, Kathy Bates, Sandy Dennis, Sudie Bond, Marta Heflin, Karen Black, and Mark Patton, all of whom would star in the director’s film version later in the year.

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