This show premiered on May 8, 1968 in Canada on the CBC and on May 10, 1968 in the U.S.
Television adaptation of the musical play which originally opened at the Astor Place Theatre, off Broadway, on December 21, 1963 and ran for 160 performances. The show later had a brief run, 7 performances, on Broadway in 1969 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.