sentences:  Abe Burrows replaced O'Neal's original collaborator Charles Lederer, consolidated the three acts into two, tailored the role of Jamie specifically for John Raitt, and eliminated most of the West Coast cast.After tryouts in New Haven, Boston, and Philadelphia, the Broadway production opened on March 21, 1952 at the Mark Hellinger Theatre.The opening had been delayed for two weeks to give Burrows "more time in which to improve the musical", and so added a tryout in Philadelphia.