"finian's rainbow" was revived three times on broadway by the new york city center light opera company. the brief 1955 production, directed by william hammerstein and choreographed by onna white, starred helen gallagher, merv griffin, and will mahoney, who was nominated for a tony as best featured actor in a musical. in 1960, herbert ross directed and choreographed a cast that included jeannie carson, bobby howes, howard morris, sorrell booke, and robert guillaume. a third revival was staged by the company in 1967. although major revivals of the musical have been rare in recent decades, as the musical's treatment of bigotry against blacks in the american south has become dated, in 2004 the irish repertory theatre staged a well-received off-broadway production starring melissa errico, jonathan freeman, and malcolm gets.