After tryouts in Detroit, Toronto, Cleveland and New Haven, No Strings premiered on Broadway at the 54th St. Theatre on March 15, 1962. Directed and choreographed by Joe Layton,  the musical starred Diahann Carroll and Richard Kiley, with Noëlle Adam, Paul Cambeilh, Don Chastain, Alvin Epstein, Mitchell Gregg, Bernice Massi and Polly Rowles rounding out the cast. The production later transferred to the Broadhurst Theatre, playing a total of 580 performances. Richard Rodgers’ first solo venture received positive reviews, with Howard Taubman of The New York Times declaring, “Richard Rodgers is still a magician of the musical theatre.”