After four previews, the Broadway production, directed by Joshua Logan and choreographed by Peter Gennaro, opened on October 20, 1962 at the St. James Theatre, where it ran for 265 performances. The cast included Robert Ryan, Nanette Fabray, Anita Gillette and Baayork Lee. The musical premiered in a Broadway season dominated by hits like "Oliver!", "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" and "Stop the World – I Want to Get Off". "Mr. President" received unenthusiastic reviews. Although Berlin's score was praised, the show "was just too old-fashioned and out of date." Berlin continued to work, revising "Annie Get Your Gun" and writing songs, such as for the film project "Say It With Music" (which was never produced), but "Broadway would never again see a truly Berlin work on the stage". "Mr. President" was the final Lindsay and Crouse collaboration.