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Active on Broadway in the following productions:

Porgy (1927). Written by Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian [earliest Broadway credit]. Guild Theatre: 10 Oct 1927- Aug 1928 (closing date unknown/367 performances). Cast: Jack Carter (as "Crown"), Peter Clark (as "Jim"), Stanley DeWolfe (as "A Dectective"), Evelyn Ellis (as "Crown's Bess"), Lloyd Gray, Georgette Harvey (as "Maria"), Wesley Hill (as "Jake"), Richard Huey (as "Mingo"), Rose MacClendon (as "Serena"), Ella Madison, Maurice McRae (as "Policeman"), Garrett Minturn (as "The Coroner"), Dorothy Paul (as "Lily"), Hayes Pryor (as "Peter"), Hugh Rennie (as "Policeman"), Percy Verwayne (as "Sporting Life"), Leigh Whipper (as "The Crab Man"), Frank H. Wilson (as "Porgy"), Marie Young (as "Clara"). Produced by The Theatre Guild. Note: this was the original non-musical version.

Marco Millions (1928). Comedy. Written by Eugene O'Neill. Incidental music by Emerson Whithorne. Stage Manager: Albert Cowles. Assistant Stage Mgr: Cheryl Crawford. Musical Director: Max Weiser. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Guild Theatre: 9 Jan 1928- Mar 1928 (closing date unknown/92 performances). Cast: Marochka Anisfeld, Mary Arbenz, Mary Bell, Mary Blair, Natalie Browning, Morris Carnovsky (as "Tedaldo Ghazan, Khan of Persia"), Ernest Cossart (as "Maffeo"), George Cotton, Graham Dale, John C. Davis, Dudley Digges, William Edmonson, John Franklin, Eugene Gevsont, Margalo Gillmore, John Henry, Felix Jacoves (as "Chorus"), Louisa James, Max Leavitt, Philip Leigh, George Lester, Bruce Logan, Alfred Lunt (as "Marco Polo"), Sanford Meisner, McKay Morris, Vincent Sherman (as "Chorus"), Henry Travers (as "Nicolo"), Albert Dekker (credited as "Albert Van Dekker"), Louis Veda, Harry Wise, Beryl Wright. Produced by the Theatre Guild.

These Modern Women (1928). Comedy. Written by Lawrence Langner. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre: 13 Feb 1928-Mar 1928 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Camilla Dalberg (as "Marie Louise"), Helen Flint (as "Annabelle Marvin"), Catherine Haydon (as "Miss Agnew"), Chrystal Herne (as "Roberta Watson Coakley"), Alan Mowbray (as "Richard Cornwall"), Minor Watson (as "Harold Haynes"), Norman Williams. Produced by 'Kenneth MacGowan' and Robert Rockmore.

Congai (1928). Written by Harry Hervey and Carleton Hildreth, based on the novel by Harry Hervey. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Sam H. Harris Theatre: 27 Nov 1928- Mar 1929 (closing date unknown/135 performances). Cast: M. Aki, Valerie Bergere, William Boren, Maurice Burke, Alan Campbell, Blanche Collins, Frank De Silva, J. Marshall De Silva, John T. Dwyer (as "Father Mehry"), Ara Gerald, H. Dudley Hawley (as "Maj. de Brissac"), Theodore Hecht, Vera G. Hurst, Helen Kim, Felix Krembs (as "Col. Urban Chauvet"), Camille Lanier, James Pall, Korena Rove, Helen Menken (as "Thi-Linh"), Harry Nelson, James Pall, W.W. Singh, Catherine Taylor, Robert Toms, Charles Trowbridge (as "Justin Batteur"), Josephine Wehn (as "Annamite Woman"), Harold Woolf. Produced by Sam Harris.

Wings Over Europe (1928). Written by Robert Nichols and Maurice Brown. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Martin Beck Theatre (moved to the Alvin Theatre at unknown date to close): 10 Dec 1929- unknown (90 performances). Cast: Lionel Bevans (as "St. Man"), Thomas Braidon (as "Cossington"), Hugh Buckler (as "Stapp"), Charles Carden (as "Taggert"), Frank Conroy (as "Arthur"), Wheeler Dryden (as "Plimsoll"), John Dunn (as "Sunningdale"), Frank Elliott (as "Dedham"), Charles Francis (as "Faulkiner"), George Graham (as "Pascoe"), Nicholas Joy (as "Haliburton"), A.P. Kaye (as "Rummel"), Joseph Kilgour (as "Grindle"), Alexander Kirkland (as "Lightfoot"), Ernest Lawford (as "Grantby"), Edward Lester (as "Hand"), Robert Rendel (as "Vere"), Gordon Richards (as "Dunn"), Grant Stewart (as "Blount"). Produced by The Theatre Guild.

Porgy (1929) (revival). Written by Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Martin Beck Theatre: 13 Sep 1929- Oct 1929 (unknown closing date/34 performances). Cast: Jack Carter (as "Crown"), Peter Clark (as "Jim"), A.B. DeComathiere (as "Simon Frazier") [credited as A.B. Comatheire], Evelyn Ellis (as "Crown's Bess"), Georgette Harvey (as "Maria"), Wallace Hill (as "Scipio"), Wesley Hill (as "Jake"), Richard Huey (as "Mingo"), Felix Jacoves (as "Policeman"), Rose MacClendon (as "Serena"), Ella Madison, Morris McKenny, Garrett Minturn (as "The Coroner"), Dorothy Paul (as "Lily"), Hayes Pryor (as "Peter"), Wayland Rudd (as "Nelson"), Erskine Sanford (as "Alan Archdale"), Frederick Smith (as "A Dectective"), Edna Thomas, Percy Verwayne (as "Sporting Life"), Walter Warner, Leigh Whipper, Frank H. Wilson (as "Porgy"). Produced by The Theatre Guild.

The Game of Love and Death (1930). Drama. Written by Romain Rolland as translated by Eleanor Stimson Brooks. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Guild Theatre: 15 Nov 1929- Jan 1930 (closing date unknown/48 performances). Cast included: Alice Brady, Frank Conroy, William Earle, Otto Kruger, Claude Rains, Lionel Stander, Kitty Wilson.

Marco Millions (1930). Comedy (revival). Written by Eugene O'Neill. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Liberty Theatre: 3 Mar 1930- Mar 1930 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Walter Coy, John C. Davis, Sylvia Field, Philip Foster, Sydney Greenstreet, Therese Guerini, John Henry, Earle Larrimore (as "Marco Polo"), Thomas Mackay, Sydney Little Mansfield, Sanford Meisner, Harry Mestayer, Frederick Roland, Vincent Sherman, Helen Tilden, Henry Travers (as "Chu-Yin"), Albert Dekker (credited as Albert Van Dekker) (as "A Mahometan Captain of Ghazan's Army" and "Boatswain"), Louis Veda, Francis Ward, Harry Wise, Martin Wolfson, Paul Yost. Produced by The Theatre Guild.

A Month in the Country (1930). Written by Ivan Turgenev. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre: 17 Mar- May 1930 (closing date unknown/71 performances). Cast: Hortense Alden (as "Katya"), Elliott Cabot, Dudley Digges (as "Ignaty Illich Shpigelsky"), John T. Doyle, Eda Heinemann (as "Lizaveta Bogdanovna"), Alexander Kirkland, Charles Kraus, Alla Nazimova (as "Natalya Petrovna"), Minna Phillips (as ("Anna"), Eunice Stoddard (as "Verochka"), Henry Travers (as "Afanasy Ivanovich Bolshintsov"), Louis Veda, Eddie Wragge. Produced by The Theatre Guild.

A Farewell to Arms (1930). Drama. Written by Laurence Stallings. From the novel by Ernest Hemingway. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. National Theatre: 22 Sep- Oct 1930 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast included: Glenn Anders, Antonio Berri, Harold Huber, Jack La Rue, Jane McKenzie, Crane Wilbur.

Solid South (1930). Comedy-satire. Written by Lawton Campbell. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Lyceum Theatre: 14 Oct 1930- Nov 1930 (closing date unknown/31 performances). Cast: Richard Bennett, Bette Davis, Owen Davis Jr. (as "Rex"), Georgette Harvey (as "Patience"), Richard Huey, Moffat Johnston, Jessie Royce Landis (as "Leila Mae"), Elizabeth Patterson, Lew Payton. Produced by Alexander McKaig.

Porgy and Bess (1935). Musical-opera. Music by George Gershwin. Libretto by DuBose Heyward. Lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin. Based on the play "Porgy" by DuBose Heyward and Dorothy Heyward. Scenic Design by Sergei Soudeikin. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Alvin Theatre: 10 Oct 1935- 25 Jan 1936 (124 performances). Cast: Anne Wiggins Brown (as "Bess"), Todd Duncan (as "Porgy"), John W. Bubbles (as "Sportin' Life"), Ruby Elzy (as "Serena"), Olive Ball (as "Annie"), Ford L. Buck (as "Mingo"), Alexander Campbell (as "Detective"), George Carleton (as "Coroner"), Jack Carr (as "Jim"), Warren Coleman (as "Crown"), Henry Davis (as "Robbins"), Helen Dowdy (as "Lily/Strawberry Woman"), John Garth (as "Undertaker"), Georgette Harvey (as "Maria"), The Eva Jessye Choir (Eva Jessye, Choral Conductor), Rosamond Johnson (as "Frazier"), George Lessey (as "Mr. Archdale"), Edward Matthews (as "Jake"), Burton McEvilly (as "Policeman"), Abbey Mitchell (as "Clara") [credited as Abbie Mitchell], Gus Simons (as "Peter/The Honey Man"), Harold Woolf (as "Policeman"), Ray Yeates (as "Crab Man"). Produced by the Theatre Guild.

Oklahoma! (1943). Musical. Music by Richard Rodgers. Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on the play "Green Grow The Lilacs" by Lynn Riggs. Musical Director: Jacob Schwartzdorf. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Theatre Guild Administrative Assistant: Armina Marshall Langner. Choreography by Agnes de Mille. Scenic Design by Lemuel Ayers. Costume Design by Miles White. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. St. James Theatre: 31 Mar 1943- 29 May 1948 (2212 performances). Cast: Alfred Drake (as "Curly"), Joan Roberts, Joseph Buloff, Howard Da Silva (as "Jud Fry"), Lee Dixon, Betty Garde, Celeste Holm (as "Ado Annie Carnes"), Diana Adams, Remo Arlotta, Elsie Arnold, Bobby Barrentine, John Baum, Harvey Brown, Kenneth Buffett, George Church, Edwin Clay, Joseph Cunneff, Margit De Kova, Jack Dunphy, Nona Feid, Gary Fleming, Kate Friedlich, Hayes Gordon, June Graham, Ray Harrison, Maria Harriton, Jack Harwood, Rhoda Hoffman, Edmund Howland, George S. Irving (as "Joe/Singing Ensemble"), Barry Kelley, Eric Kristen, Jane Lawrence, Bambi Linn, Suzanne Lloyd, Ellen Love, Owen Martin (as "Cord Elam"), Joan McCracken, Dorothea McFarland, Pat Meany, May Muth, Carl Nelson, Virginia Oswald, Robert Penn, Marc Platt, Ralph Riggs (as "Andrew Carnes"), Herbert Rissman, Rosemary Schaefer, Katharine Sergava, Paul Shiers, Vivienne Simon, Faye Smith, Gary Smith Jr., Vivian Smith, Arthur Ulisse, Billie Zay. Note: There were numerous replacement actors during the show's remarkable production run; these included: Florenz Ames (as "Andrew/Carnes") [from 31 Mar 1943], Howard Keel (as "Curly") [from 31 Mar 1943], Paul Crabtree (as "Will Parker") [from 31 Mar 1943], Shelley Winters (as "Ado Annie Carnes") [from 31 Mar 1943]. Produced by The Theatre Guild (Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner: Administrative Directors). Note: Historically remarkable as the longest-running Broadway production to that time. Filmed as Oklahoma! (1955).

Sadie Thompson (1944). Written by Rouben Mamoulian and Howard Dietz)Music by Vernon Duke. Lyrics by Howard Dietz. Based on the short story "Rain" by W. Somerset Maugham. Adapted from the play "Rain" by John Colton and Clemence Randolph. Vocal arrangements by Vernon Duke. Choreographed by Edward Caton. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Alvin Theatre: 16 Nov 1944- 8 Jan 1945 (60 performances). Cast: June Havoc, Lansing Hatfield, John Adair, Jimmy Allison, Anthony Amato, Adolph Anderson, Harold Bayne, Fred Bernaski, Ann Browning, Walter Burke (as "Quartermaster Bates"), Arlene Carmen, Paula Carpino, John Cassidy, Vivian Cherry, Daniel Cobb, Molly Cousley, Toni Darnay, Andrea Downing, Ralph Dumke, Bob Gari, Ethel Greene, Mary Grey, Del Horstmann, William Hunter, T.C. Jones, Beatrice Kraft, Norman Lawrence (as "Pvt. Griggs"), Robert Lawrence, Lil Liandre, William Lundy, Marilyn Merkt, Virginia Meyer, Milada Mladova, Dorris Moore, Grazia Narciso, James Newill (as "Sgt. Tim O'Hara"), Alan Noel, Remington Olmstead (as "Lao Lao"), Doris Patston (as "Cicely St. Clair"), Mischa Pompianov, Theodora Roosevelt, Anna Scarpova (as "Dancer"), Alla Shishkina, Ruth Sobotka, Zolya Talma (as "Mrs. Alfred Davidson"), Vanessi (as "Featured Female Dancer"), William Vaux, Chris Volkoff, John Ward, Linda White. Produced by A.P. Waxman.

Carousel (1945), Musical-drama. Based on "Lilliom" by Ferenc Molnar. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Choreographed by Agnes de Mille. Scenic design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Majestic Theatre: 19 Apr 1945- 24 May 1947 (890 performances). Cast: David Ahdar, Connie Baxter, Peter Birch (as "Boatswain"), Robert Byrn (as "1st Policeman/Singer"), Anne Calvert, Martha Carver, Jean Casto (as "Mrs. Mullin"), Diane Chadwick, Neil Chirico, Jan Clayton, Josephine Collins, Russell Collins, Kathleen Comegys, Margaret Cuddy, Jean Darling (as "Carrie Pipperidge"), Margaretta De Valera, Andrea Downing, Tom Duffey, Larry Evers, Lew Foldes, Franklyn Fox (as "David Bascombe"), Louis Freed, Lester Freedman, Richard H. Gordon, John Harrold, Lynn Joelson, Christine Johnson, Sonia Joroff, Joan Keenan, Pearl Lang, Lee Lauterbur, Kenneth LeRoy, Charles Leighton, Bambi Linn (as "Louise"), Ralph Linn, William Lundi, Annabelle Lyon, Frank Marasco, Eric Mattson, Tom McDuffie, Marilyn Merkt, Beatrice Miller, Ruth Miller, Ginna Moise, Robert Pagent, John Raitt (as "Billy Bigelow"), Ernest Richman, Blake Ritter, Elena Salamatova, Jimsey Somers, Mimi Strongin, Marjory Svetlik, Suzanne Tafel, Gordon Taylor, Ralph Tucker, Jay Velie (as "1st Heavenly Friend/Brother Joshua"), Murvyn Vye (as "Jigger Craigin"), Verlyn Webb, Polly Welch, Fern Whitney, Glory Wills, Iva Withers. Produced by The Theatre Guild.

St. Louis Woman (1946). Musical. Music by Harold Arlen. Lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Book by Arna Bontemps and Countee Cullen. Based on the novel "God Sends Sunday" by Arna Bontemps. Musical Director: Leon Leonardi. Choreographed by Charles Walters. Scenic Design by Lemuel Ayers. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Martin Beck Theatre: 30 Mar 1946- 6 Jul 1946 (113 performances). Cast: Pearl Bailey (as "Butterfly"), J. Mardo Brown (as "Drum Major"), Herbert Coleman (as "Piggie"), Yvonne Coleman, Joseph Eady, Lorenzo Fuller (as "Joshua"), Frank Green, Juanita Hall (as "Leah"), June Hawkins, Ruby Hill, Rex Ingram (as "Biglow Brown"), Carrington Lewis (as "Waiter"), Fayard Nicholas (as "Barney"), Harold Nicholas (as "Li'l Augie"), Richard Pope, Maude Russell (as "The Hostess"), Louis Sharp (as "Slim"), Elwood Smith (as "Ragsdale"), Merritt Smith (as "Pembroke"), Creighton Thompson (as "Preacher"), Charles Welch, Milton J. Williams, Milton Wood. Produced by Edward Gross.

Leaf and Bough (1949). Written by Joseph Hayes. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Cort Theatre: 21 Jan 1949- 22 Jan 1949 (3 performances). Cast: Mary Linn Beller (as "Mary Warren"), Louise Buckley, Dorothy Elder, Coleen Gray (as "Nan Warren"), Richard Hart, Charlton Heston, William Jeffrey (as "Grandpa Nelson"), Tom McElhany (as "Dr. Vincent Cullen"), Jared Reed, Alice Reinheart, Anthony Ross, David White (as "Frederick Campbell"). Produced by Charles P. Heidt.

Lost in the Stars (1949). Musical/Tragedy. Book by Maxwell Anderson. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Music Box Theatre: 30 Oct 1949- 1 Jul 1950 (273 performances). Cast: Roy Allen, Leslie Banks, LaCoste Brown, Robert Byrn, Sibol Cain, Herbert Coleman, Warren Coleman, Joseph Crawford, Todd Duncan, La Verne French (as "The Young Man"), Russell George, William Greaves (as "Matthew Kumalo"), Charles Grunwell, Sheila Guyse, Mabel Hart, Georgette Harvey, Alma Hubbard, Joseph James, Gertrude Jeannette (as "Grace Kumalo") [Broadway debut], Mark Kramer, Moses La Mar, Elen Longone, Paul Mario, William Marshall, Inez Matthews (as "Irina"), Julian Mayfield, Robert McFerrin, June McMechen, Charles McRae, John Morley (as "Arthur Jarvis"), Van Prince, Biruta Ramoska, Judson Rees, Elayne Richards, Frank Roane, Jerome Shaw, Gloria Smith, William C. Smith (as "Jared"), Guy Spaull, Christine Spencer, John W. Stanley, Constance Stokes, Joseph Theard, Lucretia West. Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Kurt Weill, John F. Wharton). Note: Music Box Theatre owned and operated by Irving Berlin and The Estate of Sam H. Harris.

Arms and the Girl (1950). Musical comedy. Written by Rouben Mamoulian, Herbert Fields, and Dorothy Fields. Music by Morton Gould. Lyrics by Dorothy Fields. Based on the play "The Pursuit of Happiness" by Lawrence Langner and Armina Marshall Langner. Music orchestrated by Morton Gould and Philip J. Lang. Choreographed by Michael Kidd. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. 46th Street Theatre: 2 Feb 1950- 27 May 1950 (134 performances). Cast: Florenz Ames (as "Capt. Aaron Kirkland"), Howard Andreola, Andy Aprea, Seth Arnold (as "Thad Jennings"), Pearl Bailey (as "Connecticut"), Edmund Balin, Mimi Cabanne, Joseph Caruso, Lulu Belle Clarke (as "Comfort Kirkland"), John Conte, Cliff Dunstan, Nanette Fabray (as "Jo Kirkland"), Barbara Ferguson, Paul Fitzpatrick, Peter Gennaro (as "Dancer") [Broadway debut], Annabelle Gold, Georges Guétary, Sterling Hall, Maria Harriton, Eda Heinemann (as "Prudence Kirkland"), Katherine Henning, William Inglis, Robert Josias, Joan Keenan, William J. McCarthy, Barbara McCutcheon, Peter Miceli, Jerry Miller, Patricia Muller, Dan O'Brien, Mary O'Fallon, Frederick Olsson, Arthur Partington, Robert Rippy, Shirley Robbins, Philip Rodd, Patricia Rogers, Helen Stanton, Bettina Thayer, Donald Thrall, William Thunhurst, Arthur Vinton, Norman Weise, Marc West, Onna White (as "Dancer"), Fern Whitney, Lou Yetter, Victor Young. Produced by The Theatre Guild. Produced in association with Anthony Brady Farrell.

Oklahoma (1951). Musical-comedy (revival). Music by Richard Rodgers. Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on the play "Green Grow The Lilacs" by Lynn Riggs. Choreographed by Agnes de Mille. Production reproduced by Jerome Whyte. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Broadway Theatre: 29 May 1951- 28 Jul 1951 (100 performances). Cast included: Ridge Bond (as "Curly"), Henry Clarke (as "Jud Fry"). Produced by The Theatre Guild (Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner: Administrative Directors).

Oklahoma! (1953). Musical-comedy (revival). Music by Richard Rodgers. Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on the play "Green Grow The Lilacs" by Lynn Riggs. Choreographed by Agnes de Mille. Production reproduced by Betty Gour. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian [final Broadway credit]. City Center Theatre: 31 Aug 1953- 3 Oct 1953 (40 performances). Cast: William Ambler, Lenore Arnold, Lois Barrodin, Ridge Bond (as "Curly"), Lynne Broadbent, Bette Burton, Alfred Cibelli Jr. (as "Jud Fry"), Cathy Conklin, Payne Converse, Barbara Cook (as "Ado Annie Carnes"), Nick Dana, Dino Dante, James Fox, Christopher Golden, Marylin Hardy, Charles Hart (as "Cord Elam"), Harris Hawkins (as "Will Parker"), Florence Henderson (as "Laurey"), Frances Irby, Jack Ketcham, Betty Koerber, Ronnie Landry, George A. Lawrence (as "Chalmers"), David Le Grant, Bob Lord, Mary Marlo (as "Aunt Eller"), Owen Martin (as "Andrew Carnes"), Maggie Nelson (as "Ellen"), Heidi Palmer, Gayle Parmelee, Patti Parsons, John Pero, Tom Pickler, Cynthia Price, Judy Rawlings (as "Gertie Cummings"), Barbara Reisman, Joe Ribeau, Charles Rule, Charles Scott, Georganne Shaw, Jeanne Shea, Louellen Sibley, Marguerite Stewart. Produced by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.

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