- Contributed significant additional musical material for The Little Show (1929), which debuted on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre on April 30th. Sketches written by George S. Kaufman, Marya Mannes, Fred Allen, Lew Levinson, Howard Dietz, Henry Myers, Charlotte Kent, Henry Ruskin. Songs principally by Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz. Other contributors included Frank Gray, Kay Swift, Henry Sullivan, 'Earle Crooker', Grace Henry, Morris Hamilton, and Herman Hupfeld. Directed by Dwight Wiman and Alexander Leftwich. Dances by Daniel Dare. Cast: Fred Allen, Libby Holman, Clifton Webb, Erik Rhodes, Portland Hoffa, Constance Cummings, Peggy Conklin with duo-piano accompaniment by Adam Carroll and Ralph Rainger. Note: This show was one of the biggest hits of the 1929 Broadway season and launched Clifton Webb and Libby Holman into top-ranked stars. Songs included "Moanin' Low" (sung by Miss Holman, becoming one of her earliest trademark torch songs).
- (1928) Stage Play: Say When. Musical comedy.
- (1930) Stage Play: Garrick Gaieties. Musical revue (revival). Music by Marc Blitzstein, Vernon Duke, Harold Goldman, Ned Lehac, Everett Miller, Peter Nolan, Willard Robison, Charles M. Schwab, Kay Swift, Richard Myers and Harold Goodman. Book by Carroll Carroll, Leopoldine Damrosch, Gretchen Damrosch Finletter, Landon Herrick, Sterling Holloway, Benjamin M. Kaye, Newman Levy, Sally Humason and Louis M. Simon. Lyrics by Allen Boretz [earliest Broadway credit], Ira Gershwin, E.Y. Harburg, Paul James, Ronald Jeans, Johnny Mercer, Henry Myers, Edward Eliscu, Josiah Titzell, Thomas McKnight, Newman Levy and Marc Blitzstein. Musical Director: Tom Jones. Assistant Choreographer: Stella Bloch. Choreographed by Olin Howard. Scenic Design by Kate Drain Lawson. Directed by Philip Loeb. Guild Theatre: 4 Jun 1930- 8 Oct 1930 (158 performances). Cast: Nan Blackstone, Micky Burton, Albert Carroll, Ruth Chorpenning, Imogene Coca, Anna Marie Cotter, Ted Fetter, Edwin Gilcher, Hildegarde Halliday, Ray Heatherton, Sterling Holloway, Otto Hulett, Eve Latour, Kate Drain Lawson, Philip Loeb, Ginger Meehan, Edith Meiser, Jo Meyers, Ruth Montague, James Norris, Cynthia Rodgers, Polly Rose, Edith Sheldon, Florentine Sherman, Jane Sherman, Midge Sidney, Roger Stearns, Donald Stewart, William Tannen, Thelma Tipson, Velma Vavra. Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1930) Stage Play: Fine and Dandy. Musical comedy. Music by Kay Swift. Book by Donald Ogden Stewart. Lyrics by Paul James. Uncredited book by Joe Cook. Orchestra directed by Gene Salzer. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek. Scenic Design by Henry Dreyfuss. Costume Design by Charles Le Maire. Dialogue directed by Frank McCoy. Choreographed by Tom Nip and Dave Gould. Routines of Abbot Dancers arranged by Merriel Abbott. Dance for Mechanical Ballet arranged by Eugene Van Grona. Directed by Morris Green. Erlanger's Theatre: 23 Sep 1930- 2 May 1931 (255 performances). Cast: Joe Cook (as "Joe Squibb"), Edna Abbey, Jeanne Adams, James Babbitt, Marjorie Bailey, Ben Bernard, Bonnie Blackwood, Alice Boulden, Paul Brack, Joan Burgess, Jack Burley, Phyllis Cameron, Violet Casey, Dave Chasen (as "Wiffington"), Laura Clairon (as "Aunt Lucy"), Joseph Clayton, Hal Clyne, Peaches Dahl, Frances DeFoe, Alda Deery, Tom Denton, Fritzie Deuss, Margaret Dixon, Bert Doughty, John W. Ehrle, Herman Ergotti, Dick Erskine, Eleanor Etheridge, Murray Evans (as "The Four Horsemen"), Walter Fehl, Jack Flaherty, Frank Gagen, Cara Gould, Adele Goulding, Jimmy Hadreas, John Hall (as "First Workman"), May Hass, Marion Herson, Gypsy Hollis, Frank Innis, Genevieve Irwin, Scott Jensen, Dick Kirby, Rose Kirsner, Muriel Lawlor, Eva Lewis, Bob Long, Joe Lyons, Jimmy Mahr, Dora Maughan, Jack McClusky, Pearl McKnight, Glen Meyers, Carmen Morales, David D. Morris, Frank Naldi, Fred Nay, George Neville, Chet O'Brien, Mortimer O'Brien, Nell O'Day, Eleanor Powell (as "Miss Hunter"), Victor Pullman, Gus Quinlan, Billy Randall, Joe Reilly, Catherine Reynolds, Jack Richardson, Joe Riley, Elene Ross, Jack Ross, J. Rousseaux, Patsy Schenck, George A. Schiller, Mildred Schroder, Claribel Skinner, Nette Solomon Merriel Abbot, Rheta Stone, Odette Swan, Peggy Timmons, Kathleen VanNoy, Mary Grace Van Noy, Joe Wagstaff, Pat Walshe, Flo Ward, Amy Weber, Teddy West, Florence Wilson, Wanda Wood. Replacement actors: Florence Earle (as "Aunt Lucy"), Eleanor Etheridge (as "Foreman"), John Hall (as "P. Giersdorf"), William Powers (as "Insurance Agent"). Produced by Morris Green and Lewis E. Gensler.
- (1935) Stage Play: Alma Mater. Musical/ballet. Music by Kay Swift. Written by Edward M.M. Warburg. Costume Design by John Held Jr.. Choreographed by George Balanchine. Adelphi Theatre: 1 Mar 1935- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Leda Anchutina, Ruthanna Boris, Edward Caton, Elena De Rivas, William Dollar, Tamara Geva, Giselle, Paul Haakon, Holly Howard, Charles Laskey, Boris Levinoff, Eugene Loring, Annabelle Lyon, Katherine Mallowney, Elise Reiman, Heidi Vosseler. Produced by The American Ballet Company.
- (April 21, 1952) She wrote the music and lyrics for the musical, "Paris '90," at the Booth Theatre in New York City for 87 performances.
- (March 23, 1953) She wrote the music and lyrics for the musical, "Paris '90," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Cornelia Otis Skinner in the cast. Cornelia Otis Skinner also wrote the book. Robert Russell Bennett was conductor. Nathaniel Shilkret was music director. Donald Oenslaer was set designer. Helene Pons was costume designer. Alden S. Blodget was director.
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