- (1926 - 1950) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1926) Stage Play: The Merry World. Musical revue.
- (1927) Stage Play: A la Carte. Musical revue. Music by Herman Hupfeld, Louis Alter, Norma Gregg, Paul Lannin and Creamer and Johnson. Book by George Kelly. Lyrics by Louis Alter, Norma Gregg, Herman Hupfeld, Paul Lannin, Henry Creamer and Creamer and Johnson. Directed by George Kelly. Martin Beck Theatre: 17 Aug 1927- Sep 1927 (closing date unknown/45 performances). Cast: Bobbe Arnst, Fred Bishop, Bly Bradford, Roy Fant, Cynthia Farr, Elvira Giersdorf, Irene Giersdorf, Rae Giersdorf, Marian Hamilton, Myrtle Hayes, Harriet Hoctor, William Holbrook, Crles Irwin, Rose King, Mr. Kotchetovski, Little Billy, Helen Lowell, Joseph McKenzie, Maude Powers, Frank Rowan, Margaret Schilling, Frances Stein, Jay Velie, Vernon Wallace [final Broadway role], Chick York. Produced by Rosalie Stewart.
- (1931) Stage Play: Everybody's Welcome. Musical comedy. Music by Sammy Fain [earliest Broadway credit]. Book by Lambert Carroll. Based on "Up Pops the Devil" by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Lyrics by Irving Kahal. Musical Director: Tom Jones. Additional music by Harry Revel, Herman Hupfeld and Manning Sherwin. Additional lyrics by Herman Hupfeld, Mack Gordon, Edward Eliscu, Arthur Lippmann and Milton Pascal. Choreographed by William Holbrook, under the supervision of Albertina Rasch. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt. Costume Design by Ernest Schrapps and Alison McLellan Hunter. Directed by William Mollison. Shubert Theatre: 13 Oct 1931- 13 Feb 1932 (139 performances). Cast: Spencer Barnes (as "Laundryman"), Jack Barratt (as "Ensemble"), Mary Brooks (as "Dora/Ensemble"), Andrew Carr (as "Buddy Hill/Specialty Dancer"), Louise Carr (as "Specialty Dancer"), Gladys Carter (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Cook (as "Albertina Rasch Girl"), Virginia Davis (as "Ensemble"), Carl Duart (as "Ensemble"), Elsie Duffy (as "Jane/Ensemble"), Charles Garland (as "Mr. Platt/Ensemble") [final Broadway role], Donald Gordon (as "Ensemble"), Louise Hansen (as "Premier Danseuse/Albertina Rasch Girl"), Thomas Harty (as "A Drunk"), Helen Hawkins (as "Ensemble"), Edna Hedin (as "Helen/Ensemble"), Dorothy Koster (as "Ensemble"), Ann Sothern [credited as Harriette Lake] (as "Ann Cathway"), Beatrice Lauri (as "Albertina Rasch Girl"), Cecil Lean (as "George Kent"), Bernice Lee (as "Grace"), Clark Leston (as "Ensemble"), Sally Lynne (as "Ensemble"), Charles McClelland (as "Ensemble"), Jack Moore (as "Ensemble"), Edwin Murray (as "Ensemble"), Hazzard Newberry (as "Ensemble"), Jean Newcombe (as "Mrs. Geroge Kent"), Lucille Osborn (as "Mrs. Platt"), Naida Pahl (as "Trixie/Ensemble"), Tesha Pearson (as "Albertina Rasch Girl"), Ann Pennington (as "Louella Carroll"), Una Ralph (as "Albertina Rasch Girl"), Evan Ritter (as "Ensemble"), Roy Roberts (as "Gilbert Morrell"), Etna Ross (as "Ensemble"), Jack Ross (as "Kelly/Ensemble"), Oscar Shaw (as "Steve Merrick"), Jack Sheehan (as "Biny Hatfield"), Phoebe Wallace (as "Betty"), Frances Williams (as "Polly Bascom"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1932) Stage Play: Hey Nonny Nonny! Musical revue. Written by Florence Calkins ("Television") and Harry Ruskin ("Hollywood") and E.B. White ("Permanent Passion"). Lyrics by Max Lief, Nathaniel Lief, Malcolm McComb ("I'm Really Not That Way", "In Those Good Old Horsecar Days"), Ogden Nash ("Hey Nonny Nonny"), Herman Hupfeld ("Be A Little Lackadaisical", "Wouldn't That Be Wonderful", "Let's Go Lovin'") and Mann Holiner ("Lady in Waiting"). Book by Michael H. Cleary and Ogden Nash ("Easily Amused"). Music by Will Irwin ("Hey Nonny Nonny", "I'm Really Not That Way", "In Those Good Old Horsecar Days"), Michael H. Cleary, Herman Hupfeld ("Be A Little Lackadaisical", "Wouldn't That Be Wonderful", "Let's Go Lovin'") and Alberta Nichols ("Lady in Waiting"). Musical Director: Sherry Magee. Conceived by Florence Calkins ("Finale"). Written in collaboration with Richie Craig Jr. ("Majestic Hotel"), Jerry Norris ("Majestic Hotel"), Ernest Sharpe ("Majestic Hotel"), Ralph Sanford ("Majestic Hotel") and Mildred Tolle ("Majestic Hotel"). Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner and Raymond Sovey. Directed by Alexander Leftwich. Shubert Theatre: 6 Jun 1932- 2 Jul 1932 (32 performances). Cast: Gertrude Blake, Billie Burns, Joan Carter-Waddell, Wilma Cox, Richie Craig Jr., Edna Eustace, Mitzi Garner, Ruth Gordon, Gypsy Hollis, Tina Marie Jensen, Joann Larkin, Jack McCauley, Dorothy McNulty, Bunny Moore, Frank Morgan [final Broadway role], Jerry Norris, Jean O'Neill, Estelle Phillips, Rita Reese, Virginia Renaud, Ralph Sanford, Ann Seymour, Erik Rhodes (credited as Ernest Sharpe), Charlotte Stoll, Bee Sullivan, Mildred Tolle, Peggy Walsh, Deniston Wilson. Produced by Forrest C. Haring and John H. Del Bondio.
- (1957) Stage Play: [Posthumous credit]. Ziegfeld Follies of 1957. Musical revue.
- (1933) Stage Play: Murder at the Vanities. Musical comedy/drama. Book by Earl Carroll and Rufus King. Additional dialogue by Eugene Conrad. Lyrics by Edward Heyman. Additional lyrics by Ned Washington, Paul Francis Webster and Herman Hupfeld. Music by Richard Meyers. Additional music by Victor Young, John J. Loeb, Herman Hupfeld and John W. Green. Musical Direction by Ray Kavanaugh. Music orchestrated by Edward Powell and Hans Spailek. Dialogue staged by Burk Symon. Dances by Chester Hale. Additional dance arrangements by Ned McGurn. Directed by Earl Carroll. New Amsterdam Theatre: (moved to The Majestic Theatre from 10 Mar 1934 to close): 12 Sep 1933- 10 Mar 1934 (207 performances). Cast: James Rennie, Sybil Aarons, Janet Abbott, Ednamay Adair, Jean Adair (as "Madame Tanqueray, Wardrobe Mistress"), Wiley Adams, Ernestine Anderson, Renee Armour, Charles Ashley, Olga Baklanova, William Balfour (as "Noomhouse, Night Watchman"), DeDon Blumier, Mickey Braatz, Eileen Burns, Marion Callahan, Earl Carroll (as Cameo appearance; is only time on stage as an actor), Eunice Coleman, Amby Costello, James Coughlin, Robert Cummings, Sylvia Curry, Dorothy Dawes, Nancy Dolan, Patsy Drew, Lew Eckles (as "Mr. Kerrick, Assistant District Attorney"), Caja Eric, Muriel Evans (as "[one of]The Most Beautiful Girls in the World"), William Fay, Betty French, Paul Gerrish, Dolores Grant, Flo Harris, Patricia Hayward, Ruth Hillard, Billy House (as "Walter Buck, Assistant Stage Manager"), Charles G. Johnson, Joyce Johnson, Constance Jordan, Elise Joyce, Marie Kahrkahn, Evelyn Kelly, Irene Kelly, Alice Kerwin, Frank Kingdon (as "Mr. Martin, the General Manager"), Evalyn Knapp (as "[one of] The Most Beautiful Girls in the World"), Ben Lackland (as "Billy Slade"), Al Lee, Sari Leone, Ben Lewis, Lewis & Van, Bela Lugosi (as "Siebenkase"), Mackie & Lavallie, Helen Madison, Francis X. Mahoney, June Mahr, Ruth Mann, Adeline Martin, Ruth Miller, Woods Miller, Villi Milli, Pauline Moore (as "Liane Ware, a Vanities Girl"), Kay Murphy, Martha Murray, Alice Nelson, Hazel Nevin, Gay Orlova, Anita Patterson, Dorothy Plant, Martha Pryor, Helena Rapport, Naomi Ray, F. Raymond, June Raymond, Lorna Rode, Elsie Rossi, Ann Rothey, Alma Saunders, Leone Sedalle, Marion Semler, Samuel Shaw, Phil Sheridan (as "Winchester"), Laurie Shevlin, Lisa Silbert, Francine Sinclaire, Anya Taranda, Walker Thornton, Edwin Vickery, Una Vilon, Emily Von Hoven, Beryl Wallace (as "Hope Carol, a Vanities Girl"), Ferne Ward, Marie Warren, Al Webster, Joan Webster, Barbara Winchester, Evelyn Witt. Produced by Earl Carroll.
- (1950) Stage Play: Dance Me a Song. Musical revue. Music by James Shelton. Lyrics by James Shelton. Sketches by James Kirkwood, George Oppenheimer, Lee Goodman, Vincente Minnelli, Marya Mannes, Robert Anderson, James Shelton and Wally Cox. Additional numbers by Herman Hupfeld, Albert Hague, Maurice Valency and Bug Gregg. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Scenic Design and Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Choreographed by Robert Sidney. Directed by James Shelton. Royale Theatre: 20 Jan 1950- 18 Feb 1950 (35 performances). Cast: Tony Albert, Francine Bond, Carmina Cansino, Wally Cox, Cliff Ferre, Bob Fosse, Hope Foye, Marilyn Gennaro, Lee Goodman, June Graham, Babe Hines, Marian Horosko, Jimmy Kirkwood, Heidi Krall, Don Little, Marion Lorne, Dusty McCaffrey, Joan MaCracken, Biff McGuire, Scott Merrill, Douglas Moppert, Mary Ann Niles, Tina Prescott, Erik Rhodes, Cynthia Rogers, Alan Ross, Donald Saddler, Bob Scheerer, Silver [a dog], Robert B. Sola, Ann Thomas. Produced by Dwight Wiman. Produced in association with Robert Ross.
- (1936) Stage Play: The Show is On. Musical revue. Sketches by David Freedman. "Mr. Gielgud Passes By" by Moss Hart. Music mostly by Vernon Duke. Lyrics mostly by Ted Fetter. Additional music by Hoagy Carmichael, Arthur Schwartz, George Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Herman Hupfeld, Will Irwin and Richard Rodgers. Additional lyrics by Stanley Adams, Howard Dietz, Ira Gershwin, E.Y. Harburg, Herman Hupfeld, Norman Zeno and Lorenz Hart. Music orchestrated by Gordon Jenkins. Additional orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett and Hans Spialek. Production Design by Vincente Minnelli. Conceived by Vincente Minnelli. Sketches directed by Edward C. Lilley. Choreographed by Robert Alton. "Casanova" choreographed by Harry Losee. Directed by Vincente Minnelli. Winter Garden Theatre: 25 Dec 1936- 17 Jul 1937 (236 performances). Cast: Marion Allen, Vera Allen (as "Desdemona"), Gene Ashley, Gracie Barrie, Hazel Boffinger, Kenneth Bostock, Roy Campbell's Continentals, Mary Ann Carr, Marie Carroll, Andre Charise, Dorothy Daly, Doris Donaldson, Helen Ecklund, Hugh Ellsworth, Peggy Gallimore, Reginald Gardiner (as "Shakespeare"), Paul Haakon, Pearl Harris, Irene Kelly, Jerrie Koban, Bert Lahr (as "Ronald Taylor"), Jane Lane, Beatrice Lillie (as "Go Go Benuti"), Mitzi Mayfair, June McNulty, Gertrude Medwin, Jean Moorehead, Marion Murray, Gifford Nash, Fred Nay, Mortimer O'Brien, Paul Owen, Mary Phillips, Mischa Pompianov, Ralph Riggs, Harry Rogue, Polly Rose, Richard Satterfield, Robert Shafer, Sherry Stuart, Evelyn Thawl, Willem Van Loon, Charles Waters, Mildred Webb, Duke Williams. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1932) Stage Play: Americana. Musical revue (revival). Music by Jay Gorney, Harold Arlen, Herman Hupfeld and Richard Meyers. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. Book by J.P. McEvoy. Directed by Harold Johnsrud. Shubert Theatre: 5 Oct 1932- Dec 1932 (closing date unknown/77 performances). Cast: Don Barclay, Albert Carroll, Peggy Cartwright, Lillian Fitzgerald, George Givot, The Doris Humphrey Dance Group, Ralph Locke, Francetta Malloy, Allan Mann, The Musketeers, Lloyd Nolan, Gordon Smith, Georgie Tapps, Rex Weber, Charles Weidman Dancers. Produced by Lee Shubert.
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