- (1934 - 1964) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1934) Stage Play: Say When. Musical comedy. Music by Ray Henderson. Book by Jack McGowan. Lyrics by Ted Koehler. Musical Director: Max Meth. Music orchestrated by Conrad Salinger. Musical numbers staged by Russell Markert. Directed by Bertram Harrison. Imperial Theatre: 8 Nov 1934- 12 Jan 1935 (76 performances). Cast: John Albert, Joanna Allen, Ronnie Beck, Donald Brown, Helen Buck, Helene Cambridge, Phyllis Cameron, Joe Carroll, Charles Collins, Gloria Cook, Betty Dell, Don Drew, Lois Eckhart, Lillian Emerson, Frances Foley, Marjorie Gayle, George B. Herman, Taylor Holmes, Bob Hope (as "Jimmy Blake"), Joan Igon, Lorraine Jannee, Aimee La Rue, Dick Langdon, Arlene Leahy, J. Elliott Leonard, Nick Long Jr. (as "Reginald Pratt"), Charlotte Lorraine, Fred Lyon, Frederick Manatt, Dennie Moore (as "Aimee Bates"), Mickey Moore, Ed Murray, M. O'Brien, Viola Paulson, Gedda Petry (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Jack Richards, Harry Richman (as "Bob Breese"), Michael Romanoff, Etna Ross, Martin Sheppard, Edwina Steele, Sylvia Stone, Martha Tibbetts, Clyde Veaux, John Walsh, Linda Watkins, J.P. Wilson, Cora Witherspoon (as "Myra Palmer"), Frank Worden. Produced by Jack McGowan and Ray Henderson.
- (1935) Stage Play: The Land of Bells. Book by Carlo Lombardo. Lyrics by Carlo Lombardo. Music by Virgilio Ranzato. Chorus Mistress: Beatrice Plummer. Musical Director: Cesare Sodero. Directed by Edison Rice. Majestic Theatre: 9 May 1935- 12 May 1935 (5 performances). Cast: Alexius Alexander (as "Ensemble"), Helen Benson (as "Ensemble"), Aldo Bertini (as "Ensemble"), Anna Blitzer (as "Ensemble"), Muriel Block (as "Ensemble"), Anita Bruehl (as "Ensemble"), Joyce Coles (as "Prima Ballerina"), Kathryn Curl (as "Ensemble"), Aldo D'Alessandro (as "Tony"), Frank Day (as "Ensemble"), Nancy Dodd (as "Ensemble"), Lipman Duckat (as "Ensemble"), Caroline Finni (as "Ensemble"), Leon Fokine (as "Primo Ballerino"), Giovanni Fulco (as "Attanasio"), Dino Galli (as "Ensemble"), Carlo Garuffi (as "Legaffe"), Maria Garuffi (as "Pomerania"), Margaret Gay (as "Ensemble"), Harold Green (as "Ensemble"), Vladimir Gueral (as "Soloist"), Fred Guiliano (as "Ensemble"), Helen Hampton (as "Ensemble"), Russel Heustis (as "Ensemble"), Bobby Howell (as "Ensemble"), Joanna Keelon (as "Ensemble"), George Kiddon (as "Soloist"), Vera Kingsley (as "Ensemble"), Nora Koreff (as "Ensemble"), Madeline Lewisk (as "Ensemble"), Earl Liften (as "Ensemble"), Beatrice Lynn (as "Soloist"), Bob Malone (as "Ensemble"), Francesca Marinaro (as "Ethel"), Phyllis Marren (as "Ensemble"), Vincenzo Mattina (as "Jack"), Dan Meduri (as "Ensemble"), Marjorie Michamer (as "Ensemble"), Wanda Morelli (as "Bombon"), Edith Nason (as "Ensemble"), Alba Novella (as "Nela"), Mario Palermo (as "Hans"), Lucien Paris (as "Ensemble"), Giovanni Petrucci (as "Ensemble"), Gedda Petry (as "Ensemble"), Cornelius Piller (as "Ensemble"), Leon Sabater (as "Ensemble"), Didi Skoug (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Steinmetz (as "Ensemble"), Alma Tollefsen (as "Ensemble"), Phil Triestman (as "Ensemble"), Aldo Varis (as "Basilio"), Amadeo Varney (as "Tarquinio"), Frances Wade (as "Ensemble"), Hild Wagner (as "Ensemble"), Grace Walsh (as "Soloist"). Produced by The Permanent Italian Theatre.
- (1943) Stage Play: Lady in the Dark. Musical (revival). Book by Moss Hart. Music by Kurt Weill. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Musical Director: Maurice Abravanel. Choreographed by Albertina Rasch. Production Design by Hassard Short. Lighting Design by Hassard Short. Scenic Design by Harry Horner. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Gowns Designed by Hattie Carnegie. Assistant to Mr. Horner: Lester Polakov and Dick Bernstein. Assistant to Miss Sharaff: Brion. Press Representative: John Peter Toohey and Marian Byram. General Stage Manager: William McFadden. Directed by Moss Hart. Broadway Theatre: 27 Feb 1943- 15 May 1943 (110 performances). Cast: Gertrude Lawrence (as "Liza Elliott"), Adelaide Abbot (as "Mapleton High Glee Club"), Lynn Alden (as "Jack/Mapleton High Glee Club"), Robert Allen [credited as Bob Allen](as "Child"), Bonnie Baker (as "Child"), Lee Bergere (as "Ben Butler"), Ken Black (as "Mapleton High Glee Club"), Anne Bracken (as "Child"), Ingeborg Bransen (as "Mapleton High Glee Club"), Eric Brotherson (as "Russell Paxton"), Edward Browne (as "Joe, an office boy/Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Rita Charise (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Jack Collins (as "Mapleton High Glee Club"), Jean Cumming (as "Mapleton High Glee Club"), Margaret Dale (as "Maggie Grant"), 'Richard D'Arcy' (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Arthur Davies (as "Soloist/Mapleton High Glee Club"), Phyllis De Bus (as "Child"), Joyce Doncaster (as "Mapleton High Glee Club"), Rose Marie Elliott (as "Ruthie, a model/Mapleton High Glee Club"), Nikolai Fatula (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Sally Ferguson (as "Child"), Matthew Ferrugio (as "Mapleton High Glee Club"), Margaret Gibson (as "Carol, a model/Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Richard Hale (as "Dr. Brooks"), Anne Helm (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Christine Horn (as "Marcia, a model/Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Jane Irving (as "Barbara/Mapleton High Glee Club"), Warren Jones (as "Soloist/Mapleton High Glee Club"), Ann Lee (as "Alison Du Bois"), Joan Lee (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), John Leslie (as "Kendall Nesbitt"), June MacLaren (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Hugh Marlowe (as "Charley Johnson"), George Martin (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Scott Merrill (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Byron Milligan (as "Soloist/Mapleton High Glee Club"), Adrienne Moore (as "Miss Stevens"), Willard Parker (as "Randy Curtis"), Louise Pearl (as "Child"), Fred Perrone (as "Mapleton High Glee Club"), Gedda Petry (as "Miss Foster"), Nicholas Saunders (as "Liza's Father"), John Scott (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Jeanne Shelby (as "Miss Bowers"), Alla Shishkina (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Janice Smith (as "Child"), Walter Stane (as "Tom, an office boy/Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Edward Tappa (as "Child"), William Welch (as "Child"), Florence White (as "Mapleton High Glee Club"), Florence Wyman (as "Mapleton High Glee Club"), Helene Young (as "Helen, a model"), Edwin Ziegler (as "Mapleton High Glee Club"). Replacement actors: Jane Davies (as "Barbara"), Wayne Walker (as "Mapleton High Glee Club"), Geoffrey Warren (as "Mapleton High Glee Club/Soloist"), Lester Wolf (as "Mapleton High Glee Club). Produced by Sam Harris. Note: Filmed by Paramount Pictures as Lady in the Dark (1944).
- (1941) Stage Play: Lady in the Dark. Musical comedy [return engagement]. Book by Moss Hart. Music by Kurt Weill. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Musical Director: Maurice Abravanel. Music orchestrated by Kurt Weill. Vocal arrangements by Kurt Weill. Production Design by Hassard Short. Lighting Design by Hassard Short. Scenic Design by Harry Horner. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Gowns Designed by Hattie Carnegie. Assistant to Mr. Horner: Lester Polakov and Dick Bernstein. Assistant to Miss Sharaff: Brion. Press Representative: John Peter Toohey and Ben Kornzweig. All musical sequences staged by Hassard Short. Choreographed by Albertina Rasch. Directed by Moss Hart. Alvin Theatre: 2 Sep 1941- 30 May 1942 (305 performances). Cast: Gertrude Lawrence (as "Liza Elliott"), Jerome Andrews, Nelson Barclift, Dorothy Bird, George Bockman, Anne Bracken, Kenneth Casey, Andre Charise, Catherine Conrad, Audrey Costello, Jean Cumming, Margaret Dale, Patricia Deering, Carol Deis, H. Robert Edwards, Sally Ferguson, Len Frank, Dan Harden, Fred Hearn, Ann Lee, June MacLaren, Jacqueline MacMillan, William Marel, Beth Nichols, Virginia Peine, Gedda Petry (as "Singer"), Donald Randolph, June Rutherford, Natalie Schafer (as "Alison Du Bois"), Jeanne Shelby, Ward Tallmon (as "Joe, an office boy"), Lois Volkman, George Ward, William Welch, Wana Wennerholm, Margaret Westberg, Evelyn Wyckoff (as "Miss Foster"). Replacement actors: Willard Parker (as "Randy Curtis"). Produced by Sam Harris. Note: Filmed by Paramount Pictures as Lady in the Dark (1944).
- (1937) Stage Play: Babes in Arms. Musical comedy. Material by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek. Musical Director: Gene Salzer. Choreographed by George Balanchine. Directed by Robert B. Sinclair. Shubert Theatre (moved to The Majestic Theatre from 25 Oct 1937 to close): 14 Apr 1937- 18 Dec 1937 (289 performances). Cast: Roy Adler, Buddy Allen, Micky Alvarez, Jay Bee, Libby Bennett, Verna Ceders, Stella Clauson, Tania Clell, Alex Courtney, Mitzie Dahl, Dan Dailey (as "The Gang") [Broadway debut], Clifton Darling, Aljan de Loville, Jere Delaney, Alfred Drake, Bronson Dudley, Eleanor Fiata, Bob Fishelson, Gloria Franklin, Ted Gary, James Gillis, Mitzi Green, Dana Hardwick, Claire Harvey, Ray Heatherton, Mickey Herson, Georgia Hiden, Ethel Intropidi (as "Mazie LaMar"), LeRoy James, Marjorie Jane, Alvin Kerr, Bobby Lane, Betty Lee, Connie Leslie, Don Liberto, George E. MacKay, Grace McDonald (as "Dolores Reynolds"), Ray McDonald, Duke McHale, Wynn Murray (as "Baby Rose, The Singer"), Fayard Nicholas (as "Irving DeQuincy"), Harold Nicholas (as "Ivor DeQuincy") [credited as the Nicholas Brothers], Jean Owens, Audrey Palmer, Douglas Perry, Gedda Petry (as "The Gang"), Rolly Pickert, Aileen Poe, Robert Rounseville, Ursula Seiler, Jack Stanton, Eleanor Tennis, Davenie Watson, George Watts, Kenneth Wilkins. Production supervised and Produced by Dwight Wiman. Note: Produced on film by MGM as Babes in Arms (1939).
- (1938) Stage Play: I Married an Angel. Musical comedy. Music by Richard Rodgers. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek. Based on material by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, from a Hungarian play by Johann Vaszary. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Musical Direction by Gene Salzer. Choreographed by George Balanchine. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Joshua Logan. Cast: Dennis King, Vivienne Segal, Walter Slezak, Vera Zorina, Audrey Christie, Charles Walters, Milton Barnett, Edward Brinkmann, Boris Butleroff, Genevieve Cooke, Ronnie Cunningham, Hene Damur, Marion Davison, Janis Dremann, The Dunham Brothers, Althea Elder, Eleanor Fiata, Diana Gaylen, Petra Gray, Ruth Haidt, Harold Haskin, Marcella Howard, Bobby Howell, David Jones, Arthur Kent, Isabelle Kimpal, Nancy Knott, Evelyn Lafferty, Sonia Larina, Charles Laskey, Beatrice Lynn, Michael Mann, John Marshall, Marie Monnig, Gedda Petry (as "Lady of the Ballet"), Nicolai Popov, Marie Louise Quevli, Jack Quinn, Shirley F. Shaffer, Betty Jane Smith, Morton Stevens, Katherine Stewart, Sylvia Stone, Harold Taub, Barbara Towne, Ruth Urban, Nikolas Vasilieff, Alma Wertley, Virginia Williams. Produced by Dwight Wiman.
- (1944) Stage Play: Mexican Hayride. Musical comedy. Music by Cole Porter. Lyrics by Cole Porter. Book by Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields. Musical Director: Harry S. Levant. Choral arrangements by William Parson. Music orchestrated by Russell Bennett and Ted Royal. Scenic Design by George Jenkins. Costume Design by Mary Grant. Lighting Design by Hassard Short. Assistant to Mr. Jenkins: Chase Adams and Peggy Clark. Choreographed by Paul Haakon. Book directed by John Kennedy. Opening and "Good-Will Movement" dance directed by Dan Eckley. "Girls" and "Abracadabra" directed by Lew Kessler. "Good-Will Movement" dance directed by Virginia Johnson. Directed by Hassard Short. Winter Garden Theatre (moved to The Majestic Theatre 18 Dec 1944- Close): 28 Jan 1944- 17 Mar 1945 (481 performances). Cast: Bobby Clark (as "Joe Bascom, alias Humphrey Fish"), Eva Reyes (as "Lottery Girl"), Claire Anderson (as "Woman Vendor"), Richard Andre (as "Dancer"), Anita Arden (as "Show Girl"), Gail Banner (as "Show Girl"), Thor Bassoe (as "Dancer"), Morton Beck(as "Singer"), Richard Bengali (as "Chief of Police"), Aleks Bird (as "Dancer"), Lois Bolton (as "Tillie Leeds"), Leonard Bushong (as "Dancer"), Bill Callahan (as "Billy"), Nancy Callahan (as "Show Girl"), Cynthia Cavanaugh (as "Show Girl"), Jean Cleveland (as "Mrs. Augustus Adamson"), John Conrad (as "Mariachi Player/Dancer"), Jeanne Coyne (as "Dancer"), Margaret Cuddy (as "Dancer"), Jean Cummings (as "Singer"), Sergio DeKarlo (as "Miguel Correres"), Dorothy Durkee (as "Mme. Lupescu"), Jimmy Dutton (as "Child"), Virginia Edwards (as "Lydia Toddle"), Wilbur Evans (as "David Winthrop"), Malka Farber (as "Dancer"), Francine Fernandez (as "Child"), Charles Flynn (as "Singer"), Lydia Fredericks (as "Singer"), Marjorie Gaye (as "Dancer"), Janet Gaylord (as "Dancer"), George Givot (as "Lombo Campos"), Arthur Gondra (as "Carol, Ex-King of Roumania"), Frank Guzzardo (as "Mariachi Player"), Paul Haakon (as "Paul"), Perdita Hanson (as "Singer"), June Havoc (as "Montana"), William Hearne (as "Singer"), Anne Helm (as "Dancer"), Horton Henderson (as "Picador/2nd Merchant"), Ben Hernandez (as "3rd Merchant"), Peggy Holmes (as "Dancer"), Edmund Howland (as "Dancer"), Mildred Hughes (as "Show Girl"), Catherine Hyatt (as "Dancer"), Dorothy Hyatt (as "Dancer"), Barbara Jevne (as "Singer"), Candy Jones (as "Show Girl"), Barry Kent (as "Singer"), Alicia Krug (as "Dancer"), Bobby Lane (as "5th Merchant"), Ramona Lang (as "Dancer"), James Lanphier (as "Dancer"), Terry Lasky (as "Dancer"), William A. Lee (as "Mr. Augustus Adamson"), Danny Leeds (as "Singer"), David Leonard (as "Senor Martinez"), Lucille Lewis (as "Singer"), Ted Lund (as "Dancer"), Luba Malina (as "Dagmar Marshak"), Andrea Mann (as "Show Girl"), Margie Markle (as "Show Girl"), Grace Martin (as "Singer"), James Mate (as "Singer"), Martha McKinney (as "Show Girl"), Jerry Meilan (as "Dancer"), Edith Meiser (as "Eadie Johnson"), Tony Montell (as "Singer"), Gar Moore (as "Singer"), Corinna Mura (as "Lolita Cantine"), Dean Mylas (as "Dancer"), Dean Myles (as "Dancer"), John O'Neil (as "Singer"), Leon Palmer (as "Dancer"), Rose Marie Patane (as "Singer"), Gedda Petry (as "Singer"), Donald Powell (as "Dancer"), Raul Reyes (as "Jose/Head-waiter/1st Merchant"), Eric Roberts (as "Augustus, Jr."), John Robinson (as "Mariachi Player/Dancer"), Jimmy Russell (as "Dancer"), Naomi Sanders (as "Singer"), Eric Schepard (as "Dancer"), Jeanne Shelby (as "Mrs. Molly Wincor"), Armando Sisto (as "Singer"), Jerry Sylvon (as "Picador/4th Merchant"), Robert Tavis (as "Singer"), Vera Teatom (as "Dancer"), Eleanor Tennis (as "Eleanor"), Aura Vainio Dancer"), Pat Vecchio (as "Mariachi Player/Dancer"), Joe Viggiano (as "Dancer"), Robert Watoff (as "Singer"), Betty Williams (as "Dancer"), Hank Wolf (as "Lottery Boy/Child"). Replacement actors: Louis Altmark (as "Child/Lottery Boy"), Imogen Carpenter (as "Montana"), Dorothy Durkee (as "Mrs. Molly Wincor/Eadie Johnson"), Joey Gilbert (as "Dancer"), Ben Hernandez (as "Mariachi Player"), Francine Hernandez (as "Child"), Audrey Howell (as "Dancer"), Martin Klein, Marjorie Leach (as "Lillian"), Eloise Marguery (as "Mme. Lupescu"), George Marsh (as "Mr. Augustus Adamson"), Marta Nita (as "Billy"), Erminie Randolph (as "Lolita Cantine"), Eva Reyes (as "Lottery Girl"), Manuel San Miguel (as "Mariachi Player"), Jeanne Shelby (as "Lydia Toddle"). Produced by Mike Todd. Note: Filmed as Mexican Hayride (1948).
- (1941) Stage Play: Lady in the Dark. Musical comedy. Book by Moss Hart. Music by Kurt Weill. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Musical Director: Maurice Abravanel. Music orchestrated by Kurt Weill. Vocal arrangements by Kurt Weill. Production Design by Hassard Short. Lighting Design by Hassard Short. Scenic Design by Harry Horner. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Gowns Designed by Hattie Carnegie. Assistant to Mr. Horner: Lester Polakov and Dick Bernstein. Assistant to Miss Sharaff: Brion. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. All musical sequences staged by Hassard Short. Choreographed by Albertina Rasch. Press Representative: John Peter Toohey. Scenic Design by Harry Horner. Directed by Moss Hart. Alvin Theatre: 23 Jan 1941- 15 Jun 1941 (162 performances). Cast: Gertrude Lawrence (as "Liza Elliott"), Jerome Andrews (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Nelson Barclift (as "Tom, an office boy/Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Dorothy Bird (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), George Bockman (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Anne Bracken (as "Child"), Macdonald Carey (as "Charley Johnson"), Kenneth Casey (as "Child"), Andre Charise (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Catherine Conrad (as "Singer"), Audrey Costello (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Jean Cumming (as "Singer"), Davis Cunningham (as "Jack/Singer"), Margaret Dale (as "Maggie Grant"), Patricia Deering (as "Carol, a model/Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Carol Deis (as "Singer"), Eleanor Eberle (a "Barbara"), Hazel Edwards (as "Singer"), Max Edwards (as "Singer"), Sally Ferguson (as "Child"), Len Frank (as "Singer"), Dan Harden (as "Ben Butler"), Fred Hearn (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Manfred Hecht (as "Singer"), Danny Kaye (a "Russell Paxton"), Yaroslav Kirov (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Ellie Lawes (as "Child"), Joan Lawes (as "Child"), Ann Lee (as "Miss Stevens"), Robert Lee (as "Child"), Bert Lytell (as "Kendall Nesbitt"), June MacLaren (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Jacqueline MacMillan (as "Child"), William Marel (as "Singer"), Victor Mature (as "Randy Curtis") [only Broadway role], Robert Mills (as "Child"), Warren Mills (as "Child"), Beth Nichols (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Virginia Peine (as "Helen, a model"), Gedda Petry (as "Ruthie, a model/Singer"), Donald Randolph (as "Dr. Brooks"), June Rutherford (as "Singer"), Natalie Schafer (as "Alison Du Bois"), Jeanne Shelby (as "Miss Bowers"), Ward Tallmon (as "Joe, an office boy"), Lois Volkman (as "Child"), George Ward (as "Child"), William Welch (as "Child"), Wana Wennerholm (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Margaret Westberg (as "Marcia, a model/Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Evelyn Wyckoff (as "Miss Foster"), Florence Wyman (as "Singer"). Replacement actors: Joseph Anthony (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), George Bockman (as "Tom, an office boy"), Eric Brotherson (as "Singer"), Patricia Deering (as "Barbara"), William Howell (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"), Beth Nichols (as "Carol, a model"), John Sweet (as "Alberta Rasch Group Dancer"). Produced by Sam Harris. Note: Filmed by Paramount Pictures as Lady in the Dark (1944).
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