- (1923 - 1955) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1923) Stage Play: The Nervous Wreck. Comedy. Written by Owen Davis from a story by E.J. Rath [earliest Broadway credit]. Directed by Addison Pitt. Sam H. Harris Theatre: 9 Oct 1923- Jun 1924 (closing date unknown/279 performances). Cast: Edward Arnold (as "Bob Wells"), Joseph Brennan (as "Jud Morgan"), Hobart Cavanaugh (as "Mort"), Albert Hackett (as "Chester Underwood"), Riley Hatch (as "Andy Nabb") [final Broadway role], William Holden, Otto Kruger (as "Henry Williams"), J. Elmer Thomson (as "Dan"), June Walker (as "Sally Morgan"), Winifred Wellington (as "Harriet Underwood"), Jay Wilson (as "Tim"). Produced by Lewis (Albert Lewis [Broadway debut]) & Gordon (Max Gordon [earliest Broadway credit]). Note: This served as the basis for the reworking of the 1928 Broadway production of Whoopee and the film, Whoopee! (1930).
- (1923) Stage Play: The Wild Westcotts. Comedy. Written by Anne Morrison Chapin [credited as Anne Morrison]. Frazee Theatre: 24 Dec 1923- Jan 1924 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Leslie Adams, Helen Broderick (as "Mrs. Taylor"), Claudette Colbert (as "Sybil Blake") [Broadway debut], Boyd Davis (as "Capt. Hippesley Trenchard"; credited as W. Boyd Davis; Broadway debut), Morgan Farley (as "Anthony Westcott"), Charles Laite (as "Henry Hewlett"), Norma Lee, Fred Irving Lewis, Vivian Martin, Elliott Nugent (as "Eddie Hudson"), Cornelia Otis Skinner (as "Geraldine Fairmont"), Edith Campbell Walker, Isabel Withers, Douglas Wood. Produced by Lewis (Albert Lewis) and Gordon (Max Gordon).
- (1924) Stage Play: The Haunted House. Farce. Written by Owen Davis. Directed by Howard Lindsay. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 2 Sep 1924- Dec 1924 (closing date unknown/103 performances). Cast: Leslie Adams (as "The Chauffeur"), Arthur Aylesworth (as "The Milkman"), Dudley Clements (as "The Detective"), Wallace Eddinger (as "The Novelist"), John Irwin (as "The Tramp"), Saxon Kling (as "The Groom"), Isabel Leighton (as "The Girl"), Denman Maley (as "The Sheriff"), Frank Monroe (as "The Father"), Flora Sheffield (as "The Bride"), Isabel Withers (as "The Wife"). Produced by Albert Lewis and Max Gordon.
- (1936) Stage Play: St. Helena. Drama. Written by R.C. Sherriff and Jeanne De Casalis. Scenic Design and Costume Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Robert B. Sinclair. Lyceum Theatre: 6 Oct 1936- Nov 1936 (closing date unknown/63 performances). Cast: Paul Adams, Robert Ansteth, Stephen Ker Appleby, Harry Bellaver (as "The Abbe Vignali"), Stephen Courtleigh, Samuel Danzig, Lewis Dayton, Joseph De Santis, Jules Epailly (as "Cipriani"), Maurice Evans (as "Napoleon"), Edward Fielding, Whitford Kane (as "Dr. O'Meara"), Jack Kelly, Marc Loebell, Joseph Macaulay, Reginald Mason (as "Gen. Count Bertrand"), Charles F. O'Connor, Francis Pierlot (as "The Abbe Buonovita"), Rosamond Pinchot, Paul Porter, Edward Ryan Jr., Kay Strozzi (as "Countess Montholon") [final Broadway role], Barry Sullivan (as "St. Denis"), Joyce Walsh, Percy Waram (as "Sir Hudson Lowe"), Alan Wheatley. Produced by Max Gordon.
- (1939) Stage Play: The American Way. Written by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Lighting Design by Hassard Short. Scene Technician for Mr. Oenslager: Isaac Benesch. Assistant to Miss Sharaff: Anna Hill Johnstone and Florence Keady. Press Representative: John Peter Toohey. Conducted by Oscar Levant. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Center Theatre: 21 Jan 1939- Jun 1939 (closing date unknown/164 performances). Cast: Fredric March (as "Martin Gunther"), Florence Eldridge (as "Irma Gunther"), McKay Morris (as "Samuel Brockton"), Ruth Weston (as "Winifred Baxter"), Eve Abbott, Albert Amato, Jack Arnold (as "Ed Lorenz"), Suzanne Ashbrook, Cathie Bailey, Alan Bandler, Bobby Barron, Robin Batcheller, Vivian Baule, Joseph Beale, Walter Beck (as "A Minister"), Herman Belmonte, Mary Bennett, Ronald Bennett, Evelyn Bernie, Whit Bissell (as "Karl, Age 21") [credited as Whitner Bissell], Milton Blumenthal, Orin Borston, Mary Brandon, Louise Buck, Buddy Buehler, Eileen Burns, Joe Bush, Hugh Cameron (as "Mayor McEvoy"), Eleanore Campsall, Gloria Carey, Gerry Carr, Eldridge Carson, Kenneth Casey, Teddy Casey, Natalie Chilvers, Laura Church, Norma Clerc, Beatrice Cole, Daniel Conway, Russell Conway, George Cotton, Alex Courtney, Ed Crosswell, Harry Crox, Tom Curley, Robert Cushman, Kenneth Dana, Ethel Darling, Gretchen Davidson, Bud Davis, Celeste DeBellis, Louis Delgado, Sandford Dody, Gene Douglas, Dorothy Downs, Katherine Duncan, Helen Edwards, Marian Edwards, Clark Eggleston (as "Ensemble"), Edward Elliott, Ruth Enders, Elsa Ersi (as "Clara Heinrich"), Herbert Everin, Gilbert Fates, Edward Fisher, Alice Fitzsimmons, Janet Fox, Eugene Francis, Vincent Gardiner, Bob Gewald, Herbert Goff, Brant Gorman, Carl Gose, Sydney Grant (as "Dr. Squires"), Norma Green, Claire Greenwood, Donn Hagerty, Gilbert Haggerty, Ann Hagye, Vernon Hammer, Robert Hanley, Lola Harris, Michael Harvey, William Hawes, James Hayes, George Herndon, Alan Hewitt (as "Alex Hewitt"), Nina Hill, Mary Hoban (as "Ensemble"), Cynthia Holbrook, Danny Hood, Claire Howard, Carol Hulings, Bradford Hunt, Buddy Irving, Carl Johnson, Peter Johnson, Marilyn Jolie, Curtis Karpe (as "Ensemble"), Allen Kearns, Walter Kelly, John Kerr, Robert Kerr, Lila King, Dorothy Knox, William Layton (as "Ensemble"), Kenneth Le Roy, Michael Leonard, Tommy Lewis, Richard Lloyd, Audrey Lodge, Constance Lodge, Virginia Lodge, John Long, John Lorenz, Betty MacDonald, James MacDonald, Marvel MacInnis (as "Ensemble"), Edward Mann, Jules Mann, Adrienne Marden, Jean Martel, Remi Martel, Gaylord Mason, Buddy Matthews, Gordon Merrick, Dorothy Miller, Gordon Mills, Patricia Minty, Carman Mitchell, Lois Montgomery, James Moore, Mona Moray, Mary Murray, May Muth, Florrie Nadel, Edna Nagy, Cecil Natapoff, Doris Newcomb, Donald O'Day, Grace O'Malley, LeRoi Operti (as "Dr. MacFarlane"), Margaret Owens, Melvin Parks, Judy Parrish, Lee Parry, Albert Patterson, Charles Payne, Jeannie Belle Perry, Martha Pickens, Gloria Pierre, Elinor Pittis, Philip Pollard, Jean Porter, Janet Regan, Ronald Reiss, George Repp, Robert Rhodes, Eric Roberts, James Roland, Mary Romano, Peggy Romano, Sylvia Roseman, James Russo, Nathaniel Sack, Stephen Sandes, Ray Santos, Lesley Savage, Dora Sayers, Louise Segal, Nat Seigal, Jeanne Shelby, Thomas Speidel, Don Starr, Mary Stevenson, Rodney Stewart, Sidney Stone, Elliott Stranger, Ruth Strome, Daphne Sylva, Jerry Sylvon, Ward Tallman (as "Henry Courtney"), John Thomas, Jerome Thor (as "Ensemble"), Frances Thress, Harry Todd, Carl Urbont, Grace Valentine, Dick Van Patten (as "Karl Gunther, Age 9; Martin Gunther's grandchild") [creidted as Dickie Van Patten], Joan Vitez, Julia Walsh, George Ward, Jeanne Wardley, David Wayne (as "Karl Gunther"), William Welch, Maurice Wells, Peggy Wells, Alan Wenfield, Bob White, Albert Whitley, Nancy Whitman, Lynn Whitney, Mary Williamson, Lois Winston, Janice Winter, Barbara Wooddell, Gene Yell. Produced by Sam Harris and Max Gordon.
- (1936) Stage Play: Ethan Frome. Written by Owen Davis and Donald Davis. Based on the novel by Edith Wharton. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. National Theatre: 21 Jan 1936- 5 May 1936 (120 performances). Cast: Ruth Gordon (as "Mattie Silver"), Pauline Lord (as "Zenobia Frome"), Raymond Massey (as "Ethan Frome"), Oliver Barbour (as "A Young Man"), Catherine Careyas (as "Citizen of Starkfield"), Virginia Chew (as "Citizen of Starkfield"), Tom Ewell (as "Dennis Eady"), Marie Falls, Virginia Frank (as "Citizen of Starkfield"), Beatrice Graham (as "Citizen of Starkfield"), W. Dana Hardwick (as "Ned Hale"), Charles Henderson (as "Ed Varnum"), Eddie James (as "Citizen of Starkfield"), Pam Lawrence (as "Citizen of Starkfield"), Evelyn Monte (as "Citizen of Starkfield"), Ella Morrice (as "Citizen of Starkfield"), William Morris (as "Citizen of Starkfield"), George Parkes, Francis Pierlot (as "Jotham"), Arthur Rosen (as "Citizen of Starkfield"), Almira Sessions, Tom Tempest (as "Citizen of Starkfield"), Sylvia Ward (as "Ruth Varnum"), Jessie Wilson (as "Citizen of Starkfield"), John Winthrop (as "Ruth Varnum"). Produced by Max Gordon.
- (1945) Stage Play: The Firebrand of Florence. Musical comedy. Music by Kurt Weill. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Book by Edwin Justus Mayer and Ira Gershwin. Based on the play by Edwin Justus Mayer. Musical Director: Maurice Abravanel. Music arranged by Kurt Weill. Music orchestrated by Kurt Weill. Book directed by John Haggott. Choreographed by Catherine Littlefield. Lighting and Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by John Murray Anderson. Alvin Theatre: 22 Mar 1945- 28 Apr 1945 (43 performances). Cast: Lynn Alden, Paul Best, Mary Alice Bingham, Doris Blake, Hubert Bland, John Cassidy, Perdita Chandler, Melville Cooper (as "Duke"), James Dobson, Rose Marie Elliot, Bert Freed, Norma Gentner, Walter Graf, Marion Green, Jean Guelis, Yvette Heap, Boyd Heathen, Ferdi Hoffman, Marya Iverson, Eric Kristen, Kenneth Le Roy, Lotte Lenya (as "Duchess"), Don Marshall, Allen Noel, Gedda Petry, Walter Rinner, Charles Sheldon, Frank Stevens, Gloria Story, Randolph Symonette, Beverly Tyler, William Vaux, Billy Williams, Earl Wrightson. Produced by Max Gordon.
- (1933) Stage Play: Roberta. Musical revue. Music by Jerome Kern. Book by Otto A. Harbach. Based on the novel "Gowns by Roberta" by Alice Duer Miller. Lyrics by Otto A. Harbach. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Musical Director: Victor Baravalle. Scenic Design by Clark Robinson. Gowns Designed by Madame Tafel. Furs Designed by Max Koch. Costume Design by Kiviette. Uncredited Lighting Design by Hassard Short. Choreographed by 'Jose Limon'. Uncredited Director: Hassard Short. New Amsterdam Theatre: 18 Nov 1933- 21 Jul 1934 (295 performances). Cast: Barbara Adams, Ray Adams, Berenice Alaire, Leon Alton, Michael Alvarez, Dorothy Atkins, Bob Barrett, Elsie Behrens, Norma Butler, Sally Bynum, The California Collegians (as "Huckleberry Haines Orchestra"), Phyllis Cameron, Barbara Child, Bobette Christine, Florence Chumbecos, Aida Conkey, Lola De Lille, George Djimos, Bert Doughty, Jack Douglas, Rene Du Plessis (as "California Collegian"), Jane Evans, Rose Gale, Bob Gray, Helen Gray, Sydney Greenstreet (as "Lord Henry Delves, the Friend of Roberta"), William Hain, Bunny Hallow, Ruth Hamilton, Vernon Hammer, Buddy Hertelle, Bob Hope (as "Huckleberry Haines, the Crooner"), Ed Jerome, Edna Johnson, Alan Jones (as "California Collegian"), Lillian Lamonte, Dorothy Lane, Catherine Laughlin, Fred MacMurray (as "California Collegian"), Ray Middleton (as "John Kent, the Fullback"), Evelyn Monte, Herb Montei, John Muccio, George Murphy (as "Billy Boyden, the Hoofer"), Nayan Pearce, John Peters, Carole Renwick, Lyda Roberti (as "Mme. Nunez/Clementina Scharwenka, the Star Customer"), Josephine Roberts, Marion Ross (as "Mme. Grandet, the Fitter"), Jim Ryan, Tania Sania, Stanislaw Sarmatoff, Ruth Shaw, Gretchen Sherman, Tamara, Fay Templeton (as "Aunt Minnie/Trade Name, Roberta/the Modiste"), William Torpey, Rosalie Trego, Mavis Walsh, Sandra Walters, Clara Waring, Virginia Whitmore, Barbara Williams, Lou Wood, Neil Wood. Produced by Max Gordon.
- Born Yesterday (1946). Comedy. Written by Garson Kanin. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Costume Design by Ruth Kanin. Assistant Scenic Design: Charles Elson. Directed by Garson Kanin. Lyceum Theatre (moved to The Henry Miller's Theatre from 9 Nov 1948- close): 4 Feb 1946- 31 Dec 1949 (1642 performances). Cast: Paul Douglas (as "Harry Brock"), Judy Holliday (as "Billie Dawn"), Gary Merrill (as "Paul Verrall"), Carroll Ashburn (as "The Assistant Manager"), Mona Bruns (as "Mrs. Hedges"), C.L. Burke (as "A Waiter"), Ellen Hall (as "Helen/A maid"), William Harmon (as "A Bellhop"), Otto Hulett (as "Ed Devery"), Rex King (as "A Bellhop"), Mary Laslo (as "A Manicurist"), Ted Mayer (as "A Barber"), Paris Morgan (as "A Bootblack"), Larry Oliver (as "Senator Norval Hedges"), Frank Otto (as "Eddie Brock") [final Broadway role]. Replacement cast (during Lyceum Theatre run): John S. Clubley (as "The Assistant Manager"), Harry Cooke (as "Eddie Brock") [final Broadway role], James Daly (as "A Bellhop"), Jan Sterling (as "Billie Dawn"). Replacement cast (during Henry Miller's Theatre run): Scott McKay (as "Paul Verrall"), Jean Parker (as "Billie Dawn"). Produced by Max Gordon. Notes: (1) Filmed as Born Yesterday (1950) and Born Yesterday (1993). (2) Mr. Otto reprised his role in the original film version.
- Sing Out the News (1938). Musical revue. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek. Written by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart [uncredited script doctoring]. Music and lyrics by Harold Rome. Sketches by Charles Friedman. Ballet music by Will Irwin. Musical Director: Max Meth. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Choreographed by Ned McGurn, Dave Gould and Charles Walters. "Peace and the Diplomat" staged by Charles Walters. Directed by Charles Friedman. Music Box Theatre: 24 Sep 1938- 7 Jan 1939 (105 performances). Cast: June Allyson (as "Time-The Present" Performer/Class of 1938/Minstrels) [Broadway debut], Bruce Barclay, John Barry, Add Bates, John Benton, Daisy Bernier, The Boys of Today, Ethel Brown, Lillyn Brown, Sibol Cain, Warren Coleman, Traverse Crawford, Fred Deming, Elizabeth Dozier, R. Dupler, Eleanor Eberle, Sally Ellis, Joey Faye, The Floradora Girls, Dorothy Fox, Miriam Franklin, Jane Fraser, Joel Friend, Chick Gagnon, Ortho Gaines, Ed Galloway, Will Geer, Rosalind Gordon, Ray Harrison, Ben Holmes, Richard Huey, Rex Ingram, Cecil Jackson, Georgia Jarvis, George Jones Jr., Gus Jones, Charles Lawrence, Kathryn Lazell, Thelma Lee, Carrington Lewis, Harry Lewis, Lewis and Van, James Lillard, Christina Lind, Leslie Litomy, Philip Loeb, Michael Loring, Henrietta Lovelace, Jimmy Lydon, Shirley Macy, Wanda Macy, Ginger Manners, Elizabeth McDowell, Estelle McDowell, Sadie McGill, Elmaurice Miller, Tomas Mitchell, Michael Moore, Fred Nay, B. Norris, Bernard Pearce, 'Jean Peters (I)', Jackie Petty, Burton Pierce, Ethel Remey, Bruce Rogers, Ben Ross, Hazel Scott, Hiram Sherman, Maude Simmons, Edwin Smith, Herbert Sumpter, Grant Thomas, Sonny Timmons, Allen Tinney, William Tinney, The Virginians, Ben Walles, Mary Jane Walsh, Howard Warriner, Clarence Wheeler, Madelyn White, Louie Williams, Lucille Williams, Musa Williams (as "Another Neighbor: One of These Fine Days/Guest: Man of the Year"), Mae Williamson, Maud Williamson, Lucille Wilson, Howard Woodford. Produced by Max Gordon, in association with George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.
- (1941) Stage Play: The Land Is Bright. Written by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Technical Assistant to Mr. Mielziner: George Jenkins. Press Representative: John Peter Toohey and Ben Kornzweig. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Music Box Theatre: 28 Oct 1941- 3 Jan 1942 (79 performances). Cast: Leon Ames, Diana Barrymore (as "Linda Kincaid"), Walter Beck (as "Dorset"), Constance Brigham, Grover Burgess (as "Ollie Pritchard"), Flora Campbell, Russell Conway, John Draper, Herbert Duffy, Ruth Findlay (as "Deborah Hawks") [final Broadway role], Jack Hartley, Muriel Hutchison, James La Curto, Louise Larabee, Hugh Marlowe, Roderick Maybee (as "Jesse Andrews"), Charles McClelland, Arnold Moss (as "Count Waldemar Czarniko/Count Waldemar Czarniko II"), Phyllis Povah (as "Ellen Kincaid"), William Roerick (as "Theodore Kincaid"), Edith Russell, Robert Shayne (as "Jerry Hudson"), Elaine Shepard, Martha Sleeper (as "Tana Kincaid"), G. Albert Smith (as "Dan Frawley"), K.T. Stevens, Norman Stuart, Ralph Theodore (as "Lacey Kincaid"), Lili Valenty, Dick Van Patten (as "Timothy Kincaid") [credited as Dickie Van Patten]. Produced by Max Gordon.
- (1940) Stage Play: My Sister Eileen. Comedy. Written by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov, from stories by Ruth McKenney. Dance sequences staged by Paul Seymour. Dance sequences stages by Paul Seymour. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Lighting Design by Al Alloy. Technical Assistant to Mr. Oenslager: Isaac Benesch. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Biltmore Theatre (through 4 Aug 1942. Moved to The Martin Beck Theatre until 21 Nov 1942 then moved to The Ritz Theatre until 13 Dec 1942 then moved to The Broadway Theatre until close): 26 Dec 1940- 16 Jan 1943 (864 performances). Cast: Effie Afton (as "Violet Shelton"), Michael Ames, Shirley Booth (as "Ruth Sherwood"), Alan Brixey, Morris Carnovsky (as "Mr. Appolpolous"), Peter Coe (as "Future Admiral") [credited as Peter Knego], George Cotton (as "Jensen"), Tom Dillon, Donald Foster, Eda Heinemann (as "A Prospective Tenant"), Gordon Jones, Joseph Kallini, Bruce MacFarlane, Paul Marion, Charles Martin, William Post Jr., Richard Quine (who would later direct a film version of the play, My Sister Eileen (1955)), Helen Ray, Eric Roberts, Mel Roberts, Jo Ann Sayers, Paul Seymour, Benson Spring, Joan Tompkins, Robert White. Replacement actors during Biltmore Theatre run: Joe Bush (as "Future Admiral"), Henry Jones (as "Frank Lippencott"), Dave Macomber (as "Cossack"), Alva Milligan (as "A Drunk"), Priscilla Newton (as "Helen Wade"), Theodore Newton (as "Robert Baker"), Paul Porter Jr. (as "A Street Arab"), Roy Roberts (as "The Wreck"), Max Showalter (as "Frank Lippencott"), Arthur Tell (as "A Drunk"), Jerome Thor (as "Future Admiral"), Sheila Trent (as "Violet Shelton"), Ethel Wilson (as "A Prospective Tenant"). Replacement actors during Martin Beck Theatre run: Tony Bickley Future Admiral"), Joseph Buloff (as "Mr. Appolpolous"), Victor Finney (as "Future Admiral"), Thomas Hume (as "The Wreck"), Peggy Knudsen (as "Eileen Sherwood"), David Macomber (as "Cossack"), Alva Milligan (as "A Drunk"), Theodore Newton (as "Robert Baker"), Paul Porter Jr. (as "A Street Arab"), Herbert Rissman (as "Jensen"), Max Showalter (as "Frank Lippencott"), Arthur Tell (as "A Drunk"), Sheila Trent (as "Violet Shelton"), Ethel Wilson (as "A Prospective Tenant"). Replacement actors during Ritz Theatre run: None noted. Replacement actors during Broadway Theatre run: None noted. Produced by Max Gordon. Notes: Rates as one of the most successful (and profitable) productions ever produced on Broadway. Filmed by Columbia Pictures twice as My Sister Eileen (1942), My Sister Eileen (1955).
- Junior Miss (1941). Comedy. Written by Jerome Chodorov and Joseph Fields. Based on the stories by Sally Benson. Stage Manager: Henry Ephron. Directed by Moss Hart. Lyceum Theatre (moved to The 46th Street Theatre from 26 Dec 1941- 28 Mar 1943, then moved to The Majestic Theatre from 28 Mar 1943 to close): 18 Nov 1941- 24 Jul 1943 (unknown performances). Cast: Matt Briggs, Francesca Bruning, Walter Collins, John Cushman, James Elliot, Kenneth Forbes, Jack Geer, John Hudson, Alexander Kirkland, Paula Laurence, Lenore Lonergan, Jack Manning, Joan Newton, Philip Ober (as "Harry Graves"), Patricia Peardon, William Redfield (as "Haskell Cummings") [credited as Billy Redfield], Barbara Robbins, Peter Scott, Robert Willey. Produced by Max Gordon.
- Very Warm for May (1939). Musical comedy. Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Music arranged by Russell Bennett. Book by Oscar Hammerstein II. Music orchestrated by Russell Bennett. Musical Director: Robert Emmett Dolan. Choreographed by Albertina Rasch and Harry Losee. Scenic Design by Vincente Minnelli. Costume Design by Vincente Minnelli. Book directed by Oscar Hammerstein II. Directed by Vincente Minnelli. Alvin Theatre: 17 Nov 1939- 6 Jan 1940 (59 performances). Cast: June Allyson (as "June"), Dolores Anderson (as "Dolores"), Eve Arden (as "Winnie Spofford"), Maxine Barrat (as "Honey"), Seldon Bennett (as "Schlesinger"), Beulah Blake (as "Beulah"), Helen Bliss (as "Helen"), Donald Brian (as "William Graham"), Virginia Card (as "Miss Wasserman"), Peter Chambers (as "Mr. Magee"), Andre Charise (as "Andre"), William Collins (as "Bill"), Sally Craven (as "Sally"), Milton DeLugg (as "O'Cedar/Accordion"), Helen Donovan (as "Helen II"), Eleanor Eberle (as "Eleanor"), Frank Egan (as "Mr. Pratt"), Vera-Ellen (as "Susan"), Bruce Evans (as "Electrician"), Marshal Fisher (as "Marshal/Guitar"), Miriam Franklyn (as "Miriam"), Kate Friedlich (as "Sylvia"), Ralph Hansell (as "Ralph/Drums"), Claire Harvey (as "Claire"), Louis Hightower (as "Louis") [Broadway debut], Avon Long (as "Jackson"), Walter Long (as "Walter"), Don Loper (as "Smoothy Watson"), Ethel Lynn (as "Ethel"), Matt Malneck (as "Alvin/Violin"), Charles Marlowe (as "Homer/Trumpet"), Ray Mayer (as "Kenny"), Grace McDonald (as "May Graham"), Len Mence (as "Beamish"), Frances Mercer (as "Liz Spofford") [Broadway debut], Rudy Miller (as "Rudy"), Russ Morhoff (as "Russ/Bass"), Kay Picture (as "Miss Hyde"), Jean Plummer (as "Jean/Piano"), Marie Louise Quevli (as "Alice"), Richard Quine (as "Sonny Spofford"), Joseph Quintile (as "Joseph/Harp"), Pamela Randell (as "Pam"), Jack Seymour (as "Jack"), Robert Shackleton (as "Raymond Sibley"), Hollace Shaw (as "Carroll"), Hiram Sherman (as "Ogdon Quiler"), Max Showalter (as "Lowell Pennyfeather"), Ralph Stuart (as "Charles"), Evelyn Thawl (as "Jane"), Webb Tilton (as "Webb"), William Torpey (as "Jethro Hancock"), Jack Whiting (as "Johnny Graham"), Jack Wilson (as "Peter"), Billie Wirth (as "Billie"). Produced by Max Gordon.
- (1934) Stage Play: The Farmer Takes a Wife (1934). Comedy. Written by Frank B. Elser and Marc Connelly. Based on the novel "Rome Haul" by Walter D. Edmonds. Stage Manager: Albert Cowles. Directed by Marc Connelly. 46th Street Theatre: 30 Oct 1934- Jan 1935 (closing date unknown/104 performances). Cast: Wylie Adams (as "Conductor"), Walter Ayres (as "Fry"), Joe M. Fields (as "Riley"), Henry Fonda (as "Dan Harrow"), James Francis-Robertson (as "Joe Teetham"), Ruth Gillmore (as "Mrs. Howard"), Margaret Hamilton (as "Lucy Gurget"), Frank Knight (as "Calder"), Mabel Kroman (as "Ivy"), Lewis Martin (as "Luke"), Kate Mayhew (as "Gammy Hennessy"), Mary McQuade (as "Della"), Bert J. Norton (as "Howard"), Charles F. O'Connor (as "Otway"), Larry Oliver (as "Lucas"), Gibbs Penrose (as "Jotham Klore"), Francis Pierlot (as "Sol Tinker"), Ralph Riggs (as "am Weaver"), Robert Ross (as "Stark"), Morton Stevens (as "Harry Emory"), Joseph Sweeney (as "Mr. Fisher"), June Walker (as "Molly Larkins"), Herb Williams (as "Fortune Friendly"), Jay Young (as "Yazey"). Produced by Max Gordon.
- (1944) Stage Play: The Late George Apley. Comedy. Written by John P. Marquand and George S. Kaufman. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by John P. Marquand. Scenic Design by Stewart Chaney. Costume Design by Stewart Chaney. Press Representative: John Peter Toohey. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Lyceum Theatre: 23 Nov 1944- 17 Nov 1945 (384 performances). Cast: Leo G. Carroll (as "George Apley"), Janet Beecher (as "Catherine Apley"), Margaret Dale (as "Amelia Newcombe"), Percy Waram (as "Roger Newcombe"), Mabel Acker (as "Emily Southworth"), Joan Chandler (as "Eleanor Apley"), John Conway (as "Howard Boulder"), Sayre Crawley (as "Henry"), Reynolds Evans (as "Horatio Willing"), David McKay (as "John Apley"), Mrs. Priestly Morrison (as "Margaret"), Margaret Phillips (as "Agnes Willing"), Catherine Proctor (as "Jane Willing"), Byron Russell (as "Wilson"), Howard St. John (as "Julian H. Dole"), Ivy Troutman (as "Lydia Leyton"). Produced by Max Gordon. Note: Filmed by 20th Century Fox Film Corp. as The Late George Apley (1947).
- (1946) Stage Play: Years Ago. Comedy. Written by Ruth Gordon. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Directed by Garson Kanin. Mansfield Theatre: 3 Dec 1946- 31 May 1947 (206 performances). Cast: Seth Arnold (as "Mr. Sparrow, a man who owned a wagon"), Jennifer Bunker (as "Anna Witham, My Next Best Friend"), Judith Cargill (as "Miss Glavin, from out to Brookline"), A Cat (as "Punk, Our Cat"), Florence Eldridge (as "Annie Jones, My Mother"), Pat Kirkland (as "Ruth Gordon Jones, Me"), Bethel Leslie (as "Katherine Follett, My Best Friend"), Fredric March (as "Clinton Jones, My Father"), Frederick Persson (as "Mr. Bagley, from the Y.M.C.A."), Richard Simon (as "Fred Whitmarsh, a Beau"). Produced by Max Gordon.
- (1935) Stage Play: Pride and Prejudice. Comedy. Dramatized by Helen Jerome. Based on the novel by: Jane Austen. Music arranged by Alexander Haas. Musical Direction by Alexander Haas. Stage Manager: Eddie Sobol. Assistant Stage Mgr: Jock Munro. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Robert B. Sinclair. Plymouth Theatre: 5 Nov 1935- May 1936 (closing date unknown/219 performances). Cast: Adrianne Allen, Stephen Appleby, Gail Bolger, Frances Brandt, Helen Chandler (as "Jane Bennet"), Jeannette Chinley, Chouteau Dyer, Brenda Forbes, John Halloran, Nancy Hamilton, Ferdi B. Hoffman (as "A Second Young Man"), James Jolley, Colin Keith-Johnston (as "Mr. Darcy"), Alma Kruger (as "Lady Catherine de Bourgh") [final Broadway role], Kathleen Moran, Hugh Nevill, Viola Roache (as "Mrs. Gardiner"), Dorothy Scott, Harold Scott, John Davenport Seymour, Harold Thomas, Joan Tompkins, Percy Waram (as "Mr. Bennet"), Lucile Watson, Edwina Wise, Dare Wright. Produced by Max Gordon.
- (1941) Stage Play: Sunny River. Musical. Music by Sigmund Romberg. Book by Oscar Hammerstein II. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Conducted by Jay Blackton [credited as Jacob Schwartzdorf] (earliest Broadway credit). Scenic Design by Stewart Chaney. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Supervised by John Murray Anderson. Choreographed by Carl Randall. Directed by Oscar Hammerstein II. St. James Theatre: 4 Dec 1941- 3 Jan 1942 (36 performances). Cast: Peggy Alexander (as "Martha"), James Allison (as "Ensemble"), Jay Amiss (as "Ensemble"), Russ Anderson (as "Ensemble"), Muriel Angelus (as "Marie Sauvinet"), Ainsworth Arnold (as "Gabriel Gervais"), Barbara Barton (as "Ensemble"), Henni Brooks (as "Ensemble"), Vicki Charles (as "Emma"), Helen Claire (as "Cecilie Marshall"), Donald Clark (as "Jim"), Dudley Clements (as "George Marshall"), Alfredo Costello (as "Ensemble"), Gordon Dilworth (as "Emil"), Edward Dunbar (as "Ensemble"), Tom Ewell (as "Daniel Marshall"), Howard Freeman (as "The Drunk"), Betty Gilpatrick (as "Ensemble"), William Hearne (as "Ensemble"), William Hogue (as "Ensemble"), George Holmes (as "Harry"), Richard Huey (as "Old Henry"), Philip Jones (as "Ensemble"), Miriam LaVelle (as "Columbine"), Bob Lawrence (as "Jean Gervais"), Lodema Legg (as "Ensemble"), Ethel Levey (as "Lolita"), Gwen Mann (as "Ensemble"), Helen Marshall (as "Ensemble"), John Marshall (as "Ensemble"), Byron Milligan (as "Ensemble"), Edwin Bruce Moldow (as "Child"), Mariquita Moll (as "Ensemble"), Ann Morlowe (as "Ensemble"), May Muth (as "Ensemble"), William O'Neal (as "Achille Caresse"), Robert Ormiston (as "Ensemble"), Fred Perrone (as "Ensemble"), Frederic Persson (as "Judge Pope Martineau"), Oscar Polk (as "Aristide"), Carol Renee (as "Child"), Jack Riano (as "Harlequin"), Joan Roberts (as "Madeleine Caresse"), Ivy Scott (as "Mother Gervais"), Joan Shepard (as "Child"), Michael Sigel (as "Ensemble"), Ethel Taylor (as "Ensemble"), Kenneth Tobey (as "The Doctor"), Stephanie Turash (as "Ensemble"), Helen Wagner (as "Ensemble"), Roy Williams (as "Ensemble"), Buddy Worth (as "Enemble"). Produced by Max Gordon.
- (1953) Stage Play: The Solid Gold Cadillac. Comedy. Written by Howard Teichmann and George S. Kaufman. Thanks to the narrator, Fred Allen. Special thanks for his contribution of "Spartacus to the Gladiators" to Marc Connelly. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Belasco Theatre (moved to the Music Box Theatre on 10 May 1954 to close): 5 Nov 1953- 12 Feb 1955 (526 performances). Cast: Josephine Hull, Loring Smith (as "Edward L. McKeever"), Howard Adelman (as "I.N.S."), Fred Allen [narration; recorded voice only], Mark Allen (as "Dwight Brookfield, News Broadcaster"), Reynolds Evans (as "Warren Gillie"), Henry Jones, Carl Judd (as "The A.P."), Geoffrey Lumb (as "T. John Blessington"), Lorraine MacMartin (as "Estelle Evans, News Broadcaster"), Gloria Maitland, Al McGranary (as "The U.P."), Vera Fuller Mellish (as "Miss Logan"), Henry Norell (as "Bill Parker, News Broadcaster"), Wendell K. Phillips (as "Alfred Metcalfe"), Jack Ruth (as "Mark Jenkins"), Charlotte Van Lein (as "Miss L'Arriere"), Mary Welch (as "Miss Amelia Shotgraven"). Produced by Max Gordon [final Broadway credit]. Note: Filmed as The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956). Music Box Theatre owned and operated by Irving Berlin who had no direct involvement in production.
- (1948) Stage Play: Bravo! Written by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber. Scenic Design by Leo Kerz. Costume Design by Rose Bogdanoff. Evening gowns for Miss Darvas and Miss Talma by Castillo. Lyceum Theatre: 11 Nov 1948- 18 Dec 1948 (44 performances). Cast: Oscar Homolka (as "Zoltan Lazko"), Lili Darvas (as "Rosa Rucker"), King Calder (as "Wallace"), Jean Carson, Oliver Cliff, Frank Conroy (as "Jeffrey Crandall"), George Cotton, Janet Fox, Christiane Grautoff, Arthur Havel, Morton Havel, Elena Karam, Kevin McCarthy (as "Kurt Heger"), Fritzi Scheff, Edgar Stehli (as "Martin Link"), Zolya Talma (as "Stephanie"). Produced by Max Gordon.
- (1944) Stage Play: Over 21. Comedy. Written by Ruth Gordon. Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Music Box Theatre: 3 Jan 1944- 8 Jul 1944 (221 performances). Cast: Ruth Gordon (as "Paula Wharton"), Kay Aldridge (as "Miss Manley"), Carroll Ashburn (as "Colonel H.C. Foley"), Jessie Busley (as "Mrs. Armina Gates"), Eddie Hodge (as "An Elderly Gent"), Philip Loeb (as "Joel I. Nixon"), Dennie Moore (as "Mrs. Foley"), Beatrice Pearson (as "Jan Lupton"), Tom Seidel (as "Roy Lupton"), Loring Smith (as "Robert Drexel Gow'), Harvey Stephens (as "Max Wharton"). Understudies: George Blackwood, Emily Ross. Produced by Max Gordon. Note: Filmed by Columbia Pictures as Over 21 (1945) starring Irene Dunne.
- (1932) Stage Play: Flying Colors. Musical revue. Music, material and lyrics by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz. "On the American Plan" written in collaboration with George S. Kaufman. "Bon Voyage" and "The Salesman" written in collaboration with Corey Ford. "Lost in the Crowd" written in collaboration with Charles Sherman. Dances and Ensembles staged by Albertina Rasch. Directed by Howard Dietz. Imperial Theatre: 15 Sep 1932-25 Jan 1933 (188 performances). Cast: Charles Butterworth, Tamara Geva, Patsy Kelly, Clifton Webb, Larry Adler, Alfreda Allman, June Blossom, Vera Bracken, Elsie Burrows, Phyllis Cameron, Helen Carrington, Janet Carver, Florence Chumbecos, Imogene Coca, Lucille Cole, Aida Conkey, Muriel Cook, Leonore Cox, Maxine Darrow, Mildred Davenport, Dorothy Dodd, Nancy Dolin, Lillian Duncan, Enez Early, Buddy Ebsen, Vilma Ebsen, Lloyd Ericson, Jackie Godfreyer, Ruth Gormley, Wilhelmina Gray, Consuello Harris, Bobby Johns, David Johns, George Kirk, Katherine Laughlin, Philip Loeb, George Magis, Irene McBride, William Miley, Evelyn Monte, Monette Moore, Katherine Mullowny, Frances Nevins, Myrtle Quinland, George Raymond, Carol Renwick, Wilma Roeloff, Jean Sargent, Morrie Siegel, Dolores Townsend, Rosalie Trego, Albertina Vitak, John Walsh, Elida Webb, Teddy West, Dora White, Virginia Whitmore, Jay Wilson, Lucille Wilson, Billie Yarbo. Produced by Max Gordon.
- (1936) Stage Play: The Women. Comedy. Written by Clare Boothe Luce. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Robert B. Sinclair. Ethel Barrymore Theare: 26 Dec 1936- Jul 1938 (closing date unknown/675 performances). Cast: Charita Bauer (as "Little Mary"), Eloise Bennett (as "Euphie"), Eileen Burns (as "Miss Fordyce")), Jessie Busley (as "Mrs. Morehead"), Mary Cecil (as "Maggie") [final Broadway role], Ilka Chase, Virgilia Chew (as "Miss Watts"), Audrey Christie (as "Miriam Aarons"), Beatrice Cole (as "Second Model"), Doris Day [not the Doris Day of later movie fame] (as "First Saleswoman"), Margaret Douglass (as "Countess de Lage"), Lucille Fenton (as "Head Saleswoman/A Nurse"), Arlene Francis, Margalo Gillmore (as "Mary, Mrs. Stephen Haines"), Ruth Hammond (as "Olga"), Joy Hathaway (as "A Fitter"), Anne Hunter (as "Exercise Instructress"), Ethel Jackson (as "Mrs. Wagstaff"), Betty Lawford (as "Crystal Allen"), Marjorie Main (as "Lucy"), Adrienne Marden (as "Peggy, Mrs. John Day"), Jane Moore (as "Second Hairdresser"), Mary Murray (as "Miss Trimmerback"), Lillian Norton (as "Cigarette Girl"), Phyllis Povah, Jean Rodney (as "Second Saleswoman"), Jane Seymour (as "Nancy Blake"), Mary Stuart (as "First Hairdresser"), Ann Teeman (as "Jane"), Martina Thomas (as "Third Saleswoman"), Beryl Wallace, Ann Watson (as "Pedicurist"), Marjorie Wood (as "Sadie"). Replacement actors: Claire Carleton (as "Crystal Allen"), Jeanne Cooley (as "Second Saleswoman"), Marjorie Dalton (as "Third Saleswoman"), Edith Gresham (as "Countess de Lage"), Gladys Griswold (as "Miriam Aarons"), Enid Markey (as "Olga"), Lillian Norton (as "Second Hairdresser"), Ethel Remey (as "Lucy"), Tanya Sanina (as "Helene/Princess Tamara"), Jacqueline Susann (as "First Model") [Broadway debut]. Produced by Max Gordon. Note: Filmed as The Women (1939), The Women (1955).
- (1944) Stage Play: While the Sun Shines. Comedy. Written by Terence Rattigan. Scenic Design by Edward Gilbert. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Lyceum Theatre: 19 Sep 1944- 21 Oct 1944 (39 performances). Cast: Stanley Bell (as "The Earl of Harpenden"), Anne Burr (as "Lady Elizabeth Randall"), Melville Cooper (as "The Duke of Ayr and Stirling"), Cathleen Cordell (as "Mabel Crum"), Lewis Howard (as "Lieutenant Mulvaney"), Alexander Ivo (as "Lieutenant Colbert"), J.P. Wilson (as "Horton"). Produced by Max Gordon.
- (1934) Stage Play: Spring Song. Written by Sam Spewack and Bella Spewack. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Eddie Sobol. Morosco Theatre: 1 Oct 1934- Nov 1934 (closing date unknown/40 performances). Cast: Frieda Altman (as "Tillie Solomon"), Joseph Greenwald, Angela Jacobs, Garson Kanin (as "Young Man"), Malka Kornstein, Francine Larrimore, Sam Levene (as "Milton"), Anne Loeb, Sam Mann, Sylvia Manners, Alma Ross (as "Mrs. Birnbaum"), Yetta Schoengold, Morris Strassberg, Norman Stuart (as "Sidney Kurtz"), Bertha Walden, Helen Zelinskaya. Produced by Max Gordon.
- (January 2, 1933) He produced Noel Coward's play, "Design for Living," in its world premiere at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Katharine Cornell, Alfred Lunt, and Lynn Fontanne in the cast. G.E. Galthrop was set designer.
- (December 19-26, 1949) He produced George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's play, "The Man Who Came to Dinner," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Monte Woolley (Sheridan Whiteside); Mabel Acker; Mardette Edwards; Ken Raymond; Elaine Bradford; Charles Parsons; Paula Stevens; Richard Barbee; Jay Presson; Harvey Dunn; Ruth Hermansen; Don Peters; John Michaels; John Davis; Jack Wallace; David Ellin; Carl Judd; Gloria McGhee; William Campbell; Rex O'Malley; Arthur Tell; David Vivian; Jerry Jarrett; Tim Fielding; Al Dexter; and Tommy Vize in the cast. Edward Gilbert was set designer. Bianca Stroock was costume designer. William McFadden was director.
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