- (1923 - 1980) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1923) Stage Play: Battling Buttler. Musical comedy.
- (1925) Stage Play: Big Boy. Musical comedy. Music by James F. Hanley and Joseph Meyer. Book by Harold Atteridge. Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva. Mr. Jolson's Orchestrations by Alfred Goodman. Music orchestrated by Emil Gerstenberger. Dances and Ensembles Arranged by Seymour Felix and Larry Ceballos. Directed by J.C. Huffman. Dialogue Directed by Alexander Leftwich. Winter Garden Theatre: 7 Jan 1925- 14 Mar 1925 (56 performances). Cast: Al Jolson (as "Gus"), George Andre(as "Dancer"), Marion Andre (as "Show Girls"), Wyn Ayres (as "Show Girls"), Edythe Baker (as "Phyllis Carter"), Hugh Banks (as "Joe Warren"), Franklyn Batie (as "Jim Redding/Tucker"), Frank Beaston (as "Jack Bedford"), Adolphe Beck (as "Men"), Peggy Bernier (as "Dancer"), May Birt (as "Show Girls"), Freddie Bond (as "Show Girls"), William Bonelli (as "Legrande"), Bobbie Brandeis (as "Men"), Colin Campbell (as "Steve Leslie"), Elsie Carroll (as "Dancer") [Broadway debut], Nancy Carroll (as "Show Girls"), Terry Carroll (as "Show Girls") [Broadway debut], Irving Carter (as "Danny/Men"), Al Clair (as "Men"), Lee Cutler (as "Dancer"), Jewel Dalores (as "Dancer"), Clifford Daly (as "Men"), Leo Donnelly (as "Doc Wilbur"), Helen Doyle (as "Dancer"), Minnie Dupree (as "Dancer"), William C. Elkins (as "Jubilee Singer"), Flo Evers (as "Show Girls"), Albert Ford (as "Men"), Ethel Fuller (as "Dancer"), Rose Gallagher (as "Show Girls"), George Gilday (as "Judkins"), Peggy Gillespie (as "Dancer"), Janice Glenn (as "Dancer"), Maude Turner Gordon (as "Mrs. Bedford"), Walter A. Gray (as "Jubilee Singer"), Mabel Grete (as "Dancer"), Patti Harrold (as "Annabelle Bedford"), Louise Hersey (as "Show Girls"), Alma Hookey (as "Dancer"), Wilbert B. Howard (as "Jubilee Singer"), George E. Jackson (as "Jubilee Singer"), Frankie James (as "Dolly Graham"), Naoe Kondo (as "Dancer"), Harry Lake (as "Men"), Lewis Laub (as "Men"), Flo Lewis (as "Tessie Forbes"), Madge Lorraine (as "Show Girls"), Walter Lowery (as "Men"), Dotty Mae (as "Dancer"), Charles Moran (as "Mr. Gray/Tout"), Dinky Ozmont (as "Dancer"), Arthur H. Payne (as "Jubilee Singer"), Mary Phillips (as "Show Girls"), Jack Ray (as "Men"), Ralph Reader (as "Men"), Thelma Robinson (as "Dancer"), Mose R. Ross (as "Jubilee Singer"), Dorothy Rudac (as "Dancer"), Ruth Savoy (as "Dancer"), Edith Scott (as "Caroline Purdy"), Arthur S. Shaw (as "Jubilee Singer"), L.C. Sherman (as "Manager"), Madeline Smith (as "Show Girls"), George Spelvin [actor who wished to remain anonymous] (as "Silent Ransom"), Rose Stone (as "Dancer"), Esther Tanney (as "Dancer"), Kelly Thompson (as "Jubilee Singer"), William L. Thorne (as "Bully John Bagby/Wainwright"), Helen Wallace (as "Dancer"), Walter Wandell (as "Men"), Dorothy Wegman (as "Show Girls"), Carl D. White (as "Jubilee Singer"), Minnie White (as "Dancer"), Ralph Whitehead (as "Coley Reid"), Casco Williams (as "Jubilee Singer"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Note: Filmed by Warner Bros./Vitaphone Corporation as Big Boy (1930).
- (1925) Stage Play: Gay Paree. Musical revue. Music by Alfred Goodman, Maurice Ruebens and J. Fred Coots. Book by Harold Atteridge. Lyrics by Clifford Grey. Musical Director: Alfred Goodman. Music orchestrated by Emil Gerstenberger. Additional lyrics by Harold Atteridge, Henry Creamer, Buddy G. DeSylva, Ballard MacDonald, Lester Allen, Harry Woods, Charles Tobias and Al Sherman. Additional music by Harry Woods, Charles Tobias, Al Sherman, James F. Hanley, Walter Donaldson and Joseph Meyer. Musical Staging by Earl Lindsay. Choreographed by Alexis Kosloff. Directed by J.J. Shubert and Charles Judels. Shubert Theatre: 18 Aug 1925- 30 Jan 1926 (181 performances). Cast: Newton Alexander, Betty Allen, Lucille Arden, William Baden, Dorothy Barber, Pauline Blair, Frances Blythe, Richard Bold, Ilsi Bott, Alice Boulden, Carol Boyer, William Brainerd, Lorraine Brooks, Camille, Jean Caswell, Chandler Christy, Helen Claire, Eddie Conrad, Claire Daniels, Isabel Dawn, Claudia Dell, Johnny Dove, Louise Dove, Clarice Durham, Mabel Earle, Beth Elliott, Byrdeatta Evans, Florence Fair, Rosemary Farmer, Margie Finley, Walton Ford, Ruth Gillette, Florence Golden, Viola Griffith, Texas Guinan, Jack Haley, Ruth Hamilton, Thalie Hamilton, Edith Higgens, Alice Hooke, Edna Hopper, Florence Horne, Gus Hyland, Katherine Janeway, Frank Kimball, Marty Kolinsky, Lillian Lane, George LeMaire, Fern LeRoy, Winnie Lightner, Martha Linn, Gertrude Lowe, Viola Marshall, Betty Maurice, Arthur May, Verdi Milli, Marie Price, Prosper & Maret, Dorothy Rae, Nora Reed, Camille Renault, Charles 'Chic' Sale, Salt and Pepper, Wilfred Seagram, Winifred Seale, Dorothy Shepard, Jeanette Simard, Bartlett Simmons, Marie Simpson, Bernadette Spencer, Louise Taylor, Billy B. Van, Lorraine Weimar, Margaret Wilson. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Produced in association with Rufus Le Maire.
- (1925) Stage Play: Big Boy. Musical comedy (revival). Music by James F. Hanley and Joseph Meyer. Book by Harold Atteridge. Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva. Directed by J.J. Shubert. 44th Street Theatre: 24 Aug 1925- Dec 1925 (closing date unknown/120 performances). Cast: George Andre (as "Dancer"), Edythe Baker (as "Annabelle Bedford"), Hugh Banks (as "Joe Warren"), Franklyn Batie (as "Jim Redding/Tucker"), Cosmo Bellew (as "Steve Leslie"), William Bonelli (as "Legrande"), Leo Donnelly (as "Doc Wilbur"), George Gilday (as "Judkins"), Ralph Glover (as "Jack Bedford"), Maude Turner Gordon (as "Mrs. Bedford") [final Broadway role], Frank Holmes (as "Mr. Gray/Tout"), Frankie James (as "Dolly Graham"), Al Jolson (as "Gus"), Flo Lewis (as "Tessie Forbes"), Edith Rose-Scott (as "Phyllis Carter"), Dorothy Rudac (as "Dancer"), L.C. Sherman (as "Manager"), George Spelvin (as "Silent Ransom"), William L. Thorne (as "Bully John Bagby"), Wainwright"), Peggy Bernier (as "Watson"), Ralph Whitehead (as "Coley Reid"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Note: Filmed by Warner Bros./Vitaphone Corporation as Big Boy (1930).
- (1925) Stage Play: Charlot Revue. Musical revue. Music for "How D'You Do?," "Let's All Go Raving Mad," "Follow Master Cook" and "Oxford Bags" by Philip Braham. Lyrics for "How D'You Do?" by Eric Blore. Lyrics for "How D'You Do?" and "Gigolette" by Dion Titheradge. Lyrics for "Let's All Go Raving Mad" by Hugh E. Wright. "Buying a Hat" and "Wine -- A Romantic Reverie" written by Douglas Furber. Music for "Mouse! Mouse!" and "Susannah's Squeaking Shoes" by Muriel Lillie. Lyrics for "Mouse! Mouse!" by Hilda Brighton. Music for ""The Mender of Broken Dreams" by John W. Bratton. Lyrics for "The Mender of Broken Dreams" by John W. Bratton. Music for "The Fox Has Left His Lair" by Peggy Connor. Lyrics for "The Fox Has Left His Lair" and "Follow Master Cook" by Douglas Furber. Music for "Fallen Babies" by Ivor Novello. Lyrics for "Fallen Babies" by Ronald Jeans. Music for "Gigolette" by Franz Lehár. Lyrics for "Gigolette" and "A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You" by Irving Caesar. Lyrics for "Susannah's Squeaking Shoes" by Arthur Weigall. Music for "Carrie!," "Russian Blues" and "Poor Little Rich Girl" by Noël Coward. Lyrics for "Carrie!," "Russian Blues" and "Poor Little Rich Girl" by Noël Coward and "A Cup of Coffee" written by Ronald Jeans. Music for "Take Them All Away" by Jack Strachey. Lyrics for "Take Them All Away" by Jack Strachey. Music for "A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You" by Joseph Meyer. Lyrics for "A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You" by Al Dubin and Billy Rose. "References" written by Harold Simpson and Morris Harvey. "Methods of Barberism" written by Arthur Wimperis. Music for "Sealed Feet" by Charles Prentice. Lyrics for "Oxford Bags" by Arthur Wimperis. Dances and ensembles arranged by Jack Buchanan. "Sealed Feet" devised and directed by Quentin Tod. Selwyn Theatre: 10 Nov 1925- 6 Mar 1926 (138 performances). Cast: Jack Buchanan, Gertrude Lawrence, Beatrice Lillie, Herbert Mundin, Effie Atherton, Phyllis Austen, Betty Barbour, Gladys Barclay, Violet Beck, Yvonne Bose, Vera Braund, Constance Carpenter, The Wyn Clare Chorus, Mollie Crafter, Velma Deane, Billey Edis, Eric Fawsett, Violet Hanbury, Aida Holland, Fenner Irving, Marianne Karelina, Lola Mende, Ida Parkinson, George Pughe, Rhoda Sewell, Hugh Sinclair, Cavenda Stainslaw, Betty Stockfeld, Vivienne Vanetta, Pansy Wilde, Jill Williams, Eve Wynne, Hazel Wynne. Produced by Archibald Selwyn.
- (1926) Stage Play: Sweetheart Time. Musical comedy. Music by Walter Donaldson and Joseph Meyer. Book by Harry B. Smith. Lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and Irving Caesar. Based on "Never Say Die" by William H. Post and William Collier Sr.. Music orchestrated by Stephen Jones, Maurice De Packh and Hans Spialek. Musical Direction by John L. McManus. Costume Design by Charles LeMaire. Scenic Design by Karl O. Amend and Nicholas Yellenti. Choreographed by Larry Ceballos. Directed by William Collier. Imperial Theatre: 19 Jan 1926- 22 May 1926 (143 performances). Cast: Wilmer Bentley (as "Griggs"), Laine Blaire (as "Nina"), Bobbie Breslaw (as "Bobbie/Ensemble"), Dorothy Brown (as "Dorothy/Ensemble"), Edward Buzzell (as "Dion Woodbury"), Bob Callahan (as "Waiter"), Rita Del Marga (as "Carita"), Dorothy Fitzgibbon (as "Ensemble"), Bob Gordon (as "Dance Specialty"), Ann Hardman (as "Ensemble"), Adele Hart (as "Ensemble"), Bessie Kademova (as "Bessie/Ensemble"), Harry Kelly (as "Detective James "), Harry King (as "Dance Specialty"), George LeMaire (as "Dr. Ralph Galesby"), Fred Leslie (as "Lord Hector Raybrook"), Nick Lucas (as "Dance Specialty"), Beverly Maude (as "Ensemble"), Nellie McCarthy (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy McNulty (as "Dance Specialty"), Mary Milburn (as "Violet Stevenson"), Alice Monroe (as "Ensemble"), Marie Nordstrom (as "Mrs. Stevenson"), Millicent Olson (as "Ensemble"), Starke Patterson (as "Jeffries"), Loretta Rehm (as "Ensemble"), Marcel Rousseau (as "Alphonse"), Marion Saki (as "Marian Stevenson"), Al Sexton (as "Roy Henderson"), Neida Snow (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Thayer (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Van Alst (as "Dorothy/Ensemble"), Aida Winston (as "Ensemble"), Alice Wood (as "Alice/Ensemble"), Betty Wright (as "Betty/Ensemble"). Produced by Rufus Le Maire.
- (1927) Stage Play: Just Fancy. Musical romance. Music by Joseph Meyer and Philip Charig. Book by Joseph Santley and Gertrude Purcell. From the work of A.E. Thomas. Lyrics by Leo Robin. Music orchestrated by Maurice De Packh. Musical Director: Milton Schwarzwald. Directed by Joseph Santley. Casino Theatre: 11 Oct 1927- 17 Dec 1927 (79 performances). Cast: Bernice Ackerman, Alice Akers, Lenore Allan, Charles Barron, Jack Bauer, Eric Blore, Ted Bradshaw, Kathryne Burnside, Erma Chase, Rachel Chester, Evelyn Chilla, Edward Cutler, Kaye deFranza, Doris Dodge, Dorothy Durland, Robert Easton, Thelma Edwards, Clara Fry, George Ford, Willard Fry, Allan Greene, Agnes Hall, George Harcourt, Mildred Hiller, Mary Hiscox, Raymond Hitchcock (as "Charlie Van Bibber"), Harry Kendall (as "Harvey Warren") [final Broadway role], Fraun Koski, Jean Kroll, Kathryn Lambly, Charles LaValle, Melba Lee, Gertrude Lemmon, Helene LeSoir, Val Lester, Mlle. Marguerite, Trude Marr, Dorothy Martin, Etta Moore, Francis Nevins, Lester Niles, Dolores Nito, Ellen O'Brien, William O'Donnell, Peggy O'neill, Pavla Pavlick, Ernest Preach, Joseph Santley (as "His Royal Highness/Edward Chester"), Ivy Sawyer, Frank Sills, H. Reeves-Smith, Archie Thomson (as "Jimmy/Ensemble"), Jean Watson (as "Ensemble"), Gertrude Westling (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Whiffen (as "Mrs. Kingley Stafford"), Mrs. Thomas Whiffen (as "Aunt Linda Lee"). Produced by Joseph Santley.
- (1928) Stage Play: Here's Howe. Musical comedy. Music by Roger Wolfe Kahn and Joseph Meyer. Book by Fred Thompson and Paul Gerard Smith. Lyrics by Irving Caesar. Musical Director: Paul Lannin. Choreographed by Sammy Lee. Broadhurst Theatre: 1 May 1928- 30 Jun 1928 (71 performances). Cast: Ingrid Aakesson, Florence Allen, Nitza Andre, Ben Bernie, Billie Blake, Eric Blore (as "Sir Basil Carraway"), Marion Bonnell, Gene Brady, Helen Carrington, Douglas R. Carter, Peggy Chamberlin, Ralph Chaterdon, Betty Clark, Elsie Connor, Alan Crane, Colette D'Arville, Irene Delroy, Evelyn Ellsmore, William Frawley (as "Toplis"), Alan Hale (as "Ensemble"), Ray Hall, Peggy Hart, Arthur Hartley, Edith Hayward, Ross Himes, Mary Horan, Madeline Janis, Allen Kearns, Evelyn Kirmin, Fuzzy Knight (as "Pelham"), Polly Luce, Charles McClelland, Nesha Medwin, Jack Miller, Elsie Neal, Kendall Northrop, Dillon Ober, June O'Dea, Adeline Ogilvie, Gladys Pender, Charles Scott, Sylvia Shawn, Helene Sheldon, Al Siegel, Kay Smythe, Cora Stephens, Jack Stevens, Lee Stockton, Jacques Stone, Howard Stuart [final Broadway role], Beryl Wallace (as "Ensemble"), Florence Ward. Produced by Vinton Freedley and Alex Aarons.
- (1929) Stage Play: Lady Fingers. Musical comedy. Music by Joseph Meyer. Book by Edward Buzzell [final Broadway credit], from the comedy "Easy Come, Easy Go", by Owen Davis. Lyrics by Edward Eliscu. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek and Roy Webb (also Musical Director). Featuring songs by Richard Rodgers. Featuring songs with lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor. Vanderbilt Theatre (moved to The Liberty Theatre from 1 Apr 1929- close): 31 Jan 1929- 25 May 1929 (132 performances). Cast: Marcia Bell, Joey Benton, Al Berl, John Bragg, Louise Brown, Eddie Buzzell (as "Jim Bailey"), Grace Connelly, Alan Crane, Cleo Cullen, James Curran, Violet Dell, Martin Dennis, Jim Diamond, Jack Dugan, Enes Early, Mildred Espy (as "Ensemble"), Robert Fleming (as "Masters"), Louise Garnett, Ruth Gordon (as "Ruth/Ensemble"), Aline Green, William Griffith, Degnan Harnden, Red Harnden, John Price Jones, Sidney Kane, Harry Lake, Gertrude MacDonald, Dorothy McCarthy, Margaret McCarthy, Margaret Miller, Lucille Moore, Jack Morton, Esther Muir, Anna Mycue, Billy Neely, Frances Nevins, Charlotte Otis, Anna Rex, Al Sexton, Charles Troy, Velma Valentine, Lew Walker, Edwin Walter, Herbert Waterous, Marjorie White (as "Molly Maloney"). Produced by Lyle D. Andrews.
- (1930) Stage Play: Jonica. Musical comedy. Written by Moss Hart and Dorothy Heyward. Music by Joseph Meyer. Scenic Design by William Hawley. Directed by William B. Friedlander. Craig Theatre: 7 Apr 1930- 10 May 1930 (40 performances). Cast: Leon Alton (as "Ensemble"), Jimmy Ardell (as "Ensemble"), Joyce Barbour (as "Fanny") [final Broadway role], Julia Baron (as "A Nun"), Mildred Bart (as "Ensemble"), Larry Beck (as "A Butler"), Allan Blair (as "Ensemble"), Viola Breit (as "Ensemble"), Bob Burton (as "Ensemble"), Gertrude Byrnell (as "Ensemble"), Billy Carver (as "Ensemble"), Jean Crittenden (as "Ensemble"), Earle S. Dewey (as "Barney Morton"), Jack Douglas (as "Ensemble"), Charles Doyle (as "A Pullman Porter"), Gertrude Engel (as "Ensemble"), Audrey Gay Ensemble"), Ruth Goodwin (as "Peggy"), Mabel Gore (as "The Abbess"), Robert Gray (as "Ensemble"), Madeline Grey (as "Mrs. Emma Ross-Benton"), Priscilla Gurney (as "Betty"), Thelma Hackert (as "Ensemble"), Marion Herson (as "Ensemble"), Ralph Hertz (as "Orchestra Leader"), Wallace Jackson (as "Ensemble"), Tina Marie Jensen (as "Ensemble"), Bob Lamarre (as "Ensemble"), Bert Matthews (as "Benjamin Flood"), Madelyn May (as "Ensemble"), Vivian McNamara (as "Ensemble"), Ida Michaels (as "Ensemble"), Rosalie Milan (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Murray (as "Millie"), Hazzard Newberry (as "Ensemble"), Jerry Norris (as "Don Milan"), Chet O'Brien (as "Ensemble"), June O'Dea (as "Mary Alice"), Georgianna Orr (as "Ensemble"), Estelle Phillips (as "Ensemble"), Gus Quinlan (as "Ensemble"), Nell Roy (as "Jonica"), Harry Shannon [credited as Harry T. Shannon] (as "Officer Quinn"), George S. Shiller (as "Mr. Burdick"), Jack Stillman (as "Peter"), Irene Swor (as "Mabel"), Clara Thropp (as "A Woman"), Elinor Walent (as "Ensemble"), Earlyne Wallace (as "Earlyne"), Wilma Wallace (as "Wilma"), Eleanor Whitmore (as "Ensemble"). Produced by William B. Friedlander. Note: The Craig Theatre was a 1400-seat venue located at 152 W. 54th St. It was built in 1928 and closed after just 9 productions due to the economic realities of the Great Depression. It reopened in 1934 after being dark for 3+ years and would go through numerous name changes, (ultimately becoming known as the George Abbott Theatre in 1965) and served as a TV studio (known as the Adelphi Theatre) as home to Jackie Gleason's series, The Honeymooners (1955) until the mid-1950s. It was torn down in 1970 as part of a Hilton Hotel expansion project.
- (1930) Stage Play: Luana. Musical/romantic comedy. Based on "Bird of Paradise" by Richard Walton Tully. Music by Rudolf Friml. Book by Howard Emmett Rogers. Costume Design by Charles Le Maire. Musical Director: Ivan Rudisill. Music orchestrated by Joseph Meyer. Directed by Howard Emmett Rogers. Hammerstein's Theatre: 17 Sep 1930- 4 Oct 1930 (21 performances). Produced by Arthur Hammerstein.
- (1930) Stage Play: Sweet and Low. Musical revue. Book by David Freedman. Musical Director: William Daly. Featuring songs by Harry Archer, Oscar Levant, Charlotte Kent, Harry Warren, Vivian Ellis, William C.K. Irwin, Louis Alter, George M. Cohan, Dana Suesse, Phil Charig and Joseph Meyer. Featuring songs with lyrics by Edward Eliscu, Ira Gershwin, Billy Rose, Malcolm McComb and Ballard MacDonald. Choreographed by Daniel Dare. Additional dances by Busby Berkeley. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Alexander Leftwich. Chanin's 46th Street Theatre: 17 Nov 1930- Apr 1931 (closing date unknown/184 performances). Cast: James Barton, Fanny Brice, George Jessel, Borrah Minevitch, Peggy Andre, Gladys Aster, Kathleen Ayres, Arline Baber, Joe Barry, Jack Bauer, Marion Bonnell, Kitty Brady, Ethel Brice, Emily Burton, Betty Croke, Ruth Dana, Roger Davis, Nancy Dolan, Harry Edwards, Loretta Flushing, Rita Jason, Cy Landry, James Lee, Muriel Markert, Charles Millang, Moss & Fontana, Edward Murray, Edwin Murray, Jerry Norris, Lucille Osborne, Viola Paulson, Jack Ray, Shirley Richards, Polly Rose, Ruth Sato, Pauline Schaefer, Charlotte Stoll, Ray Stuart, Baun Sturtz, Arthur Treacher, Paula Trueman, Mildred Tully, Dorothy Van Hess, Emily Van Hoven, Hannah Williams, Dan Wyler. Produced by Billy Rose.
- (1931) Stage Play: Shoot the Works. Musical revue. Book by Heywood Broun, Peter Arno, Sig Herzig, Dorothy Parker, Nunnally Johnson, E.B. White, Milton Lazarus, Jack E. Hazzard, Edward J. McNamara and H.I. Phillips. Music by Michael Cleary [credited as Michael H. Cleary], Philip Chagrig, Jay Gorney, Robert Stolz, Jimmy McHugh, Irving Berlin, Ann Ronell, Vernon Duke, Joseph Meyer, Alexander Williams, Herbert Goode and Muriel Pollock. Lyrics by Armin Robinson, Leo Robin, Dorothy Fields, Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, E.Y. Harburg, Max Lief, Nathaniel Lief, Walter Reisch, Alexander Williams, Muriel Pollock and Joe Young. Musical Director: Harry Archer. Music orchestrated by Frank E. Barry and King Ross. Dances by Johnny Boyle [credited as John Boyle]. Dialogue directed by Theodore Hammerstein. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 21 Jul 1931- 3 Oct 1931 (87 performances). Cast: Rose Armand, Alice Bankert, Johnny Boyle (as "Opening"), Lee Brody (as "A Girl about Town, Turtle Bay Dover's and Breeder's Social Club/Miss Straight, Lo, the Poor Doctor/Otto K. Attelbury's Daughter, The Radiomaniac/"The First Lady of the Land"/The Wife, Another Triangle"), Heywood Broun (as "Opening/In the Dressing Room/Man about Town, Turtle Bay Dover's and Breeder's Social Club/"I Want to Chisel in on Your Heart"-- reprise"), Evelyn Carpenter, Cornelia Chason, Imogene Coca (as "(Let's Go) Out in the Open Air"), Fanille Davies, Frances Dewey (as "How's Your Uncle?"/"(I'm Just a) Doorstep Baby/Believe It or Not/"Chirp Chirp"), Margaret Doncaster, Frank Ericson, Mickie Forbs, Bobby Gillette (as "(Let's Go) Out in the Open Air"/My Heart's a Banjo"/Believe It or Not"), Al Gold (as "How's Your Uncle?"/You Were Perfectly Fine/"Chirp Chirp"), J. Gonzales, Taylor Gordon (as "Shoulders"), Maerena Grady, Francis Guinan, Frank Hauser, Jack E. Hazzard (as "Proprietor, Turtle Bay Dover's and Breeder's Social Club/Otto K. Attelbury, The Radiomaniac/The Lover, Another Triangle"), Percy Helton (as "Cornelius Swaggerbilt, Turtle Bay Dover's and Breeder's Social Club/Mr. Coe, Lo, the Poor Doctor/The Man, Another Triangle/The Patient, Death Says It Isn't So/Believe It or Not"), Jack Irwin, Julie Johnson (as "I Want to Chisel in on Your Heart"/"(Just) Begging for Love"/Do As You Like"-- Do What You Like"), Albert Jordan, Tom Jordan, Joe Kaye, Irene Kelly, Don Lannon, James Libby, Constance Madison, Lela Manor (as "I Want to Chisel in on Your Heart"--reprise"), Vida Manuel, Dolly Martinez, Nellie Mayer, John McAvoy, Edward McNamara (as "In the Dressing Room/The Visitor, Death Says It Isn't So"), Leslyn Miller, John Muccio, George Murphy (as "Slit-throat McGillicuddy, Turtle Bay Dover's and Breeder's Social Club/"I Want to Chisel in on Your Heart"/"(Just) Begging for Love" /"Do As You Like"--Do What You Like"), Edward Murray, Dick Neely, Edgar Nelson (as "A Customer, Turtle Bay Dover's and Breeder's Social Club /Dr. Campbell, Lo, the Poor Doctor/The Doctor, Death Says It Isn't So/Herman, Park Avenue"), Frances Nevins (as "Muchacha"), James Notarro, William O'Neal (as "Dr. Fenway, Lo, the Poor Doctor/"Das Lied ist aus"- Don't Ask Me Why"), "Hot Moonlight"), Lester Ostrander, Nora Puntin, Inez Purdy, Jack Ray, Jerry Reardon, Margot Riley (as "Mrs. Coe, Lo, the Poor Doctor/Otto K. Attelbury's Daughter, The Radiomaniac/The Nurse, Death Says It Isn't So"), Virginia Smith (as "You Were Perfectly Fine/Fifi, Park Avenue"), Dorothy Snowden, Marjorie Sohmer, Anne Stanley, Morris Tepper, Winnie Turner, Helen Tuttle, Florence Winkel. Produced by Heywood Broun. Produced in association with Milton Raison.
- (1934) Stage Play: Ziegfeld Follies of 1934. Musical revue. Music by Vernon Duke, Samuel Pokrass, Billy Hill, H.I. Phillips, Fred Allen, Harry Tugend and Ballard MacDonald. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. Musical Director: John McManus. Sketches by: H.I. Philips, Fred Allen and David Freedman. Written by Harry Turgend. Featuring songs with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald, Billy Rose, Billy Hill and Edward Heyman. Featuring songs by Joseph Meyer, Richard Myers, Dana Suesse, Peter DeRose, Billy Hill and James F. Hanley. Additional numbers staged by John Murray Anderson. Costume Design by Russell Patterson, 'Raoul Pène Du Bois', Charles Le Maire, Billy Livingston and Kiviette. Scenic Design by Watson Barrett and Albert R. Johnson. Lighting Design by John Murray Anderson. Dialogue Directed by Edward C. Lilley. Directed by Bobby Connolly. Winter Garden Theatre: 4 Jan 1934- 9 Jun 1934 (182 performances). Cast: John Adair, Joanna Allen, Virginia Allen, Louene Ambrosius, Peggy Ann, Eve Arden [Broadway debut], Margorie Baglin, Judith Barron, Leon Barte, Mary Bay, Betzi Beaton, Anna Bell, Herman Belmonte, Helen Bennett, Al Bloom, Hazel Boffinger, Mary Bolles, Mildred Borst, Patricia Bowman, Fanny Brice, Mary Ellen Brown, Dorothy Buckley, Joanne Cannon, Joseph Carey, Jean Carson, Jacques Cartier, Jack Coogan, Gloria Cook, Dorothy Daly, Hope Dare, Hope Dare, Maxine Darrell, Loretta Dennison, Eva Desca, Buddy Ebsen, Vilma Ebsen, Frank Ericson, Lonita Foster, Helene Frederic, Jane Froman, Marjorie Gayle, Gloria Glennon, Julia Gorman, Irene Hamlin, Helen Hannon, Pearl Harris, Eugene Howard, Willie Howard, Brice Hutchins, Vivian Janis, Julie Jenner, Ruth Kane, Gladyse Keating, James Kitson, Evelyn Laurie, Naomi Leaf, Clark Leston, Rose Lipton, Dorothy MacKinnon, Florence Mallee, Florence Malley, Carlotta Mann, Charlotte Mann, Lillian Mann, Fred Mannat, Everett Marshall, Camilla Masters, Sara Mazo, Pam McAvoy, Frances McHugh, Vicki Michak, Bobbie Miller, Dinty Moore, Victor Morely, Jane Moxon, Evelyn Nichols, Evelyn Nielson, Cherry Preisser, June Preisser, Ina Ray, Ruth Reiter, Susanne Remos, Edith Roark, Thora Roberts, Don Ross, Caroline Ryan, Ruth Saks, Sid Salzer, Marion Santre, Sunya Shurman, Leone Sousa, Edwina Steele, Maria Steele, Marie Stevens, Jean Stuart, Lucile Stuart, Adlynn Swan, Gladine Sweetser, Ethel Thorsen, The Vikings, Oliver Wakefield, Mildred Webb, Gil White, Marguerite White, Betty Worth. Produced by Mrs. Florenz Ziegfeld (Billie Burke) and Lee Shubert [uncredited].
- (1936) Stage Play: New Faces of 1936. Musical revue. Music by Alexander Fogarty, Irvin Graham [earliest Broadway credit] and Joseph Meyer. Sketches by Mindret Lord, Everett Marcy and Edwin Gilbert. Lyrics by June Sillman, Edwin Gilbert, Bickley Reichner and Edward Heyman. Musical Director: Ray Cavanaugh. Music orchestrated by David Raksin. Choreographed by Ned McGurn. Directed by Leonard Sillman. Vanderbilt Theatre: 19 May 1936- 7 Nov 1936 (193 performances). Cast: Imogene Coca, Charles Kemper, Cliff Allen, Robert Bard, Jean Bellows, Jack Blair, Ralph Blane, Robert Burton, William Chandler, Dorothy Chilton, Ray Clarke, Frank Gagen, Billie Haywood, Indus Hollingsworth, Stretch Johnson, Van Johnson (as "Performer") [Broadway debut], Winnie Johnson, Patricia Mallinson, Marian Martin, Katherine Mayfield, Grace Milliman, Irene Moore, Gerry Probst, Ione Reed, Edna Russell, Tom Rutherfurd, Bea Thrift, Mildred Todd, Nancy Weatherill, Elizabeth Wilde, Joyce Worth, Dorothy Young. Produced by Leonard Sillman.
- (1952) Stage Play: Shuffle Along [1952]. Musical comedy (revival).
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