- Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- As Thousands Cheer (1933). Musical revue. Music by Irving Berlin. Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Book by Moss Hart. Musical Director: Frank Tours. Music orchestrated by Adolph Deutsch, Frank Tours, Ed Powell, Russell Wooding and Helmy Kresa [earliest Broadway credit]. Choreographed by Charles Weidman. Press Representative: John Peter Toohey. Directed by Hassard Short. Music Box Theatre: 30 Sep 1933- 8 Sep 1934 (400 performances). Cast: Helen Broderick (as "Mrs. Andrews, "Mrs. Hoover," "Majestic Sails at Midnight" Singer, "Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.," "Mrs. Williams," "Aimee Semple MacPherson," "Mrs. Fisher," "Queen Mary"), Marilyn Miller, Clifton Webb (as "Douglas Fairbanks Jr"m 'Mahatma Ghandi," "Mons. Peppiton," "Henry Perlmutter," "John D. Rockefeller, Sr."), Ethel Waters (as "Ella," "Josephine Baker"), Leslie Adams, Helen Bache, Jack Barnes, Jeanette Bradley, Robert Castaine, Debby Coleman, Peggy Cornell, Jerome Cowan (as "Editor," "Second Reporter," "Majestic Sails at Midnight" Singer), Arthur Craig, Dorothy Dodd, Elsie Duffy, Helen Ericson, Hal Forde (as "Langley"), Robert Gorham, Thomas Hamilton, Hamtree Harrington, Jay Hunter, Letitia Ide, Harry Joyce, Jose Limon, Katherine Litz, William Matons, Fred Mayon, Irene McBride, Katherine Mulowney, Jeanette Mundell, Harry Murray (as "Prince DeLuneville/First Reporter/Camera Man/Second Bellboy"), Chester O'Brien, Mortimer O'Brien, John Perkins, Paul Pierce, Margaret Sande, Toni Sorel, Harry Stockwell, Ward Tallmon, Lucille Tayloe, Harold Voeth, Jack Voeth, Elsa Walbridge, Teddy West, Paula Yasqour. Produced by Sam Harris.
- Annie Get Your Gun (1946). Musical comedy. Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. Book by Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields. Musical Director: Jay Blackton. Music orchestrated by Philip J. Lang, Russell Bennett and Ted Royal. Vocal arrangements by Joe Moon. Piano Arangements by Helmy Kresa. Lighting and Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Joshua Logan. Imperial Theatre: 16 May 1946- 12 Feb 1949 (1147 performances). Cast: Ethel Merman, Ray Middleton, Franca Baldwin, Truly Barbara, Art Barnett, Jack Beaber, Harry Bellaver, Leon Bibb, Janice Bodenhoff, Kenny Bowers, Bernice Brady, Marlene Cameron, Pete Civello (as "Timothy Gardner/Ensemble"), Victor Clarke (as "Clyde Smith"), Marjorie Crossland (as "Sylvia Potter-Porter"), Camilla DeWitt (as "Jessie, Annie's Sister"), Robert Dixon (as "Freddie"), Cliff Dunstan (as "Mac, Property Man"), John Garth III (as "Trainman/Major Domo"), Mary Ellen Glass (as "Little Girl"), Marvin Goodis, Mary Grey (as "Cowgirl/Girl in White"), Bernard Griffin (as "Cowboy/Dr. Percy Ferguson"), Ellen Hanley (as "Mary"), Vincent Henry, Bobby Hookey (as "Little Jake, Annie's Brother"), Ray Hyson, Walter John (as "Yellow Foot/Pawnee's Messenger"), Don Liberto (as "Harry/Mr. Schuyler Adams"), Christina Lind (as "Girl in Pink"), Ostrid Lind (as "Louise/Ensemble"), George Lipton (as "Major Gordon Lillie/Pawnee Bill"), Roslynd Lowe, Elizabeth Malone (as "Mrs. Black Tooth"), Marty May (as "Charlie Davenport"), Dusty McCaffrey (as "Ensemble"), Roy Milton (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Mitchell, Daniel Nagrin, Duncan Noble, Betty Anne Nyman (as "Winnie Tate"), William O'Neal, Lea Penman, Edward Pfeiffer, Jack Pierce, Nancy Jean Raab, Nellie Ranson, Dorothy Richards (as "Nancy/Mrs. Schyler Adams"), Fred Rivett (as "Mr. Lockwood/Ensemble"), Harriet Roeder, Alma Ross, Lubov Roudenko (as "Riding Mistress"), Clifford Sales (as "Little Boy"), Bernice Saunders (as "Ensemble"), Earl Sauvain (as "Andy Turner"), Rob Taylor (as "Cowboy/John/Mr. Clay"), Beau Tilden (as "Coolie"), Clyde Turner (as "Porter/1st Waiter"), Katrina Van Oss (as "Girl With Bouquet"), Marietta Vore (as "Mrs. Percy Ferguson/Ensemble"), Ruth Vrana (as "Debutante"), William Weslow (as "Ensemble"), Ken Whelan (as "Ensemble"), Mary Woodley, Helen Wysatt. Produced by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Note: Filmed as Annie Get Your Gun (1950).
- Miss Liberty (1949). Musical comedy. Music by Irving Berlin. Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Book by Robert E. Sherwood. Musical Director: Jay Blackton. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Dance arrangements by Genevieve Pitot. Vocal arrangements by Jay Blackton. Piano Arrangements by Helmy Kresa. "Train" Dance Arrangement by Trude Rittman. Choreographed by Jerome Robbins. General Manager: Victor Samrock. Directed by Moss Hart. Imperial Theatre: 15 Jul 1949- 8 Apr 1950 (308 performances). Cast: Eddie Albert (as "Horace Miller"), Stephanie Augustine (as "A Model/Singer"), Herbert Berghof (as "Bartholdi"), Lewis Bolyard (as "A Brother/Singer"), Forrest Bonshire (as "A Shark/Dancer"), Philip Bourneuf (as "Joseph Pulitzer"), William B. Calhoun (as "A Boy"), Irene Carroll (as "Singer"), Ed Chappel (as "A Lover/A Minister/Singer"), Leonard Claret (as "A Shark/Strong Man/Dancer"), David Collyer (as "A Brother/Singer"), Virginia Conwell (as "Acrobat/Reception Delegate/Dancer"), Trudy Deluz (as "A Model"), Charles Dingle (as "James Gordon Bennett"), Norma Doggett (as "Dancer"), Marilyn Frechette (as "A Model/A Socialite"), Dolores Goodman (as "Reception Delegate/The Sailor's Girl/Dancer"), Ethel Griffies (as "The Countess"), Patricia Hammerlee (as "Dancer"), Fred Hearn (as "Reception Delegate/Dancer"), Maria Karnilova (as "The Girl/Ruby"), Allen Knowles (as "A Shark/Reception Delegate/Dancer"), Eric Kristen (as "The Judge"), Erik Kristen (as "The Train/Dancer"), Bob Kryl (as "Boy #1/Newsboy"), Ernest Laird (as "Boy #2/Newsboy"), Sid Lawson (as "Carthwright"), Mary McCarty (as "Maisie Doll"), Donald McClelland (as "The Mayor, Richard K. Fox"), Allyn McLerie (as "Monique DuPont"), Joe Milan (as "Acrobat/The Train/Dancer"), Robert Pagent (as "A Shark/Dancer"), Gloria Patrice (as "A Maid/Dancer"), Robert Patterson (as "An Admiral/A Policeman/Singer"), Robert Penn (as "A Gendarme/Singer"), Eddie Phillips (as "Acrobat/The Train/A Sailor/Dancer"), Tommy Rall (as "The Boy/Another Lamplighter/The Dandy"), Emile Renan (as "French Ambassador"), Johnny V.R. Thompson (as "A Lamplighter"), Evans Thornton (as "Police Captain/The Policeman/Immigration Officer/Singer"), Bob Tucker (as "Reception Delegate/Dancer"), Rowan Tudor (as "The Herald Reader"), Elizabeth Watts (as "The Mother"), Helene Whitney. Produced by Irving Berlin, Robert E. Sherwood and Moss Hart.
- Call Me Madam (1950). Musical comedy. Music by Irving Berlin. Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Musical Director: Jay Blackton. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Dance arrangements by Genevieve Pitot and Jesse Meeker. Additional orchestrations by Joe Glover. Vocal arrangements by Jay Blackton. Piano Arrangements by Helmy Kresa. Scenic Design by Raoul Pène Du Bois. Costume Design by 'Raoul Pène Du Bois'. Miss Merman's dresses by Mainbocher. Piano Arrangements by Helmy Kresa [final Broadway credit]. Assistant to Mr. Du Bois: Willa Kim, Mason Arvold and Waldo Angelo. Dances and Musical Numbers Staged by Jerome Robbins. Directed by George Abbott. Imperial Theatre: 12 Oct 1950- 3 May 1952 (644 performances). Cast: Ethel Merman (as "Mrs. Sally Adams"), Paul Lukas (as "Cosmo Constantine"), Rae Abruzzo (as "Singer"), Jeanne Bal (as "Secretary to Mrs. Adams/Singer"), Aristide Bartis (as "Singer"), Muriel Bentley (as "Principal Dancer"), Ralph Chambers (as "Senator Gallagher"), Owen Coll (as "Supreme Court Justice/Grand Duke Otto"), William David (as "Henry Gibson/Court Chamberlain"), Trudy Deluz (as "Singer"), Ollie Engebretson (as "Potato Bug"), Shellie Farrell (as "Dancer"), Richard Fjellman (as "Potato Bug"), Lydia Fredericks (as "Singer"), Nina Frenkin (as "Dancer"), Nathaniel Frey (as "Singer"), Estelle Gardner (as "Singer"), William Hail (as "Butler/Singer"), Patricia Hammerlee (as "Dancer"), Pat Harrington (as "Congressman Wilkins"), Fred Hearn (as "Dancer"), Barbara Heath (as "Dancer"), Alan Hewitt (as "Pemberton Maxwell"), Norma Kaiser (as "Dancer/Principal Dancer"), Allan Knolls (as "Dancer"), E.A. Krumschmidt (as "Hugo Tantinnin"), Henry Lascoe (as "Sebastian Sebastian"), Kenneth Le Roy (as "Dancer"), Virginia Le Roy (as "Dancer"), Ralph Linn (as "Dancer"), Albert Linville (as "Singer"), Geoffrey Lumb (as "The Secretary of State"), Ruth McVayne (as "Singer"), Douglas Moppert (as "Dancer"), Russell Nype (as "Kenneth Gibson"), Lily Paget(as "A Maid/Singer"), Arthur Partington (as "Principal Dancer"), Noella Peloquin (as "Singer"), Robert Penn (as "Singer"), Stowe Phelps (as "Clerk"), Tommy Rall Principal Dancer"), Tom Reider (as "Singer"), John Sheehan (as "Singer"), Stanley Simmonds (as "Singer"), Lilia Skala (as "Grand Duchess Sophie"), Ray Stephens (as "Singer"), Galina Talva (as "Princess Maria"), Bobby Tucker (as "Dancer"), Kirsten Valbor (as "Dancer"), Jay Velie (as "Senator Brockbank"), William Weslow (as "Dancer"), Helene Whitney (as "Singer"). Standby: Elaine Stritch (as "Mrs. Sally Adams"). Produced by Leland Hayward.
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