- (1936 - 1979) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1936) Stage Play: Chalk Dust. Drama. Written by Harold A. Clarke and Maxwell Nurnberg. Scenic Design by Howard Bay [earliest Broadway credit]. Directed by Virgil Geddes and James Light. Experimental Theatre: 4 Mar 1936- Apr 1936 (closing date unknown/51 performances). Cast: John Adair (as "Mr. Dana"), Montague Ash (as "Pupil"), Faith Avery (as "Miss Kittredge"), Georgiana Brand (as "Miss Duffy"), Beth Cantreau (as "Pupil"), John Carr (as "The Elevator Man"), Herschel Cropper (as "Dr. Harriman"), Gordon Fitts (as "Teacher"), Roslyn Gilbert (as "Pupil"), Frederic Giuliano (as "Brown"), Trudy Goldrich (as "Pupil"), Mitchell Grayson (as "Mr. Allen Rogers"), William Hitch (as "Mr. Fuller"), Richard Huett (as "Pupil"), Phillip C. Jones (as "Teacher"), Louise Kirby (as "Pupil"), Minnie Lithgow (as "Teacher"), Alan MacAteer (as "Dr. Basingstoke"), Lida MacMillan (as "Miss Stange"), Violet McKinley (as "Miss Williams"), Maryn Myers (as "Pupil"), Dorothee Nolan (as "Teacher"), George Pembroke (as Mr. Westbrook"), Lisa Rembova (as "Miss Merriweather"), Amelia Romano (as "Pupil"), Shimen Ruskin (as "Kaplan") [Broadway debut], Eleanor Scherr (as "Pupil"), Jerome Sheldon (as "Mr. Phipps"), Arthur Singer (as "Pupil"), George F. Smithfield (as "Mr. Madison"), Katherine Standing (as "Miss Sherwood"), Ymske Tyssen (as "Teacher"), Frances Victory (as "Pupil"), Bertha Willsea (as "Miss Murtagh"), Eugenia Woods (as "Miss Bohn"), George Yesner (as "Doozek/Pupil"). Produced by Experimental Theatre of the Federal Theatre Project of the WPA.
- He was set designer for the original Broadway production of Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Indians".
- He designed the sets for the original Broadway production of "One Touch of Venus".
- He designed the sets for the original Broadway production of "Carmen Jones".
- He designed the sets for the original Broadway production of "Up in Central Park", a task which he repeated in the 1948 film version.
- He designed the sets for the 1967 Broadway revival of "The Little Foxes".
- He designed the sets for the original 1939 Broadway stage production of "The Little Foxes" as well as the 1967 revival.
- He designed the sets for the original Broadway production of "Song of Norway".
- He designed the sets and lighting design for the original Broadway production of Meredith Willson's "The Music Man".
- He designed the sets for the original Broadway production of "Look Back in Anger".
- He designed the sets for the original Broadway production of "The Shrike".
- He designed the sets for the original Broadway production of "The Corn is Green".
- He designed the sets for the original Broadway production of Maxwell Anderson's "The Eve of St. Mark".
- (1945) Stage Play: Devils Galore. Written by Eugene Vale. Scenic Design by Howard Bay. Costume Design by Peggy Clark. Directed by Robert Perry. Royale Theatre: 12 Sep 1945- 15 Sep 1945 (5 performances). Cast: George Baxter (as "Cecil Brock"), Malcolm Lee Beggs (as "Inspector Brandon"), Solen Burry (as "Packey "The Flash" Gurney"), Paul Byron (as "Larry"), Jean Cleveland (as "Mrs. Isabel Goodwyn"), Ernest Cossart (as "A Devil"), Tony Eden (as "Effie Thurston"), Betty Kelley (as "Miss Pierce"), Michael King (as "Bernie Grant"), John Kullers (as "Bobbie"), Rex O'Malley (as "Atamar"), Harry Sothern (as "Dr. Aguirra"). Produced by William Cahn.
- (1945) Stage Play: Marinka. Musical drama/romance. Music by Emmerich Kálmán. Lyrics by George Marion Jr. Book by George Marion, Jr. and Karl Farkas. Musical Director: Ray Kavanaugh. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek'. Choreographed by Albertina Rasch. Scenic Design by Howard Bay. Costume Design by Mary Grant. Directed by Hassard Short. Winter Garden Theatre (moved to The Ethel Barrymore Theatre from 1 Oct 1945- close): 18 Jul 1945- 8 Ded 1945 (165 performances). Cast: Michael Barrett (as "Sergeant Negulegul"), Paul Campbell (as "Count Hoyos"), Ronnie Cunningham (as "Tilly"), Bob Douglas (as "Lieutenant Baltatzy"), Leonard Elliott (as "Francis"), Jack Gansert (as "Lieutenant Palafy"), Noel Gordon (as "Naval Lieutenant"), Adrienne Gray (as "Countess Huebner"), Taylor Holmes (as "Count Lobkowitz"), Jack Leslie (as "Waiter"), Ethel Levey (as "Madame Sacher"), Luba Malina (as "Countess Landovska"), Joan Roberts (as "Marinka"), Reinhold Schünzel (as "Emperor Franz Josef"), Harry Stockwell (as "Crown Prince Rudolph"), Romo Vincent (as "Bratfisch"), Elline Walther (as "Countess von Diefendorfer"), Ruth Webb (as "Nadine"). Replacement cast [during Winter Garden Theatre run]: Helene Arthur (as "Countess von Diefendorfer"), Edith Fellows (as "Marinka"), Taylor Holmes (as "Emperor Franz Josef"), Charles Laskey (as "Lieutenant Palafy"), Ethel Madsen (as "Nadine"), John McKee (as "Emperor Franz Josef"), Elline Walther (as "Countess Huebner"), Jerry Wayne (as "Crown Prince Rudolph"), Doodles Weaver (as "Francis") [final Broadway role]. [During Ethel Barrymore Theatre run]: None known. Produced by Jules J. Leventhal and Harry Howard.
- (September 30, 1940) He was set designer for Lillian Hellman's play, "The Little Foxes," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Tallulah Bankhead, Frank Conroy, Abbie Mitchell, John Marriott, Marie Carroll, Carl Benton Reid, Dan Duryea, Lee Baker, Charles Dingle, and Eugenia Rawls in the cast. Aline Bernstein was costume designer. Herman Shumlin was producer and director.
- (January 31, 1944) He was set designer for Sidney Kingsley's play, "The Patriots," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Walter Hampden, Cecil Humphreys, Julie Haydon, Guy Sorel, Matthew Ayres, Marie Dow, Ken Renard, Ross Matthew, Peter Emery, John Stephen, William C. Tubbs, Paul Ransom, Philip White, John P. Boyd, Sonya Stokowski, Joe Byron Totten, Paul Mosnar, Freeman Hammond, Leslie Bingham, and Theodore Leavitt in the cast. Rose Bogdanoff and Toni Ward were costume designers. Shepard Traube was director. The Playwrights' Company and Rowland Stebbins were producers.
- (April 9 to 16, 1945) He was set designer for Lillian Hellmans' play, "The Searching Wind," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Cornelia Otis Skinner, Dennis King, Dudley Digges, Barbara O'Neil, Henry Barnard, Walter Kohler, Mercedes Gilbert, Sylvestre Lamont, Aldo Aldi, Anthony Carlo, Walter Palm, William Marceau, Donald Foster, and William F. Schoeller in the cast. Aline Bernstein was costume designer. Herman Shumlin was producer and director.
- (May 16, 1983 - June 26, 1983) He was scenic and lighting designer for Dale Wasserman's musical, "Man of La Mancha," at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey with Jerome Hines and Bernice Massi in the cast. Rudy Tronto was director and choreographer. Rudolph Bennett was musical director. Viola Thomas was costume coordinator.
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