- (1947 - 1958) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1947) Stage Play: Brigadoon. Musical comedy.
- (1951) Stage Play: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Musical. Written by Betty Smith and George Abbott. Directed by George Abbott. Alvin Theatre: 19 Apr 1951- 8 Dec 1951 (267 performances). Cast: Shirley Booth (as "Cissy"), Johnny Johnston (as "Johnny Nolan"), Nathaniel Frey (as "Harry"), Nomi Mitty (as "Francie") [final Broadway role], Marcia Van Dyke (as "Katie") [Broadway debut], Lou Wills Jr. (as "Petey"), Ruth Amos (as "Mae"), Elaine Barrow (as "Singer"), Marta Becket (as "Girl in Mae's Place/Dancer"), Jordan Bentley (as "Aloysius"), Val Buttignol (as "Dancer"), Joe Calvan (as "Allie"), Claudia Campbell (as "Annie"), Art Carroll (as "Salesman/Singer"), William Carson (as "Singer"), Terry Castagna (as "Singer"), John Connoughton (as "Child"), Jane Copeland (as "Girl in Mae's Place/Singer"), Harland Dixon (as "Old Clothes Man/Judge"), Donn Driver (as "Dancer"), Donald Duerr (as "Edgie/Child"), Celine Flanagan (as "Maudie/Child"), Johnny Ford (as "Singer"), Alan Gilbert (as "Hick"), Jeanne Grant (as "Singer"), Dody Heath (as "Hildy"), Joan Kibrig (as "Girl in Mae's Place/Singer"), Albert Linville (as "Swanswine"), Buzzie Martin (as "Child"), Howard Martin (as "Junior/Child"), James McCracken (as "Singer"), Iona McKenzie (as "Girl in Mae's Place/Dancer"), Patti Milligan (as "Child"), John Mooney (as "Singer"), David Newman (as "Dancer"), Janet Parker (as "Florence"), Billy Parsons (as "Willie"), Beverly Purvin (as "Della/Girl in Mae's Place/Singer"), Frank Seabolt (as "Dancer"), Mary Statz (as "Girl in Mae's Place/Dancer"), Kenneth Utt (as "Singer"), Marc West (as "Dancer"), Bruno Wick (as "Max"), Eleanor Williams (as "Singer"), Roland Wood (as "Moriarty"), Doris Wright (as "Dancer"). Understudies: Elaine Barrow (as "Katie"), Art Carroll (as "Aloysius"), Jane Copeland (as "Mae"), Donn Driver (as "Allie/Judge/Petey"), Marie Foster (as "Cissy"), Alan Gilbert (as "Johnny Nolan"), Patti Milligan (as "Francie"), Beverly Purvin (as "Hildy") and Kenneth Utt (as "Harry/Moriarty"). Replacement actors: Delbert Anderson (as "Singer"), Claudia Campbell (as "Girl in Mae's Place/Singer"), Dorothy Hill (as "Dancer/Girl in Mae's Place"), Joan Kibrig (as "Annie"), Patti Milligan (as "Florence"), Janet Parker (as "Child"), Dick Price (as "Dancer"), Isabel Price (as "Mae"), Feodore Tedick (as "Singer"), Beverly Jane Welch (as "Singer"). Produced by George Abbott. Produced in association with Robert Fryer. Note: Previously filmed as A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945).
- (1953) Stage Play: Wonderful Town. Musical comedy. Music by Leonard Bernstein. Book by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov. Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Based on "My Sister Eileen" by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov. Based on stories by Ruth McKenney. Musical Director: Lehman Engel. Vocal arrangements by Lehman Engel. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Assistant to Don Walker: Seymour Ginzler and Sid Ramin. Assistant to Lehman Engel: Bill JonsonDances and Musical Numbers Staged by Donald Saddler. Uncredited show doctoring by Jerome Robbins. Scenic Design and Costume Design by 'Raoul Pène Du Bois'. Directed by George Abbott. Winter Garden Theatre: 25 Feb 1953- 3 Jul 1954 (559 performances). Cast: Rosalind Russell (as "Ruth Sherwood"), Edie Adams [credited as Edith Adams] (as "Eileen Sherwood") [Broadway debut], Cris Alexander (as "Frank Lippencott"), Jordan Bentley (as "Wreck"), Dort Clark (as "Chick Clark"), George Gaynes (as "Robert Baker"), Henry Lascoe (as "ppopolous"), Delbert Anderson (as "Drunk/Italian Waiter/Greenwich Villager/Policeman"), Ed Balin (as "Greenwich Villager"), Alvin Beam (as "Delivery Boy/Greenwich Villager"), Marta Becket (as "Greenwich Villager"), Ted Beniades (as "Speedy Valenti"), Maxine Berke (as "Greenwich Villager"), Michele Burke (as "Helen"), Margaret Caddy (as "Greenwich Villager"), Carol Cole (as "Greenwich Villager"), Geraldine Delaney (as "Greenwich Villager"), Ray Dorian (as "Second Cadet/Greenwich Villager"), Jean Eliot (as "Greenwich Villager"), Nathaniel Frey (as "Strange Man/Italian Chef/Policeman"), Warren Galjour (as "Tour Guide/Associate Editor/Greenwich Villager/Policeman"), Dody Goodman (as "Violet/Greenwich Villager"), Edward J. Heim (as "Greenwich Villager"), Isabella Hoopes (as "Mrs. Wade"), Pat Johnson (as "Greenwich Villager"), Walter Kelvin (as "Officer Lonigan"), Robert Kole (as "Greenwich Villager/Policeman"), Joe Layton (as "Greenwich Villager"), Albert Linville (as "Associate Editor/Policeman"), David Lober(as "First Cadet/Greenwich Villager"), Victor Moreno (as "Greenwich Villager"), Evelyn Page (as "Greenwich Villager"), Lee Papell (as "Drunk/Shore Patrolman/Greenwich Villager/Policeman"), Helen Rice (as "Greenwich Villager"), Chris Robinson (as "Ruth's Escort/Greenwich Villager/Policeman"), Helena Seroy (as "Greenwich Villager"), Libi Staiger (as "Greenwich Villager"), William Weslow (as "Greenwich Villager"), Patty Wilkes (as "Greenwich Villager"), Understudies: Delbert Anderson (as "Chick Clark"), Geraldine Delaney (as "Helen"), Warren Galjour (as "Speedy Valenti"), Betty Gillette (as "Eileen Sherwood"), Joe Layton (as "Wreck"), Lee Papell (as "Appopolous"), Harold Prince (as "Frank Lippencott"), Helen Rice (as "Mrs. Wade") and Chris Robinson (as "Robert Baker"). Replacement cast: Donald Barton (as "Greenwich Villager"), Carol Channing (as "Ruth Sherwood"), Ruth Anne Fleming (as "Greenwich Villager"), Babs Heath (as "Greenwich Villager"), Diana Herbert (as "Helen"), Ray Kirchner (as "Greenwich Villager"), Hugh Lambert (as "Greenwich Villager"), Marion Lauer (as "Greenwich Villager"), Joe Layton (as "Hermit"), Paul Lyday (as "Greenwich Villager"), Mike Mason (as "Greenwich Villager/Policeman"), David Neuman (as "Greenwich Villager/Hermit"), Virginia Poe (as "Greenwich Villager"), Eva Ralf (as "Greenwich Villager"), Walter Rinner (as "Greenwich Villager"), Jean Sincere (as "Greenwich Villager"), Doris Wright (as "Greenwich Villager"). Understudies: Ruth Anne Fleming (as "Eileen Sherwood"), Pat Johnson (as "Eileen Sherwood"), Mike Mason (as "Wreck"), Jean Sincere (as "Ruth Sherwood"), Patricia Wilkes (as "Ruth Sherwood"). Produced by Robert Fryer.
- (1957) Stage Play: The Tunnel of Love. Comedy.
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