Stage Play: Great to Be Alive! Musical. Music by
Abe Ellstein and
Robert Russell Bennett. Based on material by
Walter Bullock and
Sylvia Regan. Lyrics by Walter Bullock. Orchestrations by
Robert Russell Bennett and
Don Walker. Musical Direction by Max Meth. Arrangements for "Headin' for a Weddin'," "Dreams Ago" Waltz and "The Riddle" by
Genevieve Pitot. Vocal arrangements by
Crane Calder. Scenic Design and costume design by
Stewart Chaney. Musical staging by
Helen Tamiris. Directed by Mary Hunter. Winter Garden Theatre: 23 Mar 1950-6 May 1950 (52 performances). Cast: Rod Alexander, Valerie Bettis, Mark Dawson,
Stuart Erwin (as "Woodrow Twig"),
Bambi Linn, Vivienne Segal, Martha Wright, Leigh Allen, Jeanne Bal, Lulu Bates, Chuck Brunner, Fred Bryan, Aleen Buchanan, Ted Cappy, Ken Carroll, Virginia Curtis, Eleanor Fairchild, Roscoe French, Ed Gombos, Eleanore Gregory, Barbara Heath, Ann Hutchinson, John Juliano, Norma Kaiser, Don Kennedy, Betty Low, Jay Marshall, J.C. McCord, Ruth McVayne, Joyce Mitchell, David Nillo, ;Russell Nype', Earl Oxford, Marjorie Peterson, Paul Reed, Harry Lee Rogers, Janice Rule, Swen Swenson, Robert Wallace, Julia Williams. Produced by
Vinton Freedley [final Broadway credit]. Produced in association with Anderson Lawler and Russell Markert.