- (1929 - 1968) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1929 - 1981) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1930) Stage Play: Garrick Gaieties. Musical revue (revival). Music by Marc Blitzstein, Vernon Duke, Harold Goldman, Ned Lehac, Everett Miller, Peter Nolan, Willard Robison, Charles M. Schwab, Kay Swift, Richard Myers and Harold Goodman. Book by Carroll Carroll, Leopoldine Damrosch, Gretchen Damrosch Finletter, Landon Herrick, Sterling Holloway, Benjamin M. Kaye, Newman Levy, Sally Humason and Louis M. Simon. Lyrics by Allen Boretz, Ira Gershwin, E.Y. Harburg, Paul James, Ronald Jeans, Johnny Mercer, Henry Myers, Edward Eliscu, Josiah Titzell, Thomas McKnight, Newman Levy and Marc Blitzstein. Musical Director: Tom Jones. Assistant Choreographer: Stella Bloch. Choreographed by Olin Howard. Scenic Design by Kate Drain Lawson. Directed by Philip Loeb. Guild Theatre: 4 Jun 1930- 8 Oct 1930 (158 performances). Cast: Nan Blackstone, Micky Burton, Albert Carroll, Ruth Chorpenning, Imogene Coca, Anna Marie Cotter, Ted Fetter, Edwin Gilcher, Hildegarde Halliday, Ray Heatherton, Sterling Holloway, Otto Hulett, Eve Latour, Kate Drain Lawson, Philip Loeb, Ginger Meehan, Edith Meiser, Jo Meyers, Ruth Montague, James Norris, Cynthia Rodgers, Polly Rose, Edith Sheldon, Florentine Sherman, Jane Sherman, Midge Sidney, Roger Stearns, Donald Stewart, William Tannen, Thelma Tipson, Velma Vavra. Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1930) Stage Play: Earl Carroll's Vanities. Musical comedy/revue. Music by Jay Gorney and Harold Arlen. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg and Ted Keohler. Music orchestrated by Domenico Savino. Dialogue (sketches) by Eddie Welch and Eugene Conrad. Musical Direction by Ray Kavanaugh. Choreographed by Leroy J. Prinz. Directed by Priestly Morrison and Earl Carroll. New Amsterdam Theatre: 1 Jul 1930- 3 Jan 1931 (215 performances). Cast: Irene Ahlberg, Myrtle Allen, Helen Arlen, Violet Arnold, Faith Bacon, Betty Bassett, Jack Benny, Murray Bernie, Renee Bonnie, June Brewster, Dorothy Britton, Claiborne Bryson, Marian Carew, Kae Carroll, The Collette Sisters, Frank Condos, Harry Condos, Diane Cullen, Martha Devine, Vivian Fay, Ronald Fielder, Rosa Fronson, Genie Fursa, Harriet Hagman, John Hale, Edward Harrison, Louis Harrison, Angeline Hassel, Renee Havel, Julie Jenner, Frances Joyce, Patsy Kelly, Alice Kerwin, Rita Kerwin, Nelda Kincaid, Dorothy Lamb, Nondas Metcalf, Ida Michaels, Vera Milton, Mabel Nordman, Marion O'Day, Mary Pleasants, Edith Pragan, Geraldine Pratt, Naomi Ray, Blanche Reeves, Billy Rolls, Paula Sands, Jimmy Savo, Rose Shaw, Pearl Shepherd, Harry Stockwell, Elizabeth Sundmark, Constance Trevor, Sunny Trowbridge, Betty Veronica, Beryl Wallace, Eileen Wenzel, Thelma White, Herb Williams. Produced by Earl Carroll.
- (1930) Stage Play: The Vanderbilt Revue. Musical revue. Music by Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, Jacques Fray, Mario Braggiotti and E.Y. Harburg. Book by Lew Fields, Kenyon Nicholson, Ellis O. Jones, Sig Herzig [earliest Broadway credit] and E. North. Lyrics by Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, Jacques Fray, Mario Braggiotti and E.Y. Harburg. Directed by John E. Lonergan, Jack Haskell and Theodore J. Hammerstein. Vanderbilt Theatre: 5 Nov 1930- Nov 1930 (closing date unknown/13 performances). Cast: Charlotte Ayres, Charles Barnes, Jean Carpenter, Dalsky's Russian Choir, Rene De Bouche, Dorothy Dixon, Harry Dixon, Paul Everton, Evelyn Hoey, Dorothy Humphreys, Tonia Ingre, "Juliana," Richard Lane, Joe Lennon, Francesca Braggiotti Lodge, Francetta Malloy, Lulu McConnell, Joe Penner [Broadway debut], Aileen Poe, Jimmy Ray, Stella Royal, Richard Ryan, Gus Schilling, Adeline Seaman, Billy Stephens, Wallace Sisters, Teddy Walters, Franker Woods.
- (1931) Stage Play: Ziegfeld Follies of 1931. Musical revue. Sketches by Mark Hellinger, J.P. Murray and Gene Buck. Lyrics by Gene Buck, Joseph McCarthy, Charles Farrell, Mack Gordon[earliest Broadway credit], J.P. Murray, Barry Trivers [earliest Broadway credit], E.Y. Harburg, Jack Norworth and Noël Coward. Dialogue staged by Edward C. Lilley. Dances directed by Bobby Connolly and Albertina Rasch. Music by Harry Revel [earliest Broadway credit], Ben Oakland, Dave Stamper, Dimitri Tiomkin, Noël Coward, Nora Bayes, James Monaco, Chick Endor, Walter Donaldson, Jay Gorney and Hugo Riesenfeld. Music for "Pink Lady Waltz" by Ivan Caryll [final Broadway credit]. Music for "(Shine On) Harvest Moon" by Jack Norworth. Music for "(Who Paid the Rent for Mrs.) Rip Van Winkle" by Al Bryan. Lyrics for "(Who Paid the Rent for Mrs.) Rip Van Winkle" by Fred Fisher. Music for "You Made Me Love You" Dance by Mack Gordon. Lyrics for "I'm With You" by Walter Donaldson. Musical Director: Oscar Bradley. Music orchestrated by Maurice De Packh, Will Vodery, Howard Jackson and Joe Jordan. Featuring songs by Powell and Stevens. Assembled by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. Directed by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. and Gene Buck. Ziegfeld Theatre: 1 Jul 1931- 21 Nov 1931 (165 performances). Cast: Iris Adrian, The Albertina Rasch Dancers, Thomas Arace, Jack Arthur, Jean Audree, Faith Bacon, Robert Baldwin, Virginia Bethel, Virginia Biddle, Ethel Borden, Mildred Borst, Frank Britton, Milt Britton, Jack Bruns, John Bubbles, Buck & Bubbles, Joan Burgess, Katherine Burke, Alice Burrage, Arthur Campbell, Tito Carol, Gordon Carper, Albert Carroll, Helen Carson, Emmita Casanova, Catherine Clark, The Collette Sisters, Dorothy Dell, Netta Deuschateau, Dorothy Dodge, David Drollet, Betty Dumbris, Marguerite Durand, Marguerite Eisele, Georgia Ellis, Kay English (as "Hazel Dawn" and "Pink lady Waltz" performer) [final Broadway role], Caja Eric, Clayton Estes, Ruth Etting (as "Nora Bayes"), Dorothy Flood, Rosa Fromson, Rose Gale, Gladys Glad, Gene Gory, Yvonne Grey, John Gurney, Paul Gursdorff, Cliff Hall, Cassie Hanley, Helen Hannan, Pearl Harris, Eunice Holmes, Jean Howard, Billy Hughes, Russell Johns, Tom Kendall, George Lamar, Frank Lang, Hal Le Roy (as "Alphonso Smith"), Milton Le Roy, Marjorie Levoe, Boots Mallory, Christine Maple, Herschel Martin, Mitzi Mayfair, Lorelle McCarver, Ernest McChesney, Frank McCormack, Dennis McCurtin, Marjorie McLaughlin, Olive McLay, Frieda Mierse, Vera Milton, Grace Moore, Jim Moore, Helen Morgan, John Daly Murphy (as "Doctor Crechsen/A Drunk"), Dorissa Nelova, Pat O'Day, Pearl Osgood, Earl Oxford, Anne Lee Patterson, Ruth Patterson, Jack Pearl, Vivian Porter, Betty Real, Mary Alice Rice, Harry Richman, Bernice Roberts, William Royal, A. Samish, Blanche Satchell, Billie Seward, Barbara Smith, Conrad Sparin, Marie Stevens, Leonard Stokes, Lena Thomas, Joseph Toner, Synny Trowbridge, Robert Walker, Helen Walsh, Eileen Wenzel, Robert White. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..
- (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 Hazzard, Edward J. McNamara and H.I. Phillips. Music by 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. Scenic Design by Henry Dreyfuss. Lighting Design by Henry Dreyfuss. Costume Design by Charles LeMaire and Kiviette. Dances by 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, Lee Brody, 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, Margaret Doncaster, Frank Ericson, Mickie Forbs, Bobby Gillette, Al Gold, J. Gonzales, Taylor Gordon, Merena Grady, Francis Guinan, Frank Hauser, Jack Hazzard, 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, Albert Jordan, Tom Jordan, Joe Kaye, Irene Kelly, Don Lannon, James Libby, Constance Madison, Lila Manor, Vida Manuel, Dolly Martinez, Nellie Mayer, John McAvoy, Edward J. McNamara, 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, Frances Nevins, James Notarro, William O'Neal, Lester Ostrander, Nora Puntin, Inez Purdy, Jack Ray, Jerry Reardon, Margot Riley, Virginia Smith, Dorothy Snowden, Marjorie Sohmer, Anne Stanley, Morris Tepper, Winnie Turner, Helen Tuttle, Florence Winkel. Produced by Heywood Broun. Produced in association with Milton Raison. [Note: Heywood Broun (1888-1939) was Heywood Hale Broun's father.]
- (1932) Stage Play: Ballyhoo of 1932. Musical comedy/revue. Book by Norman B. Anthony. Additional dialogue by Sig Herzig. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. Music by Lewis E. Gensler. Musical Director: Max Meth. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek. Directed by Norman B. Anthony, Lewis E. Gensler, Bobby Connolly and Russell Patterson. 44th Street Theatre: 6 Sep 1932- 26 Nov 1932 (95 performances). Cast: Albertina Rasch Dancers, Leon Alton, Inga Anderson, Jeanne Aubert (as "She"), Marjorie Baglin, Firley Banks, Al Bloom, Mildred Borst, Lucille Brodin, P. Brookes, Mary Brooks, Hugh Cameron (as "Mr. Throckmorton/Big Business/Senator from Texas"), Joe Carey, Alice Carleton, Helene Carson, Barbara Coswell, Jack Douglas, Margaret Durande, Florence Earle (as "Miss Park Avenue/Mrs. Colfay"), Ruth Fischer, Marion Forbes, Gloria Gilbert, Gloria Glennon, Rosalind Golden, P. Gurney, Ray Halberg, Grace Hartman, Paul Hartman, Tom Harty, Bob Hope (as "Minsky" and "chorus"), Eugene Howard, Willie Howard, Milton LeRoy, Vera Marshe, Billy Marvil, Lulu McConnell, Nina Mae McKinney, Vida McLain, Paul Murdock, Dorissa Nelova, Sunnie O'Dea, Lucille Clay Osborne, Edna Pence, John Peters, Ruth Reiter, Josephine Robert, Bernice Roberts, Jack Ross, Sid Salzer, Ralph Sanford, Marguerite Slattery, Donald Stewart, J. Stillman, Dorothy Van Hest. Produced by Ballyhoo Productions Inc.
- (1932) Stage Play: Americana. Musical revue (revival).
- (1932) Stage Play: Walk a Little Faster. Musical revue.
- (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 stage by John Murray Anderson. 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 [Broadway debut], 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).
- The Happiest Girl in the World (1961). Musical comedy. Book by Fred Saidy and Henry Mayers. Based on "Lysistrata" by Aristophanes. Based on stories of Greek mythology by Bullfinch. Story by E.Y. Harburg. Music by Jacques Offenbach. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. Musical Director: Robert DeCormier. Vocal arrangements by Robert DeCormier. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and Hershy Kay. Musical research by Jay Gorney. Dance arrangements by Gerald Alters. Choreographed by Dania Krupska. Martin Beck Theatre: 3 Apr 1961- 24 Jun 1961 (96 performances). Cast: Cyril Ritchard (as "Chief of State/Pluto/A Heckler/A Gay Blade/A Wine Smuggler/The Pied Piper of Hamelin/A Playwright/An Ambassador"), Janice Rule, Dran Seitz, Bruce Yarnell, Bill Atkinson, Don Atkinson, Ellen Berse, Bonnie Brandon, Candace Caldwell, David Canary (as "Hector/Singer"), Joy Claussen [Broadway debut], Don Crabtree, Grant Delaney, Norma Donaldson, Victor Duntiere, Natasha Grishin, Judith Haskell, Lisa James, Gloria Kaye, Lainie Kazan (as "Theodora/Singer"), Michael Kermoyan, Jeff Killion, Louis Kosman, Leonora Lanzillotti, Lu Leonard, Susan May, Paul Merrill, Rita Metzger, Carmen Morales, Theodore Morill, John Napier, Janice Painchaud, Alton Ruff, Kenneth Scott, Ron Sequoio, Elaine Spaulding, Ron Stratton, Ted Thurston, Arthur Tookoyan, Mark Tully, Maura K. Wedge, John Wheeler, Nancy Windsor, Richard Winter. Produced by Lee Guber.
- Garrick Gaieties (1930). Musical revue (revival). Music by Marc Blitzstein, Vernon Duke, Harold Goldman, Ned Lehac, Everett Miller, Peter Nolan, Willard Robison, Charles M. Schwab, Kay Swift, Richard Myers and Harold Goodman. Book by Carroll Carroll, Leopoldine Damrosch, Gretchen Damrosch Finletter, Landon Herrick, Sterling Holloway, Benjamin M. Kaye, Newman Levy, Sally Humason and Louis M. Simon. Lyrics by Allen Boretz, Ira Gershwin, E.Y. Harburg, Paul James, Ronald Jeans, Johnny Mercer, Henry Myers, Edward Eliscu, Josiah Titzell, Thomas McKnight, Newman Levy and Marc Blitzstein. Musical Director: Tom Jones. Assistant Choreographer: Stella Bloch. Choreographed by Olin Howard. Scenic Design by Kate Drain Lawson. Directed by Philip Loeb. Guild Theatre: 4 Jun 1930- 8 Oct 1930 (158 performances). Cast: Nan Blackstone, Micky Burton, Albert Carroll, Ruth Chorpenning, Imogene Coca, Anna Marie Cotter, Ted Fetter, Edwin Gilcher, Hildegarde Halliday, Ray Heatherton, Sterling Holloway, Otto Hulett, Eve Latour, Kate Drain Lawson, Philip Loeb, Ginger Meehan, Edith Meiser, Jo Meyers, Ruth Montague, James Norris, Cynthia Rodgers, Polly Rose, Edith Sheldon, Florentine Sherman, Jane Sherman, Midge Sidney, Roger Stearns, Donald Stewart, William Tannen, Thelma Tipson, Velma Vavra. Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1937) Stage Play: The Show is On. Musical revue (return engagement). Sketches by David Freedman. "Mr. Gielgud Passes By" by Moss Hart. Music mostly by Vernon Duke. Lyrics mostly by Ted Fetter. Additional music by Hoagy Carmichael, Arthur Schwartz, George Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Herman Hupfeld, Will Irwin and Richard Rodgers. Additional lyrics by Stanley Adams, Howard Dietz, Ira Gershwin, E.Y. Harburg, Herman Hupfeld, Norman Zeno and Lorenz Hart. Music orchestrated by Gordon Jenkins. Additional orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett and Hans Spialek. Production Design by Vincente Minnelli. Conducted by Gordon Jenkins. Conceived by Vincente Minnelli. Sketches directed by Edward C. Lilley. Choreographed by Robert Alton. "Casanova" choreographed by Harry Losee. Directed by Vincente Minnelli. Winter Garden Theatre: 16 Sep 1937- 2 Oct 1937 (17 performances). Cast: Marion Allen, Gene Ashley, Mildred Baker, Muriel Baker, Jack Barrett, Hazel Boffinger, Kenneth Bostock, Charles Bowers, Letitia Bring, Edward Browne, Mary Ann Carr, Andre Charise, Roy Cropper (as "Now" Performer/By Strauss" Performer), John Edwards, Hugh Ellsworth, John Englert, Jack Good, Jack C. Grey, Pearl Harris, Robert Herring, Eugene Howard, Willie Howard, Vivian Howe, Barbara Hunter, Rose King, Jerrie Koban, Terry Lawlor (as "The Show is On" Performer/"Now" Performer/"Casanova" Performer/"Long As You've Got Your Health" Performer/Eliza/Cakewalk/"By Strauss" Performer), Lyda Sue Leeds (as "What Has He Got?" Performer/"Long as You've Got Your Health" Dancer/"By Strauss" Dancer/"Little Old Lady" Performer"), Arnold Lenhart, Dave Mallen, Jack McCauley, John McCauley, Gertrude Medwin, Evelyn Mills, Jean Moorehead, Della Muir, Marion Murray, Gifford Nash, Paul Owen, Mischa Pompianov, Harry Rogue, Polly Rose, Richard Satterfield, Ruth Scheim, Clare Scott, Laurie Shevlin, Marcella Swanson, Peggy Thomas, Demetrios Vilan, Mildred Webb (as "Ophelia/Prologue/"Now" Dancer/The Modern Girl/Casanova"), Duke Williams, Chic York. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1968) Stage Play: Darling of the Day. Musical. Music by Jule Styne. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg [Uncredited] book by Nunnally Johnson [author of original book/credit withdrawn before Broadway opening]. From the plays "Buried Alive" & "The Great Adventure" by Arnold Bennett. Musical Director: Buster Davis. Vocal arrangements by Buster Davis. Dance arrangements by Trude Rittman. Music orchestrated by Ralph Burns. Choreographed by Lee Theodore. Directed by Noel Willman. George Abbott Theatre: 27 Jan 1968- 24 Feb 1968 (31 performances + 4 previews that began on 16 Jan 1968). Cast: Vincent Price (as "Priam Farll"), Patricia Routledge (as "Alice Challice"), Brenda Forbes (as "Lady Vale"), Teddy Green (as "Alf"), Peter Woodthorpe (as "Oxford"), John Aman (as "Equerry/Constable/Singer"), Bonnie Ano (as "Dancer"), Camila Ashland (as "Mrs. Leek"), Larry Brucker (as "Attendant/Singer"), Christopher Chadman (as "Dancer"), Paul Eichel (as "Frame Maker/Singer"), Charles Gerald (as "The King"), Marian Haraldson (as "Singer"), Reby Howells (as "Dancer"), Beth Howland (as "Rosalind/Dancer"), Mitchell Jason (as "Duncan"), Marc Jordan (as "Bert"), Reid Klein (as "Sydney/Singer"), George Lee (as "Dancer"), Michael Lewis (as "Pennington"), Leo Leyden (as "Doctor/Judge"), Jim May (as "Dancer"), Ross Miles (as "Cabby/Dancer"), Carl Nicholas (as "Old Gentleman/Singer"), Joy Nichols (as "Daphne"), Kay Oslin (as "Singer"), Jeannette Seibert (as "Singer"), Fred Siretta (as "Curate/Dancer"), Maggie Task (as "Singer"), Georgianne Walken [credited as Georgianne Thon] (as "Dancer"), Phyllis Wallach (as "Dancer"), Charles Welch (as "Henry Leek"), Herb Wilson (as "Curate/Dancer"), Denise Winston (as "Dancer"), Maggie Worth (as "Singer"), Albert Zimmerman (as "Singer"). Standbys: Mitchell Jason (as "Priam Farll"), Joy Nichols (as "Alice Challice"). Replscement actors: Zale Kessler (as "Constable"), Mariliyn Sofia (as "Singer"). Produced by The Theatre Guild (Philip Langner and Armina Marshall) and Joel Schenker.
- (1940) Stage Play: Hold on to Your Hats. Musical comedy.
- (1944) Stage Play: Bloomer Girl [A Modern Musical Comedy With Old Fashioned Charm]. Musical comedy. Music by Harold Arlen. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. Book by Sig Herzig and Fred Saidy [earliest Broadway credit]. Based on the play by Dan James and Lilith James. Musical Director: Leon Leonardi. Music orchestrated by Russell Bennett. Book Directed by William Schorr. Choreographed by Agnes de Mille. Staged by E.Y. Harburg. Shubert Theatre: 4 Oct 1944- 27 Apr 1946 (654 performances). Cast: Celeste Holm (as "Evalina"), Arlene Anderson (as "Hetty"), Lee Barrie (as "Paula"), Dorothy Baxter (as "Vocal Ensemble"), William Bender (as "Herman Brasher"), Cecile Bergman (as "Dancer"), Florence Berline (as "Vocal Ensemble"), Matt Briggs (as "Horatio"), David Brooks (as "Jeff Calhoun"), John Byrd (as "1st Deputy/State Official"), John Call (as "Gus"), Blaine Cordner (as "Hamilton Calhoun"), Hubert Dilworth (as "Augustus"), Margaret Douglass (as "Dolly"), Nancy Douglass (as "Delia"), John Duane (as "Dancer"), Jean Faust (as "Dancer"), Joseph Florestano (as "2nd Deputy/Vocal Ensemble"), Lidija Franklin (as "Dancer"), Dan Gallagher (as "Hiram Crump"), Phyllis Gehrig (as "Dancer"), Arthur Grahl (as "Dancer"), Harriet Hall (as "Vocal Ensemble"), Toni Hart (as "Julia"), Dorothy Hill (as "Dancer"), Butler Hixon (as "Governor Newton"), Jean Houloose (as "Dancer"), Lucas Hoving (as "Dancer") [Broadway debut], Charles Howard (as "Sheriff Quimby"), Richard Huey (as "Alexander"), Eleanor Jones (as "Prudence"), Claudia Jordan (as "Lydia"), Elena Karina (as "Dancer"), Carmelita Lanza (as "Dancer"), Betty Low (as "Dancer"), Adele Lulince (as "Vocal Ensemble"), Robert Lyon (as "Joshua Dingle"), Carol MacFarlane (as "Phoebe"), Joe E. Marks (as "Ebenezer Mimms"), Joan McCracken (as "Daisy"), Byron Milligan (as "Vocal Ensemble"), James Mitchell (as "Dancer"), Kathleen O'Brien (as "Dancer"), Paul Olsen (as "Dancer"), Brian Otis (as "Vocal Ensemble"), Pamela Randell (as "Octavia"), David Reher (as "Dancer"), Henry Roberts (as "Vocal Ensemble"), Jimmy Russell (as "Dancer"), Ralph Sassano (as "3rd Deputy/Vocal Ensemble"), Carlos Sherman (as "Vocal Ensemble"), Emy St. Just (as "Dancer"), Claire Stevens (as "Vocal Ensemble"), Mabel Taliaferro (as "Serena"), Vaughn Trinnier (as "Wilfred Thrush"), Gloria Tromara (as "Vocal Ensemble"), John Ward (as "Dancer"), Dooley Wilson (as "Pompey"), Eleanor Winter (as "Betty"). Replacement actors: Arlene Anderson (as "Phoebe"), Nanette Fabray (as "Evalina"), Frances Gayer (as "Vocal Ensemble"), Alan Gilbert (as "Vocal Ensemble"), Harriet Hall (as "Paula"), Holly Harris (as "Octavia"), Marcella Howard (as "Octavia"), Janie Janvier (as "Julia"), Dorothy Jarnac (as "Daisy"), Eleanor Jones (as "Octavia"), Evelyn Keller (as "Vocal Ensemble"), David Lober (as "Dancer") [Broadway debut], Ben Murphy (as "Joshua Dingle"), Olive Reeves-Smith (as "Dolly"), Terry Saunders (as "Delia"), Dick Smart (as "Jeff Calhoun"), Claire Stevens (as "Prudence/Hetty"), Matilda Strazza (as "Paula/Vocal Ensemble"), Feodore Tedick (as "Herman Brasher"), Gloria Tromara (as "Hetty"). Produced by John C. Wilson. Produced in association with Nat Goldstone. Note: Adapted for TV on Producers' Showcase [Season 2, Episode 10], telecast 28 Feb 1956, starring Keith Andes as "Jefferson Calhoun."
- (1947) Stage Play: Bloomer Girl [A Modern Musical Comedy With Old Fashioned Charm]. Musical comedy (revival). Music by Harold Arlen. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. Book by Sig Herzig and Fred Saidy. Produced by John C. Wilson. Associate Producer: Nat Goldstone.
- (1951) Stage Play: Flahooley. Musical comedy/puppets. Based on material by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy. Music by Sammy Fain. Musical Director: Maurice Levine. Music orchestrated by Ted Royal. Special material for Miss Sumac written by Moises Vivanco. Choreographed by Helen Tamiris. Scenic Design by Howard Bay. Costume Design by David Ffolkes and Lucinda Ballard. Directed by Fred Saidy. Broadhurst Theatre: 14 May 1951- 16 Jun 1951 (40 performances). Cast: Edith Atwater (as "K.T. Pettigrew"), Bil Baird's Marionettes, Barbara Cook, Irwin Corey (as "Abou Ben Atom"), Jerome Courtland, Yma Sumac (as "Najla"), Ernest Truex (as "B.G. Bigelow"), Sara Aman, John Anderson, Andy Aprea, Bil Baird, Cora Baird, Lee Ballard, Vicki Barrett, Lulu Bates, Lewis Bolyard, Stanley Carlson, Ray Cook, Fay DeWitt, Carol Donn, Franz Fazakas, Clifford Fearl, Jane Fischer, Carl Harms, Urylee Leonardos, Elizabeth Logue (as "Flahooley"), Normand Maxon, Joe Nash, Louis Nye (as "El-Akbar, The Elder Arab"), Sheldon Ossosky, Nehemiah Persoff (as "Fowzi, The Younger Arab"), Marilyn Ross, Lois Shearer, Laurel Shelby, Franklin T. Syme, James Tarbutton, Richard Temple, Edgar Thompson, Ted Thurston, Norval Tormsen, Tafi Towers, Antony Tudor (as "Arab") [final Broadway role], Rowan Tudor, Annaliese Widman. Produced by Cheryl Crawford. Produced in association with E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy.
- (1945) Stage Play: Blue Holiday. Musical revue.
- (1947) Stage Play: Finian's Rainbow. Musical comedy. Book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy. Music by Burton Lane. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and Don Walker. Musical Director: Milton Rosenstock. Vocal arrangements by Lyn Murray. Dance arrangements by Trude Rittman. Assistant Vocal arrangements: Ray Charles. Choreographed by Michael Kidd. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Eleanore Goldsmith. Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Assistant to Mr. Mielziner: John Harvey. Directed by Bretaigne Windust. 46th Street Theatre: 10 Jan 1947- 2 Oct 1948 (725 performances). Cast: Lucas Aco, Anita Alvarez, Arlene Anderson, Bette Anderson, Robert Billheimer (as "Dancer"), Eddie Bruce, Robert Eric Carlson, Ralph Waldo Cummings, Royal Dano (as "Mr. Shears"), Kenneth Davis (as "Dancer"), Harry Day, Charles Dayton (as "Singer"), Nathaniel Dickerson, Jane Earle, Michael Ellis, Lorenzo Fuller, Cyprionne Gabel (as "Dancer"), Alan Gilbert, William Greaves, Eleanore Gregory (as "Dancer"), Erona Harris (as "Dancer"), Theodore Hines, Ann Hutchinson (as "Dancer"), Mimi Kelly (as "Singer"), Jerry Laws, Ella Logan, Eve Lynn, Norma Jane Marlowe, Dolores Martin (as "Singer"), Tom McElhany, Vera McNichols, Ann Mitten, Lyn Murray, Frank Neal, Roger Orhadieno (as "Dancer"), Eddie Phillips (as "Dancer"), Robert Pitkin, Donald Richards, Elayne Richards, James Flash Riley (as "Dancer"), Louis Sharp, Albert Sharpe (as "Finian McLonergan"), Maude Simmons, (as "4th Sharecropper/Singer") Roland Skinner (as "John, the Preacher/Singer"), Augustus Smith Jr. (as "Henry"), Kathleen Stanford (as "Dancer"), Helen Stanton (as "Singer"), Arthur Tell, Sonny Terry, Dorothy Tucker (as "Dancer"), Margaret Tynes (as "Singer"), Edythe Udane(as "Dancer"), David Wayne (as "Og"), Gene Wilson (as "Dancer"), Eleanor Winter (as "Singer"), Diane Woods (as "Diane"). Replacement actors: George Charles (as "1st Deputy"), Dorothy Claire (as "Sharon McLonergan"), Charles J. Davis (as "1st Deputy"), Mary Dawson (as "Diane"), James Grimes (as "Other Child/Henry"), Sheila Guyse (as "Singer/5th Sharecropper"), Regina Jouvin (as "Other Child"), Beryl Kaye (as "Susan Mahoney"), P.J. Kelly (as "Finian McLonergan"), Pearl Lang (as "Susan Mahoney"), Brayton Lewis (as "2nd Deputy/2nd Sharecropper/Singer"), Marijane Maricle (as "Singer"), Norma Jane Marlowe (as "Jane"), Ian Martin (as "Finian McLonergan"), William McDaniel (as "2nd Geologist/Singer"), Coyal McMahan (as "2nd Passion Pilgrim Gospeleer/Singer"), Peggy Murray (as "Dancer"), Jack Nagle (as "Dancer"), David Newman (as "Dancer"), Betty Nichols (as "Dancer"), James O'Neill (as "Finian McLonergan"), Albert Popwell (as "Dancer"), Morty Rappe (as "Singer"), Thomas Reider (as "Singer"), Elayne Richards (as "Honey Lou"), William Scully (as "4th Sharecropper/Singer"), Maude Simmons (as "3rd Sharecropper"), Larry Stewart (as "1st Sharecropper/Singer"), Gene Tobin (as "Singer/4th Sharecropper"), Harry Townes (as "Og"), Philip Truex (as "Og"), Onna White (as "Dancer") [Broadway debut], Parker Wilson (as "Dancer"), Eleanor Winter (as "Tourist"), Nan Wynn (as "Sharon McLonergan"), Louis Yetter (as "3rd Deputy/Dancer/Tourist"), Joe Yule (as "Finian McLonergan") [only Broadway role]. Understudies: George Charles (as "1st Geologist"), Charles J. Davis (as "1st Geologist/Og"), James Grimes (as "Henry/Honey Lou"), Sheila Guyse (as "5th Sharecropper"), Brayton Lewis (as "Mr. Robust"), Bertha Powell (as "3rd Sharecropper"), Thomas Reider (as "1st Deputy/1st Sharecropper/2nd Sharecropper/Mr. Shears"), Philip Truex (as "Og"). Produced by Lee Sabinson and William R. Katzell. Note: Filmed by Warner Bros./Seven Arts as Finian's Rainbow (1968).
- (1961) Stage Play: The Happiest Girl in the World. Musical comedy. Book by Fred Saidy and Henry Mayers. Based on "Lysistrata" by Aristophanes. Based on stories of Greek mythology by Bullfinch. Story by E.Y. Harburg. Music by Jacques Offenbach. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. Musical Director: Robert DeCormier. Vocal arrangements by Robert DeCormier. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and Hershy Kay. Musical research by Jay Gorney. Dance arrangements by Gerald Alters. Choreographed by Dania Krupska. Martin Beck Theatre: 3 Apr 1961- 24 Jun 1961 (96 performances). Cast: Cyril Ritchard (as "Chief of State/Pluto/A Heckler/A Gay Blade/A Wine Smuggler/The Pied Piper of Hamelin/A Playwright/An Ambassador"), Janice Rule, Dran Seitz, Bruce Yarnell, Bill Atkinson, Don Atkinson, Ellen Berse, Bonnie Brandon, Candace Caldwell, David Canary (as "Hector/Singer"), Joy Claussen [Broadway debut], Don Crabtree, Grant Delaney, Norma Donaldson, Victor Duntiere, Natasha Grishin, Judith Haskell, Lisa James, Gloria Kaye, Lainie Kazan (as "Theodora/Singer"), Michael Kermoyan, Jeff Killion, Louis Kosman, Leonora Lanzillotti, Lu Leonard, Susan May, Paul Merrill, Rita Metzger, Carmen Morales, Theodore Morill, John Napier, Janice Painchaud, Alton Ruff, Kenneth Scott, Ron Sequoio, Elaine Spaulding, Ron Stratton, Ted Thurston, Arthur Tookoyan, Mark Tully, Maura K. Wedge, John Wheeler, Nancy Windsor, Richard Winter. Produced by Lee Guber.
- (1957) Stage Play: Jamaica. Musical. Book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy. Music by Harold Arlen. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. Musical Direction, Continuity and Vocals by Lehman Engel. Dance Music and Additional Vocals by Peter Matz. Music orchestrated by Philip J. Lang. Choreographed by Jack Cole. Production Stage Manager: Neil Hartley. Stage Manager: Charles Blackwell. Directed by Robert Lewis. Imperial Theatre: 31 Oct 1957- 11 Apr 1959 (555 performances). Cast: Lena Horne (as "Savannah"), Ricardo Montalban (as "Koli"), Adelaide Hall, Josephine Premice, Joe Adams, Alvin Ailey, Ethel Ayler, Adelaide Boatner, George Boreland, Hugh Bryant, Herb Coleman, Jayne Craddock, Ossie Davis (as "Cicero"), Hugh Dilworth, Norma Donaldson, Patricia Dunn, Doris Galiber, Frank Glass, Harold Gordon, Lavinia Hamilton, Sandra Hinton, Nat Horne, Albert Johnson, Chailendra Jones, Cristyne Lawson, Tony Martinez, Audrey Mason, Jim McMillan, Charles Moore, Sally Neal, Pearl Reynolds, Erik Rhodes (as "The Governor"), Allen Richards, Augustine Rios, Alan Shayne, Christine Spencer, Carolyn Stanford, Claude Thompson, Roy Thompson, Ben Vargas, Jacqueline Walcott, James E. Wall, Billy Wilson, Barbara Wright, Michael Wright. Understudies: Ethel Ayler (as "Savannah"), Charles Blackwell (as "Joe Nashua"), Adelaide Boatner (as "Grandma Obeah"), Hugh Bryant (as "Koli, Radio Announcer"), Virginia Capers (as "Grandma Obeah"), Herb Coleman (as "Quico"), Alan Shayne (as "Koli, The Governor"), Roy Thompson (as "Joe Nashua"), Jacqueline Walcott (as "Ginger"), James E. Wall (as "Cicero"). Produced by David Merrick.
- (October 5, 1944) He wrote the lyrics for the musical, "Bloomer Girl," at the Shubert Theatre in New York City for 654 performances.
- (March 31, 1947) He wrote the lyrics and directed the musical, "Bloomer Girl," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Pat McClarney, Arthur Maxwell, Peggy Campbell, Hubert Dilworth, Olive Reeves-Smith, Mabel Taliaferro, Matt Briggs, John Call, Lily Paget, and Joe E. Marks in the cast. Sig Herzig and Fred Saidy wrote the book. Harold Arlen was composer. Lemuel Ayers was set designer. MIles White was costume designer. Agnes DeMille was choreographer. John C. Wilson and Nat Goldstone were producers.
- (1992 - 1993) Harold Arlen and his musical, "The Wizard of Oz," was performed at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey with Evan Bell, Eddie Bracken, Mark Chimel, Elizabeth Farnz, Michael Hayward-Jones, Judith McCauley, Michael O'Gorman and Kelli Rabke in the cast. Robert Johanson and James Rocco were directors and choreographers. Michael Anania was scenic designer. Jeff Rizzo was musical director. Tim Hunter was lighting designer. Gregg Barnes was costume designer.
- (September 17 to October 25, 1997) He and Harold Arlen were composers and lyricists for the musical, "The Wizard of Oz," at the Actors Theatre of Louisville (Mainstage) in Louisville, Kentucky with Danielle Ferland (Dorothy Gale); Stevie (Toto); Adale O'Brien (Auntie Em, Glinda the Good Witch of the North); Stephen Mo Hanan (Miss Almira Gultch, The Wicked Witch of the West); Robert Levine (Uncle Henry, Emerald City Guard); Don Goodspeed (Hunk, The Scarecrow); Dan Sharkey (Hickory, The Tin Man); Clent Bowers (Zeke, The Cowardly Lion); Derrick McGinty (Munchkin Mayor, Nikko, Ensemble); Vic DiMonda (Munchkin Coroner, Ensemble); John Leffert (Munchkin Barrister, Ensemble); Tim Santos (Head Jitterbug, Ensemble) and Cesar Samayoa (Head Winkie) in the cast. Michelle Aravena, Randy Bobish, Kimberly Breault, Lynne Chenault, Debra Crawley, Hannah Meadows, Annette Hill-McCulloch, Kelly Pike, Tony Romero and Darryl Turpin played in the Ensemble. Aaron Harris, Amber Le Terese Hurst, Sara Elizabeth King, Claire Anne Longest, Corey Thomas Logsdon and Chelsea Jo Pattison played in the children's ensemble. L. Frank Baum wrote the novel. Herbert Stothart was background music composer. Peter Howard was dance and vocal arranger. Larry Wilcox was orchestra arranger. John Kane was adapter. Jon Jory was director. Pamela Sousa was choreographer. Robert Webb was music director, conductor and keyboardist. Hunt Butler played Woodwinds. Dick Martin and Gary Hicks played the trumpet and Flugelhorn. Lorna Larson was violinist. Rozanna Thompson was harpist. Sam Harris was drummer and percussionist. Tyrone Wheeler played Double Bass, Arco & Pizz.
- (September 26 to October 20, 1974) He and Fred Saidy wrote the book for the musical revue, "I Got a Song," at the Studio Arena Theatre, 681 Main Street, Buffalo, New York with D'Jamin Bartlett, Alan Brasington, Norma Donaldson, Bonnie Franklin, Miguel Godreau and Gilbert Price in the cast. E.Y. Yarburg was original composer. Harold Stone was director. Geoffrey Holder was choreographer. Marty Henne was music director and vocal arranger. Tony Ragusa was conductor. R.J. Graziano was set designer. Theoni V. Aldredge was costume designer. Tom Skelton was lighting designer. Paul Repetowski was associate producer. Jay Longacre was management and development director. Gintare Sileika was production director. Donald Walters was production stage manager. Neal Du Brock was executive producer. Joel Schenker was also producer. Harold Arlen, Vernon Duke, Sammy Fain, Burton Lane, Jay Gorney and Earl Robinson were also composers.
- (Summer 1950) Fred Saidy and his play, "Finian's Rainbow," was performed in a Kenley Players production in Lakewood Park Theatre in Barnesville, Pennsylvania with John Carradine Sr. in the cast. John Kenley was artistic director.
- (Summer 1955) Fred Saidy and his musical, "Finian's Rainbow," was performed in a Kenley Players production in Bristol, Pennsylvania with Susan Reed in the cast. John Kenley was artistic director.
- (Summer 1967) Fred Saidy and his musical, "Finian's Rainbow," was performed in a Kenley Players production at the Packard Music Hall Theatre in Warren; the Veterans Memorial Theatre in Columbus and Memorial Hall in Dayton, Ohio with Barbara Eden in the cast. John Kenley was artistic director.
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