- (1926 - 1929) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1926) Stage Play: Old Bill, M. P. Comedy.
- (1927) Stage Play: Lady Do. Musical comedy.
- (1928) Stage Play: George White's Scandals [1928]. Musical revue. Music by Ray Henderson. Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown. Book by George White and Billy K. Wells. Musical Direction by William Daly. Featuring songs by Ballard MacDonald, Dave Dreyer, Ted Fio Rito, Abel Baer [final Broadway credit], J. Fred Coots and Neil Moret. Featuring songs with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald, Dave Dreyer, Richard Whiting, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Lou Davis, Edward G. Nelson and Harry Pease. Costume Design by Erté and Charles Le Maire. Musical Staging by George White and Russell Markert. Directed by George White. Apollo Theatre: 2Jul 1928- 19 Jan 1929 (240 performances). Cast: Gladys Astor, Marjorie Barley, Bernice & Emily, William Blanche, Pearl Bradley, Barbara Bright, Mary Brown, Arthur Cardinal, Alvina Carson, Violet Carson, James Carty, Kathryn Cathcart, Marie Cole, Beryl Collinson, Jean Cutler, Marion Cutler, Rae Davis, Dorothy Dawn, Marion Dickson, Elsie Duffy, Lois Eckhart, Elm City Four, Jacqueline Feeley, Selma Freeman, Ednamay French, Ivy Gayner, Elise Gerndon, Dolly Gilbert, Marjorie Gilbet, Ruth Goodwin, Ivena Hall, Ann Hardman, The Hastings Twins, Mitzi Hayes, Mabel Hill, Eugene Howard, Willie Howard, Helen Howe, Renee Johnson, Arnol Johnson's Band, Marie Keve, Wynne Lark, Muriel LeCount, Georgia Lerch, Alice Lorraine, Frances Lyle, June MacCloy, Boots Mallory, Margaret Manners, Marion Martin, Laverta McCormack, Isabel Mohr, Harry Morrissey, Peggy Moseley, Gloria Murray, Catherine NaVarro, Jo Navarro, Louise Newman, William O'Neal, Gloria O'Neil, Belle Osborne, Margie O'Shea, Mildred Ott, Arthur Page, Sally Parsons, Tom Patricola, Ann Pennington, Rose Perfect, Edna Rabbe, Catherine Reynolds, Harry Richman, Florence Robinson, Russell Markert Dancers, Lilyan Sabolis, May Slattery, Gertrude Smith, Elsie St. Clare, Dorothy Stewart, George White Girls, Frances Williams, Geraldine Wright. Produced by George White.
- (1986) Stage Play: Big Deal. Musical/dance. Book by Bob Fosse. Based on the film "Big Deal on Madonna Street" by Mario Monicelli. Music orchestrated by Ralph Burns. Music arranged by Gordon Lowry Harrell. Featuring songs by Ray Henderson ("Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries", "Button Up Your Overcoat", "I'm Sitting on Top of the World"), Abel Baer [posthumous credit] ("For No Good Reason at All"), Eubie Blake ("I'm Just Wild About Harry"), Samuel W. Lewis ("For No Good Reason at All"), Joseph Young ("For No Good Reason at All"), Ted Fio Rito ("Charley My Boy"), Nacio Herb Brown ("I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'"), Richard Whiting ("Ain't We Got Fun"), Fred Fisher ("Chicago", "Daddy, You've Been a Mother to Me"), Jerome Kern ("Pick Yourself Up"), Don Raye ("Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar"), Hughie Prince ("Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar"), Eleanor Sheehy ("Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar"), Edward Farley ("The Music Goes 'Round and 'Round"), Michael Riley ("The Music Goes 'Round and 'Round"), Al Lewis ("Now's The Time to Fall in Love"), Milton Ager ("Ain't She Sweet", "Happy Days are Here Again"), Al Jolson ("Me and My Shadow"), Spencer Williams ("Everybody Loves My Baby"), Dave Dreyer ("Me and My Shadow"), Harry Warren ("I Found a Million Dollar Baby"), Lewis E. Gensler ("Love is Just Around the Corner"), Lionello Casucci ("Just a Gigolo"), Hal Goering ("Who's Your Little Whozis"), Ben Bernie ("Who's Your Little Whozis"), Leonard Ware ("Hold Tight, Hold Tight"), Jerry Brandow ("Hold Tight, Hold Tight"), Willie Spottswood ("Hold Tight, Hold Tight"), Leonard Kent ("Hold Tight, Hold Tight"), Edward Robinson ("Hold Tight, Hold Tight") and Walter Donaldson ("Yes Sir, That's My Baby"). Featuring songs with lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva ("Button Up Your Overcoat"), Gus Kahn ("Charley My Boy", "Ain't We Got Fun", "Yes Sir, That's My Baby"), Arthur Freed ("I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'"), Raymond Egan ("Ain't We Got Fun"), Lew Brown ("Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries", "Button Up Your Overcoat"), Dorothy Fields ("Pick Yourself Up"), Noble Sissle ("I'm Just Wild About Harry"), Red Hodgson ("The Music Goes 'Round and 'Round"), Al Sherman ("Now's The Time to Fall in Love"), Jack Yellen ("Ain't She Sweet", "Happy Days are Here Again"), Jack Palmer ("Everybody Loves My Baby"), Billy Rose ("Me and My Shadow", "I Found a Million Dollar Baby"), Mort Dixon ("I Found a Million Dollar Baby"), Leo Robin ("Love is Just Around the Corner"), Walter Hirsch ("Who's Your Little Whozis"), Fred Fisher ("Chicago", "Daddy, You've Been a Mother To Me"), Don Raye ("Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar"), Hughie Prince ("Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar"), Eleanor Sheehy ("Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar"), Leonard Ware ("Hold Tight, Hold Tight"), Jerry Brandow ("Hold Tight, Hold Tight"), Willie Spottswood ("Hold Tight, Hold Tight"), Leonard Kent ("Hold Tight, Hold Tight"), Edward Robinson ("Hold Tight, Hold Tight"), Joseph Young ("I'm Sitting on Top of the World") and Samuel M. Lewis ("I'm Sitting on Top of the World"). Featuring songs with lyrics (original) by Julius Brammer ("Just a Gigolo"). Featuring songs with lyrics (English) by Irving Caesar ("Just a Gigolo"). Choreographed by Bob Fosse. Associate Choreographer: Christopher Chadman. Directed by Bob Fosse. Broadway Theatre: 10 Apr 1986- 8 Jun 1986 (69 performances + 8 previews that began on 1 Apr 1986). Cast: Cleavant Derricks (as "Charley"), Loretta Devine (as "Lilly"), Alan Weeks (as "Willie"), Ciscoe Bruton II (as "Dancer"), Gary Chapman (as "Kokomo/Dancin' Dan"), Wayne Cilento (as "First Narrator"), esiree Coleman (as "Phoebe"), Lloyd Culbreath (as "Dancer"), Kim Darwin (as "Dancer"), Bruce Anthony Davis (as "Second Narrator"), Cady Huffman (as "Dancer"), Mel Johnson Jr. (as "Sunnyboy"), Alde Lewis Jr. (as "Otis"), Emanuel MacDonald (as "Little Willie (film sequence]"), Bernard J. Marsh (as "Judge and Bandleader"), Amelia Marshall (as "Dancer"), Larry Marshall (as "Slick"), Frank Mastrocola (as "Dancer"), Mennie Nelson (as "Millie [film sequence]"), Bill Newman (as "The Clerk [film sequence]"), Valarie Pettiford (as "Pearl/Band Singer/First Shadow"), Stephanie Pope (as "Dancer"), Roumel Reaux (as "Little Willie/Dancer"), George Russell (as "Dancer"), Candace Tovar (as "Announcer/Dancer"), Barbara Yeager (as "Second Shadow"). Standbys: Bryant Baldwin (as "Dancer"), Vince Cole (as "Dancer"), Diana Laurenson (as "Dancer"), James Stovall (as "Judge and Bandleader/Sunnyboy"), Byron Utley (as "Charley/Slick"). Understudies: Bryant Baldwin (as "Second Narrator"), Ciscoe Bruton II (as "Dancin' Dan"), Vince Cole (as "Sunnyboy"), Lloyd Culbreath (as "Willie"), Kim Darwin (as "First Shadow/Second Shadow"), Kenneth Hanson (as "Kokomo"), Cady Huffman (as "Pearl"), Amelia Marshall (as "Phoebe"), Frank Mastrocola (as "First Narrator"), Stephanie Pope (as "First Shadow/Lilly/Second Shadow"), Roumel Reaux (as "Dancin' Dan/Otis"). Produced by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman. Bernard B. Jacobs: President), Roger Berlind and Jerome Minskoff. Produced in association with Jonathan Farkas.
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