- (1911 - 1949) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1911) Stage Play: The Enchantress. Musical comedy/operetta. Music by Victor Herbert. Book by Frédérique De Grésac and Harry B. Smith. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Music orchestrated by Victor Herbert. Musical Director: Gustave Salzer. Costume Design by Ralph Riggs. Scenic Design by P. Dodd Ackerman and Walter Harvey. Choreographed by Fred A. Bishop. Directed by Frederick G. Latham. New York Theatre (moved to The Grand Opera House from 1 Apr 1912- close): 19 Oct 1911- Apr 1912 (closing date unknown/112 performances). Cast: Hattie Arnold (as "Mamoute"), Nina Barbour (as "Princess Poppy"), Mabel Berra (as "Princess Floria"), Dorothy Berry (as "Princess Berenice"), Louise Bliss (as "Princess Stellina"), Harrison Brockbank (as "Miloch"), Carrie Burke (as "Chorus"), Christine Campbell (as "Chorus"), Gilbert Clayton (as "Poff"), Adele Covert (as "Chorus"), Helen Crane (as "Chorus"), Olive Crosby (as "Chorus"), Lois Dale (as "Chorus"), Anna Dexter (as "Chorus"), Marjorie English (as "Chorus"), Ida Fitzhugh (as "Princess Diana"), Venita Fitzhugh (as "Princess Stephanie"), Harold Forde (as "Prince Ivan of Zergovia"), Arthur Forrest (as "Ozir"), Aita Fortier (as "Chorus"), Bertram Fox (as "Prince Zepi"), Louise Freeman (as "Chorus"), Clarice Gilberte (as "Princess Hortensia"), Kitty Gordon (as "Vivien Savory"), Ruth Gribben (as "Chorus"), Leah Griffith (as "Chorus"), Joseph Maddern (as "Chorus"), Nellie McCoy (as "Marion Love"), Margaret Murdock (as "Chorus"), Georgina Neekamp (as "Chorus"), Ralph Riggs (as "Troute") [Broadway debut], Maud Stone (as "Chorus"), Madge Trapp (as "Chorus"), Anna Walcott (as "Chorus"), Winona Wilkins (as "Chorus"), Katherine Witchie (as "Mina"). Produced by Joseph M. Gaites.
- (1913) Stage Play: All Aboard. Musical comedy. Book by Mark Swan. Music by E. Ray Goetz and Malvin M. Franklin. Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz. Musical Director: DeWitt C. Coolman. Featuring songs by Irving Berlin, Jack Glogau and 'Joaquin Valverde'. Featuring songs with lyrics by Irving Berlin and 'Earl Carroll' (qv. Directed by William J. Wilson and William H. Post. Lew Fields' 44th Street Roof Garden: 5 Jun 1913-6 Sep 1913 (108 performances). Cast: Zoe Barnett, M. Baun, Dorothy Bertrand, Inez Borrero, Anna Breucher, Florence Cable, M. Cohan, Dolly Connolly, Patsy De Forrest, Carter De Haven (as "Dick"/"Cyril Mahoney"), Flora Parker DeHaven, Nellie DeGrasse, Ida Doerge, Lawrence D'Orsay (as "Captain of the ship"), Edna Fenton, Josephine Fields, Lew Fields (as "Jan Van Haan"/"Harold Hargreaves"), Nat Fields, Venita Fitzhugh, M. Gilbert, M. Goodsby, James Grant, Grace Grindell, Malcolm Grinnell, Joseph Hadley, Elaine Hall, M. Hamilton, Eunice Hamilton, Marcia Harris, Arthur Hartley, Margie Herman, Laura Hoffman, Natalie Holt, Olin Howland, Eileen Kreimeier, Harriet Leidy, Stephen Maley, Adelaide Mason, Myrtle Mayer, Emily Miles, Marie Milo, Carrie Monroe, George V. Monroe, Edith Offurt, Katherine Peters, Will Philbrick, Alleyne Pickard, Elsa Reinhardt, Ralph Riggs (as "Mr. Ruff"), Pattie Rose, Hazel Rosewood, M. Rush, Esther Rutland, Gertrude Rutland, Helen Stewart, Albert Van Sand, Juan Villasana, May Willard, Katherine Witchie. Produced by Lew M. Fields.
- (1915) Stage Play: The Princess Pat. Musical comedy/opera.
- (1919) Stage Play: The Passing Show of 1919. Musical revue.
- (1923) Stage Play: Cinders. Musical comedy. Music by Rudolf Friml. Book by Edward Clark. Lyrics by Edward Clark. Musical Director: Victor Baravalle. Directed by Edward Royce. Dresden Theatre: 3 Apr 1923- 28 Apr 1923 (31 performances). Cast: George Bancroft (as "Great Scott") [Broadway debut], Abner Barnhart (as "Cliff"), Louise Bateman (as "Simone"), Roberta Beatty (as "Mrs. Delancey Hoyt"), John H. Brewer (as "Major Dummond"), Edith Campbell-Walker (as "Mme. Duval"), Frank Curran (as "Frank"), Margaret Dale (as "Mrs. Horatio Winthrop"), Evelyn Darville (as "Julie"), Vera DeWolfe (as "Cecelia"), Thomas Fitzpatrick (as "Butler"), Nathaniel Gennes (as "Nat"), Elaine Gholson (as "Yvette"), Eden Gray (as "Ninette"), Thomas Green (as "Thomas"), Fred Hillebrand (as "Slim Kelly"), Harry Howell (as "Harry"), Eugene Jenkins (as "Gene"), Kitty Kelly (as "Tottie"), Alta King (as "Hortense"), Lillian Lee (as "Miss Breckenridge"), Estelle Levelle (as "Lottie"), Mary Lucas (as "Geraldine"), Mildred Lunnay (as "Dancer"), Gertrude McDonald (as "Dancer"), Denny Murray (as "Denny"), Dagmar Oakland (as "Mathilde"), Dewitt Oakley (as "Dewitt"), Elva Pomfret (as "Dancer"), Sydney Reynolds (as "Dancer"), Ralph Riggs (as "Dancer"), Queenie Smith (as "Tillie Olsen"), Diana Stegman (as "Annabelle"), W. Douglas Stevenson (as "John Winthrop"), Nancy Welford (as "Cinders"), Jack Whiting (as "Bruce"), Katherine Witchie (as "Dancer"). Replacement actor: Walter Regan (as "John Winthrop"). Produced by Edward Royce.
- (1924) Stage Play: The Grab Bag. Musical revue.
- (1925) Stage Play: Kosher Kitty Kelly. Musical comedy. Book by Leon De Costa. Music by Leon De Costa. Lyrics by Leon De Costa. Musical Director: George Hirst. Music orchestrated by Hilding Andersson. Musical Staging by Ralph Riggs. Directed by A.H. Van Buren. Times Square Theatre (moved to The Daly's 63rd Street Theatre from 21 Oct 1925- close): 15 Jun 1925- 10 Dec 1925 (166 performances). Cast: Beatrice Allen (as "Rosie Feinbaum"), William Brainerd (as "A Stranger"), Dorothy Gay (as "Zella Barnes"), Robert Leonard (as "Moses Ginsburg"), Basil Loughrane (as "Morris Rosen"), Jennie Moscowitz (as "Mrs. Sarah Feinbaum"), Charles F. O'Connor (as "Joe Barns"), Paul Porter (as "Wang Lee"), Marjorie Rooney (as "Zella Barnes"), Fred Santley (as "Patrick O'Reilly"), Helen Shipman (as "Kitty Kelly"), Dorothy Walters (as "Mrs. Mary Kelly"), Max Wideman (as "A Mysterious Gent"). Produced by Arch Productions Inc.
- (1926) Stage Play: Nic Nax of 1926. Musical revue.
- (1927) Stage Play: Oh, Ernest! Musical comedy.
- (1931) Stage Play: Of Thee I Sing. Musical comedy. Based on material by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. Music by George Gershwin. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Musical Director: Charles Previn. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and William Daly. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Choreography by Chester Hale. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Music Box Theatre (moved to The 46th Street Theatre from 10 Oct 1932 to close): 26 Dec 1931- 14 Jan 1933 (441 performances). Cast: Ruth Adams, Dave Allman, Florenz Ames (as "The French Ambassador"), Kathleen Ayres, Bruce Barclay, Vivian Barry, Charles Bennett, Leslie Bingham (as "Nora"), Grace Brinkley, Bobbie Brodsley, Robert Burton, Martha Carroll, Mary Carroll, Ray Clarke, Dudley Clements (as "Matthew Arnold Fulton"), Charles Conklin, Tom Curley, Dorothy Donnelly (as "Ensemble"), Tom Draak, Leon Dunar, Ann Ecklund, Frank Erickson, Jack Fago, Michael Forbes, Olgene Foster, Virginia Franck, Frank Gagen, William Gaxton (as "John P. Wintergreen"), Dorothy Graves, Yvonne Gray, Peggy Greene, Sulo Hevonpaa, Walter Hinger, Milton Hollander, Georgette Lampsi, Terry Lawlor, David Lawrence, Martin Le Roy, Jack Linton, Lillian Lorray, George E. Mack (as "Senator Robert E. Lyons"), Martha Maggard, Sam Mann, Mary Mascher, John McCahill, Charles McClelland, Jake Vander Meulen, Frank Miller, Harold Moffet (as "Francis X. Gilhooley"), Victor Moore (as "Alexander Throttlebottom"), Lois Moran, George Murphy (as "Sam Jenkins"), Richard Neely, Hazzard Newberry, June O'Dea, Anita Pam, Jack Ray, Ralph Riggs, Edward H. Robins, Billie Seward, Pete Shance, Grenna Sloane, Adele Smith, Barbara Smith, Baun Sturtz, Peggy Thomas, Patricia Whitney, Jessica Worth. Produced by Sam Harris. Note: One of the few big hits of the dismal 1932 Broadway theatrical season.
- (1933) Stage Play: Of Thee I Sing. Musical comedy [return engagement]. Music by George Gershwin. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. Musical Director: Charles Previn. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and William Daly. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Charles Le Maire. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Imperial Theatre: 15 May 1933- 10 Jun 1933 (32 performances). Cast: Betty Allen (as "Diana Devereaux"), Dave Allman (as "The Dave Allman Band"), Florenz Ames (as "The French Ambassador"), Kathleen Ayres (as "Ensemble"), Bruce Barclay (as "Ensemble"), Vivian Barry (as "Chambermaid"), Leslie Bingham (as "Scrubwoman"), Bobbie Brodsley (as "Ensemble"), Lillian Burke (as "Ensemble"), Robert Burton (as "Ensemble"), Pete Chance (as "The Dave Allman Band"), Ray Clarke (as "Ensemble"), Dudley Clements (as "Matthew Arnold Fulton"), Gus Cooper (as "Ensemble"), John Creighton (as "Ensemble"), Tom Curley (as "Ensemble"), Nancy Dolan (as "Ensemble"), Tom Draak (as "Vladimir Vidovitch"), Leon Dunar (as "Ensemble"), Ann Ecklund (as "Ensemble"), Helen Erickson (as "Ensemble"), Frank Ericson (as "Ensemble"), Jack Fago (as "Ensemble"), Michael Forbes (as "Ensemble"), Olgene Foster (as "Ensemble"), Florence Fouchia (as "Ensemble"), Virginia Franck (as "Ensemble"), Frank Gagen (as "Ensemble"), William Gaxton (as "John P. Wintergreen"), Yvonne Gray (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Greene (as "Ensemble"), Barbara Hamilton (as "Ensemble"), Sulo Hevonpaa (as "Yusef Yussevitch"), Walter Hinger (as "The Dave Allman Band"), Milton Hollander (as "The Dave Allman Band"), Tana Kamp (as "Ensemble"), Harriette Lake (as "Mary Turner"), Terry Lawlor (as "Ensemble"), David Lawrence (as "Ensemble"), Martin Le Roy (as "Chief Senate Clerk"), Lillian Lorray (as "Ensemble"), George E. Mack (as "Senator Robert E. Lyons"), Martha Maggard (as "Ensemble"), Mary Mascher (as "Ensemble"), Doris May (as "Ensemble"), John McCahill (as "Ensemble"), Jake Vander Meuelen (as "The Dave Allman Band"), Frank Miller (as "The Dave Allman Band"), Harold Moffet (as "Francis X. Gilhooley"), Victor Moore (as "Alexander Throttlebottom"), George Murphy (as "Sam Jenkins"), Richard Neely (as "Ensemble"), Hazzard Newberry (as "Ensemble"), June O'Dea (as "Emily Benson"), Lilyan O'Jela (as "Ensemble"), Ronald Perry (as "The Dave Allman Band"), Irma Philbin (as "Ensemble"), Jack Ray (as "Ensemble"), Abe Reynolds (as "Louis Lippman"), Ralph Riggs (as "The Chief Justice/Guide"), Edward H. Robins (as "Senator Carver Jones"), Baun Sturtz (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Thomas (as "Ensemble"), Patricia Whitney (as "Ensemble"), Jessica Worth (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Sam Harris. Note: This production was a return engagement of "Of Thee I Sing" that concluded on 14 Jan 1933 at the 46th Street Theatre.
- (1933) Stage Play: Let 'Em Eat Cake. Musical comedy. Book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Music by George Gershwin. Music orchestrated by Edward Powell. Musical Director: William Daly. Dances and ensembles by Eugene Van Grona and Ned McGurn. Scenic Design by Albert R. Johnson. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Imperial Theatre: 21 Oct 1933- 6 Jan 1934 (90 performances). Cast: Kay Adams (as "Lady's Ensemble"), Ruth Adams (as "Lady's Ensemble"), Florenz Ames (as "Gen. Adam Snookfield, U.S.A."), Kathleen Ayres (as "Lady's Ensemble"), Peggy Bancroft (as "Lady's Ensemble"), Bruce Barclay (as "Prison Guard/Men's Ensemble"), Vivian Barry (as "Mrs. Jones"), Paul Brachard (as "Men's Ensemble"), Alice Burrage (as "Mrs. Gilhooley"), Robert Burton, Gordon Clark, Ray Clarke (as "Men's Ensemble"), Dudley Clements (as "Matthew Arnold Fulton"), Charles Conklin (as "Secretary/Men's Ensemble"), Tom Curley (as "Men's Ensemble"), Nonie Dale, Gail Darling (as "Lady's Ensemble"), Bryan Davis (as "Men's Ensemble"), Alyce Downey (as "Lady's Ensemble"), Leon Dunar, Enes Early (as "Lady's Ensemble"), Vance Elliott (as "Prison Guard/Men's Ensemble"), Louise Estes (as "Lady's Ensemble"), Charles Flower (as "Men's Ensemble"), Consuelo Flowerton, Michael Forbes (as "Passerby/Men's Ensemble"), Olgene Foster (as "Lady's Ensemble"), Charles Fowler, Frank Gagen (as "Men's Ensemble"), William Gaxton (as "John P. Wintergreen"), Dorothy Graves (as "Lady's Ensemble"), Yvonne Gray (as "Lady's Ensemble"), Peggy Green (as "Lady's Ensemble"), David Gross (as "Men's Ensemble"), Ethel Hampton (as "Lady's Ensemble"), Evelyn Hannons, Tom Harris (as "Men's Ensemble"), Pat Hastings, Don Hudson, Viola Hunter (as "Lady's Ensemble"), Amalie Ideal, Phil King, George Kirk (as "Lieutenant"), Terry Lawlor (as "Customer/Lady's Ensemble"), David Lawrence (as "A. Flunkey/Photographer/Men's Ensemble"), Kay Lazell (as "Lady's Ensemble"), Al LeFebevre (as "Men's Ensemble"), Betty Lee (as "Lady's Ensemble"), Martin Leroy (as "Dignitary/Vendor/Men's Ensemble"), Robert Lewis (as "Dignitary/Men's Ensemble"), Philip Loeb (as "Kruger"), Ed Loud (as "Men's Ensemble"), George E. Mack (as "Sen. Robert E. Lyons"), Mary Jo Matthews (as "Mrs. Fulton"), Harold Moffet (as "Francis X. Gilhooley"), Victor Moore (as "Alexander Throttlebottom"), Lois Moran (as "Mary Wintergreen"), Fred Nay (as "Men's Ensemble"), Richard Neely (as "Men's Ensemble"), Hazzard Newberry, Ruth Porter, Victor Pullman (as "Men's Ensemble"), Abe Reynolds (as "Louis Lippman"), Ralph Riggs (as "Chief Justice of the Supreme Court/President of the Union League Club"), W. Francis Robertson (as "Uncle William"), Edward H. Robins (as "Senator Carver Jones"), Martin Sheppard (as "Men's Ensemble"), Grenna Sloane, Steward Steppler (as "Men's Ensemble"), Harold Sternberg (as "Men's Ensemble"), Baun Sturtz (as "Lady's Ensemble"), Richard Temple (as "John P. Tweedledee"), Morris Tepper, Martha Tibbetts, Norman Van Emburgh (as "Men's Ensemble"), John Walsh (as "Men's Ensemble"), Elinor Witte (as "Lady's Ensemble"), Wanda Wood (as "Lady's Ensemble"), Grace Worth (as "Trixie Flynn"), Jessica Worth (as "Lady's Ensemble"). Produced by Sam Harris.
- (1934) Stage Play: The Farmer Takes a Wife. Comedy. Written by Frank B. Elser and Marc Connelly. Based on the novel "Rome Haul" by Walter D. Edmonds. Stage Manager: Albert Cowles. Directed by Marc Connelly. 46th Street Theatre: 30 Oct 1934- Jan 1935 (closing date unknown/104 performances). Cast: Wylie Adams (as "Conductor"), Walter Ayres (as "Fry"), Joe M. Fields (as "Riley"), Henry Fonda (as "Dan Harrow"), James Francis-Robertson (as "Joe Teetham"), Ruth Gillmore (as "Mrs. Howard"), Margaret Hamilton (as "Lucy Gurget"), Frank Knight (as "Calder"), Mabel Kroman (as "Ivy"), Lewis Martin (as "Luke"), Kate Mayhew (as "Gammy Hennessy"), Mary McQuade (as "Della"), Bert J. Norton (as "Howard"), Charles F. O'Connor (as "Otway"), Larry Oliver (as "Lucas"), Gibbs Penrose (as "Jotham Klore"), Francis Pierlot (as "Sol Tinker"), Ralph Riggs (as "am Weaver"), Robert Ross (as "Stark"), Morton Stevens (as "Harry Emory"), Joseph Sweeney (as "Mr. Fisher"), June Walker (as "Molly Larkins"), Herb Williams (as "Fortune Friendly"), Jay Young (as "Yazey"). Produced by Max Gordon.
- (1935) Stage Play: Parade.
- (1935) Stage Play: How Beautiful With Shoes. Drama.
- (1936) Stage Play: The Show is On. Musical revue. 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. 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: 25 Dec 1936- 17 Jul 1937 (236 performances). Cast: Marion Allen, Vera Allen (as "Desdemona"), Gene Ashley, Gracie Barrie, Hazel Boffinger, Kenneth Bostock, Roy Campbell's Continentals, Mary Ann Carr, Marie Carroll, Andre Charise, Dorothy Daly, Doris Donaldson, Helen Ecklund, Hugh Ellsworth, Peggy Gallimore, Reginald Gardiner (as "Shakespeare"), Paul Haakon (as "Now" Dancer/Casanova, Casanova"), Pearl Harris, Irene Kelly, Jerrie Koban, Bert Lahr (as "Ronald Taylor"), Jane Lane, Beatrice Lillie (as "Go Go Benuti"), Mitzi Mayfair, Jack McCauley, June McNulty, Gertrude Medwin, Jean Moorehead, Marion Murray, Gifford Nash, Fred Nay, Mortimer O'Brien, Paul Owen, Mary Phillips, Mischa Pompianov, Ralph Riggs, Harry Rogue, Polly Rose, Richard Satterfield, Robert Shafer, Sherry Stuart, Evelyn Thawl, Willem Van Loon, Charles Waters, Mildred Webb, Duke Williams. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1949) Stage Play: Trial by Jury & H.M.S. Pinafore.
- (1949) Stage Play: The Pirates of Penzance. Musical/operetta (revival).
- (1949) Stage Play: The Mikado. Musical/operetta (revival).
- (1943) Stage Play: Oklahoma! Musical. Music by Richard Rodgers. Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on the play "Green Grow The Lilacs" by Lynn Riggs. Musical Director: Jacob Schwartzdorf. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Theatre Guild Administrative Assistant: Armina Marshall. Choreography by Agnes de Mille. Scenic Design by Lemuel Ayers. Costume Design by Miles White. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. St. James Theatre: 31 Mar 1943- 29 May 1948 (2212 performances). Cast: Alfred Drake (as "Curly"), Joan Roberts, Joseph Buloff, Howard Da Silva (as "Jud Fry"), Lee Dixon, Betty Garde, Celeste Holm (as "Ado Annie Carnes"), Diana Adams, Remo Arlotta, Elsie Arnold, Bobby Barrentine, John Baum, Harvey Brown, Kenneth Buffett, George Church, Edwin Clay, Joseph Cunneff, Margit De Kova, Jack Dunphy, Nona Feid, Gary Fleming, Kate Friedlich, Hayes Gordon, June Graham, Ray Harrison, Maria Harriton, Jack Harwood, Rhoda Hoffman, Edmund Howland, George S. Irving (as "Joe/Singing Ensemble"), Barry Kelley, Eric Kristen, Jane Lawrence, Bambi Linn, Suzanne Lloyd, Ellen Love, Owen Martin (as "Cord Elam"), Joan McCracken, Dorothea McFarland, Pat Meany, May Muth, Carl Nelson, Virginia Oswald, Robert Penn, Marc Platt, Ralph Riggs (as "Andrew Carnes"), Herbert Rissman, Rosemary Schaefer, Katharine Sergava, Paul Shiers, Vivienne Simon, Faye Smith, Gary Smith Jr., Vivian Smith, Arthur Ulisse, Billie Zay. Note: There were numerous replacement actors during the show's remarkable production run; these included: Florenz Ames (as "Andrew Carnes") [from 31 Mar 1943], Howard Keel (as "Curly") [from 31 Mar 1943], Paul Crabtree (as "Will Parker") [from 31 Mar 1943], Shelley Winters (as "Ado Annie Carnes") [from 31 Mar 1943]. Produced by The Theatre Guild (Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner: Administrative Directors). Notes: (1) Historically remarkable as the longest-running Broadway production to that time. (2) Mr. Riggs' role of Andrew Carnes was the same role that James Whitmore played in the 1955 film version. (3) Filmed by Magna Theatre Corporation/Rodgers & Hammerstein Productions [distributed by RKO Radio Pictures and Magna Theatre Corporation (Todd-AO version only); RKO Radio Pictures closed during the first run and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation assumed distribution] as Oklahoma! (1955).
- (1943) Stage Play: Oklahoma! Musical. Music by Richard Rodgers. Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on the play "Green Grow The Lilacs" by Lynn Riggs. Musical Director: Jacob Schwartzdorf. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Theatre Guild Administrative Assistant: Armina Marshall. Choreography by Agnes de Mille. Scenic Design by Lemuel Ayers. Costume Design by Miles White. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. St. James Theatre: 31 Mar 1943- 29 May 1948 (2212 performances). Cast: Alfred Drake (as "Curly"), Joan Roberts, Joseph Buloff, Howard Da Silva (as "Jud Fry"), Lee Dixon, Betty Garde, Celeste Holm (as "Ado Annie Carnes"), Diana Adams, Remo Arlotta, Elsie Arnold, Bobby Barrentine, John Baum, Harvey Brown, Kenneth Buffett, George Church, Edwin Clay, Joseph Cunneff, Margit De Kova, Jack Dunphy, Nona Feid, Gary Fleming, Kate Friedlich, Hayes Gordon, June Graham, Ray Harrison, Maria Harriton, Jack Harwood, Rhoda Hoffman, Edmund Howland, George S. Irving (as "Joe/Singing Ensemble"), Barry Kelley, Eric Kristen, Jane Lawrence, Bambi Linn, Suzanne Lloyd, Ellen Love, Owen Martin (as "Cord Elam"), Joan McCracken, Dorothea McFarland, Pat Meany, May Muth, Carl Nelson, Virginia Oswald, Robert Penn, Marc Platt, Ralph Riggs (as "Andrew Carnes"), Herbert Rissman, Rosemary Schaefer, Katharine Sergava, Paul Shiers, Vivienne Simon, Faye Smith, Gary Smith Jr., Vivian Smith, Arthur Ulisse, Billie Zay. Note: There were numerous replacement actors during the show's remarkable production run; these included: Florenz Ames (as "Andrew Carnes") [from 31 Mar 1943], Howard Keel (as "Curly") [from 31 Mar 1943], Paul Crabtree (as "Will Parker") [from 31 Mar 1943], Shelley Winters (as "Ado Annie Carnes") [from 31 Mar 1943]. Produced by The Theatre Guild (Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner: Administrative Directors). Notes: (1) Historically remarkable as the longest-running Broadway production to that time. (2) Mr. Riggs' role of Andrew Carnes was the same role that James Whitmore played in the 1955 film version. (3) Filmed as Oklahoma! (1955).
- (1940) Stage Play: Louisiana Purchase. Musical comedy. Music by Irving Berlin. Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Book by Morrie Ryskind. Based on a story by Buddy G. DeSylva. Musical Director: Robert Emmett Dolan. Additional orchestrations: N. Lang Van Cleve. Ballets by George Balanchine. Musical Staging by Carl Randall. Dances by Carl Randall. Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor. Imperial Theatre: 28 May 1940- 14 Jun 1941 (444 performances). Cast: William Gaxton (as "Jim Taylor"), Victor Moore (as "Senator Oliver P. Loganberry"), Vera Zorina (as "Marina van Linden"), April Ames (as "Emmy-Lou"), Irene Bordoni (as "Madame Bordelaise"), Dorothy Barrett (as "Dancing Girl"), Hubert Bland (as "Dancing Boy"), Ralph Blane (as "The Martins"), Carol Bruce (as "Beatrice"), Georgia Carroll (as "Secretary/Louisiana Belle"), Don Cortez (as "A Buccaneer"), Ned Coupland (as "Dancing Boy"), Charlie Curran (as "Dancing Boy"), Douglas Dean (as "Dancing Boy"), Clark Eggleston (as "Dancing Boy"), Althea Elder (as "Dancing Girl"), John Eliot (as "Sam Liebowitz/A Buccaneer"), Judith Ford (as "Louisiana Belle"), Mary Ganley (as "Dancing Boy"), Grace Gillern (as "Dancing Boy"), Dwight Godwin (as "Dancing Boy"), Petra Gray (as "Dancing Boy"), Dorothy Hall (as "Dancing Boy"), Mary Hartwig (as "Dancing Boy"), Harold Haskins (as "Dancing Boy"), George Hunter (as "Dancing Boy"), Dorothy Jeffers (as "Dancing Boy"), Nancy Knott (as "Dancing Boy"), Charles La Torre (as "Alphonse"), Henry Lahee (as "Dancing Boy"), Charles Laskey (as "Premier Danseur"), Patricia Lee (as "Louisiana Belle"), James Leland (as "Dancing Boy"), Nick Long Jr. (as "Lee Davis"), Edith Luce (as "Louisiana Belle"), Betty Luster (as "Dancing Girl"), Harvey Mack (as "Dancing Boy"), Hugh Martin (as "The Martins"), Ray Mayer (as "Davis D. Davis Jr."), Jack McClendon (as "Dancing Boy"), Virginia Morris (as "Dancing Girl"), Nicodemus (as "Abner"), Leona Olsen (as "Dancing Girl"), John Panter (as "A Buccaneer"), James Phillips (as "A Buccaneer"), Robert Pitkin (as "Col. Davis D. Davis Sr."), Nicolai Popov (as "Dancing Boy"), Richard Reed (as "Dancing Boy"), Ralph Riggs (as "Dean Manning"), Edward H. Robins (as "Police Captain Whitfield"), Jo Jean Rogers (as "The Martins"), Phyllis Rogers (as "The Martins"), Marion Rosamond (as "Louisiana Belle"), Rosemary Sankey (as "Dancing Girl"), Jean Scott (as "Dancing Girl"), Veva Selwood (as "Louisiana Belle"), Zynaid Spencer (as "Dancing Girl"), Aleen Stewart (as "Dancing Girl"), Anitra Upton (as "Dancing Girl"), Helen Vincent (as "Dancing Girl"), Kenneth Whelan (as "Dancing Boy"), Doris York (as "Dancing Girl"). Produced by Buddy G. DeSylva.
- (1939) Stage Play: Yokel Boy. Musical comedy. Book by Lew Brown. Music by Lew Brown, Charles Tobias and Sam H. Stept. Lyrics by Lew Brown, Charles Tobias and Sam H. Stept. Choreographed by Gene Snyder. Scenic Design by Walter Jagemann. Directed by Lew Brown. Majestic Theatre: 6 Jul 1939- 6 Jan 1940 (208 performances). Cast: Judy Canova (as "Judy"), Buddy Ebsen (as "Elmer Whipple"), Charles Althoff (as "Grandpa Hawkins, Mayor"), Kalli Barton (as "Yokel Girl"), Bob Beh (as "Yokel Boy"), Lorraine Belore (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Jeanne Bergersen (as "Yokel Girl/Lady of the Ensemble"), James L. A. Burrell (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Ann Canova (as "Annie"), Zeke Canova (as "Hank"), Charles Clarke (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Ray Clarke (as "Assistant to "Punko Parks"), Pamela Clifford (as "Yokel Girl"), Helen Cole (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Muriel Cole (as "Yokel Girl"), Phil Crosbie (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Marguerite De Coursey (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Helen Dell (as "Yokel Girl"), Dixie Dunbar (as "Tiny"), Jane Everett (as "Yokel Girl"), Margaret Fitzpatrick (as "Yokel Girl"), Miriam Franklyn (as "Yokel Girl"), Lew Hearn (as "Mr. Rubbish"), Jackie Heller (as "Spud"), Ralph Holmes (as "Jimmy Powell") [final Broadway role], Lois January (as "Mary Hawkins"), Roy Johnston (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Marjorie Johnstone (as "Yokel Girl"), Grace Kaye (as "Yokel Girl"), Glorianna King (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Dick Langdon (as "Doorman/Yokel Boy"), Kathryn Lazell (as "Yokel Girl"), Jeanette Lee (as "Yokel Girl"), Velma Lord (as "Yokel Girl"), Marion Lulling (as "Yokel Girl"), Alice Malteur (as "Yokel Girl"), Joan Mann (as "Yokel Girl"), Gloria Martin (as "Yokel Girl"), Mary Joan Martin (as "Yokel Girl"), Dorothy Matthews (as "Yokel Girl"), Maxine Moore (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), F. Richard Moors (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Eddie Murray (as "Yokel Boy"), Mortimer O'Brien (as "Yokel Boy"), Joseph Peterson (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Mark Plant (as "Blacksmith"), Frances Rands (as "Yokel Girl"), Ruth Rathbun (as "Marie/Yokel Girl"), Jack Richards (as "Another Gateman/Yokel Boy"), Tina Rigat (as "Yokel Girl"), Ralph Riggs (as "Cliff Hawkins"), Ben H. Roberts (as "Sheriff"), Renee Russell (as "Yokel Girl"), Louis Salmon (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Sid Salzer (as "Gateman/Yokel Boy"), Almira Sessions (as "Mrs. Hawkins"), Phil Shaw (as "Yokel Boy"), Donald Showalter (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Phil Silvers (as "Punko Parks") [Broadway debut], Helene Standish (as "Angelina Bouchet/Lady of the Ensemble"), Turnley Walker (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Harold Woodward (as "Minute Man from Lexington"), Natalie Wynn (as "Yokel Girl"). Replacement actors: Irene Austin (as "Yokel Girl"), James Burrell [credited as James L.A. Burrell] (as "Spud") [final Broadway role], Peggy Conrad (as "Yokel Girl"), Evelyn Cooper (as "Lady of the Ensemble"), Jessie Fullam (as "Yokel Girl"), Bubbles Gordon (as "Yokel Girl"), Mildred Hamilton (as "Yokel Girl"). Produced by Lew Brown. Note: Filmed as Yokel Boy (1942).
- (1938) Stage Play: How to Get Tough About It. Comedy.
- (1941) He acted in William Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's operettas, "Pinafore, and "Trial by Jury," at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey with Helen Gleason, Nils Landin, and Yolanda Lupachini in the cast. Joseph Tushinsky was director.
- (1941) He acted in William Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's operetta, "The Mikado," at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey with Helen Gleason in the cast. Joseph Tushinsky was director.
- (1942) He acted in Henry Martyn Blossom's musical comedy, "Red Mill," at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey with Ted Meza, Xenia Bank, and Robert Lyon in the cast. Frank Carrington and Agnes Morgan were directors.
- (1942) He acted in Herman Mankiewicz's play, "The Vagabond King," at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey with Bob Lawrence and Dorothy Sandlin in the cast. Frank Carrington and Agnes Morgan were directors.
- (1942) He acted in the play, "Robin Hood," at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey with Donald Gage and Jean Dickenson in the cast. Frank Carrington and Agnes Morgan were directors.
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