- Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- Porgy (1929) (revival). Written by Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Martin Beck Theatre: 13 Sep 1929- Oct 1929 (unknown closing date/34 performances). Cast: Jack Carter (as "Crown"), Peter Clark (as "Jim"), A.B. Comatheire (as "Simon Frazier"), Evelyn Ellis (as "Crown's Bess"), Georgette Harvey (as "Maria"), Wallace Hill (as "Scipio"), Wesley Hill (as "Jake"), Richard Huey (as "Mingo"), Felix Jacoves (as "Policeman"), Rose MacClendon (as "Serena"), Ella Madison, Morris McKenny, Garrett Minturn (as "The Coroner"), Dorothy Paul (as "Lily"), Hayes Pryor (as "Peter"), Wayland Rudd (as "Nelson"), Erskine Sanford (as "Alan Archdale"), Frederick Smith (as "A Dectective"), Edna Thomas, Percy Verwayne (as "Sporting Life"), Walter Warner, Leigh Whipper, Frank H. Wilson (as "Porgy"). Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- All God's Chillun Got Wings (1924). Drama.
- The Dreamy Kid/The Emperor Jones (1925).
- In Abraham's Bosom (1926). Tragedy.
- In Abraham's Bosom (1927). Tragedy (revival).
- Porgy (1927). Written by Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian [earliest Broadway credit]. Guild Theatre: 10 Oct 1927- Aug 1928 (closing date unknown/367 performances). Cast: Jack Carter (as "Crown"), Peter Clark (as "Jim"), Stanley DeWolfe (as "A Dectective"), Evelyn Ellis (as "Crown's Bess"), Lloyd Gray, Georgette Harvey (as "Maria"), Wesley Hill (as "Jake"), Richard Huey (as "Mingo"), Rose MacClendon (as "Serena"), Ella Madison, Maurice McRae (as "Policeman"), Garrett Minturn (as "The Coroner"), Dorothy Paul (as "Lily"), Hayes Pryor (as "Peter"), Hugh Rennie (as "Policeman"), Percy Verwayne (as "Sporting Life"), Leigh Whipper (as "The Crab Man"), Frank H. Wilson (as "Porgy"), Marie Young (as "Clara"). Produced by The Theatre Guild. Note: this was the original non-musical version. This 1927 version used authentic spirituals and folk songs, but no music especially written for it.
- Porgy (1929) (revival). Written by Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Martin Beck Theatre: 13 Sep 1929- Oct 1929 (unknown closing date/34 performances). Cast: Jack Carter (as "Crown"), Peter Clark (as "Jim"), A.B. DeComathiere (as "Simon Frazier") [credited as A.B. Comatheire], Evelyn Ellis (as "Crown's Bess"), Georgette Harvey (as "Maria"), Wallace Hill (as "Scipio"), Wesley Hill (as "Jake"), Richard Huey (as "Mingo"), Felix Jacoves (as "Policeman"), Rose MacClendon (as "Serena"), Ella Madison, Morris McKenny, Garrett Minturn (as "The Coroner"), Dorothy Paul (as "Lily"), Hayes Pryor (as "Peter"), Wayland Rudd (as "Nelson"), Erskine Sanford (as "Alan Archdale"), Frederick Smith (as "A Dectective"), Edna Thomas, Percy Verwayne (as "Sporting Life"), Walter Warner, Leigh Whipper, Frank H. Wilson (as "Porgy"). Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- Sweet Chariot (1930). Comedy. Written by Robert Wilder. Ambassador Theatre: 23 Oct 1930- Oct 1930 (closing date unknown/3 performances). Cast: Billy Andrews (as "Peter"), Vivian Baber (as "Delia"), Harrison Blackburn (as "Futch"), Hubert Browne (as "Second Negro"), Clay Cody (as "Port Officer"), George Dreyden (as "Second White Man"), Victor Esker (as "First White Man"), Alec Lovejoy (as "King"), Martin Mallory (as "Ship's Captain"), Dixie Reid (as "First Negro"), Clara Smith (as "A Worker"), Percy Verwayne, Fredi Washington, Frank H. Wilson (as "Marius Harvey"). Produced by Michael Mindlin.
- Singin' the Blues (1931). Drama.
- Bloodstream (1932). Written by Frederick Schlick. Directed by Sidney Salkow. Times Square Theatre: 30 Mar 1932- Apr 1932 (closing date unknown/29 performances). Cast: William Andrews (as "Adonia Crusoe"), Bart Crane (as "Dewey"), Clyde Franklin (as "Warden Davis"), Cecil Holm (as "James Knox"), Andrew F. Hutchins, Hale Norcross (as "Cecil Thurston"), Wayland Rudd, M. Coates Webster, Ernest R. Whitman, Frank H. Wilson (as "Gypsy Kale, alias God"). Produced by Sidney Harmon.
- We, The People (1933). Written by Elmer Rice. Directed by Elmer Rice. Empire Theatre: 21 Jan 1933- Mar 1933 (closing date unknown/49 performances). Cast: Frieda Altman (as "Passer-by"), David Appelbe, Carroll Ashburn (as "Larry Collins"), Mildred Baker, Harry Bellaver (as "Mike Ramsay"), Jules J. Bennett, Marvin S. Borowsky, Orrin Burke, Sam Byrd (as "Peter Hines"), Burr Caruth, George Christie, Blaine Cordner, Glenn Coulter, Charles H. Davis, Gregory Deane, Lawrence Ellinger, Katherine Emmet (as "Sarah Collins"), Harry Fischer, Walter Greaza (as "Cleveland Thomas"), Alan Hale (as "Passer-by"), Randolph Hale, Jane Hamilton, Fred Herrick, William Ingersoll, House Jameson (as "James Moulton"), Alice John (as "Edna Innes"), Charles La Torre (as "Louis Volterra"), David Leonard, Howard Miller, Grace Mills, Harry Moore, Carlton Moss, Clement O'Loghlin, George Pembroke, Eleanor Phelps, Mildred Quigley, R. Birrell Rawls, Arthur Ritchie, Florence Robinson (as "Passer-by"), Herbert Rudley, Maria Sermolino, Phil Sheridan, Jean Sidney, Juliana Taberna, Forrest Taylor, Ralph Theadore, Calvin Thomas, Thomas F. Tracey, Valerie Valaire, Egisto Visser, Gladys Walker, Pierre Watkins, Maurice Wells, Frank H. Wilson (as "Steve Clinton"). Produced by Elmer Rice.
- (1934) Stage Play: They Shall Not Die. Drama. Written by John Wexley. Scenic Design by Lee Simonson. Directed by Philip Moeller. Royale Theatre: 21 Feb 1934- Apr 1934 (closing date unknown/62 performances). Cast: Carroll Ashburn (as "Mr. Lawrence/Lowery"), St. Clair Bayfield, Irene Bevans, Alfred Brown, Teddy Browne, Georgia Burke, Orrin Burke, George A. Cameron, George Carroll, George Christie, K. Browne Cooke, Leo Curley, Angus Duncan, Carl Eckstrom (as "Circuit Solicitor Slade") [final Broadway role], Tom Ewell (as "Red/Young Man") [Broadway debut], Jack Flynn, Ross Forrester, Catherine Francis, Vallejo Gantner, Ruth Gordon (as "Lucy Wells"), Anthony Douglas Gregory, Marshall Hale, Bryant Hall, Thurston Hall (as "Judge"), George R. Hayes, Charles Henderson, Harry Hermsen, Fred Herrick, Eddie Hodge (as "Killian/Ensemble"), Lawrence M. Hurdle, William Jackson, Dean Jagger (as "Russell Evans"), Alexander Jones, John L. Kearney, Louis John Latzer, Robert J. Lawrence, William Lynn, William H. Malone, Edward Mann, George C. Mantell, Phil S. Michaels, Fred Miller, Grace Mills, Hale Norcross (as "Luther Blakely"), William Norton, Betty Oakwood, Frederick Persson, Frank Phillips, Robert D. Phillips, Robert Porterfield (as 2nd Guard"), Claude Rains (as "Nathan G. Rubin"), Hugh Rennie (as "Smith/Johnny"), Bob Ross, Dorothy E. Ryan, Edward Ryan Jr., Erskine Sanford, Ralph Sanford, Cecil Scott, Joseph Scott, Joseph Smalls, Ben Smith, C. Ellsworth Smith, Al Stokes, Jack Stone, Jerome Sylvon, Ralph Theodore (as "Sheriff Wren"), Robert Thomsen, Derek Trent, Grafton Trew (as "Warner"), Allan Vaughan, Ben Vivian, Linda Watkins, Charles Wellesley, Albert West, Helen Westley (as "Mrs. Wells"), John Wheeler, Frank H. Wilson (as "Moore/Mr. Harrison"), Frank Woodruff, James Young. Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- Roll, Sweet Chariot (1934).
- The Green Pastures (1935). (Revival). Written by Marc Connelly. Suggested by the Southern sketches "Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun" by Roark Bradford. All choral arrangements used have been written especially for "The Green Pastures" by Hall Johnson. Directed by Marc Connelly. 44th Street Theatre: 26 Feb 1935- 27 Apr 1935 (71 performances). Cast: Jerome Addison, Mildred Allison, Laura Anderson, Myrtle Anderson, Freddie Archibald, Olive Ball, Marie Benton, Henry Blake, Franklin Brown, George Brown, Ruth Carl, George Carroll, Allen Charles, John Charles,Wilbur Cohen Jr., Alice Cottingham, Billy Cumby, Beatrice Davis, Ruby Davis, Gertrude De Verney, Robert Ecton, Richard Emory (as "Gambler"), Reginald Fenderson, William Fenton (as "King of Babylon"), Florence Fields, Mary Frances, Anna Mae Fritz, James Fuller, Alice Geneva (as "Third Woman"), Mercedes Gilbert (as "Zipporah"), Geraldine Gooding, Earl Gough, Edna Mae Harris, Mattie Harris, Richard B. Harrison, Daniel L. Haynes, Richard Henderson, T. Lloyd Hickman, Charles Hill, Harold Hines, Randall Homer, Frank Horace, Harriet Hoyt, Alma L. Hubbard, Nell Hunter, Charles Ivan, Roland Jones, Florence Lee, Carrington Lewis, Theon Lewis, J.E. Lightfoot, James Lindsay, Jack Mann, Willis Martin, Willie Mays *as "Female Alto/Choir"), John McAllister, William McFarland, Roy McKinley, Morris McKinney (as "Noah"), Walter Meadows, Viola Mickens, George Milton, Charles H. Moore, James Morrison, Willis Morton, Willis Norton, Massie Patterson, Oscar Polk (as "Gabriel"), Arthur Porter, Martin Quinn, Benjamin John Ragsdale, George Randol, McKinley Reeves, Emory Richardson, Jazzlips Richardson, Mabel Ridley, Thomas Russell, Ivan Sharp, Carl Shorter, D. Jay Sidney, Nonie Simmons, Augustus Simons, Frances Smith, Alice Snyder, Janet Stevens, Susie Sutton, James Taylor, Harry Thompson, J. Homer Tutt, Constance Van Dyke, Lloyd Warren, Marie Warren, Anna Washington, Benveneta Washington, Booker T. Washington Jr. (as "Child"), Irene Watts, Ashley Webb, Walter Whitfield, Dow K. Williams, Milton J. Williams, Rudolph Williams, Frank H. Wilson (as "Moses"), Gertrude Wilson, Leona Winkler, Charles Winter Wood, Bertha Wright, Edgar Yancey. Produced by Laurence Rivers, Inc. Note: Filmed as The Green Pastures (1936).
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- (1938) Stage Play: Kiss the Boys Good-Bye. Comedy. Written by Clare Boothe Luce [credited as Clare Boothe]. Scenic Design by John Root. Directed by Antoinette Perry. Henry Miller's Theatre: 28 Sep 1938- Jun 1939 (closing date unknown/286 performances). Cast: John Alexander (as "Madison Breed"), Ollie Burgoyne (as "Maimie"), Helen Claire (as "Cindy Lou Bethany"), Wyman Holmes (as "Conductor"), Sheldon Leonard (as "Herbert Z. Harner"), Lex Lindsay (as "Oscar"), Hugh Marlowe (as "Top Rumson"), Millard Mitchell (as "Lloyd Lloyd"), Philip Ober (as "Horace Rand"), Benay Venuta (as "Myra Stanhope"), Carmel White (as "Leslie Rand"), Frank H. Wilson [credited as Frank Wilson] (as "George"). Produced by Brock Pemberton.
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