- Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- Jack O'Lantern (1917). Musical. Book by R.H. Burnside and Anne Caldwell. Music by Ivan Caryll. Lyrics by R.H. Burnside and Anne Caldwell. Musical Director: William E. MacQuinn. Featuring songs by Irving Berlin, Shelton Brooks [earliest Broadway credit] and Gus King. Featuring songs with lyrics by Louis Harrison and Benjamin Hapgood Burt. Directed by R.H. Burnside. Globe Theatre: 16 Oct 1917- 1 Jun 1918 (265 performances). Cast: Isabel Adams (as "Chorus"), Charles T. Aldrich (as "Henry Tripp"), Helen Arlington (as "Chorus"), Veronique Banner (as "Chorus"), Edna Bates (as "Janet"), Cissie Bell (as "Chorus"), Isabel Bruce (as "Chorus"), Carolyn Burke (as "Chorus"), John J. Byrne (as "Gerald"), Ida Calva (as "Chorus"), William Caress (as "Percy"), Elsie Cliffe (as "Chorus"), Cecelia Conway (as "Chorus"), Evelyn Conway (as "Tessie"), Allene Crater (as "Vilanessa"), Lola Curtis (as "Bessie"), Aggie Dawnsby (as "Chorus"), Dorothy Duncan (as "Chorus"), Marcelle Earl (as "May"), Alice Earle (as "Chorus"), Kathleen Erroll (as "Chorus"), Lulu Everett (as "Chorus"), Helen Falconer (as "Cicely"), Marguerite Falconer (as "Chorus"), Grace Flemming (as "Chorus"), Dorothy Francis (as "Chorus"), Ethel Glaster (as "Chorus"), Jackie Hart (as "Chorus"), Frank Herbert (as "Eugene"), Ida Howe (as "Chorus"), Anna Hoy (as "Princess Nougat"), Marietta Hoy (as "Countess Caramel"), Mary Hoy (as "Duchess of Marshmallow"), Beatrice Hughes (as "Posie"), Janie Hughes (as "Chorus"), Margaret Irving (as "Lady of Dreams"), Frances Jordan (as "Rosie"), Mazie Leroy (as "Chorus"), Colie Lorella (as "Peter"), Dolly Masley (as "Chorus"), Dolly Maxted (as "Chorus"), Victoria Meyers (as "Chorus"), Ada Mitchell (as "Chorus"), Vera Olcott (as "Chorus"), Oscar Ragland (as "Uncle George"), Mary Read (as "Chorus"), Madge Reyner (as "Chorus"), Lord Robert (as "King Jujube"), Kathleen Robinson (as "Babby"), Eileen Rogan (as "Chorus"), Dorothy Sabin (as "Chorus"), Mona Sartoris (as "Chorus"), Lydia Scott (as "Gladys"), Chrissie Stahler (as "Chorus"), Jet Stanley (as "Chorus"), Douglas Stevenson (as "Paul"), Fred Stone (as "Jack O'Lantern"), Teresa Valerio (as "Zingarella"), Nancy Wallace (as "Chorus"), Marie Walsh (as "Chorus"), Hetty Ward (as "Chorus"), Bunny Wendell (as "Polly"), Harold West (as "Bobbie"), Peggy Williams (as "Chorus"), Violet Zell (as "Susie Sasfras"). Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.
- Elsie Janis and Her Gang (1919). Music by William B. Kernell and B.C. Hilliam. Lyrics by Richard Fechheimer and Elsie Janis. Based on material by Elsie Janis. Musical Director: William Schroeder. Featuring songs by Lee S. Roberts, Shelton Brooks, Bert Grant, Dan Kildare and Albert von Tilzer. Featuring songs with lyrics by Lew Brown, Joe Young, Clifford Grey and J. Will Callahan. Directed by Elsie Janis. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 1 Dec 1919- 17 Jan 1920 (55 performances). Cast: Ewart Allan, Mary Balfour, Harry Berger, Jack Brant, Sam Burbank, Lillian Cullen (as "The Motor Transport Girl"), Chick Deveau, Herbert Goff, Eddie Hay, Jerry Hoekstra, Elsie Janis (as "The Gang"), Henry Janswick, Howard Johnson, Bill Kernell, Bradley Knoche, Charles Lawrence, Eva Le Gallienne (as "The Parisienne"), Nat Martin, Norman Merleton, Frank Miller, Henrietta Orville, Bill Reardon, Edward W. Reno, B. Romolo, Richard Ryan, Margaret Sousa (as "The Ambulance Service Girl"), Ruth Wells, Joe Wise. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- Plantation Revue (1922). Musical revue.
- Dixie to Broadway (1924). Musical revue.
- Brown Buddies (1930).
- Blackouts of 1949 (1949).
- At Home With Ethel Waters (1953). Special/musical revue. Music for "I Ain't Gonna Sin No More" by Con Conrad and Herb Magidson. Lyrics for "I Ain't Gonna Sin No More" by Con Conrad and Herb Magidson. Music for "Sleepy Time Down South" by Clarence Muse, Leon René and Otis René. Lyrics for "Sleepy Time Down South" by Clarence Muse, Leon René and Otis René. Music for "Throw Dirt" by Shelton Brooks. Lyrics for "Throw Dirt" by Shelton Brooks. Music for "Am I Blue" and "Dinah" by Harry Akst. Lyrics for "Am I Blue" by Grant Clarke. Music for "Half of Me" by Peter De Rose and Sam M. Lewis. Lyrics for "Half of Me" by Peter De Rose. Lyrics for "Half of Me" and "Dinah" by Sam M. Lewis. Music for "Washtub Rubstudy," "Dance Hall Hostess" and "Somethin' Told Me..." by Alberta Nichols. Lyrics for "Washtub Rubstudy," "Dance Hall Hostess" and "Somethin' Told Me..." by Mann Holiner. Music for "Bread and Gravy" by Hoagy Carmichael. Music for "Love For Sale" by Cole Porter. Lyrics for "Dinah" by Joe Young. Music for "Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night" by Ethel Waters and Sidney Easton. Lyrics for "Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night" by Ethel Waters and Sidney Easton. Music for "My Man" by Maurice Yvain. French Lyrics for "My Man" by Albert Willemetz and Jacques Charles. English Lyrics for "My Man" by Channing Pollock. Music for "St. Louis Blues" by W.C. Handy. Lyrics for "St. Louis Blues" by W.C. Handy. Music for "Suppertime" by Irving Berlin. Lyrics for "Suppertime" by Irving Berlin. Music for "Takin' a Chance on Love" and "Cabin in the Sky" by Vernon Duke. Lyrics for "Takin' a Chance on Love" and "Cabin in the Sky" by John La Touche. Lyrics for "Takin' a Chance on Love" by Ted Fetter. Music for "Happiness is Jes' a Thing Called Joe" and "Stormy Weather" by Harold Arlen. Lyrics for "Happiness is Jes' a Thing Called Joe" by E.Y. Harburg. Music for "Lady Be Good' by George Gershwin'. Lyrics for "Lady Be Good" by Ira Gershwin. Lyrics for "Stormy Weather" by Ted Koehler. Directed by Richard Barr. 48th Street Theatre: 22 Sep 1953- 10 Oct 1953 (23 performances). Cast: Ethel Waters. Produced by Richard Barr and Charles Bowden.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content