- (1938 - 1942) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1938) Stage Play. Right This Way. Musical comedy. Music by Brad Greene. Ballet music and interludes by Fabian Storey. Book by Marianne Brown Waters. Additional dialogue by Parke Levy and Alan Lipscott. Additional music by Sammy Fain. Additional lyrics by Irving Kahal. Lyrics by Marianne Brown Waters. Musical Director: Max Meth. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek, Maurice De Packh and Claude Austin. Scenic Design by Nat Karson. Costume Design by Miles White. Choreographed by Marjery Fielding. Directed by Bertram Robinson. 46th Street Theatre: 5 Jan 1938- 15 Jan 1938 (15 performances). Cast: Henry Arthur, Nelson Barclift, Christine Bromley, Maude Carroll, Violet Carson, William Cope, Charles Curran, James Cushman, Ginger Dixon, Leonard Elliott, Hugh Ellsworth, Jack Gilchrist, Robert Gompers, Virginia Grimes, Frances Holmes, Dorothea Jackson, Clark Leston, Joe E. Lewis (as "Spaulding"), Dorothy Maris, Catherine O'Neal, Milton Parson, Leona Powers, Joey Ray, Jack Riley, Blanche Ring (as "Josie Huggins"), Guy Robertson, Dorothy Speicher, Zynaid Spencer, Leona Stephens, Charlotte Stoll, Edith Stromberg, Tamara (as "Mimi Chester"), Florence Ward, Thelma White, Jack Williams, Harris Woodford. Produced by Alice Alexander.
- (1940) Stage Play. Keep Off the Grass. Musical comedy/revue. Music by Jimmy McHugh. Lyrics by Al Dubin and Howard Dietz. Sketches by Mort Lewis, Parke Levy, Alan Lipscott, S. Jay Kaufman and Norman Panama and Melvin Frank. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Vocal arrangements by Anthony R. Morelli. Miss O'Brien's arrangements by Arthur Wilson. Scenic Design by Nat Karson. Costume Design by Nat Karson. Book directed by Eddie Dowling. Stage Director: Frederick De Cordova. Choreographed by George Balanchine. Broadhurst Theatre: 23 May 1940- 29 Jun 1940 (44 performances). Cast: Larry Adler (as "The Old Park Bench" Singer/"Toscanini, Stokowski and Me" Assistant"), Ray Arnett, Billie Bernice, Mimi Berry, Blondie (as "Dorothy Thompson/Misinformation, Please"), Peanuts Bohn, Ray Bolger (as "Crazy as a Loon" Singer/Dancer/Thirsty Man/The Fountain/"A Latin Tune, A Manhattan Moon, and You" Singer/"A Latin Tune, A Manhattan Moon, and You" Dancer/"Rhett, Scarlett & Ashley" Singer/"Old Jitterbug" Singer/"Old Jitterbug" Dancer/"Raffles" Dancer/The Tiger/Hormones/"This is Winter" Dancer"), Betty Bruce, Virginia Burke, Martha Burnett, Imogen Carpenter (as "Park Stroller, The Fountain/Bird Lover, Birds/The Morelli Singers") [Broadway debut], Ilka Chase (as "She/Romantique/Thirsty Woman/The Fountain/Juliet/Shakespeare's-A-Poppin/"Rhett, Scarlett & Ashley" Singer/Art Lover/Museum Piece"), Gloria Clare, Harriet Clarke, John Coy, Margie Dale, Maude Davis, Bela de Tuscan, Joanna de Tuscan, Fred Deming, Helen Devlin, Henry Dick, La Motte Dodson, Jimmy Durante (as "Dr. Kildare/The Tree Doctor/The Fugitive/A Fugitive From Esquire/Clifton Fadiman/Misinformation, Please/McSwindle/Shakespeare's-A-Poppin/"Rhett, Scarlett & Ashley" Singer/Guide/Museum Piece/"Toscanini, Stokowski and Me" Conductor/Mulligan/Hormones"), Hugh Ellsworth, Esta Elman, Jane Froman, Gloria Gaffey, Peggy Gallimore, Jackie Gleason (as "The Cabby's Serenade" Singer/Dr. Christian/The Tree Doctor / The Cop / The Fountain/The Valet/A Fugitive From Esquire/"The Old Park Bench" Singer / Tybalt/Shakespeare's-A-Poppin/Art Lover/Museum Piece/"Toscanini, Stokowski and Me" Assistant/A Salesman/Hormones"), Jiggs (as "F.P.A. / Misinformation, Please"), Emmett Kelly (as "The Cabby's Serenade" Singer / "The Old Park Bench" Singer/Art Lover/Museum Piece/La Motte Dodson's Monkeys Performer"), Ann Lass, Lynn Lawrence, June Le Roy, 'Jose Limon' (as "Performer"), Peggy Littlejohn, Louie (as "Oscar Levant/Misinformation, Please"), Lois Martin, Mary Joan Martin, John McAuley, Margery Moore, Hal Neiman, Virginia O'Brien, Sunnie O'Dea, Patsy (as "Ann Sheridan / Misinformation, Please"), Percy (as "Gypsy Rose Lee"), Jane Gray Petri, Nan Rae, Jerome Robbins [credited as Jerry Robbins] (as "Dancing Young Man"), Robert Shackleton, Jerry Shepherd, Bob Sidney, Jane Starner, Aileen Stone, Sylvia Stone, Arnold Saint Subber [credited as Saint Subber] (as "Bootblack/The Fountain/Art Lover"), Frances Tannehill (as "Park Stroller/The Fountain/Bird Lover/Birds/The Morelli Singers"), Lee Tannen, The Toreadors, Daphne Vane, Sid Walker, Mimi Walthers, Don Weissmuller. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1940) Stage Play. Walk With Music. Musical comedy. Music by Hoagy Carmichael. Lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Book by Guy Bolton, Parke Levy and Alan Lipscott. Based on "Three Blind Mice" by Stephen Powys. Musical Director: Joseph Littau. Production under the supervision of Rowland Leigh. Choreographed by Anton Dolin and Herbert Harper. Directed by R.H. Burnside. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 4 Jun 1940- 20 Jul 1940 (55 performances). Produced in association with Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1942) Stage Play: Johnny on a Spot. Comedy. Written by Charles MacArthur. Based on a story by Parke Levy [final Broadway credit]. Scenic Design and Costume Design by Frederick Fox. Directed by Charles MacArthur. Plymouth Theatre: 8 Jan 1942- 10 Jan 1942 (4 performances). Cast: Edith Atwater (as "Julie Glynn"), Sanford Bickart (as "Creeper"), Jack Brainard (as "Cameraman"), William Foran (as "Danny"), Will Geer (as "Doc Blossom"), G. Swayne Gordon (as "Chief of Police"), Michaell Harris (as "Colonel Wigmore"), Paul Huber (as "Ben Kusick"), Richard Karlan (as "Chronicle Reporter"), Burton Mallory (as "Chronicle Cameraman"), Arthur Marlowe (as "McClure"), Jack McCauley (as "Salesman"), Harry Meehan (as "Flanagan"), Dennie Moore (as "Pearl Lamonte"), Tom Morrison (as "Heeler"), Charles Olcott (as "Mayor Lovett"), John O'Malley (as "Sergeant of State Troopers"), Olvester Polk (as "Lucius"), Ben Roberts (as "Warden"), Phil Sheridan (as "Captain of State Troopers"), Florence Sundstrom (as "Barbara Webster"), Joseph Sweeney (as "Judge Webster"), Tito Vuolo (as "Pepi Pisano"), Garney Wilson (as "Dapper"), Keenan Wynn (as "Nicky Allen"). Produced by John Shubert.
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