- (1946 - 1970) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1946) Stage Play: Ballet Theatre. Special production (revival/production was composed of the following shows: Interplay, Pillar of Fire, Pas de Deux, Fancy Free). Broadway Theatre: 30 Sep 1946- 9 Nov 1946 (unknown performances). Interplay: Ballet/dance. Musical Director: Max Goberman. Music by Morton Gould. Scenic Design by Oliver Smith. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Choreographed by Jerome Robbins. Cast: Fernando Alonso (as "Ensemble"), Muriel Bentley (as "Ensemble"), Anna Cheselka (as "Ensemble"), Melissa Hayden (as "Pas de Deux/Ensemble"), John Kriza (as "Pas de Deux/Ensemble"), Paula Lloyd (as "Ensemble"), Fernand Nault (as "Ensemble"), Tommy Rall (as "Soloist/Ensemble"). Pillar of Fire: Ballet/dance. Musical Director: Max Goberman. Music by Arnold Schoenberg. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Jo Mielziner. Choreographed by Antony Tudor. Cast: Diana Adams (as "Lover-in-Experience"), Fernando Alonso (as "Lover-in-Innocence"), Patricia Barker (as "Lover-in-Innocence"), Dick Beard (as "Lover-in-Experience"), Lucia Chase (as "Eldest Sister"), Kenneth Davis (as "Lover-in-Innocence"), Shirley Eckl (as "Lover-in-Experience"), Barbara Fallis (as "Lover-in-Innocence"), Mary Heater (as "Maiden Lady Out Walking"), Stanley Herbertt (as "Lover-in-Experience"), Nora Kaye (as "Hagar"), Ruth Ann Koesun (as "Lover-in-Innocence"), Hugh Laing (as "The Young Man From The House Opposite"), Paula Lloyd (as "Lover-in-Innocence"), Doreen Oswald (as "Lover-in-Innocence"), Frances Rainer (as "Maiden Lady Out Walking"), Cynthia Riseley (as "Lover-in-Experience"), Donald Saddler (as "Lover-in-Experience"), Roy Tobias (as "Lover-in-Innocence"), Antony Tudor (as "The Friend"), Norma Vance (as "Youngest Sister"). Pas de Deux: Ballet/dance. Musical Director: Max Goberman. Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Choreographed after Marius Petipa by Anton Dolin. Cast: Alicia Alonso (as "Dancer"), Igor Youskevitch (as "Dancer"). Fancy Free: Ballet/dance. Musical Director: Max Goberman. Music by Leonard Bernstein. Scenic Design by Oliver Smith. Costume Design by Kermit Love. Lighting Design by Peter Lawrence. Choreographed by Jerome Robbins. Cast: Muriel Bentley (as "Passer-by"), Shirley Eckl (as "Passer-by"), Michael Kidd (as "Sailor"), John Kriza (as "Sailor"), Paula Lloyd (as "Passer-by"), Tommy Rall (as "Sailor") [Broadway debut], Donald Saddler (as "Bartender"). Produced by Lucia Chase and Oliver Smith.
- (1950) Stage Play: Call Me Madam. Musical comedy. Music by Irving Berlin. Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Musical Director: Jay Blackton. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Dance arrangements by Genevieve Pitot and Jesse Meeker. Additional orchestrations by Joe Glover. Vocal arrangements by Jay Blackton. Piano Arrangements by Helmy Kresa. Scenic Design by Raoul Pene Du Bois. Costume Design by Raoul Pène Du Bois. Miss Merman's dresses by Mainbocher. Assistant to Mr. Du Bois: Willa Kim, Mason Arvold and Waldo Angelo. Dances and Musical Numbers Staged by Jerome Robbins. Directed by George Abbott. Imperial Theatre: 12 Oct 1950- 3 May 1952 (644 performances). Cast: Ethel Merman (as "Mrs. Sally Adams"), Paul Lukas (as "Cosmo Constantine"), Rae Abruzzo (as "Singer"), Jeanne Bal (as "Secretary to Mrs. Adams/Singer"), Aristide Bartis (as "Singer"), Muriel Bentley (as "Principal Dancer"), Ralph W. Chambers (as "Senator Gallagher"), Owen Coll (as "Supreme Court Justice/Grand Duke Otto"), William David (as "Henry Gibson/Court Chamberlain"), Trudy Deluz (as "Singer"), Ollie Engebretson (as "Potato Bug"), Shellie Farrell (as "Dancer"), Richard Fjellman (as "Potato Bug"), Lydia Fredericks (as "Singer"), Nina Frenkin (as "Dancer"), Nathaniel Frey (as "Singer"), Estelle Gardner (as "Singer"), William Hail (as "Butler/Singer"), Patricia Hammerlee (as "Dancer"), Pat Harrington (as "Congressman Wilkins"), Fred Hearn (as "Dancer"), Barbara Heath (as "Dancer"), Alan Hewitt (as "Pemberton Maxwell"), Norma Kaiser (as "Dancer/Principal Dancer"), Allan Knolls (as "Dancer"), E.A. Krumschmidt (as "Hugo Tantinnin"), Henry Lascoe (as "Sebastian Sebastian"), Kenneth Le Roy (as "Dancer"), Virginia Le Roy (as "Dancer"), Ralph Linn (as "Dancer"), Albert Linville (as "Singer"), Geoffrey Lumb (as "The Secretary of State"), Ruth McVayne (as "Singer"), Douglas Moppert (as "Dancer"), Russell Nype (as "Kenneth Gibson"), Lily Paget(as "A Maid/Singer"), Arthur Partington (as "Principal Dancer"), Noella Peloquin (as "Singer"), Robert Penn (as "Singer"), Stowe Phelps (as "Clerk"), Tommy Rall (as "Principal Dancer"), Tom Reider (as "Singer"), John Sheehan (as "Singer"), Stanley Simmonds (as "Singer"), Lilia Skala (as "Grand Duchess Sophie"), Ray Stephens (as "Singer"), Galina Talva (as "Princess Maria"), Bobby Tucker (as "Dancer"), Kirsten Valbor (as "Dancer"), Jay Velie (as "Senator Brockbank"), William Weslow (as "Dancer"), Helene Whitney (as "Singer"). Standby: Elaine Stritch (as "Mrs. Sally Adams"). Replacement actors: Jane Carlyle (as "Singer"), Joy Carroll (as "Singer"), Crandall Diehl (as "Dancer"), Dody Goodman [credited as Dolores Goodman] (as "Dancer"), Eric Kristen (as "Dancer"), Gene Myers (as "Dancer"), Robert Patterson (as "Singer"), Edward Pfeiffer (as "Dancer"), Will Scholz (as "Singer"). Standby: Nancy Andrews (as "Mrs. Sally Adams"). Understudies: Lydia Fredericks (as "Secretary to Mrs. Adams"), Robert Patterson (as "Supreme Court Justice/The Secretary of State"), Will Scholz (as "Hugo Tantinnin/Sebastian Sebastian"), Stanley Simmonds (as "Congressman Wilkins/Grand Duke Otto"). Produced by Leland Hayward.
- (1949) Stage Play: Miss Liberty. Musical comedy. Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Book by Robert E. Sherwood (also co-producer. Musical Direction and Vocal Arrangements by Jay Blackton. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Dance arrangements by Genevieve Pitot. Piano Arrangements by Helmy Kresa. "Train" Dance Arrangement by Trude Rittman. Choreographed by Jerome Robbins. General Manager: Victor Samrock. Directed by Moss Hart. Imperial Theatre: 15 Jul 1949- 8 Apr 1950 (308 performances). Cast: Eddie Albert (as "Horace Miller"), Stephanie Augustine (as "A Model" / "Singer"), Herbert Berghof (as "Bartholdi"), Lewis Bolyard (as "A Brother/Singer"), Forrest Bonshire (as "A Shark/Dancer"), Philip Bourneuf (as "Joseph Pulitzer"), William B. Calhoun (as "A Boy"), Irene Carroll (as "Singer"), Ed Chappel (as "A Lover/A Minister/Singer"), Leonard Claret (as "A Shark/Strong Man/Dancer"), David Collyer (as "A Brother/Singer"), Virginia Conwell (as "Acrobat/Reception Delegate/Dancer"), Trudy Deluz (as "A Model"), Charles Dingle (as "James Gordon Bennett"), Norma Doggett (as "Dancer"), Marilyn Frechette (as "A Model/A Socialite"), Dody Goodman [credited as Dolores Goodman] (as "Reception Delegate/The Sailor's Girl/Dancer"), Ethel Griffies (as "The Countess"), Patricia Hammerlee (as "Dancer"), Fred Hearn (as "Reception Delegate/Dancer"), Maria Karnilova (as "The Girl/Ruby"), Allen Knowles (as "A Shark/Reception Delegate/Dancer"), Eric Kristen (as "The Judge"), Erik Kristen (as "The Train/Dancer"), Bob Kryl (as "Boy #1/Newsboy"), Ernest Laird (as "Boy #2/Newsboy"), Sid Lawson (as "Carthwright"), Mary McCarty (as "Maisie Doll"), Donald McClelland (as "The Mayor, Richard K. Fox"), Allyn Ann McLerie (as "Monique DuPont"), Joe Milan (as "Acrobat/The Train/Dancer"), Robert Pagent (as "A Shark/Dancer"), Gloria Patrice (as "A Maid/Dancer"), Robert Patterson (as "An Admiral/A Policeman/Singer"), Robert Penn (as "A Gendarme/Singer"), Eddie Phillips (as "Acrobat/The Train/A Sailor/Dancer"), Tommy Rall (as "The Boy/Another Lamplighter/The Dandy"), Emile Renan (as "French Ambassador"), Johnny V.R. Thompson (as "A Lamplighter"), Evans Thornton (as "Police Captain/The Policeman/Immigration Officer/Singer"), Bob Tucker (as "Reception Delegate/Dancer"), Rowan Tudor (as "The Herald Reader"), Elizabeth Watts (as "The Mother"), Helene Whitney (as "The Lover's Girlfriend/An Actress/Singer"). Replacement actors: Bill Bradley (as "A Shark/Dancer"), William B. Calhoun (as "Newsboy"), Julius Capozzoli (as "Newsboy"), Irene Carroll (as "A Model"), Joy Carroll (as "A Socialite/Singer"), Cov Dare (as "Dancer"), Trudy DeLuz (as "Singer"), Donald Devor (as "Singer"), Marilyn Frechette (as "Singer"), Estelle Gardner (as "A Model/Singer"), Lucy Hillary (as "Singer"), Bill Hogue (as "Singer"), Norma Kaiser (as "Dancer"), Ronald Kane (as "Newsboy"), Kazimir Kokic (as "A Shark/Dancer/Strong Man"), Eric Kristen (as "A Shark"), Norma Larkin (as "Singer"), Sid Lawson (as "Singer"), Joe Milan (as "A Shark"), Robert Patterson (as "Carthwright"), William Redfield [credited as Billy Redfield] (as "Horace Miller"), Yolanda Renay (as "Singer"), Janice Rule (as "Dancer"), Sue Scott (as "Dancer"), John Sheehan (as "Singer"), Tiny Shimp (as "Dancer"), Rusty Slocum (as "Newsboy"), Kirsten Valbor (as "Dancer"). Produced by Irving Berlin, Robert E. Sherwood and Moss Hart.
- (1948) Stage Play: Look, Ma, I'm Dancin'! Music by Hugh Martin. Lyrics by Hugh Martin. Book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. Ballet arrangements by Trude Rittman. Musical Director: Pem Davenport. Assistant to Hugh Martin: Buster Davis. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Vocal arrangements by Hugh Martin. Choreographed by Jerome Robbins and George Abbott. Conceived by Jerome Robbins. Scenic Design by Oliver Smith. Directed by George Abbott and Jerome Robbins. Adelphi Theatre: 29 Jan 1948- 10 Jul 1948 (188 performances). Cast: Nancy Walker (as "Lily Malloy'), Sandra Deel (as "Suzy"), Virginia Gorski (as "Snow White"), Robert H. Harris (as "F. Plancek"), Harold Lang (as "Eddie Winkler"), Don Liberto (as "Wotan"), Alexander March (as "Vladimir Luboff"), Alice Pearce (as "Dusty Lee"), Tommy Rall (as "Tommy"), Janet Reed (as "Ann Bruce"), Katharine Sergava (as "Tanya Drinskaya"), Loren Welch (as "Larry"), Margaret Banks (as "Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"), Forrest Bonshire (as "Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"), Dean Campbell (as "Bell Boy/Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"), Bruce Cartwright (as "Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"), Raul Celada (as "Tanya's Partner/Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"), Leonard Claret (as "Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"), Virginia Conwell (as "Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"), Julie Curtis (as "Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"), 'Richard D'Arcy' (as "Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"), Charles Dickson (as "Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"), Clare Duffy (as "Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"), Nina Frenkin (as "Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"), June Graham (as "Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"), Patricia Hammerlee (as "Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"), Mary Bly Harwood (as "Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"), Priscilla Hathaway (as "Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"), Eddie Hodge (as "Mr. Ferbish"), Eric Kristen (as "Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"), Ina Kurland (as "Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"), James Lane (as "Mr. Gleeb"), Douglas Luther (as "Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"), Bettye McCormick (as "Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"), Gloria Patrice (as "Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"), James Pollack (as "Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"), Dorothy Pyren (as "Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"), Walter Rinner (as "Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"), Herbert Ross (as "Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"), Marten Sameth (as "Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"), Dan Sattler (as "Stage Manager"), Walter Stane (as "Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"), Gisella Svetlik (as "Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"), Robert Tucker (as "Member of the Russo-American Ballet Company"). Understudies: Margaret Banks (as "Ann Bruce"), Forest Bonshire (as "Wotan"), Dean Campbell (as "Larry"), Leonard Claret (as "Eddie Winkler"), Sandra Deel (as "Lily Malloy"), Nina Frenkin (as "Tanya Drinskaya"), Eddie Hodge (as "Mr. Gleeb"), Eric Kristen (as "Tommy"), Bettye McCormick (as "Dusty Lee"), Gloria Patrice (as "Snow White"), Walter Rinner (as "Stage Manager"), Herbert Ross (as "Vladimir Luboff") and Marten Sameth (as "F. Plancek"). Replacement cast: Betty Lou Barto (as "Lily Malloy"), Richard D'Arcy (as "Tanya's Partner"), Marie Foster (as "Dusty Lee"), Eric Kristen (as "Tommy"). Produced by George Abbott.
- (1948) Stage Play: Small Wonder. Musical revue. Book by Charles Spalding, Max Wilk, George Axelrod and Louis Laun. Music by Baldwin Bergersen and Albert W. Selden. Lyrics by Phyllis McGinley, Burt Shevelove and Billings Brown. Music orchestrated by Ted Royal. Vocal arrangements by Herbert Greene. Choreographed by Gower Champion. Directed by Burt Shevelove [earliest Broadway credit]. Coronet Theatre: 15 Sep 1948- 8 Jan 1949 (134 performances). Cast: Jack Cassidy, Chandler Cowles, Marilyn Day, Joan Diener, Tom Ewell, Bill Ferguson, Kate Friedlich, Hayes Gordon, Jonathan Lucas, Joan Mann, Mort Marshall, Mary McCarty, J.C. McCord, Scott Merrill, Virginia Oswald, Alice Pearce, Tommy Rall, Alan Ross, Devida Sewart, Evelyn Taylor. Replacement actors: Sue Benjamin, Jimmy Kirkwood, Scott Nerrill. Produced by George Nichols III.
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