- (1915 - 1953) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1915) Stage Play: The Blue Paradise. Musical.
- (1917) Stage Play: My Lady's Glove. Musical/operetta.
- (1940) Stage Play: Pal Joey. Musical comedy. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Material by John O'Hara. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek. Costume Design by John Koenig. Scenic Design and Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Choreographed by Robert Alton. Directed by George Abbott. Ethel Barrymore Theatre (moved to The Shubert Theatre from 1 Sep 1941 to 21 Oct 1941 then moved to The St. James Theatre from 21 Oct 1941 to close): 25 Dec 1940- 29 Nov 1941 (374 performances). Cast: Gene Kelly (as "Joey Evans") [final Broadway role; replaced by George Tapps on 1 Sep 1941 and moved to Hollywood], Vivienne Segal (as "Vera Simpson"), Claire Anderson, Adrian Anthony, Sondra Barrett, John Benton, Jean Casto, Milton Chisholm, John Clarke, Alice Craig, Louise de Forrest, Stanley Donen (as "Albert Doane/Dancer"), Clifford Dunstan, Jack Durant, Wnez Early, Leila Ernst, Jane Fraser, Tilda Getz, Charlene Harkins, Averell Harris, June Havoc (as "Gladys Bumps"), Henning Irgens, Van Johnson (as "Victor/Dancer"), Frances Krell, James Lane, Janet Lavis, Howard Ledig, June Leroy, Michael Moore, Amarilla Morris, Robert J. Mulligan, Olive Nicolson, Shirley Paige, Mildred Patterson, Dorothy Poplar, Nelson Rae, Edison Rice, Albert Ruiz, Diane Sinclair, Mildred Solly, Dummy Spelvin, Jeanne Trybom, Marie Vanneman, Jerry Whyte, Vincent York. Produced by George Abbott.
- Music in My Heart (1947). Musical. Based on material by Patsy Ruth Miller. Lighting Design by Hassard Short. Directed by Hassard Short. Adelphi Theatre: 2 Oct 1947- 24 Jan 1948 (124 performances/on hiatus from 3-11 Jan 1948). Cast: James Barron, Dorothy Bauer, Dorthea Berthelsen, Anna Marie Biggs, Eleanor Burrow, Iris Burton, Maryde Buscher, Bob Calder, Robert Carroll, Jack Cassidy, Ronald Chetwood, Barbara Cole, Kenneth Davis, Audrey Dearden, Dorothy Etheridge, Francy Falk, Jane Flynn, Matha Flynn, Charles Fredericks, Ralph Glover, Pauline Goddard, Charles L. Grasse, Peter Hagen, Jan Handzlik, Robert Hayden, Mary Haywood, Joyce Homire, Ann Hubbell, Patricia Jennings, Joan Kibrig, Clara Knox, Bernie Koveler, George Lambrose, Sheila Lawrence, Della Lind, Allan Lowell, Nicholas Magallanes, Jack Miller, Nanon Mills, Jan Murray, Carol Nelson, Harold Norman, Nicolai Polajenko, Nina Popova, Robert Rippy, Michael Risk, Vivienne Segal, Jeanne Shelby, James Starbuck, Olga Suarez, Yvonne Tibor, John Vanderhoof, Barbara Weaver, Connie Wege, Edward White, Frank Whitmore, Marjorie Winters, Martha Wright, Kathleen Zaranova. Produced by Henry Duffy.
- Castles in the Air (1926). Musical comedy. Music by Percy Wenrich. Book by Raymond W. Peck. Lyrics by Raymond W. Peck. Musical Director: Max Bendix. Music orchestrated by Frank E. Barry. Featuring songs with lyrics by R. Locke. Choreographed by John Boyle and Julian Mitchell. Scenic Design by Hugh Willoughby and P. Dodd Ackerman. Production Supervised by James W. Elliott. Directed by Frank Merlin. Selwyn Theatre (moved to The Century Theatre from 6 Dec 1926- close): 6 Sep 1926- 22 Jan 1927 (160 performances). Cast: Clarice Anderson, Martha Ann, Beulah Baker, Rosalind Baker, Firley Banks, Carol Barbee, Virginia Beardsley, Walter Blair, Helen Bradley, Edna Burford, Maude Carleton, Betty Collette, Lenore Cornwell, Fred Cowhick, Marie Dana, Thomas Dendy, Don Donat, John Eagan, Edgar Eastman, Walter Edwin, Ruth Elaine, Miner Ellis, Richard Farrell, Stanley Forde (as "Philip Rodman") [final Broadway role], Edward Gorman, Bernard Granville (as "Monty Blair"), Evelyn Grayson, Muriel Greel, Viola Hailes, William Hale, William Hasson, Sophie Hauser, Jane Hurd, Mary Hutchinson, Catherine Huth, Jack James, Beatrice King, Sue Lake, John Lane, Hinsdale Latour, Lola Lavin, Thais Lawton (as "The Queen Regent"), Dale Leary, Tommy Mack, Claire Madjette, Alva McGill, Alice Mitchell, Mildred Morgan, J. Harold Murray (as "John Brown"), Jack Nellan, George O'Donnell, Tuxie Ondex, Ivia Perrine, Frances Philips, Nina Piozet, Cleona Quitt, Aili Radigan, Gregory Ratoff (as "The Chancellor"), Doreen Roberts, Archie Rote, Frank Rothwell, Alfred Rusuznyak, Vivienne Segal (as "Evelyn Devine"), Val Sholar, Stanley Simion, Edward P. Smithe, Vera Trett, Dwight Trucksess, Audree Van Lieu, Helen Warren, William Warren, Allen Waterous, Werner Wennerstrand, Joyce White, Robert Williamson, Woodey Lee Wilson, Edwin Young. Produced by James W. Elliott.
- Oh, Lady! Lady! (1918). Musical comedy. Book by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse. Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by P.G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton. Musical Director: Max Hirschfeld. Music orchestrated by Frank Saddler. Costume Design by Harry Collins. Scenic Design by Clifford Pember. Conducted by Max Hirschfeld. Directed by Robert Milton and Edward Royce. Princess Theatre (moved to The Casino Theatre from 17 Jun 1918- close): 1 Feb 1918- 10 Aug 1918 (219 performances). Cast: Edward Abeles (as "Spike Hudgins"), Dorothy Allan (as "Miss Sal Munn"), Constance Binney (as "Parker"), Billie Booker (as "Miss Marie Schino"), Bobby Brewster (as "Miss Lotta Pommery"), Harry C. Browne (as "Hale Underwood"), Charles Columbus (as "Mr. C. Ollie Flower"), Margaret Dale (as "Mrs. Farrington"), May Elsie (as "Miss Della Catessen"), Harry Fisher (as "William Watty"), Mildred Fisher (as "Miss Mollie Gatawaney"), Bettie Gereaux (as "Miss Virginia Hamm"), Charles Hartmann (as "Mr. B. Russell Sprout"), Edna Hettler (as "Miss Marion Etta Herring"), Irving Jackson (as "Mr. Con Kearney"), Elsie Lewis (as "Miss Hallie Butt"), Reginald Mason (as "Cyril Twombley"), Carroll McComas (as "May Barber"), Gypsy Mooney (as "Miss C. Ella Rhy"), J. Randall Phelan (as "Mr. H. Ash-Brown"), Carl Randall (as "Willoughby Finch"), Mildred Roland (as "Miss Barbara O'Rhum"), Vivienne Segal (as "Mollie Farrington"), Florence Shirley (as "Fanny Welch"), Jeanne Sparry (as "Miss Clarette Cupp"), Mabel Stanford (as "Miss May Anne Ayes"), Janet Velie (as "Miss Cassie Roll"), Jack Vincent (as "Mr. Stewart Prune"), William Walsh (as Mr. Artie C. Hoke"), Lois Whitney (as "Miss Lettice Romayne"). Produced by F. Ray Comstock and William Elliott.
- The Chocolate Soldier (1931). Musical/operetta (revival). Original German libretto ("Dertapfere Soldat") by Rudolph Bernauer and Leopold Jacobson. Based on "Arms and the Man" by George Bernard Shaw. Music by Oscar Straus. American version by Hugh Stanislaus Stange. Musical Director: Louis Kroll. Directed by Milton Aborn. Erlanger's Theatre: 21 Sep 1931- 3 Oct 1931 (16 performances). Cast: Ann Carey (as "Aurelia Popoff, Nadina's mother"), Roy Cropper (as "Major Alexius Spiridoff, member of the Bulgarian Army, betrothed to Nadina"), Hal Forde (as "Col. Kasimer Popoff, member of the Bulgarian Army"), Vivian Hart (as "Mascha, Aurelia's cousin"), Detmar Poppen (as "Captain Massakroff, member of the Bulgarian Army"), Charles Purcell (as "Lieutenant Bumerli, "The Chocolate Soldier"), Vivienne Segal (as "Nadina Popoff, Col. Popoff's daughter"), Theo Van Tassell (as "Premiere Dancer"). Produced by The Civic Light Opera Company.
- The Little Whopper (1919). Musical comedy. Music by Rudolf Friml. Book by Otto A. Harbach. Lyrics by Bide Dudley and Otto A. Harbach. Musical Director: Anton Heindl. Musical Staging by Bert French. Directed by Oscar Eagle. Casino Theatre: 13 Oct 1919- 3 Apr 1920 (2-4 performances). Cast: Marie Astor (as "Ensemble"), Harry C. Browne (as "John Harding"), Josie Carmen (as "Ensemble"), Edna Coigne (as "Ensemble"), Irma Coigne (as "Ensemble"), Louis Coombs (as "Edward Penfield"), Florence Courtney (as "Ensemble"), Inez Courtney (as "Ensemble") [Broadway debut], Norma Dale (as "Ensemble"), Florence Doran (as "Ensemble"), Lillian Drewry (as "Ensemble"), Irene Duffy (as "Ensemble"), W.J. Ferguson (as "Oliver Butts"), Hazel Flint (as "Ensemble"), Victoria Gardner (as "Ensemble"), Nellie Graham-Dent (as "Miss Granville"), Sydney Grant (as "George Emmett"), Mabel Grete (as "Ensemble"), Sidney Hall (as "James Martin"), Lottie Linthicum (as "Mrs. Mac Gregor"), Doris Marquette (as "Ensemble"), Tess Mayer (as "Ensemble"), Albert Obler (as "Harry Hayward"), Birnie Prevost (as "Fred Rood"), Jean Rhodes (as "Ensemble"), Mildred Richardson (as "Janet MacGregor"), Vivienne Segal (as "Kitty Wentworth"), Eunice Sizer (as "Ensemble"), Edward Tierney (as "Jack Dodge"), David Torrence (as "Judge MacGregor"), Vivian White (as "Ensemble"), Lucille Williams (as "Frances"), May Wilton (as "Tonty/William"), Rose Wilton (as "Teenty/Robert"). Produced by Abraham Levy.
- (1952) Stage Play: Pal Joey. Musical comedy (revival). Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Book by John O'Hara. Special orchestrations by Don Walker. Musical Director: Max Meth. Ballet arrangements by Oscar Kosarin. Original orchestrations by Hans Spialek. Broadhurst Theatre: 3 Jan 1952- 18 Apr 1953 (540 performances). Cast: Harold Lang (as "Joey Evans"), Vivienne Segal (as "Vera Simpson") [final Broadway role], Helen Gallagher (as "Gladys Bumps"), Lionel Stander (as "Ludlow Lowell"), Harry Asmus (as "Dancer"), Eleanor Boleyn (as "Sandra/Dancer"), Lewis Bolyard (as "Louis, The Tenor"), Bonnie Brae (as "Dancer"), Hank Brunjes (as "Dancer"), Phyllis Dorne (as "Mickey/Dancer"), Eleanor Fairchild (as "Dancer"), Robert Fortier (as "Victor"), Jean Goodall (as "Dancer"), Clarke Gordon (as "Stage Manager"), T.J. Halligan (as "Commissioner O'Brien"), Peter Holmes (as "Dancer"), Patty Ann Jackson (as "Dancer"), Lynn Joelson (as "Dottie/Dancer"), Helene Keller (as "Dancer"), Frances Krell (as "Diane/Dancer"), Ray Kyle (as "Dancer"), Ina Learner (as "Dancer/Janet"), Ethel Martin (as "Dancer/Fraser"), George Martin (as "Waiter/Dancer"), June McCain (as "Dancer"), Buzz Miller (as "Dancer"), David Neuman (as "Dancer"), Barbara Nichols (as "Valerie"), Pat Northrop (as "Linda English"), Gloria O'Malley (as "Francine/Dancer"), Gordon Peters (as "Ernest"),Barry Ryan (as "Delivery Boy"), Stanley Simmons (as "Dancer"), Elaine Stritch (as "Melba Snyder"), Thelma Tadlock (as "Amarilla/Dancer"), Rita Tanno (as "Adele/Dancer"), Norma Thornton (as "Dancer"), George Vosburgh (as "Dancer"), Janyce Ann Wagner (as "Agnes/Dancer"), Jack Waldron (as "Mike Spears"), Helen Wood (as "Kid"). Understudies: Reed Allyn (as "Commissioner O'Brien/Ernest"), Bob Fosse (as "Joey Evans"), T.J. Halligan (as "Mike Spears/The Tenor"), Patty Ann Jackson (as "Kid"), Lynn Joelson (as "Gladys Bumps") and David Neuman (as "Victor"). Replacement actors: Reed Allyn (as "Stage Manager"), Aleen Buchanan (as "Dancer"), Rita Charise (as "Dancer"), Jean Goodall (as "Sandra"), Jean Harris (as "Dancer"), Helene Keller (as "Dolores"), John Kheun (as "Delivery Boy"), Mary Martinet (as "Dancer"), Betty O'Neil (as "Melba Snyder"), Nina Starkey (as "Dancer"), Carol Stevens (as "Ensemble"), Norma Thornton (as "Kid"), Nancy Walker (as "Gladys Bumps"). Understudies: Dick Bernie (as "Ludlow Lowell"), Aleen Buchanan (as "Melba Snyder"), Leonard Claret (as "Joey Evans"), Betty Gillett (as "Linda English"), Holly Harris (as "Vera Simpson"), Helene Keller (as "Valerie"). Produced by Jule Styne and Leonard Key. Produced in association with Anthony B. Farrell. Notes: 1) One of the most successful revivals of the 1950's. 2) Filmed by Essex-George Sidney Productions (for Columbia Pictures) as Pal Joey (1957).
- (1924) Stage Play: Ziegfeld Follies of 1924. Musical revue. Music by Victor Herbert, Raymond Hubbell, Dave Stamper, Harry Tierney and Dr. Albert Szirmai. Lyrics by Gene Buck and Joseph McCarthy. Dialogue by: William Anthony McGuire and Will Rogers. Musical Director: Victor Baravalle. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett, Fred Barry, Harold Sanford and Steven Jones. Featuring songs by Fred Mels and Leon Jessel. Featuring songs with lyrics by Laurant Halet. Tableaux created and staged by Ben Ali Haggin. Directed by Julian Mitchell. New Amsterdam Theatre: 24 Jun 1924- 7 Mar 1925 (295 performances). Cast included: Bernice Ackerman, Miss Andrea, Lina Basquette, Marian Benda, Miss Boatwright, Arthur Brown, Dorothy Brown, Catherine Burke, Miss Byron, Miss Calame, Cynthia Cambridge, Louise Carlton, Mae Daw, Gloria Dawn [final Broadway role], Alma Drange, Giole Eller, Helen Ellsworth, Hilda Ferguson, Irving Fisher, Miss Francis, Evelyn Goodwin, Beryl Halley, Lorette Hurley, Alf James, Miss Johnson, Mary Julian, Kelo Brothers, Dorothy Knapp, Frank Lambert, Lupino Lane, Evelyn Law, Edna Leedom, Dorothy Leet, Marjorie Leet, Tom Lewis, Miss Littlefield, Doris Lloyd, Gladys Loftus, Martha Lorber, Miss Martin, Miss McDonald, Miss McGee, Constance McLaughlin, Mitty and Tillio, Polly Nally, Al Ochs, George Olsen's Band, Ann Pennington, Serge Pernikoff, Martha Pierre, Miss Rasche, Anastasia Reilly, Francis Reveaux, Will Rogers, Russian Lilliputians, Phil Ryley, Vivienne Segal, Jack Shannon, Miss Sheldon, Mark Truscott, Brandon Tynan, Miss Wildo, Cricket Wooten. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..
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