- (February 8, 1979 - August 12, 1979) "Whoopee!", musical comedy revival (the Ziegfeld musical which Eddie Cantor once starred in); book by William Anthony McGuire; lyrics by Gus Kahn; music by Walter Donaldson; based on "The Nervous Wreck" by Owen Davis; musical direction by Lynn Crigler; music orchestrations and dance arrangements by Russell Warner; directed by Frank Corsaro; choreography by Dan Siretta; on Broadway at the ANTA theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA (212 total performances, including 8 previews beginning February 8, 1979).
- (1911) Stage Play: Jumping Jupiter. Musical/farce. Music by Karl Hoschna. Book by Richard Carle and Sydney Rosenfeld. Lyrics by Richard Carle and Sydney Rosenfeld. Musical Director: Hans S. Linne. Featuring songs by Grace Kahn [earliest Broadway credit], Harry Archer, Irving Berlin and Albert von Tilzer. Featuring songs with lyrics by Junie McCree, Gus Kahn, Francis DeWitt and Ted Snyder Directed by Richard Carle. New York Theatre: 6 Mar 1911- 25 Mar 1911 (24 performances). Cast: Natalie Alt (as "Elsie Buchanan"), Burrell Barbaretto (as "Robert Winthrop"), Helen Broderick (as "Miss Winston"), Bly Brown (as "Miss Ranier"), Jessie Cardownie (as "Caroline Goodwillie"), Richard Carle (as "Professor Goodwillie"), Anna Chandler (as "Mrs. Anastasia Kidd"), Ina Claire (as "Molly Pebbleford"), Lester J. Crawford (as "Stephen Buchanan"), Blanche Curtis (as "Miss Chalmers"), Naomi Dale (as "Miss Hupp"), Murray D'Arcy (as "Stilwell"), Jean Engels (as "Miss Renault"), John Goldsworthy (as "Marmaduke Bright"), Ida Harris (as "Miss Cadillac"), Edna Wallace Hopper (as "Connie Curtiss"), Joseph C. Miron (as "Major Felix Buchanan"), Beatrice Morton (as "Miss Pierce"), Will H. Philbrick (as "Toby Pebbleford"), Betty Scott (as "Miss Buick"), Bessie Skeer (as "Miss Daimler"), Estelle St. Clair (as "Miss Lozier"), Margaret Strasselle (as "Miss Locomobile"), Marie Vernon (as "Miss Packard"), Isabelle Winlocke (as "Genevieve Buchanan"). Produced by H.H. Frazee and George W. Lederer.
- (1916) Stage Play: The Passing Show of 1916. Musical revue. Book by Harold Atteridge. Music by Sigmund Romberg and Otto Motzan. Lyrics by Harold Atteridge. Additional music by Harry Tierney [earliest Broadway credit], Egbert Van Alstyne and Clifton Crawford. Additional lyrics by Clifton Crawford and Gus Kahn. Musical Director: Oscar Radin. Scenic Design by Edward Sundquist, A.W. Street, P. Dodd Ackerman, Dodge and Castle, Wickes, Unitt and Pelzon & Carson. Costume Design by Faibsey, Mme. Kahn, Hilarie Mahieu & Co. and Homer Conant. Choreographed by Allan K. Foster. Directed by Jacob J. Shubert and J.C. Huffman. Winter Garden Theatre: 22 Jun 1916- 21 Oct 1916 (140 performances). Cast: Mildred Anderson, Ted Andrews, Jane Angardi, George Baldwin, Elsie Bambrick, Jane Barton, Gussie Berg, Adolf Blome, Jack Boyle, Julia Bozzo, Bly Brown, David Brown, Millie Carlson, Bert Clark, James Clemons, Margaret Coghlan, George Collins, Guy Collins, Charlotte Cushman, Hattie Darling, Marjorie Dayton, Billie De Hon, Ann Delmore, Andrew Demarest, Frances Demarest, Ethel Dennison, Harry DeWitt, William Dunn, Elsie Durant, Pearl Eaton, Peggy Eleanore, Nancy Everett, Henrietta Faust, The Ford Sisters, Adele Forrest, Eleanore Franke, Ada Fuld, Betty Gans, Wilma Garrison, Bob Gilbert, Marion Glover, Dorothy Godfrey, Muriel Greil, Mabel Grete, Dolly Hackett, Agnes Hall, Grace Hall, Ona Hamilton, Andrew Harper, William Harper, Adrien Hayes, Harold Healy, William Healy, Mabel Hill, Stella Hoban, Flo Howe, James Hussey, Crissie Joss, Grace Keeshon, Mabel Kelly, Grace Kushan, Grace Langdon, Madeline Levine, Polly Lorimer, Ma-Belle, Charles Mack, Mona Mahler, Charlotte Marmont, Barbara McCree, Frank McMasters, Harry McMasters, Dolores Mendez, Emily Miles, Clyde Miller, Sophie Mills, Beryl Mobis, Florence Moore, Elida Morris, Ruth Murphy, Bud Murray, Mitzi Nada, Gertie Neilan, Blanche Parks, Evelyn Parks, Marion Parks, Ann Pauley, William H. Philbrick, Esther Pierce, Leonore Puron, Ruth Randall, Trixie Raymond, Agnes Richter, Matt Riordan, Clarence Rockwell, Vera Roehm, Saranoff, Peggy Smith, Abbie Stewart, Thamara Swirskaia, John Swor, Herman Timberg, Gladys Turner, Mazibelle Valeta, Mae Vaughan, Leila Von Holk, Fred Walton, Dorothy West, Ethel Westie, Lovett Wilder, Charles Wilson, Ed Wynn. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1918) Stage Play: Sinbad. Musical. Book by Harold Atteridge. Music by Sigmund Romberg. Lyrics by Harold Atteridge. Musical Numbers Arranged by Jack Mason. Additional music by Al Jolson, Jean Schwartz, Harry Tierney, J. Turner Layton and Albert Gumble. Additional lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva, Gus Kahn, Al Bryan, Jack Yellen, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Henry Creamer and Irving Caesar. Orchestra under the direction of Oscar Radin. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt, P. Dodd Ackerman, John H. Young and Ernest Gros. Costume Design by Cora MacGeachy, Homer Conant and Samuel Zalud. Ballets Arranged by: Alexis Kosloff. Directed by James C. Huffman and Jacob J. Shubert. Winter Garden Theatre (moved to The Century Theatre (2 Sep 1918- Oct 1918, then moved to The Casino Theatre from 14 Oct 1918- Nov 1918, then moved to The Winter Garden Theatre from 11 Nov 1918 to Feb 1919, then moved to The 44th Street Theatre from 10 Feb 1919 to close): 14 Feb 1918- 29 Mar 1919 (404 performances). Cast: Al Jolson (as "Gus"), Roshanara, Jane Adams, Franklyn Baite, George Baker, May Belle, Doris Benham, John Berkes (as "Tapem/Johnny"), Molly Boulais, Rose Boulais, Virginia Fox Brooks, Dorothy Bruce, Dot Bryant, Milus Carpenter, Viola Clarens, Beatrice Cloak, Mabel Cloud, Hazel Cox, Kitty Doner, Lawrence D'Orsay (as "Stephen Gilwater/The King of Serendib"), Gertrude Doyle, Florence Elmore, Edgar Atchinson, Constance Farber, Irene Farber, Margaret Ferguson, Flo Flandreaux, Ella Foster, Inez Francis, Eleanore Franke, Pearl Germond, Mattie Gormley, Frank Grace, Ona Hamilton, Rae Hartley, Van Buren Hartman, Frank Holmes, Kitty Holton, Forrest Huff, Mildred Kaye, Harry Kearley, John Kearney, Grace Keeshon, Alexis Kosloff (as "Veritas/El Orient"), Mildred La Gue, Elsie LaMont, Grace Langdon, Jack Laughlin, Eleanor Leigh, Lois Leigh, Henry LeVoy, Marie Lorillard, Charlotte Marmont, Billy Marr, Bob McClellan, Barbara McCree, Vera Mercer, Irene Mitchell, Marion Mooney, Jean Morgan, Evangeline Murray, Edith Pierce, Lorrelda Poppanny, Peggy Purtell, Trixie Raymond, Yvette Reals, Jessie Reed, Gertrude Reynolds, Wade Riesemy, Beatrice Seymour, Billie Sheridan, Rheba Stewart, Marian Stokes, Mae Terresfield, Jean Thomas, George Thornton, Betty Touraine, Jean Troupman, Jean Troutman, Fay Tunis, Thelma Turnball, Alice Van Ryker, Fritzi Von Busing, Chandler Waldo, Richard Warner, Grace Washburn. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1919) Stage Play: Oh, What A Girl! Musical/farce. Music by Charles Jules and Jacques Presburg. Book by Edgar Smith and Edward Clark. Lyrics by Edgar Smith, Edward Clark and Gus Kahn. Music orchestrated by Jacques Presburg. Musical Director: Fred Walz. Additional numbers by L. Wolfe Gilbert, Alex Sullivan, Nat Vincent and Irving Berlin. Featuring songs by Egbert Van Alstyne. Directed by Edward Clark. Shubert Theatre (moved to The Central Theatre 6 Oct 1919- close): 28 Jul 1919- 1 Nov 1919 (68 performances). Cast: Renée Adorée (as "Specialty") [Broadway debut], Agnes Allen (as "Chorus"), Billie Andrews (as "Chorus"), Phoebe Appleton (as "Chorus"), Sam Ash (as "Jack Rushton"), Kitty Astra (as "Chorus"), William Barry (as "Williams/Chorus"), Evelyn Clifford (as "Chorus"), Lew Cooper (as "Washington"), Frank Crawford (as "Chorus"), Sam Curtis (as "Perkins"), Florence Darling (as "Chorus"), David Dreyer (as "Ross"), Ella Evans (as "Chorus"), Nancy Fair (as "Susie Smith"), Frank Fay (as "Bill Corcoran"), Margaret Ferguson (as "Chorus"), Larry Francis (as "Downes"), Bessie Gray (as "Chorus"), Vera Groset (as "Lola Chappelle"), Kitty Holton (as "Chorus"), Harold Hulen (as "Holmes/Chorus"), Harry Kelly (as "Deacon Amos Titmouse"), Margaret King (as "Chorus"), Hazel Kirke (as "Margot Merrivale"), Ma-Belle (as "Fairy Godmother"), Pauline Markham (as "Chorus"), Veronica Marquise (as "Specialty"), Ignacio Martinetti (as "Luigi Fravola"), Clarice Miller (as "Chorus"), Elizabeth Moffat (as "Amanda Titmouse"), Mat Murphy (as "Carr/Chorus"), Florence Nelson (as "Chorus"), Ethel Mary Oakland (as "Prince Charming"), Kathleen O'Hanlon (as "Specialty"), Diana Peyton (as "Chorus"), Jack Polen (as "Chorus"), Lester Scharff (as "Head Waiter"), Agnes Shiedell (as "Chorus"), Lewis Sloden (as "Specialty"), Clarice Snyder (as "Cinderella"), George Stifter (as "Taylor/Chorus"), Elizabth Treep (as "Chorus"), Bobby Watts (as "Chorus"), Elizabeth West (as "Chorus"), Lillian Wilson (as "Chorus"), Theodore Zambouni (as "Specialty"), William Zinnel (as "Smathers"). Replacement cast [during Shubert Theatre run]: Patsy De Forrest (as "Susie Smith"). [During Central Theatre run:] None known. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1922) Stage Play: The Passing Show of 1922. Musical revue. Music by Alfred Goodman. Book by Harold Atteridge. Lyrics by Harold Atteridge. Musical Director: Alfred Goodman. Additional lyrics by Jack Stanley, Laddie Cliff and Gus Kahn. Additional music by Walter Donaldson and Ivy St. Helieu. Production Supervised by J.J. Shubert. Directed by James C. Huffman. Winter Garden Theatre: 20 Sep 1922- 2 Dec 1922 (85 performances). Cast: Alma Adair, Janet Adair, Mlle. Alborn, Fred Allen, George Anderson, Sam Ash, Gilbert Barr, Bert Best, M.T. Bohannon, Bobby Boles, Peggy Bond, Monica Boulais, William Brand, Mary Breau, Nellie Breen, Olive Brown, Dorothy Bruce, Helen Christie, Molly Christie, Louise Cross, Pauline Dakla, Dorothy Daniels, Florence Darling, Wilbur De Rouge, Dolores Edwards, Betty Fitch, The Fooshee Sisters, Helen Fox, Alexander Frank, Elsie Frank, Rose Gallagher, Alfred Gilday, Agnes Hall, Gladys Hall, George Hassell, Nan Henderson, Helen Herendeen, Marjory Himes, Portland Hoffa, Eugene Howard, Willie Howard, Jack Kearns, Gertrude Lang, Mary Lawlor, Rose Lee, The Lockfords, The Macweys, Arthur Margetson, Elsie May, Belle McLaughlin, Emily Miles, Carol Miller, Phyllis Miller, Marion Mooney, Nat Nazarro Jr., Sidney Nelson, Beatrice O'Brien, Helen O'Brien, Mabel Olson, Edith Pearce, Francis Renault, Phyllis Reynolds, Joseph Riley, Helen Rogers, Grace Rossiter, Beulah Rubens, Katherine Saxe, Charlotte Schuette, Sidney Shaar, Grace Shea, Ethel Shutta [Broadway debut], Maxine Sickle, Madeline Smith, Orilla Smith, Edna Starck, Louise Starck, May Sullivan, Florence Summerville, Jean Thomas, Billy Wagner, Ethel Walker, Fred Walton, Louise Wayne, Florence Wilde, Beatrice Wilson, Virginia Wilson, Louise Winn, Helen Wright. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1925) Stage Play: Holka Polka. Musical comedy. Music by Will Ortman. Book by W. Walzer. Book adapted by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Translated by Derick Wulff. Lyrics by Gus Kahn and Raymond B. Egan. Musical Director: Max Steiner. Dances arranged by Busby Berkeley. Directed by Oscar Eagle. Lyric Theatre: 14 Oct 1925- 31 Oct 1925 (21 performances). Cast: Harry Anderson (as "Auctioneer"), Jean Armstrong (as "Ensemble"), Isabelle Benson (as "Ensemble"), Aileen Booth (as "Ensemble"), Alec Bowman (as "Ensemble"), Lloyd Briggs (as "Ensemble"), Isabelle Brown (as "Ensemble"), Thomas Burke (as "Rudi Munz"), Phyllis Burkhardt (as "Ensemble"), Buddy Carmin (as "Ensemble"), Francis H. Cherry (as "Marie Karin"), Lillian Clinton (as "Ensemble"), Betty Credito (as "Ensemble"), Florence Crozier (as "Ensemble"), Vera Dale (as "Ensemble"), Rosa de Cordoba (as "Specialty Dancer"), Barbara Dean (as "Ensemble"), Ely DeMar (as "Ensemble"), Adrienne DeSales (as "Ensemble"), Josephine Doane (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Elaine (as "Ensemble"), Harry Ellston (as "Ensemble"), Paul Elsoner (as "Ensemble"), Willoa Fellows (as "Ensemble"), Ben Fleck (as "Ensemble"), Nicholas Globatcheff (as "Ensemble"), Robert Halliday (as Karel Boleslav"), Orville Harrold (as "Peter Novak, Known as Nobody"), Patti Harrold (as "Peterle Novak"), Harry Heller (as "Ensemble"), Harry Holbrook (as "Max Munz"), Mary Huber (as "Ensemble"), Albert Hurt (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Johnson (as "Ensemble"), Leon Kartavy (as "Ensemble"), Beatrice King (as "Ensemble"), Russell King (as "Ensemble"), Sylvia LaMarde (as "Ensemble"), Vincent Langan (as "Jan"), Richard Lear (as "Ensemble"), Jack Lerner (as "Ensemble"), Milba LeVander (as "Ensemble"), Ray Lloyd (as "Ensemble"), Renee Lowrie (as "Ensemble"), Esther Lyon (as "Ellen Novak"), George E. Mack (as "Baron von Bruck"), James Martin (as "Ensemble"), Maurice Martin (as "Ensemble"), Ila McCall (as "Ensemble"), Henrietta Merriman (as "Ensemble"), Alice Mitchell (as "Ensemble"), Al Monty (as "Ensemble"), James C. Morton (as "Adam Cook"), Fred Ortmann (as "Ensemble"), Lisa Parnova (as "Specialty Dancer"), Patty Patterson (as "Ensemble"), Frances Patton (as "Ensemble"), F.D. Porterfield (as "Ensemble"), Morris Ragalsky (as "Ensemble"), Marion & Martinez Randel (as "Specialty Dancers"), Faye Renard (as "Ensemble"), Troupe Reynolds (as "Ensemble"), Clementine Rigeau (as "Ensemble"), Bess Ringwald (as "Ensemble"), Joe Rogers (as "Ensemble"), Lea Roy (as "Ensemble"), Valerie Sargent (as "Ensemble"), Christine Schyler (as "Ensemble"), John Sherlock (as "Henri Novothy"), Val Sholar (as "Ensemble"), May Speed (as "Ensemble"), Edith Stich (as "Ensemble"), Edwin Strawbridge (as "Specialty Dancer"), Reginald Thomas (as "Ensemble"), Charles Thompson (as "Coachman"), Ben Trotman (as "Ensemble"), May Vokes (as "Gundel"), Olive Wanda (as "Ensemble"), Holmes Washburn (as "Ensemble"), Viola Wayne (as "Ensemble"), Mabel Williams (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Wilson (as "Ensemble"), Hilda Withers (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Carl Reed.
- (1926) Stage Play: Kitty's Kisses. Musical comedy. Music by Con Conrad. Book by Philip Bartholomae and Otto A. Harbach. Lyrics by Gus Kahn. Featuring songs with lyrics by Otto A. Harbach. Featuring songs by Will Donaldson. Musical Director: John McManus. Music orchestrated by Maurice De Packh. Musical Staging by Bobby Connolly. Directed by John Cromwell. Playhouse Theatre: 6 May 1926- 2 Oct 1926 (170 performances). Cast: Mildred Anders (as "Ensemble"), Pauline Bartlett (as "Ensemble"), Polly Blake (as "Ensemble"), John Boles (as "Robert Mason"), Billie Bostick (as "Ensemble"), Walter Bradbury (as "The Bell Boy/A Track Walker"), Frances Burke (as "Mrs. Dennison"), Emily Burton (as "Ensemble"), Mortimer Chadbourne (as "Brakeman"), Jane Corcoran (as "Mrs. Burke"), Warren Crosby (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Dilley (as "Kittie Brown"), Patsy Dunn (as "The Maid"), Lester Eldridge (as "Ensemble"), Paul Florence (as "Ensemble"), Jack Gargin (as "Ensemble"), Irene Hamlin (as "Ensemble"), Patty Hastings (as "Ensemble"), Frank Hatch (as "Mr. Burke"), Edna Hopper (as "Ensemble"), Mildred Keats (as "Miss Wendel"), Ruth Kelly (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Laird (as "Ensemble"), Arthur Lang (as "Dining Car Steward"), William Leith (as "The Night Clerk"), Nick Long Jr. (as "Philip Dennison"), Gene McVey (as "Ensemble"), Aileen Meehan (as "Lulu/Ensemble"), William Neeley (as "Ensemble"), Frances Nevins (as "Ensemble"), George O'Brien (as "Ensemble"), Cheri Pelham (as "Ensemble"), Joe Sargent (as "Ensemble"), Leonard Scott (as "Pullman Conductor"), Kenneth Shutts (as "Conductor"), Mark Smith (as "Richard Dennison"), Georgina Tilden (as "A Country Girl"), Ruth Warren (as "The Telephone Girl"), William Wayne (as "The Day Clerk"). Produced by William A. Brady.
- (1927) Stage Play: Artists and Models. Musical revue. Music by Harry Akst and Maurie Rubens. Additional lyrics by Ted Lewis and Jack Osterman. Lyrics by Benny Davis and J. Keirn Brennan. Musical Director: Max Meth. Featuring songs by Gus Kahn and Ray Henderson. Featuring songs with lyrics by Gus Kahn, Buddy DeSylva and Lew Brown. Choreographed by Ralph Reader, Earl Lindsey and Jan Oyra. Winter Garden Theatre: 15 Nov 1927- 24 Mar 1928 (151 performances). Cast: Tennylis Allyn, Lucille Arnold, William Baden, Julia Barker, Dan Berrigan, Beatrice Bickel, Allan Blair, Eleanor Brooks, Adelaide Candee, Buddy Carpenter, Cyrilla Casey, Mary Chandler, Eddie Chester, Louise Chowing, Charles Collins, Ethel Daniels, Annette Davies, Molly Davis, Jack Dayton, Willa De Brauw, Howard Deighton, Peggy Deighton, Doris Delairs, Doris Downes, Helen Doyle, Mary Ellis, Mildred Espy, Margie Evans, Helen Farez, Lillian Ford, Ethel Fuller, Catherine Gallimore, Walter Gilfoyle, Ruth Grace, Herman Grossman, Thalie Hamilton, Elizabeth Hill, Mary Hillyer, Margaret Hollyn, Walter Johnson, Jscherey & Hully, King, King & King, Maybell Leather, George Leland, Betty LeMay, Peggy Lemay, Ted Lewis, Henrietta Livingstone, Barbara Lloyd, Marie Lovette, Madeline Luzon, Marion Luzon, Neva Lynn, Dana Mayo, John Herbert McDowell, Elena Meade, Florence Moore, Margaret Moore, Iris Morse, William Neeley, Peggy Neil, Jack Norris, Marietta O'Brien, Harry O'Neal, Jack Osterman, Phillip Ott, Jan Oyra Dorothy Palmer, Chauncey Parsons, Patty Patterson, Nayan Pearce, Jack Pearl, Agatha Phillips, Imogene Phillips, Manilla Powers, Rosalind Rensing, Gene Roberts, Madeleine Russell, Arthur Schnitzer, Muriel Seely, Katherine Sheeran, Kay Simmons, Jack Squires, Mozel Stapp, Jo Storace, Dolly Thain, Katrina Trask, Veloz and Yolanda, Marjorie Vernelli, Amy von Hansa, Myrtle Wagner, Bee Walz, Dorothy Weber, Gladys Wheaton, Jack White, Josephine White, Mazie White, Marjorie Younger. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1928) Stage Play: Whoopee! Musical comedy. Material adaption by William Anthony McGuire. Based on "The Nervous Wreck" by Owen Davis. Music by Walter Donaldson. Lyrics by Gus Kahn. Musical Director: Gustave Salzer. Dialogue directed by William Anthony McGuire. Dances and Ensembles Staged by Seymour Felix. Directed by Seymour Felix. New Amsterdam Theatre: 4 Dec 1928- 23 Nov 1929 (407 performances). Cast included: Eddie Cantor, Jean Ackerman, Josephine Adair, Sylvia Adam, Colette Ayers, Agnes Ayres, Mabel Baade, Peggy Bancroft, Elsie Behrens, Olive Brady, Ann Brown, Dorothy Brown, Sam Bunin, Katherine Burke, Spencer Charters, Chief Caupolican, Frank Colletti, Marie Conway, Mary Coyle, Myrna Darby, Ruth Downey, Betty Dumbris, Madeline Dunbar, Buddy Ebsen, Bill Erickson, Ruth Etting, Harold Ettos, Muriel Flood, Hazel Forbes, Bob Forte, Tamara Geva, Jack Gifford, Gladys Glad, Betty Gray, Muriel Gray, Paul Gregory, Edouard Grobe, Francis Guinan, Albert Hackett (as "Chester Underwood"), Vivian Hall, James P. Houston, Meredith Howard, Don Hudson, Tom Hughes, Yvonne Hughes, Elenor Hunt, George Huntington, Jack James, Mary Jane, Louise Joyce, Lillian Knight, David Labris, Wynne Lark, Helen Lehigh, Tom Leventhal, Jack Lewis, Olga Loft, Elaine Mann, Chas. Mayon, Freda Mierse, Frieda Mierse, Gwendolyn Milne, Joe Minitello, Louis Morrell, Catherine Moylan, Edward Nadeau, Pat O'Day, Agnes O'Laughlin, Lillian Ostrum, Connie Owens, Dorothy Paterson, Dorothy Patterson, Charles Pettinger, Will H. Philbrick, Valerie Raemier, Pauline Ray, Bob Rice, Rita Riecker, Marion Roberts, Waldo Roberts, Jerry Rogers, Irving Ross, Jack Rutherford, Jack Shaw, Ethel Shutta, Adele Smith, Frances Upton, Helen Walsh, Matt Webster, Bobbe Weeks, Bobbie Wellsley, Gil White. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.. Note: Filmed by The Samuel Goldwyn Company [distributed by United Artists] as Whoopee! (1930).
- (1929) Stage Play: Show Girl. Musical comedy. Music by George Gershwin. Material by William Anthony McGuire. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Gus Kahn [final Broadway credit during lifetime]. Based the novel by J.P. McEvoy. Musical Director: William Daly. Additional lyrics by Thomas Malie, Sidney Skolsky, W.H. Farrell and Jimmy Durante. Additional music by W.H. Farrell and Jimmy Durante. Featuring songs by J. Little. Directed by William Anthony McGuire. Ziegfeld Theatre: 2 Jul 1929- 5 Oct 1929 (111 performances). Cast: Florence Allen, Virginia Allen, Jean Althan, Selma Althan, Jane Barry, Betty Bassett, Marcia Bell, Eddee Belmont, Caryl Bergman, Hazel Boffinger, Dorothy Bow, Bobby Brodsley, Pamela Bryant, Orine Bryne, Edna Bunte, Emily Burton, Dorothy Carrigan, Doris Carson, Peggy Carthew, Virginia Case, Lew Clayton, Blaine Cordner, Billie Cortez, Cleo Cullen, Dona Desne Curry, Gertrude Dahl, Dolores De Fina, Mildred Defina, Violet Dell, Katherine Downer, Doris Downes, Alma Drange, Sadie Duff, Jimmy Durante (as "Snozzle/Sombre Eyes"), Kay English, Caja Eric, Austin Fairman (as "John Milton"), Eddie Foy Jr. (as "Denny Kerrigan"), Noel Francis (as "Peggy Ritz"), Virginia Frank, Vera Frederick, Janet Gibbard, Dolores Grant, Viola Hage, Ruth Hayden, Althea Heinly, Kathryn Hereford, Harriet Hoctor, Maurine Holmes, Eddie Jackson, Andy Jochim, Agatha Johann, Juliette Jones, Ruby Keeler (as "Dixie Dugan"), Mildred Klaw, Renee Landeau, Ada Landis, Camille Lanier, Ruth Love, Nick Lucas, Joseph Macauley, Mary MacDonald, Lottie Marcy, Doris May, Patricia McGrath, Frank McHugh (as "Jimmy Doyle"), Dorothy Morgan, Howard Morgan, Barbara Newberry, Evelyn Nichols, Dore Nodine, Lucille O'Connor, Pat O'Keefe, Georgia Payne, Lois Peck, Leonia Pennington, Vivian Porter, Beatrice Powers, Dolores Ray, Louise Raymond, Dorothy Ryan, Blanche Satchell, Matthew Smith, Wanda Stevenson, Mildred Swunke, Calvin Thomas, Mildred Turner, Sunny Van, Claire Wayne, Jean Wayne, Virginia Whitmore. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. Notes: (1) This mediocre production was greatly enhanced by pre-Broadway publicity when Al Jolson serenaded his wife, Ruby Keeler, during her dance to the Gershwin tune "Liza", from the audience on it's opening night in Boston. This impromptu performance was greeted enthusiastically but Ms. Keeler withdrew from the show soon after it's Broadway opening. (2) This would prove to be the last profitable Zeigfeld production.
- (1985) Stage Play: [Posthumous credit] Singin' in the Rain. Musical comedy. Based on the 1952 film by MGM. Screenplay by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Book adapted by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Music by Nacio Herb Brown. Lyrics by Arthur Freed. Music arranged by Stanley Lebowsky. Musical Director: Robert Billig. Music orchestrated by Larry Wilcox. Music for "Hub Bub" by Stanley Lebowsky. Music for "Moses Supposes" by Roger Edens. Music for "Blue Prelude" by Al Bishop. Lyrics for "Moses Supposes" by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Lyrics for "Takin' Miss Mary to the Ball" by Edward Heyman. Lyrics for "Love Is Where You Find It" by Gus Kahn. Lyrics for "Blue Prelude" by Gordon Jenkins. Royal Rascal sequence and Cosmo Mood Music by Michael Dansicker. Scenic Design by Santo Loquasto. Costume Design by Ann Roth. Choreographed by Twyla Tharp.Original film choreography by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen. Assistant to Miss Tharp: John Carrafa. Directed by Twyla Tharp. George Gershwin Theatre: 2 Jul 1985- 18 May 1986 (367 performances + 38 previews that began on 13 Jun 1985). Cast: Don Correia (as "Don Lockwood/Philippe/"The Royal Rascal" -- played by Don Lockwood/Pierre/The Dueling Cavalier/The Dancing Cavalier" -- played by Don Lockwood"), Mary D'Arcy (as "Kathy Selden"), Richard Fancy (as "Roscoe Dexter"), Faye Grant (as "Lina Lamont/Jeanette/"The Royal Rascal" -- played by Lina Lamont/Yvonne/The Dueling Cavalier/The Dancing Cavalier" -- played by Lina Lamont"), Peter Marx (as "Cosmo Brown"), Ray Benson (as "Ensemble/Enemy of the King/The Royal Rascal"), John Carrafa (as "Ensemble"), Richard Colton (as "Ensemble"), Austin Colyer (as "Diction Coach/A Warner Brother/Ensemble"), Jacque Dean (as "Phoebe Dinsmore/Ensemble"), Diane Duncan (as "Ensemble/Lady of the Court/The Dueling Cavalier/The Dancing Cavalier"), Yvonne Dutton (as "Ensemble"), Craig Frawley (as "Ensemble/Enemy of the King/The Royal Rascal"), Melinda Gilb (as "Dora Bailey/Ensemble"), Katie Glasner (as "Ensemble"), Barbara Hoom (as "Ensemble"), David-Michael Johnson (as "Ensemble"), Mary Ann Kellogg (as "Zelda Zanders/Ensemble"), Raymond Kurshals (as "Ensemble"), Alison Mann (as "Ensemble/Lady of the Court/The Dueling Cavalier/The Dancing Cavalier"), Barbara Moroz (as "Ensemble/Lady of the Court/The Dueling Cavalier/The Dancing Cavalier"), Kevin O'Day (as "Ensemble"), Robert Radford (as "Rod/Ensemble"), Tom Rawe (as "Ensemble"), Hansford Rowe (as "R.F. Simpson"), Gene Sager (as "Ensemble/Enemy of the King/The Royal Rascal/Manservant/The Dueling Cavalier/The Dancing Cavalier"), John Spalla (as "Sound Engineer/Ensemble/Man on Screen/Talking Picture Demonstration"), Amy Spencer (as "Ensemble"), Cynthia Thole (as "Ensemble/Lady-in-Waiting/The Dueling Cavalier/The Dancing Cavalier") [Broadway debut], Martin Van Treuren (as "Sid Phillips/Ticket Taker/Ensemble/Enemy of the King/The Royal Rascal/Villain/The Dueling Cavalier/The Dancing Cavalier"), Shelley Washington (as "Ensemble"), Laurie Williamson (as "Ensemble"). Swings: David Askler, Cheri Butcher, Brad Morantz. Understudies: Austin Colyer (as "R.F. Simpson"), Brad Morantz (as "Cosmo Brown"), Barbara Moroz (as "Lina Lamont"), Donn Simione (as "Don Lockwood"), John Spalla (as "Roscoe Dexter"), Cynthia Thole (as "Kathy Selden"). Replacement actors during run: Diane Duncan (as "Zelda Zanders"), Mark Frawley (as "Ensemble"), Carolyn Goor (as "Ensemble"), Michael Graham (as "Ensemble"), Nancy Hess (as "Ensemble"), Dana Moore (as "Ensemble"), Greg Schanuel (as "Ensemble"), Jeff Siebert (as "Ensemble"). Swing: Christina Saffran. Produced by Maurice Rosenfield, Lois F. Rosenfield and Cindy Pritzker Inc. Associate Producer: Eugene V. Wolsk.
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