- Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- Sons of Ham (1900). Comedy.
- Sons of Ham (1901). Comedy (revival).
- The Wild Rose (1902). Musical comedy. Music by Ludwig Englander. Book by Harry B. Smith and George V. Hobart. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith and George V. Hobart. Musical Director: Frederic Solomon. Featuring songs with lyrics by William H. Penn, Ren Shields [earliest Broadway credit] and Clifton Crawford. Additional lyrics by William Jerome, Junie McCree, Cecil Mack, John Gilroy and Vincent Bryan. Additional music by Harry Linton, Will Marion Cook, Harry von Tilzer, Ben Jerome, Melville Ellis and Jean Schwartz. Scenic Design by D. Frank Dodge. Costume Design by Caroline Seidle. Dances arranged by Adolph Neuberger. Directed by George W. Lederer. Knickerbocker Theatre: 5 May 1902- 30 Aug 1902 (136 performances). Cast: Madge Adae (as "Diane D'Ivry"), Marion Alexander (as "La Boulotte"), George Ali (as "Baby"), Neva Aymer (as "Michelline"), Theresa Barron (as "Lena"), David Bennett (as "Lieutenant Marcel de Talleyrand-Perigord"), Irene Bentley (as "Rose Romany"), Irene Bishop (as "Fanchonette"), William Wallace Black (as "Count von Lahn/Scipio"), Minna Blackman (as "Lisa "), Madge Brooks (as "La Radieuse"), Marie Cahill (as "Vera von Lahn"), Viola Carlstedt (as "Lieutenant Goetz"), Marguerite Clark (as "Lieutenant Gaston Gardennes"), Ma Belle Davis (as "Cigale"), Louise De Rigney (as "Lieutenant Bourbon"), Belva Don Kersley (as "Germinie"), Teddie DuCoe (as "Gretchen"), Elsie Ferguson (as "Philomele"), Evelyn Florence (as "Vashti"), Mazie Follette (as "Petite Singe"), Edwin Foy (as "Paracelsus Noodles"), Ida Gabrielle (as "Rafael"), Archie Guerin (as "Fritz"), Averell Harris (as "Lieutenant Walther"), Albert Hart (as "Mahomet"), Charles Hooker (as "Lieutenant Pierre de Rastignac"), Helga Howard (as "Beppo"), Ethel Jewett (as "La Joyeuse"), Louis Kelso (as "Lieutenant Henri St. Bris"), Elba Kenny (as "Lieutenant Charlevoix"), Richard Lambert (as "Major Hauptmann"), V.H. Lee (as "Lieutenant Conrad"), David Lythgoe (as "Rudolph von Walden"), Hazel Manchester (as "Barbara "), Madge Marston (as "Eve Bonheur"), Junie McCree (as "Victor Hugo de Brie"), Rube Miller (as "Lieutenant Franz von Richter"), Charles Morton (as "Lieutenant Leopold"), E.H. O'Connor (as "Aristotle"), Carrie E. Perkins (as "Mirabel"), Nina Randall (as "La Rouleuse"), Mollie Sherwood (as "Rosalie"), Maida Van Buren (as "Rigolette"), Mai Walker (as "Lieutenant Drachenfels"). Produced by George W. Lederer.
- In Dahomey (1903).
- The Southerners (1904).
- Mrs. Black Is Back (1904).
- Marrying Mary (1906). Musical. Music by Silvio Hein. Book by Edwin Milton Royle. Based on the play "My Wife's Husbands" by Edwin Milton Royle. Lyrics by Benjamin Hapgood Burt. Musical Director: Silvio Hein. Featuring songs by Chris Smith. Featuring songs with lyrics by Cecil Mack. Daly's Theatre: 27 Aug 1906- 6 Oct 1906 (43 performances). Cast: Franklyn Ardell (as "Eph"), Roy Atwell (as "Willie Drinkwater"), George Backus (as "Reverend Thorley Throcmorton"), Annie Buckley (as "Fleurette"), Marie Cahill (as "Mary Montgomery"), Frances Carruthers (as "Miss Keene"), William Courtleigh (as "Ormsby Kelpepper"), Eugene Cowles (as "Colonel Henry Clay Kulpepper"), Annabelle Gordon (as "Miss Smith"), Bessie Graham (as "Miss Brown"), Ben. F. Grennell (as "M. Archambeau"), William Herman (as "Head Waiter"), Jane Hewitt (as "Miss Morton"), Elizabeth King (as "Miss Wiley"), Sadie Long (as "Miss Verdon"), George Lyman (as "Bell-Boy"), Olga May (as "Miss Savage"), Anna Mooney (as "Miss Greene"), James A. Reid (as "Porter"), Elsie Shaw (as "Miss Longfront"), Ethel Shaw (as "Miss Arbuckle"), Mark Smith (as "Bishop Brigham Smudge"), Virginia Staunton (as "Kitty Kulpepper"), Virginia Steinhardt (as "Miss Longsince"), Blanche West (as "Miss Curley"), H. Guy Woodward (as "Senator David Bunchgrass"). Produced by Daniel V. Arthur.
- Bandanna Land (1908). Musical comedy. Music by Will Marion Cook. Book by Jesse A. Shipp and Alex Rogers. Lyrics by Jesse A. Shipp and Alex Rogers. Featuring "Somewhere" by Joe Jordan and Frank H. Williams. Featuring "Late Hours" by David Kempner and Bert Williams. Featuring "It's Hard to Love Somebody" by Cecil Mack and Chris Smith. Featuring "Kinky" and "When I Was Sweet Sixteen" by Mord Allen. Featuring "When I Was Sweet Sixteen" by J. Leubrie Hill. Orchestra under the direction of Will Marion Cook and James J. Vaughan. Musical numbers directed by Aida Overton. Staged by Jesse A. Shipp and Alex Rogers. Majestic Theatre: 3 Feb 1908- 18 Apr 1908 (89 performances). Cast: Abbie Mitchell Cook (as "Mandy Lou, niece of Amos"), J. Leubrie Hill (as "Sandy Turner, chairman of the corporation meeting"), Ada Rex (as "Angelina Diggs, teacher and president of the R.L.B.H. Society"), Alex Rogers (as "Amos Simmons, who owns the property that all the fuss is about"), Lavinia Rogers (as "Doc Foster, the Conjure Man"), Jesse A. Shipp (as "Mose Blackstone, a lawyer and founder of the T.S.C.R. Co."), Henry Troy (as "Mr. Collins, Secretary of the Corporation/Fred Lewis, Fountain Lewis' nephew"), Aida Overton Walker (as "Dinah Simmons, Amos' daughter"), George W. Walker (as "Bud Jenkins, Bon Bon Buddie"), Bert A. Williams (as "Skunkton Bowser, the missing heir"), Mord Allen (as "Si Springer, a janitor"), Bessie Brady (as "Amelia Green, Dinah's Schoolmate"), George Catlin (as "Jack Dimery, Uncle Apple Jack"), W.H. Chappelle (as "Sleepy Jim Harper"), Bertha Clarke (as "Cynthia, niece of Amos"), Maggie Davis (as "Julia Smothers, Dinah's Schoolmate"), Ida Day (as "Babe Brown, Dinah's Schoolmate"), Lloyd G. Gibbs (as "Deacon Sparks"), H.B. Guillaume (as "Dick Beel, on the Board"), Charles Hall (as "Jim Strode, on the Board"), Angelo Hously (as "Bill Hayden, on the Board"), Matt Hously (as "Neil Carter, on the Board"), Katie Jones (as "Becky White, a kid"), James E. Lightfoot (as "Mr. Wilson, large shareholder"), Hattie McIntosh (as "Sophie Simmons, Amos' wife"), Charles H. Moore (as "Pete Simmons, Amos' brother"), J. Francis Mores (as "Doc Foster, the Conjure Man"), Arthur Payne (as "Mr. White, on the Board"), J.P. Reed (as "Mr. Black, on the Board"), Sterling Rex (as "Mr. Jones, a large shareholder"), L.H. Saulsbury (as "Abe Milum, on the Board"), R. Henri Strange (as "Fountain Lewis, owner of the Carrolton Hotel barber shop"), G. Henry Tapley (as "Mr. Brown, on the Board"), James M. Thomas (as "Sid Morgan, on the Board"), Ada Vaughan (as "Jim Harper, Jr."), Bessie Vaughan Sue Higgins, Dinah's Schoolmate"), Marguerite Ward (as "Sis Black, a kid"), Frank H. Williams (as "Mr. Green, on the Board"). Produced by F. Ray Comstock.
- His Honor: The Barber (1911).
- Runnin' Wild (1923). Musical comedy. Music by James Johnson. Book by F. E. Miller and Aubrey L. Lyles. Lyrics by Cecil Mack. Choreographed by Lyda Webb. New Colonial Theatre: 29 Oct 1923- 28 Jun 1924 (228 performances/production closed from 4 May 1924- 22 Jun 1924 and reopened as a revamped version on 23 Jun 1924 to close). Cast: Alice Allison, Bessie Allison, Hazel Anderson, Leonora Bradley, Leila Brogden, Ralph Bryson, Ralph Cooper, Norma Davis, Marie DeVoe, Mildred Dixon, Ina Duncan, Paul C. Floyd, Billy Foster, Gwendolyn Graham, Eddie Gray, Adelaide Hall (as "Adalade"), Vivian Harris, Georgette Harvey, Monte Hawley, C. Wesley Hill, Marguerite Howard, Revella Hughes, Dorothy Irving, J. Wesley Jeffrey, Adelaide Jones, Ruth Lambert, Bob Lee, A.L. Lyles, Arthur Mason, F.E. Miller, Lionel Monagas (as "Tom Sharper"), Charles Olden (as "Head Waiter"), Arthur D. Porter, Dorothy Rhodes, Amey Roden, Charles Saltez, George Stamper, George Stephens, Ela Thomas, Jessie Wallace, Lyda Webb, Elizabeth Welsh, Theresa West, Percy Wiggins, Mattie Wilkes, Beatrice Williams, Joseph Wilson, Tommy Woods, James H. Woodson, Katherine Yarborough. Produced by George White.
- Kilpatrick's Old-Time Minstrels (1930).
- Lew Leslie's Blackbirds (1930). Musical revue [All Black Cast].
- Rhapsody in Black (1931).
- Swing It (1937).
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