- (1901 - 1917) The following works were adapted for the Broadway stage:
- (1901) Stage Play: Vienna Life. Music by Johann Strauss. Original Viennese libretto by Leo Stein [earliest Broadway credit] and Victor Leon. Lyrics by Glen MacDonough. Book adapted by Glen MacDonough. Musical Director: Selle Simonson. Directed by A.W.F. MacCollin. Broadway Theatre: 23 Jan 1901- 23 Feb 1901 (35 performances). Produced by Rudolph Aronson.
- (1907) Stage Play: The-Merry-Go-Round. Musical comedy. Directed by George F. Marion.
- (1911) Stage Play: Vera Violetta. Musical comedy. From the German of Leo Stein. Lyrics by Harold Atteridge. Directed by Lewis Morton. Winter Garden Theatre: 20 Nov 1911- 24 Feb 1912 (112 performances).
- (1912) Stage Play: The Woman Haters. Musical/operetta. Book by George V. Hobart. Music by Edmund Eysler. Lyrics by George V. Hobart. Based on the Viennese operette 'Die Frauenfresser' by Leo Stein and Karl Lindau. Additional music by Walter Kollo. Additional lyrics by M.E. Rourke and Jerome Kern. Musical Direction by John Lund. Directed by George F. Marion. Astor Theatre: 7 Oct 1912- 2 Nov 1912 (32 performances). Produced by A.H. Woods.
- (1913) Stage Play: My Little Friend. Musical/farce. Book adapted by Harry B. Smith. Music by Oscar Straus. Lyrics by Robert B. Smith. Based on the German version of the Viennese book 'Die kleine Freudlin' by Dr. A.M. Willner and Leo Stein. Musical Director: Antonio DeNovellis. Choreographed by Joseph C. Smith. Directed by Herbert Gresham. New Amsterdam Theatre: 19 May 1913- 7 Jun 1913 (24 performances). Produced by Whitney Opera Co.
- (1913) Stage Play: The Doll Girl. Musical. Music by Leo Fall, from a Viennese libretto by Leo Stein and A.M. Willner. Globe Theatre: 25 Aug 1913- 8 Nov 1913 (88 performances). Cast: Adrienne Allen (as "Chorus"), Edith Allen (as "Chorus"), Louise Astor (as "Chorus"), Veronique Banner (as "Toto"), Edith Barr (as "Chorus"), Barbara Bel Babas (as "Francine"), Florence Brodbelt (as "Cora"), Edith Burch (as "Chorus"), Carolyn Burke (as "Chorus"), Richard Carle (as "Marquis de la Tourelle"), M.A. Carpenter (as "Chorus"), Alice Carrington (as "Chorus"), Maude Christie (as "Chorus"), Edward Coleman (as "Chorus"), Constance Crane (as "Chorus"), Matthew Crosson (as "Chorus"), Roger Davis (as "Chorus"), Radford D'Orsay (as "Chorus"), Helen Dudley (as "Belle"), Clara Eckstrom (as "Madame Merlin"), Robert Evett (as "Tiborius"), Helen Fell (as "Chorus"), Emily Francis (as "Mlle. Poche"), W.G. Freeman (as "Chorus"), Mabel Gebeau (as "Chorus"), Adelaide Hall (as "Chorus"), Ethel Hamilton (as "Chorus"), Edith Hardlow (as "Perinne"), Laura Harland (as "Chorus"), Charles Hartman (as "Chorus"), Veola Harty (as "Heloise"), Fannie Hasbrouck (as "Chorus"), David Heilbrunn (as "Chorus"), Carl C. Judd (as "Marcel/Chorus"), Mazie King (as "Dance Specialty"), Victor Le Roy (as "Pierre/Chorus"), Lillian LeRoy (as "Lily"), Blanche Lipton (as "Chorus"), Selma Mantell (as "Chorus"), Charles McNaughton (as "Buffon"), Ethel Milton (as "Chorus"), Marion Mobsy (as "Mme. Laurent"), Anna Monette (as "Chorus"), Ralph Nairn (as "Daudalon"), James B. O'Reilly (as "Chorus"), Alice Palmer (as "Suzette"), David Romaine (as "Chorus"), Eugene Shepherd (as "Chorus"), Cheridah Simpson (as "Mme. Prunier"), James A. Smith (as "Chorus"), Theodore Stein (as "Chorus"), John W. Walker (as "Chorus"), Letha Walters (as "Madame Bichon"), Dency Watson (as "Chorus"), Dorothy Webb (as "Yvette"), Will West (as "Romeo Talmi"), Hattie Williams (as "Rosalilla"). Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1915) Stage Play: The Peasant Girl. Musical. Book adapted by Edgar Smith. Music by Oskar Nedbal. Lyrics by Herbert Reynolds and Harold Atteridge. Original Viennese Book "Polenblut" by Leo Stein. Additional music by Rudolf Friml and Clifton Crawford. Additional lyrics by Clifton Crawford. Musical Direction by Gaetano Merola. Scenic Design by Ackerman Brothers. Costume Design by Melville Ellis. Choreographed by Jack Mason. Directed by J.C. Huffman and J.H. Benrimo. 44th Street Theatre: 2 Mar 1915- 5 Jun 1915 (111 performances). Cast: Miss Alexander, Mr. Allison, Blanch Babbitt, Anna Berg, Miss Berry, Lucille Blair, Miss Boyd, Francis J. Boyle, Miss Bright, Miss. Brown, Miss Cedar, Florence Challenger, Miss Clayton, Clifton Crawford, Maude Crockett, Mr. Croft, Miss Davidson, Marjorie Dayton, Patsy De Forrest, Miss Ehilid, Miss Estey, Harold Everts, Ida Evon, Mr. Fest, Miss Flood, Miss P. Franklin, Miss. Gordon, Charles Guidon, Miss Hall, Edith Kingdon Hallor, M. Hamilton, Ernest Hare, Josephine Harriman, Miss Harrison, Stanley Henry, Miss Horn, Ethel Houston, M. Kessler, Miss Kline, Karen Krischner, Miss Lampe, Miss Lawlor, Mr. Lee, Leola Lucey, Henry Mack, Miss Maury, Mr. Miller, Miss Mitchell, Lucine Paula, Miss Perle, Frances Pritchard, Miss Raye, Miss Reynolds, Sol Singlust, Bertha Siple, Mr. Smith, Miss Spencer, Miss Stallman, Miss Sutton, Miss Taylor, John Charles Thomas, Emma Trentini, Mr. Wagner, Mr. Warren, Miss Watson, Constance Werner, Miss. Wolf, Letty Yorke. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Produced in association with F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest.
- (1915) Stage Play: The Blue Paradise. Book by Edgar Smith. Music by Edmund Eysler. Lyrics by Herbert Reynolds. Based on the operetta by Leo Stein and Bela Jenbch. Additional numbers by Leo Edwards and Sigmund Romberg. Additional lyrics by Blanche Merrill, Harold Atteridge and Cecil Lean. Additional music by Cecil Lean. Musical Director: Herbert Kerr. Scenic Design by J.H. Benrimo and Edward Sundquist. Costume Design by Josephs and Mme. Francis. Choreographed by Ed Hutchinson. Directed by J.H. Benrimo. Casino Theatre (moved to The 44th Street Theatre from 29 May 1916 to close): 5 Aug 1915- Jun 1916 (closing date unknown/356 performances). Cast: Helen Arlington, Walter Armin (as "Josef Stransky"), Betty Barclay, William Belton, James Billings, Jack Birkson, Monna Blanchard, Carolyn Burke, Hattie Burks, Joan Butlin, Bunty Davidson, Carrie De Noville, Mabel DeBahlul, Frances Demarest, Joseph Dillon, Ray Dodge, Winnifred Dunn, Marie Finney, Lottie Franklyn, Bernard Fritze, Marion George, Rose Gibson, Betty Grant, Gertrude Harrison, Eugene Hohenwart, Charles Holly, Kitty Kerwin, Cecil Lean, Ted Lorraine, Lucille Martin, Cleo Mayfield, Richard Melbourne, Elsa Mitchener, Mary Moriarty, Gypsy O'Brien (as "Chorus/Waitress/Chaperone"), Prudence O'Shea, Robert G. Pitkin, Alice Randolph, Josephine Ray, Stanley Rayburn, Nat Sanders, Mona Sartoris, Otto Schrader, Vivienne Segal, Sydelle Seit, Ruby Simpson, Edward Smith, Charles Starr, Dick Stewart, Charles Townshend, Camille Truesdale, Frank Wayne, Teddy Webb, Charles Weston, Alta Young. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1917) Stage Play: My Lady's Glove. Musical/operetta. Music by Oscar Straus. Additional numbers by Sigmund Romberg. Material by Edgar Smith and Edward A. Paulton. Lyrics by Edgar Smith and Edward A. Paulton. Based on a Viennese operetta by Leopold Jacobson and Leo Stein. Musical Direction by Gaetano Merola. Choreographed by Allan K. Foster. Production Supervised by J.J. Shubert. Directed by J.C. Huffman. Lyric Theatre: 18 Jun 1917- 30 Jun 1917 (16 performances). Cast: Isabel Adams, Faye Atkins, Gene Aubrey, Pearl Baremore, Helen Berkley, Paul Burtnett, Grace Burton, Joan Butlin, Sylvia Cassell, Rebekah Cauble, Florence Challenger, Beatrice Cloak, Suzanna Collingwood, Grace Daniels, Ann Delmore, Frances Demarest, Jack Donnelly, Herman Fink, Virginia Fissinger, Eleanor B. Fox, Lottie Franklyn, Arthur Geary, Mareta George, C.H. Gilbert, Mabel Godding, C.L. Henderson, Charles Judels, J.W. Kelly, Katherine Kildare, Fay King, Nita Lamabrid, Madeline Levene, Gladys Logan, Doris Marvin, Charles McNaughton, C.H. Miller, Ned Monroe, Ray Moore, Alexander Morrissey, Larry Mulvaney, Maude Odell, Charles Purcell, Josephine Ray, Helen Rintelen, Harold Rolland, Vivienne Segal, Florence Shortell, Horace Sinclair (as "Lieutenant Ponsonby") [Broadway debut], Joe Stenton, Teddy Stevens, Nadina Tagelli, Rose Timble, Kenneth Tudor, Neil Walton, Pearl Weber, Silvia Wood. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1917) Stage Play: The Riviera Girl. Musical comedy. Book by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse. Music by Emmerich Kálmán. Lyrics by P.G. Wodehouse. Based on a Viennese operette by Leo Stein [final Broadway credit during lifetime] and Bela Jenbch. Musical Director: Charles Previn. Choreographed by Julian Mitchell. Directed by Herbert Gresham. New Amsterdam Theatre: 24 Sep 1917- 15 Dec 1917 (78 performances). Cast: Dolly Alwyn (as "Chorus"), Wilda Bennett (as "Sylva Vareska"), Marjorie Bentley (as "The Butterfly/Daisy"), Arthur Burckley (as "Charles Lorenz"), Aubrey Burton (as "Chorus"), Viola Cain as "Claire Ferrier"), Edith Callan (as "Chorus"), Julia Callan (as "Chorus"), Kitty Carmen (as "Chorus"), Mae Carmen (as "Lucile"), Louis Casavant (as "Count Michael Lorenz"), Adele Christy (as "Chorus"), Edna Coigne (as "Chorus"), Miss Cotton (as "Chorus"), Flora Crosbie (as "Chorus"), Juliette Day (as "Birdie Springer"), Ethel Delmar (as "Babette/Chorus"), Florence Delmar (as "Julie/Chorus"), Nell Edwardy (as "Chorus"), Louise Evans (as "The New Star"), Frank Farrington (as "Anatole"), Grace Field (as "Chorus"), Miss Fielder (as "Chorus"), Carl Gantvoort (as "Victor de Berryl"), Bessie Gros (as "Cleo"), Sam Hardy (as "Sam Springer"), J. Clarence Harvey (as "Baron Ferrier"), Miss James (as "Chorus"), Eugene Lockhart [credited as Eugene Lockhart] (as "Gustave"), J. Lowe Murphy (as "Paul"), Miss Redding (as "Chorus"), Miss Rentelen (as "Chorus"), Gertrude Rial (as "Chorus"), William Sadler (as "Old Rigg"), Billy Vernon (as "Chorus"), Miss Winaut (as "Chorus"). Produced by Klaw & Erlanger.
- (1921) Stage Play: The Merry Widow. Musical/operetta (revival). Music by Franz Lehár. Lyrics by Adrian Ross. Book by Victor Leon and Leo Stein [posthumous credit]. Based on Henri Meilhac. Musical Director: Max Hirschfeld. Directed by George F. Marion. Knickerbocker Theatre: 5 Sep 1921- 22 Oct 1921 (56 performances). Produced by Henry W. Savage. Note: Mr. Stein died on 28 Jul 1921 in Vienna while play was in pre-production.
- (1929) Stage Play: The Merry Widow. Musical/operetta (revival). Music by Franz Lehár. Lyrics by Adrian Ross.
- (1931) Stage Play: The Merry Widow. Musical/operetta (revival). Music by Franz Lehár. Lyrics by Adrian Ross.
- (1909) Stage Play: The Love Cure. Musical/romance. Music by Edmund Eysler. Book by Oliver Herford. From the German of Leo Stein and Karl Lindau. Lyrics by Oliver Herford. Musical Direction by Augustus Barratt. Scenic Design by Walter Burridge. Costume Design by Madame Moore and Mme. Zimmerman. Lighting Design by Joseph Wilson. Directed by George F. Marion. New Amsterdam Theatre (moved to The Grand Opera House from 3 Jan 1909 to close): 1 Sep 1909- Jan 1910 (closing date unknown/78 performances). Cast: Miss Allen, Joseph Allen, Miss Bell, Portia Belma, Miss Benson, Jack Bergman, (M) Black, Elgie Bowen, Miss Burnham, Miss Campbell, Craig Campbell, Miss Everett, Eva Fallon, Fred Frear, (M) Grahay, Miss Hart, James Horne, Alice Hosmer, Harry Hyde, William Kaestner, M. Kern, Arda La Croix, Miss Landers, (M) McConville, George McDermott, Miltern Pollock, George Pullman, Jane Quirk, Pedro Reddiman, Madeline Rellis, Cecelia Renard, Blanche Rice, Helen Rockefeller, Miss E. Rogers, Charles J. Ross, Henry Russell, Margaret Sayre, (M) Schnager, Miss St. Clair, Miss Temple, Raymond Van Sickle, Miss Vivian, Grace Waldo, Thomas J. Walsh, Miss Wellington, Miss West, M. Whiting. Produced by Henry W. Savage.
- (1911) Stage Play: The Siren. Musical. Music by Leo Fall. Book by Leo Stein and Dr. A.M. Willner. English libretto by Harry B. Smith. Music orchestrated by Harold Vicars. Featuring songs by Jerome Kern, Worton David and Egbert Van Alstyne. Featuring songs with lyrics by Adrian Ross, M.E. Rourke, Herbert Reynolds, Herbert Thompson and George Arthurs. Directed by Thomas Reynolds. Knickerbocker Theatre: 28 Aug 1911- 16 Dec 1911 (116 performances). Cast: Mollie Alexander (as "Ensemble"), Edith Allen (as "Ensemble"), Alice Ashe (as "Ensemble"), Veronique Banner (as "Robertine"), Sydney Baram (as "Ensemble"), Audrey Berton (as "Ensemble"), Donald Brian (as "Armand, Marquis de Ravaillac"), Edith Burch (as "Ensemble"), Edwin Burch (as "Ensemble"), Marie Butler (as "Ensemble"), Sara Carr (as "Pepi"), Frances Ceratt (as "Ensemble"), Gilbert Childs (as "Grion"), Gene Cole (as "Alberta"), Gilbert Coleman (as "Ensemble"), Ethel Davis (as "Freda"), Roger Davis (as "Ensemble"), Pauline Delorme (as "Yvonne"), Beatrice D'Essling (as "Ninon"), Louise Donovan (as "Magda"), Jacqueline DuBarry (as "Ensemble"), Candida Dundas (as "Ensemble"), Clementine Dundas (as "Justine"), Bessie Durant (as "Ensemble"), Clara Eckstrom (as "Ensemble"), Florence Farmer (as "Ensemble"), Winship Fink (as "Ensemble"), Elizabeth Firth (as "Clarisse"), Hazel Flint (as "Ensemble"), Walter Gilbert (as "Ensemble"), Jane Hall (as "Mimi"), Henry Holt (as "Ensemble"), Marie Hurst (as "Ensemble"), Constance Hyatt (as "Ensemble"), George Johnson (as "Ensemble"), Ethel Kelly (as "Toni"), Adelaide Kornau (as "Ensemble"), Anna Kuehl (as "Ensemble"), Victor Le Roy (as "Ladislas"), Edith Lennox (as "Ensemble"), Leah Lennox (as "Ensemble"), Florence Mack (as "Ensemble"), Moya Mannering (as "Suzanne"), Edward Marshall (as "Ensemble"), Minnie Martin (as "Ensemble"), Helen May (as "Franzi"), Florence Morrison (as "Frau Eisenbehr"), Luther Mott (as "Ensemble"), Frank Moulan (as "Baron Siegfried Bazilos"), Ralph O'Brien (as "Ensemble"), John O'Hanlon (as "Ensemble"), Lester Ostrander (as "Ensemble"), Caroline Puliam (as "Ensemble"), Julia Sanderson (as "Lolotte"), F. Pope Stamper (as "Malipote"), Edwin Stone (as "Ensemble"), Robert B. Toms (as "Ensemble"), Charles Vandivere (as "Ensemble"), Theodore Walters (as "Ensemble"), Will West (as "Hannibal Beckmesser"), George Wharton (as "Ensemble"), Molly Wyndham (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1953) Viktor Leon and his operetta, "The Merry Widow," was performed at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey with Dorothy Sandlin and Ted Scott in the cast. Frank Carrington and Agnes Morgan were directors.
- (1967) Viktor Leon and his operetta, "Merry Widow," was performed at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey with Dorothy Sandlin, Richard Fredericks and Edward Everett Horton in the cast. William Ross was director.
- (July 1981) Viktor Leon and he wrote the book for the musical, "The Merry Widow," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine. Franz Lehar was composer. Adrian Ross was lyricist.
- (Summer 1977) Viktor Leon and his musical, "The Merry Widow," was performed in a Kenley Players production at the Packard Music Hall Theatre in Warren; the Veterans Memorial Theatre in Columbus and Memorial Hall in Dayton, Ohio with Barbara Meister in the cast. John Kenley was artistic director.
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