- (1907 - 1947) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1907) Stage Play: The Oyster Man. Musical comedy.
- (1914) Stage Play: Ziegfeld Follies of 1914. Musical extravaganza. Music by Raymond Hubbell. Based on material by George V. Hobart (also lyrics with Gene Buck). Musical Director: Frank Darling. Additional music by Jean C. Havez, Bert Williams, Dave Stamper, A. Seymour Brown, J. Leubrie Hill and Will Vodery. Directed by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. and Leon Errol. New Amsterdam Theatre: 1 Jun 1914- 5 Sep 1914 (112 performances). Cast: Ottie Ardine, Jean Barnette, May Carmen, Stella Chatelaine, Herbert Clifton, Arthur Deagon, J. Bernard Dyllyn, Leon Errol, Gladys Feldman, Rita Gould, William Greenlaw, Bessie Gross, Freda Hirsch, Hilda Hirsch, R. Morton Horne, Kay Laurell, May Leslie, Ruby Lewis, Henry Lutz, George McKay, Louise Meyers, Vera Michelena, Dorothy Newell, Ann Pennington, Vivian Rogers, Gertrude Vanderbilt, Dal Vayne, Rose Wertz, Bert Williams, Ed Wynn, Addison Young. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1915) Stage Play: Ziegfeld Follies of 1915. Musical extravaganza. Music by Louis A. Hirsch and Dave Stamper. Based on material by Channing Pollock, Rennold Wolf and Gene Buck. Lyrics by Rennold Wolf, Channing Pollock and Gene Buck. Musical Director: Frank Darling. Featuring songs by Charles Elbert, Irving Berlin, Seymour Furth and Bert Williams. Featuring songs with lyrics by Ward Wesley, Irving Berlin and Will Vodery. Directed by Julian Mitchell and Leon Errol. New Amsterdam Theatre: 21 Jun 1915- 18 Sep 1915 (104 performances). Cast: Helen Barnes, Lucille Cavanaugh, Ina Claire, Peggy Dana, Ethel Davies, Emil Dwyer, Phil Dwyer, Marcelle Earle, Leon Errol, Gladys Feldman, W.C. Fields, Dorothy Godfrey, Bernard Granville, Flo Hart, May Hennessy, Justine Johnstone, Evelyn Kerner, Kay Laurell, Gladys Loftus, Muriel Martin, Mae Murray, Oakland Sisters, May Paul, Ann Pennington, Carl Randall, Helen Rook, John Ryan, Dorothy St. Clair, Margaret St. Clair, Melville Stewart, Olive Thomas, Miss Touraine, Lottie Vernon, Nancy Wallace, Dottie Wang, Bunny Wendell, Rose Werts, Will West, George White, Edith Whitney, Bert Williams, Miss Wilson, Ed Wynn. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1916) Stage Play: Ziegfeld Follies of 1916. Musical extravaganza. Music by Louis A. Hirsch, Jerome Kern, Dave Stamper and Irving Berlin. Book by George V. Hobart and Gene Buck. Lyrics by George V. Hobart and Gene Buck. Featuring songs by Dave Stamper, Nat Ayer, Jerome Kern, Will Vodery, Harry Carroll, Louis A. Hirsch, Franz Lehár and Leo Edwards. Featuring songs with lyrics by Clifford Grey, Alex Rogers, Ballard MacDonald, George V. Hobart and Blanche Merrill. Sketches by George V. Hobart and Gene Buck. Musical Director: Frank Darling. Directed by Ned Wayburn. New Amsterdam Theatre: 12 Jun 1916- 16 Sep 1916 (112 performances). Cast: Don Barclay, Helen Barnes, Norman Blume, Fanny Brice, Ethel Callahan, May Carmen, Ina Claire, Evelyn Conway, Marion Davies, Gladys Feldman, W.C. Fields, Bernard Granville, Helene Gunther, Emma Haig, Sam Hardy, Flo Hart, Clay Hill, Justine Johnstone, Grace Jones, Allyn King, Hazel Lewis, Gladys Loftus, Bird Millman, May Paul, Ann Pennington, Tot Qualters, Carl Randall, William Rock, Gertrude Scott, Peter Swift, Lilyan Tashman, Frances White, Arthur Whitman, Bert Williams. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1920) Stage Play: Three Showers. Musical comedy.
- (1920) Stage Play: Broadway Brevities of 1920. Musical revue. Lyrics by Blair Treynor. Music by Archie Gottler. Sketches by George LeMaire. Additional numbers by Arthur Jackson, George Gershwin, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Irving Caesar and Irving Berlin. Musical Direction by Louis Gress. Music orchestrated by Stephen Jones and Will Vodery. Lyrics by Blair Treynor. Music by Archie Gottler. Sketches by George LeMaire. Additional numbers by Arthur Jackson, George Gershwin, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Irving Caesar and Irving Berlin. Musical Direction by Louis Gress. Music orchestrated by Stephen Jones and Will Vodery. Directed by James C. Huffman. Winter Garden Theatre: 29 Sep 1920- 18 Dec 1920 (105 performances). Cast: Marcelle Barnes, Kitty Berg, Phyllis Blair, Wilma Bruce, Eddie Buzzell, Ethel Callahan, Eddie Cantor, Delphine Deery, Mercedes Demordant, Jay Dillon, Virginia Dixon, Alma Drange, Alva Fenton, Catharine Flynn, Vera Grosset, Emlee Haddone, Dorothy Hall, Edith Hallor, Ona Hamilton, Alice Haynes, Genevieve Houghton, Renee Hughes, Jan Jarvis, Flora Keene, Florence Kern, Dorothy King, Natalie Kingston, Alexis Kosloff, George LeMaire, Helen LeVon, Carol Miller, Peggy Mitchell, Teck Murdock, Patricia Parker, Peggy Parker, Anna Paulson, Estelle Penning, Edith Pollack, Virginia Roche, Ula Sharon, Dorothy Stokes, William Sully, Paul Van Dyke, Hal Van Renssalaer, Norma Waterman, Elsie Westcott, Bert Williams, Beverly Worth, Hilda Wright. Produced by George LeMaire.
- (1921) Stage Play: Shuffle Along. Musical comedy.
- (1922) Stage Play: Plantation Revue. Musical revue.
- (1922) Stage Play: Music Box Revue [1922-23]. Musical revue. Book by Irving Berlin. Music by Irving Berlin. Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Musical Director: Frank Tours. Music orchestrated by Frank Tours, Steven Jones, Charles Grant, Alfred Dalby, Arthur Gutman, Will Vodery and Roy Webb. Scenic Design by Clark Robinson. Costume Design by Ralph Mulligan and Adrian. Directed by Hassard Short. Music Box Theatre: 23 Oct 1922- 4 Aug 1923 (330 performances). Cast: Amelia Allen, Miss Ange, Miss Aphia, Estar Banks, Florence Barry, Viola Boles, Olga Borowski, Dorothy Brown, Wynne Bullock, Bobby Clark, Miss Claussen, Lucille Constante, Elaine Courtney, Cyrena Dahl, Louise Dale, Polly Day, Aphia Dixie, Madeline Fairbanks, Marion Fairbanks, Hilda Ferguson, Viola Fraas, Gloria Gale, William Gaxton, Herbert Goff, Charlotte Greenwood, Perry Higgins, Aphia Hurlburt, Jackie Hurlburt, Margaret Irving, Sunshine Jarmann, Madelyn Killeen, Fraun Koski, Grace La Rue, Miss Lynn, Joseph Marquis, Trude Marr, Sherry Marshall, Dorothy McCarthy, Margaret McCarthy, Paul McCullough, Maragaret McKee, Miriam Miller, Robinson Newbold, Mary O'Brien, Olivette, Ruth Page, Dick Rath, George Rath, Margaret Redfield, Gladys Reith, Leila Ricard, Helen Rich, Nellie Roberts, Rosemary, Marie Russell, William Seabury, Hal Sherman, Eva Soble, Margaret Stanley, John Steel, Stowitts, Ward Tallmon, John Walsh, Kendall Wood. Produced by Sam Harris.
- (1923) Stage Play: How Come? Musical comedy.
- (1925) Stage Play: Florida Girl. Musical comedy.
- (1926) Stage Play: No Foolin'. Musical revue. Music by Rudolf Friml. Lyrics by Gene Buck, Irving Caesar and Ballard MacDonald. Featuring songs by James Hanley. Book by J.P. McEvoy and James Barton. Musical Director: Alfred Goodman. Music orchestrated by Charles Grant, Steven Jones, Will Vodery and Emil Gerstenberger. Music arranged by Walter Haenschen. Choreographed by John Boyle. Staged by Ben Ali Haggin. Directed by Edward Royce and Walter Wilson. Globe Theatre: 24 Jun 1926- 25 Sep 1926 (108 performances). Cast: Bernice Ackerman, Wilma Ansell, Mabel Baade, Arthur Baer, James Barton, George Baxter, Elsie Behrens, Marian Benda, Beth Berri, (Miss) Blackburne, Louise Brown, Katherine Burke, Lew Christy, Thelma Connor, Velma Connor, Walter Costello, Edna Covey, Jack Cronin, Morton Croswell, Fay Culmer, (Miss) Dale, Clifford Daly, Myrna Darby, Carmine DiGiovanni, Ray Dooley, Alma Drange, Norma Dyal, Kay English, Mary Farrell, Peggy Fears, Irving Fisher, Alys Fitzgerald, Suzanne Fleming, Norma Forrest, Noel Francis, Genesko, Gladys Glad, Paulette Goddard, Ruth Grace, Yvonne Grey, Evelyn Grieg, Owen Harvey, Helen Herendeen, Mary Hopkins, Mary Jane, Flo Kennedy, Charles King, Andrew Knox, Kathleen Krosby, Eleanor Ladd, (Miss) LaMay, Miss Lane, Edna Leedom, Marjorie Leet, Claire Luce, Alice MacKenzie, Joseph Marievsky, (Miss) Mason, Bert McGuinnes, Murray Minehart, George Moeser, Moran and Mack, Edward Mowen, Mary Mulhern, Victor Munro, William Murray, Barbara Newberry, Greta Nissen, Yvonne Occent, Hilda Olsen, Helen O'Shea, Leslie Ostrander, Dorothy Patterson, Katherine Penman, Anastasia Reilly, Miss Shaw, Robert Shields, Lillian Smith, Biddy Somerset, Marion Strasmick, Andrew Tombes, Polly Walker, Miss Wayne, Dorothy Wegman, Miss Williams, Miss Wilson, Yacht Club Entertainers. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..
- (1927) Stage Play: Show Boat. Musical drama. Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Lyrics for "Bill" by P.G. Wodehouse. Music and lyrics for "Goodbye, My Lady Love" by Joseph E. Howard. Music and lyrics for "After the Ball" by Charles Harris [final Broadway credit during lifetime]. Material adaption by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on "Show Boat" by Edna Ferber. Musical Direction by Victor Baravalle. Choral direction by Will Vodery. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Scenic Design by Joseph Urban. Directed by E.B. 'Zeke' Colvan and Oscar Hammerstein II. Ziegfeld Theatre: 27 Dec 1927- 4 May 1929 (572 performances). Cast: Jules Bledsoe (as "Joe"), Alan Campbell, Bert Chapman, Laura Clairon, Jack Daley, Ted Daniels, Dorothy Denese, Charles Ellis (as "Steve"), Robert Farley, Estelle Floyd, Tommy Gunn (as "Vallon"), Annette Harding, Annie Hart, Aunt Jemima, J. Louis Johnson, Tana Kamp, Francis X. Mahoney, Howard Marsh, Helen L. Morgan (as "Julie"), Dagmar Oakland (as "Dolly"), Edna May Oliver (as "Parthy Ann Hawks"), Eva Puck, Mildred Schewenke, Eleanor Shaw, Phil Sheridan (as "Gambler"), Norma Terris, Sammy White, Charles Winninger (as "Cap'n Andy"), Jack Wynn. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. Note: Filmed as Show Boat (1929) and more notably as Show Boat (1936), which while successful, suffered production delays and cost overruns that ultimately led to the downfall of Carl Laemmle's reign at Universal Pictures. Later filmed by MGM (lavishly, if somewhat truncated musically) as Show Boat (1951).
- (1928) Stage Play: Keep Shufflin'. Musical comedy.
- (1931) Stage Play: Ziegfeld Follies of 1931. Musical revue. Sketches by Mark Hellinger, J.P. Murray and Gene Buck. Lyrics by Gene Buck, Joseph McCarthy, Charles Farrell, Mack Gordon, J.P. Murray, Barry Trivers, E.Y. Harburg, Jack Norworth and Noël Coward. Dialogue staged by Edward Clarke Lilley. Dances directed by Bobby Connolly and Albertina Rasch. Music by Harry Revel, Ben Oakland, Dave Stamper, Dimitri Tiomkin, Noël Coward, Nora Bayes, James Monaco, Chick Endor, Walter Donaldson, Jay Gorney and Hugo Riesenfeld. Music for "Pink Lady Waltz" by Ivan Caryll. Music for "(Shine On) Harvest Moon" by Jack Norworth. Music for "(Who Paid the Rent for Mrs.) Rip Van Winkle" by Alfred Bryan. Lyrics for "(Who Paid the Rent for Mrs.) Rip Van Winkle" by Fred Fisher. Music for "You Made Me Love You" Dance by Mack Gordon. Lyrics for "I'm With You" by Walter Donaldson. Musical Director: Oscar Bradley. Music orchestrated by Maurice De Packh, Will Vodery, Howard Jackson and Joe Jordan. Featuring songs by Powell and Stevens Assembled by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. Directed by Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. and Gene Buck. Ziegfeld Theatre: 1 Jul 1931- 21 Nov 1931 (165 performances). Cast: Iris Adrian, Albertina Rasch Dancers, Thomas Arace, Jack Arthur, Jean Audree, Faith Bacon, Robert Baldwin, Virginia Bethel, Virginia Biddle, Ethel Borden, Mildred Borst, Frank Britton, Milt Britton, Jack Bruns, John Bubbles, Buck & Bubbles, Joan Burgess, Katherine Burke, Alice Burrage, Arthur Campbell, Tito Carol, Gordon Carper, Albert Carroll, Helen Carson, Emmita Casanova, Catherine Clark, The Collette Sisters, Dorothy Dell, Netta Deuschateau, Dorothy Dodge, David Drollet, Betty Dumbris, Marguerite Durand, Marguerite Eisele, Georgia Ellis, Kay English, Caja Eric, Clayton Estes, Ruth Etting (as "Nora Bayes"), Dorothy Flood, Rosa Fromson, Rose Gale, Gladys Glad, Gene Gory, Yvonne Grey, John Gurney, Paul Gursdorff, Cliff Hall, Cassie Hanley, Helen Hannan, Pearl Harris, Eunice Holmes, Jean Howard, Billy Hughes, Russell Johns, Tom Kendall, George Lamar, Frank Lang, Hal Le Roy (as "Alphonso Smith"), Milton Le Roy, Marjorie Levoe, Boots Mallory, Christine Maple, Herschel Martin, Mitzi Mayfair, Lorelle McCarver, Ernest McChesney, Frank McCormack, Dennis McCurtin, Marjorie McLaughlin, Olive McLay, Frieda Mierse, Vera Milton, Grace Moore, Jim Moore, Helen Morgan, John Daly Murphy, Dorissa Nelova, Pat O'Day, Pearl Osgood, Earl Oxford, Anne Lee Patterson, Ruth Patterson, Jack Pearl, Vivian Porter, Betty Real, Mary Alice Rice, Harry Richman, Bernice Roberts, William Royal, A. Samish, Blanche Satchell, Billie Seward, Barbara Smith, Conrad Sparin, Marie Stevens, Leonard Stokes, Lena Thomas, Joseph Toner, Synny Trowbridge, Robert Walker, Helen Walsh, Eileen Wenzel, Robert White. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1933) Stage Play: Shuffle Along. Musical comedy.
- (1936) Stage Play: Ziegfeld Follies of 1936. Musical revue. Music by Vernon Duke. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Based on material by David Freeman. Musical Director: John McManus. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek, Conrad Sallinger, Robert Russell Bennett and Don Walker. Additional Orchestrations by Conrad Sallinger, Russell Bennett, Don Walker and Will Vodery. Scenic Design and Costume Design by Vincente Minnelli. Sketches directed by Eddie Dowling. Ballets directed by George Balanchine. Directed by John Murray Anderson and Edward C. Lilley. Winter Garden Theatre: 30 Jan 1936- 9 May 1936 (115 performances). Cast: Fanny Brice, Bob Hope, Gertrude Niesen, Eve Arden, Gene Ashley, Josephine Baker, Milton Barnett, Vicki Belling, Herman Belmonte, Prescott Brown, Edward Browne, Florine Callahan, Judy Canova, George Church, Stella Clauson, Evelyn Dale, Dorothy Daly, Maxine Darrell, Roger Davis, Nancy Dolan, Tom Draper, Althea Elder, George Enz, Helene Fromson, Thomas Gleason, Vera Haal, Georgia Hiden, Harriet Hoctor, Gay Hoff, John Hoyt, Stan Kavanaugh, Irene Kelly, Lyn Leslie, Ula Love, Elena Marano, Helene Marchand, Duke McHale, Rodney McLennan, Betty McMahon, Mary Alice Moore, Jean Moorhead, Howard Morgan, Jane Moxon, Paul Nelson, The Nicholas Brothers, Gertrude Niesen, Hugh O'Connell, Eileen O'Driscoll, Jessica Pepper, Gloria Pierre, Cherry Preisser, June Preisser, Isabel Pulsford, William Quentmeyer, Peggy Quinn, J. Ramos, Erminie Randolph, Frances Rands, Cornelia Rogers, J. Sastere, Marion Semler, Thelma Shearon, Didi Skoug, Marlyn Stuart, Ricki Tanzi, Peggy Thomas, Ethel Thorsen, Williem Van Loon, Marie Vanneman, Everette West, Irving West, Ben Yost. Produced by Billie Burke Ziegfeld, Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1937) Stage Play: Virginia. Musical/romance. Book by Laurence Stallings and Owen Davis. Music by Arthur Schwartz. Lyrics by Al Stillman. Music orchestrated by Ardon Cornwell, Hans Spialek, Phil Wall, Will Vodery, Maurice Baron. Vocal arrangements by Lee Montgomery and Kenny Christie. Book directed by Edward C. Lilley. Choreographed by Florence Rogge. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Stage Manager: Paul Porter. Assistant Stage Mgr: Burton McEvilly, William Torpey and Richard Whale. Technical Director: Frank Hall. Scenic Design by Lee Simonson. Directed by Leon Leonidoff. Center Theatre: 2 Sep 1937-23 Oct 1937 (60 performances). Cast: Martha Adamson, Ajax, James Allison, Nelson Ames, Viola Anderson, Avis Andrews, Elizabeth Andrews, Gene Archer, Bruce Barclay, Milton Barnette, Mona Barrie, John Barry, George Beach, Clarence Beasley, Bertha Belmore, Max Benson, Margaret Benton, Alice Berwald, Anne Booth, Geraldine Bork, Patricia Bowman, Virginia Browning, Nigel Bruce (as "His Excellency, Governor of the Colony"), John W. Bubbles, Ford L. Buck, Boris Butleroff, Jack Carr, Helen Carroll, Tania Clell, G. Congreve, Don Cortez, Henry Davis, John Diggs, Mable Downs, Janice Dremann, Laura Duncan, Ranolds Dupler, John Eldon, Maurice Ellis, Sally Ellis, Esta Elman, James Evans & Co., Gordon Felts, Doris Fischer, Leon Fokine, Marie Fox, Ed Galloway, Herbert Garstin, Margo Gavin, Ray Giles, Herbert Goff, Ronald Graham, Gail Grant, Marie Grimaldi, Val Gueral, Katie Hall, Lansing Hatfield, Gladys Haverty, Hermoine Hawkins, Lola Hayes, Margaret Hayness, Dennis Hoey (as "Sir Guy Carleton"), Bruce Howard, Louisa Howard, Mabel Howard, Polly Iuen, Lo Iven, Norman Jackson, Eleanor James, Charlotte Junius, Nora Kaye, George Kiddon, Karl Kohrs, Leona Krauss, Robert Landine, Anna Lazarevich, Bubblesette Leacock, Linn Ledford, James Lillard, Gene Lockhart (as "Fortesque of Drury Lane"), Thalia Mara, Anthony Marvin, Joseph Meyer, Margaret Miller, Doris Moore, Charlotte Mount, Mae Muth, Fyodor Nazinoff, Doris Newcomb, Eunice Northup, Martha Pacina, Muriel Pack, George Prentice, David Preston, Marion Raber, Robert Raines, John Ravold (as "A Patriot"), 'William Redfield (I)' (billed as "Billy Redfield"), Gordon Richards, Bruce Rogers, Margaret Rogers, Peggy Romano, Rosa Rubenstein, Nina Sabatini, Joseph Scandur, Tom Scott, Winton Sears, Zelda Shelton, Morrie Siegel, Maude Simmons, Gus Simons, Ed Smith, Irene Soussanin, Sylvia Stone, Tatyanna, Harold Taub, Tom Tempest, Charles Timpson, Adrienne Toner, Valia Valentinoff, Gladys Vincent, Grace Walsh, Howard Warriner, Charles Welch, Alma Wertley, Lewis White, W.W. Whitfield, Katherine Wilson, David Worth, Irene Zambelli. Produced by The Center Theatre (John Kenneth Hyatt: Managing Director).
- (1946) Stage Play: Show Boat. Musical drama (revival).
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