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Connecticut Yankee (A) (1927-11-Vanderbilt Theatre-Broadway)

Type de série: Original Broadway
Théâtre: Vanderbilt Theatre (Broadway - Etats-Unis)
Durée : 11 mois 4 semaines
Nombre : 418 représentations
Première Preview : Thursday 03 November 1927
Première : Thursday 03 November 1927
Dernière : Saturday 27 October 1928
Mise en scène : Alexander Leftwich •
Chorégraphie : Busby Berkeley •
Producteur : Lew Fields •
Avec : Pour le Prologue: Gordon Burby (Albert Kay), Jack Thompson (Gerald Lake), William Norris (Merlin), William Gaxton (Martin), Paul Everton (Arthur Pendgragos), Nana Bryant (Fay Morgan), Constance Carpenter (Alice Carter, aka Sandy),William Roselle (Lawrence Lake);
Pour la pièce: Gordon Burby (Sir Kay), William Gaxton (The Yankee), Constance Carpenter (The Demoiselle Alisande le Carteloise), Paul Everton (King Arthur of Britain), William Roselle (Sir Launcelot of the Lake), Jack Thompson (Sir Galahad), William Norris (Merlin), Dorothy Roy (Maid Angela), June Cochrane (Mistress Evelyn La Belle-Ans), Nana Bryant (Queen Morgan Le Fay), Celeste Deuth (Queen Guinevere), C. Douglas Evans (Sir Bors), John Morton (Sir Sagramor), Chester Bree (Sir Tristan), Reginia Diamond (Mistress Phoebe Sauce de Pommes); Slaves, Knights, Ladies of the Court, Factory Hands: Olive Bertram, Grace Connelly, Ednor Fulling, Enes Early, Harriet Hamell, Leoda Knapp, Mareta Mackay, Margaret Miller, Dorothy Rubino, Kaye Renard, Evelyn Ruh, Valma Valentine, G. Douglas Evans, Chester Bree, Martin Denis, John Creighton, Don Donaldson, George Magis, Jack Morton, Ward Arnold, Vernon Downing, Frank Norton, Jack Baker, Leslie Cooley, Richardson Brown, Frank Bocchetta, Philip Kobe, Lew Douglas

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Girl Crazy (1930-09-Shubert Theatre-Philadelphia) Pre Bway Try Out

Type de série: Pre-Broadway Try Out
Théâtre: Shubert Theatre (Philadelphia - Etats-Unis)
Durée : 1 semaine
Nombre :
Première Preview : Monday 29 September 1930
Première : Monday 29 September 1930
Dernière : Saturday 11 October 1930
Mise en scène : Alexander Leftwich •
Chorégraphie : George Hale •
Producteur :
Avec : Danny Churchill ... Allen Kearns
Molly Gray ... Ginger Rogers
Kate Fothergill ... Ethel Merman
Slick Fothergill ... William Kent
Gieber Goldfarb ... Willie Howard
Tess Parker ... Olive Brady
Lank Sanders ... John Daley
Patsy West ... Peggy O'Connor
Eagle Rock ... Chief Rivers
Sam Mason ... Donald Foster
Flora James ... Eunice Healy
Lariat Joe ... Starr Jones
Jake Howell ... Lew Parker
Pete ... Clyde Veaux
Hotel Proprietor ... Jack Classon
The Foursome ... Ray Johnson, Carlton Macy, Del Porter, Marshall Smith
Commentaires longs: Two roles (June and Chesty) were eliminated during rehearsals. They were to have performed the song "Are You Dancing?".
The song "Embraceable You" needed to be restaged and Fred Astaire was brought in to do so. It was the first time that he and Ginger Rogers met.

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Girl Crazy (1930-10-Neil Simon Theatre-Broadway)

Type de série: Original
Théâtre: Neil Simon Theatre (Broadway - Etats-Unis)
Durée : 7 mois 3 semaines
Nombre : 272 représentations
Première Preview : Tuesday 14 October 1930
Première : Tuesday 14 October 1930
Dernière : Saturday 06 June 1931
Mise en scène : Alexander Leftwich •
Chorégraphie : George Hale •
Producteur :
Avec : Danny Churchill ... Allen Kearns
Molly Gray ... Ginger Rogers
Kate Fothergill ... Ethel Merman
Slick Fothergill ... William Kent
Gieber Goldfarb ... Willie Howard
Tess Parker ... Olive Brady
Lank Sanders ... John Daley
Patsy West ... Peggy O'Connor
Eagle Rock ... Chief Rivers
Sam Mason ... Donald Foster
Flora James ... Eunice Healy
Lariat Joe ... Starr Jones
Jake Howell ... Lew Parker
Pete ... Clyde Veaux
Hotel Proprietor ... Jack Classon
The Foursome ... Ray Johnson, Carlton Macy, Del Porter, Marshall Smith

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Hit the Deck (1927-04-Belasco Theatre-Broadway)

Type de série: Original
Théâtre: Belasco Theatre (Broadway - Etats-Unis)
Durée : 10 mois
Nombre : 352 représentations
Première Preview : Monday 25 April 1927
Première : Monday 25 April 1927
Dernière : Saturday 25 February 1928
Mise en scène : Lew Fields • Alexander Leftwich •
Chorégraphie : Seymour Felix •
Producteur :
Avec : Brian Donlevy (“Donkey”), Arnold Brown (“Dinty”), Jack Bruns (Marine), Franker Woods (“Battling” Smith), Ben Carswell (Chick), Cliff Whitcomb (Gus), Robert Duenweg (Bob), Stella Mayhew (Lavinia), Louise Groody (Looloo), John McCauley (Ensign Alan Clark), “Bobbie” Perkins (Toddy Gale), Madeline Cameron (Charlotte Payne), Roger Gray (Mat), Charles King (“Bilge” Smith), Edward Allan (“Bunny”), Jerome Daley (Captain Roberts), Anthony Knilling (Ah Lung), Billie Sibelle (Mun Fang), Peggy Conway (Rita), Ah Chong (Coolie), Nancy Corrigan (Chia Shun), The Locust Sisters (Four Missionaries), The Lyric Quartette (Four Mandarins); Dancers: Celie Neska, Lila Anderson, Margie Collins, Florence Rice, Olive Pearson, Mars Craft, Gladys Pender, Elsie Lawritson, Beatrice Wilson, Jane Hurd, Jeanne West, May Hunter, Fan Conway, William McGurn, Leo Nierle, Cecil Shires, Sid Salzberg, Jimmie Cushman, Murray Browne, Jack Mead, John Kneley, Dan Sparks; Singers: Ruth Witmer, Mary Carney, Jeanne Sutro, Billie Sibelle, Anne Austin, Harriet Britton, Nancy Corrigan, Rachel Chester, Kendall Northrup, Charles McClelland, Victor Young, John Perkins
Commentaires : Hit the Deck! de Vincent Youmans est l’un des plus grands succès de la saison.

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Little Show (The Third) (1931-06-Music Box Theatre-Broadway)

Type de série: Original
Théâtre: Music Box Theatre (Broadway - Etats-Unis)
Durée : 3 mois 3 semaines
Nombre : 136 représentations
Première Preview : Monday 01 June 1931
Première : Monday 01 June 1931
Dernière : Saturday 26 September 1931
Mise en scène : Alexander Leftwich •
Chorégraphie : Dave Gould •
Producteur :
Avec : Beatrice Lillie, Ernest Truex, Carl Randall, Walter O’Keefe, Constance Carpenter, Gertrude McDonald, Sandra Gale, Edward Arnold, Jerry Norris, William M. Griffith, Dorothy Fitzgibbon, Jack Riano; The Little Show Girls: Louise Allen, Jane Barrett, Gertrude Blake, Maxine Darrell, Kay Devery, Lonita Foster, Frances Gordon, Ruth Gormly, Sara Jane, Julie Jenner, Betty Lee, Martha Maggard, Elaine Mann, Doris Maye, Polly Porter, Kay Riley, Rose Shaw, Dorothy Waller; The Little Show Boys: Milton Brodus, Frank Edmunds, Dick Kirby, Marvin Lawlor, Bob Long, Mickey Ray, Beau Tilden, Jack Voeth, George Weedon

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Present Arms (1928-04-Brooks Atkinson Theatre-Broadway)

Type de série: Original Broadway
Théâtre: Brooks Atkinson Theatre (Broadway - Etats-Unis)
Durée : 4 mois 1 semaine
Nombre : 155 représentations
Première Preview : Thursday 26 April 1928
Première : Thursday 26 April 1928
Dernière : Saturday 01 September 1928
Mise en scène : Alexander Leftwich •
Chorégraphie :
Producteur :
Avec : Jack McGraw (McKabe), Franker Woods (Frank Derryberry), Charles King (Chick Evans), Fuller Melish Jr. (McKenna), Robert Spencer (Gadget), Busby Berkeley (Douglas Atwell), Richard Lane (Captain Wiggins), Joyce Barbour (Edna Stevens), Rachel Chester (Fay), Flora LeBreton (Lady Delphine Witherspoon), Alma Ross (Luana, Moulika), Sydney Smith (Lord Oliver Witherspoon), Anthony Knilling (Herr Ludwig Von Richter), Florence Hunter (Maria), Gaile Beverley (Hortense Mossback), Demaris Dore (Daisy), Aline Green (Minerva), Alexander Lewis (Karl), Frances Hess (Elsa); Ladies of the Ensemble: Dorothy Brown, Elva Adams, Wilda Barnum, Evelyn Crowell, Rachel Chester, Irene Evans, Aline Green, Sherry Gale, Kay Hunt, Geneva Jensen, Rita Jarson, Louise Joyce, Henrietta Kay, Gladys Kelley, Charlotte LeRose, Beth Meredith, Ann Mycue, Dorothy McKeon, Christine Nolan, Loraine Power, Polly Ray, Patricia Ross, Ruth Stickney, Genevieve Street, Greta Swanson, Helen Shepard, Gertrude Sheffield, Marion Stuart, Jean Sutro, Jessica Worth, Barbara Lee, Wanda Wood; Gentlemen of the Ensemble: Thomas Arnold, Russell Bryant, Milton Brodus, James Beattie, William Burdee, Norman Clifton, William Cullo, Jack Douglas, Louis Delgado, Frank Gagen, Edward Gaillard, Albert Jordan, Frank Kimball, Frank Losee, Edwin Larkin, Dury Lane, Henry Ladd, Jerome Maxwell, David North, Bernard Mitchell, Julio Martell, Glenn McComas, Joe McCafferty, Ned McGurn, William Creston, Walter Pharr, Wilburn Riviere, Thomas Sternfield, Louis Talbott, Joe Vitale

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Rain or Shine (1928-02-George M. Cohan's Theatre-Broadway)

Type de série: Original
Théâtre: George M. Cohan's Theatre (Broadway - Etats-Unis)
Durée : 10 mois 1 semaine
Nombre : 356 représentations
Première Preview : Thursday 09 February 1928
Première : Thursday 09 February 1928
Dernière : Saturday 15 December 1928
Mise en scène : Alexander Leftwich •
Chorégraphie :
Producteur :
Avec : Tom Howard (Amos K. Shrewsberry), Ethel Norris (Katie), Edgar Gardner (Harry), Helen Lynd (Frankie Schultz), Rita Garcia (Zelda), Joe Lyons (Jesse Dalton, The Barker), Nancy Welford (Mary Wheeler), Warren Hull (Jack Wayne), Rosie Moran (Rosie), Joe Cook (Smiley Johnson), Walter Pharr (The Policeman), Dimples Riede (The Mother), Marian Herson (The Child), James Gregory (The Ticket Seller), Dave Chasen (Smiley's Protégé, The Head Waiter), Vernon Jacobson (Grocko), William V. Powers (Folte), Paul Brack (The Acrobat), Janet Velie (Mrs. Patricia Conway), Devah Worrell (Grace Forsythe), Ernest Lambert (Lord Gwinnie Llandidrodd Wells); The Bachelor Quartette; The New Yorkers Quartette: Vance Elliott, Ben Cutler, Alex McKee, and Walter Bremer; The Nip Girls; Don Voorhees and His Rain or Shine Band; Members of the Junior League: Maxine Wells, Dimples Riede, Dolla Harkins, Olga Brounoff, Kae Carroll, Helen Wilson, Helen Fowbie, Georgia English; Young Ladies from Higginstown, RI: Daphne Windsor, Rita Stone, Nina Sorel, Beth Milton, May Page, Rita Garcia, Frances de Foe, Mary Philips; Claire Stone, Amy Weber, Peggy Sickle, Marion Herson, Virginia Ray, Eleanor Martin, Ruth Marcus, Doris Baker, Sarah Newton, Marion Lane, Gladys Englander, Dorothy Brown, Alice Dera, Lilian Field, Marie Hensley, Net- tie Pollinger; The Boys of Higginstown, RI: Sam Wiser, Steve LaMarr, Jack Lomas, Joseph Cowan, William Moyer, Richard Givens, Dan Harrington, Fred Nay, Jules Schwartz, Paul Santo, Lou Atlas, Bob Easton, William Hale, Bill Benton, Frank Sherlock; The Personnel of Russell E. Markert's Sixteen American Rockets (only first names provided in program): Alyse, Maxine, Kathleen, Marion, Mildred, Pearl,
Virginia, Audrey, Estelle, Rosalie, Irene, Dorothy, Irma, Anna, Irene, and Virginia (Amy Frank, Dance Captain)

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Sky High (1925-03-Shubert Theatre-Broadway)

Type de série: Original
Théâtre: Shubert Theatre (Broadway - Etats-Unis)
Durée : 6 mois
Nombre : 217 représentations
Première Preview : Monday 02 March 1925
Première : Monday 02 March 1925
Dernière : Saturday 05 September 1925
Mise en scène : Alexander Leftwich • Fred G. Latham •
Chorégraphie :
Producteur :
Avec : Dorothy McNulty (later known as Penny Singleton) (Cloak Room Girl), Lily McNeil (Bar Maid), Joyce Barbour (Florence Horridge), Marcella Swanson (Helen), Emily Miles (Marian), Walter Johnson (Attendant, Philips), Roland Hogue (Montague Lush), Dorothy Hath- away (Patricia Devere), Edward Douglas (Lord Brancaster), Ann Milburn (Aggie), Willie Howard (Sammy Myers), Bert Shadow (Ratwell of Scotland Yard), Thomas Whitely (Mr. Gray, Doctor Carter), Vannessi (Delphine de Lavalliere), James R. Liddy (Horace Deveridge), Florenz Ames (Alfred Horridge, Esq.), Violet Englefield (Mrs. Horridge), Roland Hogue (Duke of Dulchester), Stella Shiel (Duchess of Dulchester), Betty Pecan (Lily); Ushers, Manicure Girls, Guests, Dancing Girls: Lucile Vinik, Elsie Frank, Norma Gould, Bella Heyman, Billie Smart, Billie Wagner, Carol Grey, Margy Lane, Ysabel Cayer, Gladys Smith, Mildred Morgan, Catherine Huth, Lorene Mumma, Betty Sherman, Jeanne Tanny, Lucile Osborne, Emma Wyche, Margy Whitney, Emily Sherman, Emmy La Mar, Gene Philips, Ethel Guerard, Beatrice Reiss, Marie Warner, Marcia Mack, Betty Lee, Ruth Mayon, Peggy Brown, Helen Veronica, Hazel Beamer, Edith Pierce, Dorothy McNulty, Charlotte Ayers, Dorothy Hathaway; Johnnies, College Boys, Guests, Patrons: Wallace Milam, Allen Blair, Freddie Murray, Albert Royal, Joe Hughes, William Birdie, Arthur Appel, Jack Baker, John Creighton, William Brown, Hal Gibson, Charlie Dodge; Specialty Dancers: Margy Whitney, Emma Wyche, Peggy Brown, Freddie Murray; Six Little Dippers: Ruth Mayon, Dorothy Hathaway, Ysobel Cayer, Dorothy McNulty, Hazel Beamer, Charlotte Ayers, Marjorie Lane

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Spring is here (1929-03-Neil Simon Theatre-Broadway)

Type de série: Original Broadway
Théâtre: Neil Simon Theatre (Broadway - Etats-Unis)
Durée : 2 mois 4 semaines
Nombre : 104 représentations
Première Preview : Monday 11 March 1929
Première : Monday 11 March 1929
Dernière : Saturday 08 June 1929
Mise en scène : Alexander Leftwich •
Chorégraphie :
Producteur :
Avec : Maidel Turner (Emily Braley), Thelma White (Maude Osgood), Inez Courtney (Mary Jane Braley), Dick Keene (Steve Alden), Gil Squires (Willie Slade), Charles Ruggles (Peter Braley), Lillian Taiz (Betty Braley), John Hundley (Stacy Haydon), Glenn Hunter (Terry Clayton), Joyce Barbour (Rita Conway), Cy Landry (Eben), Lewis Parker (Jennings), Frank Gagen (Policeman), Victor Arden and Phil Ohman (Pianists); Ladies of the Ensemble: Florence Allen, Louise Allen, Emily Burton, Dorothy Brown, Louise Blakeley, Margery Bailey, Mary Carlton, Billie Cortez, Marion Dixon, Ann Ecklund, Edith Martin, Madeleine Janis, Gladys Kelly, Beth Milton, Vida Manuel, Frances Markey, Lillian Michel, Elsie Neal, Ruby Nevins, Adeline Ogilvie, Wilma Roelof, Kay Stewart, Gladys Travers, Wanda Wood, Beryl Wallace; Gentlemen of the Ensemble: Ward Arnold, William Cooper, Billy Carver, Frank Gagen, Edwin Gail, Bob Gebhardt, Fred May, Daniel O’Brien, Billy O’Rourke, Victor Pullman, Thomas Sternfeld, Jack Stevens

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Strike Up the Band (1930-01-Times Square Theater-Broadway)

Type de série: Original
Théâtre: Times Square Theater (Broadway - Etats-Unis)
Durée : 5 mois 2 semaines
Nombre : 191 représentations
Première Preview : Tuesday 14 January 1930
Première : Tuesday 14 January 1930
Dernière : Saturday 28 June 1930
Mise en scène : Alexander Leftwich •
Chorégraphie : George Hale •
Producteur :
Avec : Virginia Barnes (Soisette), Robert Bentley (Richard K. Sloane), Ethel Britton (Suzette), Doris Carson (Anne Draper), Bobby ClarkDudley Clements (Horace J. Fletcher), Joyce Coles (Premiere Danseuse), Walter Fairmont (Sergeant), Jerry Goff (Jim Townsend), Ethel Kenyon (Myra Meade), Maurice Lapue (Doctor), Paul McCullough (Man About Town), Marion Miller (Doris Dumme), Blanche Ring (Mrs. Grace Draper), Margaret Schilling (Joan Fletcher), Gordon Smith (Timothy Harper)

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Sweet and Low (1930-11-Chanin's 46th Street Theatre-Broadway)

Type de série: Original
Théâtre: Richard Rodgers Theatre (Broadway - Etats-Unis)
Durée : 5 mois 1 semaine
Nombre : 184 représentations
Première Preview : Monday 17 November 1930
Première : Monday 17 November 1930
Dernière : Saturday 25 April 1931
Mise en scène : Alexander Leftwich •
Chorégraphie : Danny Dare •
Producteur : Billy Rose •
Avec : James Barton, Fannie Brice, George Jessel, Borrah Minevitch and His Musical Rascals, Moss and Fontana, Hannah Williams, Jerry Norris, Arthur Treacher, Paula Trueman, Roger Davis, Hal Thompson, Roger Prior Dodge; Ladies: Betty Croke, Ethel Brice, Polly Rose, Gladys Aster, Marion Bonnell, Viola Paulson, Nancy Dolan, Lucille Osborne, Kathleen Ayers, Ruth Sato, Peggy Andre, Dorothy Van Hess, Emily Van Hoven, Ruth Dana, Mildred Tully, Charlotte Stoll, Emily Burton, Loretta Flushing, Pauline Schaefer, Muriel Markert, Kitty Brady, Rita Jason, Ray Stuart, Arline Baber, Baun Sturtz, Ethel Kriston; Gentlemen: Harry Edwards, James Lee, Jack Ray, Charles Millang, Daniel C. Wyler, Joe Barry, Edwin Murray, Jack Bauer
Commentaires : Lyrics: Allen Boretz, Mort Dixon, Edward Eliscu, Ira Gershwin, Charlotte Kent, Malcolm McComb, Ballard McDonald, and Billy Rose

Music: Louis (Lou) Alter, Harry Archer, Phil Charig, Vivian Ellis, William (Will) Irwin, Charlotte Kent, Ned Lehak, Joseph Meyer, Dana Suesse, Mischa Spoliansky, and Harry Warren

It ran for a week at the Majestic Theatre in Brooklyn before opening on November 17, 1930 at Chanin's 46th Street Theatre, where it ran for 184 performances. Although it rarely sold out, Rose transferred it to the 44th Street Theatre, where it was more successful at the box office.

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Three Musketeers (The) (Friml) (1930-11-Broadway Theatre-Broadway)

Type de série: Original London
Théâtre: Drury Lane Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 7 mois
Nombre : 242 représentations
Première Preview : Friday 28 March 1930
Première : Friday 28 March 1930
Dernière : Saturday 25 October 1930
Mise en scène : Alexander Leftwich •
Chorégraphie :
Producteur :