- (1917) Stage: Wrote (earliest Broadway credit) music / lyrics for "Furs and Frills" on Broadway. Musical/farce. Book by / lyrics by / directed by Edward Clark. Featuring songs by Claude MacArthur. Music by Silvio Hein. Musical Director: Herbert Stothart. Choreographed by Robert Marks. Casino Theatre: 9 Oct 1917-3 Nov 1917 (32 performances). Produced by Arthur Hammerstein.
- (1920) Stage: Wrote book for "Always You", produced on Broadway. Musical comedy. Lyrics for "Always You" by Oscar Hammerstein II. Music by Herbert Stothart. Choreographed by Robert Marks. Pianist: Burton Green [final Broadway credit]. Directed / produced by Arthur Hammerstein. Central Theatre (moved to The Lyric Theatre from 26 Jan 1920-close): 5 Jan 1920-28 Feb 1920 (68 performances). Cast: Joseph Barton (as "Thomas"), Rose Cardiff, Jose Carmen, Eduardo Ciannelli (as "An East Indian Peddler"), Virginia Clark, Cortez and Peggy (as "Dancers"), Elinore Cullen, Helen Ford (as "Toinette Fontaine"), Bernard Gorcey (as "A Mysterious Conspirator"), George Hale (as "Ensemble"), Lillian Held, Ralph Herz (as "Montmorency Jones"), Leo Howe, Julie Kelety, Russell Mack (as "Charlie Langford"), Irma Marwick, Gene Morrison, Helen Neff, Marietta O'Brien, Mildred Rowland, Emily Russ, Memphis Russell, Walter Scanlan, Anna Seymour, Marvee Snow, Jacques Stone, Beatrice Summers, Jack Zambouli.
- (1920) Stage: "Tickle Me" on Broadway. Musical comedy.
- (1920) l Stage: Wrote (w/Otto A. Harbach) book / lyrics for "Jimmie", produced on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music by Herbert Stothart (also Musical Director) and Frank Mandel. Scenic Design by Joseph A. Physioc. Costume Design by Henri Bendel Inc. Choreographed by Bert French. Directed by Oscar Eagle. Apollo Theatre: 17 Nov 1920-15 Jan 1921 (71 performances + undetermined previews). Cast: Don Borroughs, Hattie Burks, Geraldine Burnhartt, George Clifford, Harry Delf (as "Milton Blum"), Edna Fenton, Marjorie Flynn, Dorothy Gilbert, Lottie Graham, Jack Heisler, Mary Jane, Frances Lawrence, Dee Loretta, Jessie Lorraine, Betty Marshall, Laura Maverick, Tess Mayer, Peter Mott, Helen Neff (as "Henrietta" / "Chorus"), Tom O'Hare, Raymond E. Oswald, Rita Owin, Evelyn Palmer, Paul Porcasi (as "Vincenzo Carlotti"), Irwin Rossa, Adelaide Starr, Howard Truesdell, Ben Welch, Frances White. Produced by Arthur Hammerstein.
- (1922) Stage: Wrote (lyrics / material (w/Guy Bolton) for "Daffy Dill" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music by / Musical Direction by Herbert Stothart. Additional lyrics by Kenneth Keith. Directed by Julian Mitchell. Apollo Theatre: 22 Aug 1922-21 Oct 1922 (71 performances). Cast: Bernice Ackerman, Irene Anderson, Violet Andrews, Lynn Berry, Marjorie Clements, Grace Culbert, Eleanor Dell, Yvette DuBois, Frances Grant, Rollin Grimes Jr., Mary Haun, Jessie Howe, Jacquelyn Hunter, Elizabeth Keene, Margaret Keene, Victor Kenfield, Ethel Kinley, Grace La Rue, Violet Lobell, Genevieve Markam, Harry Mayo, Carolyn Maywood, Alfred Milano, Harry Miller, Benjamin Mulvey, Fern Oakley, Beatrice O'Connor, Irene Olsen, Georgia O'Ramey, Marion Phillips, Frederick Renoff, Guy Robertson, Harry Rocca, Marius Rogate, Galdino Sedano, Peggy Stohl, Marion Sunshine, Frank Tinney, Charles Townshend, Samuel Vean, Joan Warner, Imogene Wilson, Ted Wing. Produced by Arthur Hammerstein.
- (1922) Stage: Wrote lyrics for "Queen O' Hearts" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music by Lewis E. Gensler [earliest Broadway credit] and Dudley Wilkinson (also appearing as "Dudley"). Additional lyrics by Sydney Mitchel, Nora Bayes (also appearing as "Elizabeth Bennett"), Morrie Ryskind, Harry Richman (also appearing as "Henry Rivers"), Cliff Friend, Bill Dugan and Lou Davis. Additional music by Harry Richman, Cliff Friend, Bill Dugan and Lou Davis. Musical Director: Gene Salzer. Scenic Design by H Robert Law Studios and Herbert Ward. Costume Design by Cora MacGeachy and Schneider-Anderson Company. Choreographed by David Bennett. Directed by Ira Hards. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 10 Oct 1922-11 Nov 1922 (40 performances). Cast: Laura Alberta, Bernice & Emily, Thomas Bradley, Sidney Brook, Georgie Brown, Gladys Dore, Irene Enright, Consuelo Flowerton, Muriel Harrison, Edna Hibbard, Betty Hill, Max Hoffman (as "Tom"), Lillian McKenzie, Janet Megrew, Loretta Morgan, Florence Morrison, Elza Petersen, Lorin Raker, Cecille Ann Stevens, Eva Taylor, Norma Terris, Arthur Uttry, Franker Woods (as "Ferdinand Budd"). Produced by Max Spiegel.
- (1923) Stage: "Wildflower" on Broadway. Musical. Music by Herbert Stothart (also Musical Director) and Vincent Youmans. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Gowns / Costumes Designed by Charles Le Maire. Scenic Design by Gates & Morange. Choreographed by David Bennett. Directed by Oscar Eagle. Casino Theatre: 7 Feb 1923-29 Mar 1924 (477 performances). Cast: Edith Day (as "Nina Benedetto"), Florence Ashton, Evelyn Cavanaugh, Viola Clarens, Elizabeth Coyle, Jerome Daley, James Doyle, Charles Froom, Frank Grinell, Muriel Harrison, Adele Hart, Agnes Horter, Esther Howard (as "Lucrezia La Roche"), Olin Howland (as "Gabrielle"), Robert Hurst, Charles Judels (as "Gaston La Roche"), Al Kinley, Louis Laub, Helen Lewis, Ursula Mack, Genevieve Markham, Beverly Maude, William McGurn, Myrtle Miller, Margaret Morris, Verona Oakley, Marie Otto, Marion Phillips, Paul Porter, Marion Randall, Martinez Randall, Guy Robertson, Kenneth Smith, Sybil Steward, Peggy Stohl, Emmy Tattersall, Marjorie Wood. Produced by Arthur Hammerstein.
- (1923) Stage: Wrote (w/William Carey Duncan) book / lyrics for "Mary Jane McKane" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music by Herbert Stothart and Vincent Youmans. Musical Director: Herbert Stothart. Choreographed by Sammy Lee. Production Supervised by / Produced by Arthur Hammerstein. Directed by Alonzo Price. Imperial Theatre: 25 Dec 1923-3 May 1924 (151 performances). Cast: Marietta Adams (as "Ensemble"), Anna Buckley (as "Ensemble"), Joe Carey (as "Ensemble"), Theresa Carroll (as "Ensemble"), Eva Clark (as "Louise Dryer"), Bert Crane (as "Ensemble"), Grace Culbert (as "Ensemble"), Laura De Cardi (as "Doris Dunn"), May Fox (as "Ensemble"), Allan Grey (as "Ensemble"), Muriel Harrison (as "Ensemble"), Mary Hay (as "Mary Jane McKane"), James Heenan (as "Andrew Dunn Sr."), Dorothy Hollis (as "Ensemble"), Harry Howell (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy June (as "Ensemble"), The Keene Twins (as "Cash and Carrie"), Kitty Kelly (as "Maggie Murphy"), Grace La Rue (as "Ensemble"), Frances Lindell (as "Ensemble"), 'Lionel Maclyn' (as "Ensemble"), Edna Miller (as "Ensemble"), Lillian Mitchell (as "Ensemble"), Louis Morrell (as "George Sherwin"), Eldred Murray (as "Ensemble"), Lester New (as "Ensemble"), Bobby Pierce (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Quinn (as "Ensemble"), Stanley Ridges (as "Andrew Dunn Jr."), Sunny Saunders (as "Ensemble"), Hal Skelly (as "Joe McGillicudy"), May Sullivan (as "Ensemble"), John Wainman (as "Ensemble"), Dallas Welford (as "Martin Frost").
- (1924) Stage: "Gypsy Jim" on Broadway. Drama.
- (1924) Stage: Wrote (w/Milton Herbert Gropper) "New Toys" on Broadway. Comedy/tragedy. Fulton Theatre: 18 Feb 1924-Mar 1924 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Louise Closser Hale (as "Mrs. Warner"), Mary Duncan, Robert McWade (as "George Clark"), Frances Nelson, Robert Emmett O'Connor (as "Sam Wilks"), Vivienne Osborne (as "Ruth Webb"), James Spottswood (as "Tom Lawrence"), Ernest Truex (as "Will Webb"). Produced by Sam Harris.
- (1924) Stage: Wrote (w/Otto A. Harbach) book / lyrics for "Rose-Marie" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart (also Musical Director). Imperial Theatre: 2 Sep 1924-16 Jan 1926 (557 performances). Cast: Lela Bliss (as "Ethel Brander"), Eduardo Ciannelli (as "Emile La Flamme"), Arthur Deagon (as "Sgt. Malone"), Mary Ellis (as "Rose-Marie La Flamme"), Frank Greene (as "Edward Hawley"), William Kent (as "Hard-Boiled Herman"), Dennis King (as "Jim Kenyon"), Arthur Ludwig (as "Black Eagle"), Dorothy MacKaye (as "Lady Jane"), Pearl Regay (as "Wanda"). Produced by Arthur Hammerstein. NOTE: Filmed as Rose-Marie (1936).
- (1925) Stage: Wrote (w/Otto A. Harbach) book / lyrics for "Sunny" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music by Jerome Kern. Musical Director: Gustave Salzer. Music arranged by Robert Russell Bennett. Scenic Design / Costume Design by James Reynolds. Dances arranged by Julian Mitchell and Dave Bennett. Marilyn Miller's Hunt Ball dance arranged by Alexis Kosloff. Eight Marilyn Miller Cocktails' dances arranged by Dorothy Tiller. Directed by Hassard Short. New Amsterdam Theatre: 22 Sep 1925-11 Dec 1926 (517 performances). Cast: Marilyn Miller, Charles Angelo, Alfred Arnold, Russell Ash, Jean Audree, William Bennett, Alice Brady, Mary Brady, Elmer Brown, Irving Carter, Gordon B. Clarke, Virginia Clark, Joan Clement, Vera Colburn, May Cornes, Miriam Crosby, Elizabeth Darling, Beatrice De Shaw, Frank Doane, Jack Donohue, Nellie Douglas, Dorothy Durland, Walter Fairmont, Jeanne Fonda, Paul Frawley, Dean Freeman, Helene Gardner, Eddie Graham, Pauline Hall, Louis Harrison, Mary Hay, Grace Holt, Esther Howard, Wensley Johnston, Ray Justus, Pert Kelton, Julia Lane, Myrtle Lane, Helen McDonald, Trude Marr, Lucy Monroe, Lee Moore, Roy Moore, Bill O'Donnell, Donald Oltrash, Elsa Peterson, Nickie Pittell, Elva Pomfret, Richard Renaud, Phyllis Reynolds, Leila Riley, Minard Roosa, Don Rowen, Rita Royce, William Scholar Jr., Iris Smith, Peggy Soden, Harry Spencer, Hilda Wynn Stanley, Jet Stanley, Louise Starck, Marshall D. Sullivan, Marion Swords, Ward Tallman, Ayres Tavitt, Norma Taylor, Billy Walsh, Clifton Webb, Maxine Wells, Ted Wenning, Doris Wentworth, James Wilson, Louis Yaeckel. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.
- (1925) Stage: "Song of the Flame" on Broadway. Musical/opera.
- (1926) Stage: "The Wild Rose" on Broadway. Musical comedy.
- (1926) Stage: Wrote (w/Otto A. Harbach) book / lyrics for "The Desert Song" on Broadway. Musical/operetta.
- (1927) Stage: Wrote (w/Otto A. Harbach) book / lyrics for "Rose-Marie" on Broadway. Musical comedy (revival). Music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart.
- (1927) Stage: Wrote (w/Otto A. Harbach) "Golden Dawn" on Broadway. Musical/drama. Music by Emmerich Kálmán and Herbert Stothart (also Musical Director). Associate Musical Director: Marco Agnolucci. Choreographed by Dave Bennett. Scenic Design by Joseph Urban. Directed by Reginald R. Hammerstein. Hammerstein's Theatre: 30 Nov 1927-5 May 1928 (184 performances). Cast: F.J. Accoll, Alexander U. Fine's Russian Art Choir, Ann Anderson, Vsevolad Andrenoff, Emilia Andrievska, Irving Andrievsky, Paula Ayers, Louise Baer, Saloma Bartolm, Arnold Basil, Service Bell, W. Messenger Bellis, Carlo Benetti, Norine Bogen, George Brant, Henry Brown, Leola Buelow, Alice Bussee, Maude Carleton, Barbara Carrington, Jacques Cartier, Tom Chadwick, Helene Chaudaroff, Vladimir Chavdaroff, Robert Chisholm, Inez Clough, Helene Cunihan, Michael Dalsky, Xenia Dalsky, Vladimir Danieloff, Nydia D'Arnell, Christine David, Joseph Davidenko, Frances Denny, Harold Des Verney, Frank Dobert, Hazel Drury, Frances Dumas, James Earl, H. Webster Elkins, La Vergne Evans, Marie Foster, Norma France, Robert Paton Gibbs (as "An Old Man of Africa"), Geraldine Gooding, Leonard Gorlenko, Kumar Goshal, Geneva Grant, Dora Grebenetsky, Paul Gregory, James Grey, Klara Grosheva, Maria Grushko, Amos Guerrant, Janet Hale, Adolph Henderson, Jean Hitch, Elizabeth Holloway, Olin Howland, Louise Hunter, Zina Ivanova, Robert Jackson, Mimi Jordan, Karol Kayne, All Kisselava, Toni Klimovitch, Kohana, Peter Kosloff, Grace La Rue, Lucy Lawlor, Cary Grant (as "Anzac"; credited as Archie Leach), Mary Mason, Ruthena Matson, William McFarland, Alva McGill, Len Mence, Peggy Messinger, Julia F. Mitchell, Sorena Mumma, Barbara Newberry, Mabel Olsen, Lidia Ordinsky, Peter Ordunsky, Raymond Otto, Alexander Ouzoroff, Anna Ouzoroff, Reginald Pasch, Henry Pemberton, Milton Rae, McKinley Reeves, Alma Reynolds, Tom Rider, Leona Riggs, Wilma Roeloff, Viviene Russell, Bunny Schum, Konstantine Smith, Gil Squires, Marguerita Sylva, Magda Trauber, Louise Turner, Valla Valentinova, Joseph Vitale, William Walker, Benveneta Washington, Edward Watkins, Rosena Weston, Maud White, Earl Wilson. Produced by Arthur Hammerstein.
- (1927) Stage: Adapted material / wrote lyrics for / co-directed (w/E.B. 'Zeke' Colvan) "Show Boat" on Broadway. Musical drama. Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics for "Bill" by P.G. Wodehouse. Music / lyrics for "Goodbye, My Lady Love" by Joseph E. Howard. Music / lyrics for "After the Ball" by Charles K. Harris. 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. 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.
- (1928) Stage: "Good Boy" on Broadway. Musical.
- (1928) Stage: Wrote lyrics for / book (w/Frank Mandel [also producer], Laurence Schwab [also producer]) for "The New Moon" (1928). Musical/romance. Music by Sigmund Romberg. Music orchestrated by Emil Gerstenberger and Alfred Goodman (also Musical Director). Musical numbers staged by Bobby Connolly. Imperial Theatre (moved to The Casino Theatre from 18 Nov 1929-close): 19 Sep 1928 14 Dec 1929 (509 performances). Cast: Olga Albani (as "Flower Girl"), Lazlo Aliga (as "Ensemble"), Beulah Baker (as "Ensemble"), Daniel Barnes (as "Proprietor of the Tavern"), Herman Belmonte (as "A Spaniard" / "Ensemble"), Ida Berry (as "Ensemble"), Dulcie Bond (as "Ensemble"), Rosalie Brumm (as "Ensemble"), Kay Burnell (as "Ensemble"), Ned Byers (as "Ensemble"), Marie Callahan (as "Julie"), Vance Campbell (as "Ensemble"), John Cardini (as "Ensemble"), Helen Casey (as "Ensemble"), Cecilia Caskey (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Christie (as "Ensemble"), Thomas Coppe (as "Ensemble"), Dorice Covert (as "Ensemble"), Thomas Dale (as "Fouchette"), Barbara Dare (as "Ensemble"), James Davis (as "Ensemble"), David DeGrave (as "Ensemble"), Frank Dobert (as "Ensemble"), Dody Donnelly (as "Ensemble"), Lester Dorr (as "Capt. Dejean"), Frank Dowling (as "Ensemble"), Lyle Evans (as "Besac"), Max Figman (as "Vicomte Ribaud"), Marion Frances (as "Ensemble"), Novella Fromm (as "Ensemble"), R.E. Garcia (as "Ensemble"), Gloria Glennon (as "Ensemble"), Sigmund Glukoff (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Grady (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Grady (as "Ensemble"), Olga Grannis (as "Ensemble"), Frank Grinnel (as "Ensemble"), John Gutcher (as "Ensemble"), Robert Halliday (as "Robert"), Patrick Henry (as "Ensemble"), Evelyn Herbert (as "Marianne"), Hernadez Brotherd Trio (as "The Musicans"), Dorothy Higgins (as "Ensemble"), Esther Howard (as "Clotilde Lombaste"), Ruth Jennings (as "Ensemble"), Tina Marie Jensen (as "Ensemble"), Leon Kairoff (as "Ensemble"), Andrew Keller (as "Ensemble"), T.W. Kendall (as "Ensemble"), Constance King (as "Ensemble"), George Kirk (as "Ensemble"), Sylvia LaMarde (as "Ensemble"), Elmira Lane (as "Ensemble"), Gloria Lee (as "Ensemble"), Sol Leimas (as "Ensemble"), Carl Linke (as "Ensemble"), Rita Marks (as "Ensemble"), Phyllis Marren (as "Ensemble"), Charles V. Maynard (as "Ensemble"), Ernest McChesney (as "Ensemble"), Wallace McLeod (as "Ensemble"), Frances Mildern (as "Ensemble"), Earle Mitchell (as "Jacques"), Al Monty (as "Ensemble"), Christine Morey (as "Ensemble"), Charles Muhs (as "Ensemble"), Jack Murray (as "Ensemble"), Edward Nell Jr. (as "Capt. Paul Duval"), William O'Neal (as "Phillippe"), Cornelius Pilcher (as "Ensemble"), Rae Powell (as "Ensemble"), William Prevost (as "Ensemble"), Basil Prock (as "Ensemble"), Ramon (as "One of The Dancers"), Sverre Rasmussen (as "Ensemble"), Pacie Ripple (as "Monsieur Beaunoir"), Sylvia Roberts (as "Ensemble"), Joe Rogers (as "Ensemble"), Rosita (as "One of The Dancers"), W.M. Rytter (as "Ensemble"), Leon Sabater (as "Ensemble"), Marnie Sawyer (as "Ensemble"), Howard Schreiber (as "Ensemble"), Edith Sheldon (as "A Dancer"), Bart Shilling (as "Ensemble"), Gus Shy (as "Alexander"), Edward Smythe (as "Ensemble"), Marjorie Sneller (as "Ensemble"), Carl Streib (as "Ensemble"), Carola Taylor (as "Ensemble"), Elizabeth Taylor (as "Ensemble"), Rosalie Trego (as "Ensemble"), Frank Vaughn (as "Ensemble"), Arthur Verbowvans (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Verlaine (as "Ensemble"), Irving Weinstein (as "Ensemble"), Dean Wheeler (as "Ensemble").
- (1928) Stage: "Rainbow" on Broadway. Musical romance.
- (1929) Stage: Wrote lyrics for "A Night in Venice" on Broadway. Musical revue. Music by Lee Davis and Maury Rubens. Lyrics by J. Keirn Brennan and Moe Jaffe. Featuring songs by / Additional orchestrations by Vincent Youmans. Musical Director: Max Meth. Choreographed by Busby Berkeley and Chester Hale. Directed by Lew Morton and Thomas A. Hart. Shubert Theatre (moved to The Majestic Theatre from 16 Sep 1929 to close): 21 May 1929-19 Oct 1929 (175 performances). Cast: Ted Healy (as "Ted"), Ann Seymour, The Dodge Sisters, Arthur Havel, Morton Havel, Stanley Rogers, Betty Allen, Walter Armin (as "Ernest Fairworth" / "Count Muzzini"), Enjio Badii, Bobbie Baker, Julia Barker, Bear, James H. Beattie, Lillian Bennett, Allen Blair, Adeline Bornheim, Fodi Brown, John Byam, Myrtle Candee, Bobby Carswell, Emmita Casanova, Anita Case, Dorothy Chadwick, Louise Chowning, Dudley Clements, Marion Crozan, Dorothy Davies, Marvelle Dawn, Blanche de Clerc, Evelyn Dehkes, Peggy DeRoy, Paul DeWees, Erma Echt, Billy Fanning, Ferral and Paul, Larry Fine (as "Larry"), Evelyn Ford, Allen Foster Girls, Judy Garey, Hal Gibson, Marion Gillon, Gladys Glorita, Gladys Granzow, Sarah Granzow, La Vonne Gundry, Edward Hackett, Chester Hale Girls, Agnes Hickey, Mary Hiscox, Olive Hollingshead, Moe Howard (as "Moe"; credited as Harry Howard"), Shemp Howard (as "Shemp"), Adele Jay, The Johnsons, Tommy Kerns, Irene King, Jeane Kroll, Hazel Landeres, James Lee, Laura Lee, Edna Lynn, Ruth Martin, James Maxwell, Betty Mayfair, Polly McCann, Charles McClelland, Joe Michon, Peter Michon, Gladys Miller, Kay Norwood, Lee Nutter, Jackie Paige, Dorothy Pierce, Jerry Pole, Florence Powell, Jack Ray, Betsy Rees, E. Riadnoff, Fred Sanborn, Shadurskaya and Kuderoff, Evelyn Shields, Doris Smith, Ed Stanbridge, Mozel Stapp, Stevens Brothers, George Terechenko, Edna Tobin, David Tuli, Peggy Udell, Jeannette Waite, Gertrude Westling, Evelyn Wetherbee, Halfred Young. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1929) Stage: "Sweet Adeline" on Broadway. Musical comedy.
- (1930) Stage: "Ballyhoo of 1930" on Broadway. Musical comedy.
- (1931) Stage: Wrote (w/Morrie Ryskind, Russel Crouse) book for "The Gang's All Here" on Broadway. Musical revue. Music by Lewis E. Gensler. Lyrics by Owen Murphy and Robert A. Simon. Musical Direction by Gene Salzer. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek. Choreographed by Dave Gould. Assistant Choreographer: Boots McKenna. Ballet staged by Tilly Losch. Directed by Frank McCoy. Imperial Theatre: 18 Feb 1931-9 Mar 1931 (23 performances). Cast: Jeanne Adams (as "Ensemble"), Bonnie Alvin (as "Dancer"), Harry Anderson (as "Another Man" / "Lyric Quartet"), Anita Avila (as "A Woman" / "Tilly Losch Ballet"), Jack Barker (as "Andy Lennox"), Ethel Britton (as "Another Man's Wife" / "Ensemble"), Jack Bruns (as "A Man" / "Lyric Quartet" / "Hotel Manager"), Phyllis Cameron (as "A Girl" / "Ensemble"), Gene Carpenter (as "Dancer"), Johnnie Dale (as "On the Aisle"), Margaret Dixon (as "Ensemble"), Robert L. Duenweg (as "Lyric Quartet"), Elsie Duffy (as "Another Woman" / "Ensemble"), Russel Duncan (as "Ensemble"), Monsieur DuPont (as "Le Jongleur de Notre Dame"), Frank Edmonds (as "Ensemble"), Helen Edwards (as "Ensemble"), Joan English (as "Tilly Losch Ballet"), Dr. Faust (as "Swiss Bell Ringer"), Bert Fay (as "A Sailor"), Dorothy Foster (as "Dancer"), John Gallaudet (as "Hector Winterbottom"), Katherine Gallimore (as "Tilly Losch Ballet"), Paul Garner (as "Stooge"), Earl Gilbert (as "Chief of Police"), Gomez & Winona (as "Dancers"), Julia Gorman (as "Dancer"), Loretta Goss (as "Ensemble"), Marie Grimaldi (as "Tilly Losch Ballet"), Dick Hackins (as "Stooge"), Evelyn Hannons (as "Dancer"), Albert Hawthorne (as "Hotel Proprietor"), Ted Healy (as "Dr. Indian Ike Kelly"), Beth Holt (as "Ensemble"), Tom Howard (as "Mr. Horace Winterbottom"), Gus Hyland (as "Ensemble"), Arline Ingram (as "Dancer"), Tom Jordan (as "Ensemble"), Louise Joyce (as "Ensemble"), Jack Kay (as "Ensemble"), Alice Kellerman (as "Tilly Losch Ballet"), Henry King (as "Ensemble"), Irene King (as "Ensemble"), Catherine Laughlin (as "Tilly Losch Ballet"), Elsie Lauritsen (as "Dancer"), Jeanie Lavera (as "Tilly Losch Ballet"), Hal Le Roy (as "Hal Le Roy"), Sam Lee (as "Whittier"), Joseph Lennon (as "Ensemble"), Gina Malo (as "Julie Winterbottom"), Ruth Martin (as "Dancer"), Lois Maye (as "Dancer"), Jack McCauley (as "Baby Face Martini"), Joe McKeon (as "Little Casino"), Gertrude McPherson (as "Dancer"), Jack Montgomery (as "Ensemble"), Bunny Moore (as "Dancer"), Eddie Moran (as "Prof. Cavanaugh"), Hal Morton (as "A Young Man" / "Ensemble"), Zelma O'Neal (as "Willy Wilson"), Irma Philbin (as "Ensemble"), Estelle Phillips (as "Dancer"), Gloria Pierre (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Raidt (as "Dancer"), Jack Raymond (as "Ensemble"), Agnes Reilly (as "Dancer"), Carol Renwick (as "Dancer"), Frank Reynolds (as "Ensemble"), Mary Alice Rice (as "Dancer"), Jimmy Ryan (as "Ensemble"), Phyllis Saule (as "Dancer"), Al Shaw (as "Longfellow"), Madgieo Smylle (as "Ensemble"), Gertrude Stanton (as "Ballet Soloist"), Senta Stephany (as "Tilly Losch Ballet"), Rheta Stone (as "On the Aisle" / "Ensemble"), Wynn Terry (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Tester (as "Peggy"), Beau Tilden (as "Ensemble"), Thomas F. Tracey (as "Dr. T. Slocum Swink"), Joe Verdi (as "Street Vendor"), Joseph Vitale (as "Lyric Quartet"), Jack Voeth (as "Ensemble"), Jack Wall (as "Stooge"), Dorothy Waller (as "Dancer"), George Weeden (as "Ensemble"), Kenneth Williams (as "Ensemble"), Ben Wise (as "Big Casino"). Produced by Morris Green and Lewis E. Gensler.
- (1931) Stage: "Free For All" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music by Richard A. Whiting. Musical Director: John McManus. Dances by Bobby Connolly. Manhattan Theatre: 8 Sep 1931-19 Sep 1931 (15 performances). Cast: Charles R. Althoff, Seth Arnold (as "Pete Weber, a Nevada Sheriff"), Olive Bayes, Lilian Bond (as "Marie Sinnot, Editor of 'Free for All'"), Julia Chandler, G. Pat Collins, John Donahue, Al Downing, Edward Emery, Dorris Groday, Jack Haley (as "Steve Potter Jr., Son of Stephen Sr."), Peter Higgins, Gus Howard, David Hutcheson, Dorothea James, Grace Johnston, Dorothy Knapp (as "Miss Gibbs"), Clair Kramer, Peter Lang, Jeanette Loff, Philip Lord, Vera Marsh, Rae Powell, Robert Randall, Edwin Saulpaugh, Harry Shannon, Tamara, Thelma Tipson, Don Tomkins, Edward Walters. Produced by Laurence Schwab and Frank Mandel.
- (1931) Stage: "East Windz" on Broadway. Musical comedy.
- (1932) Stage: Adapted book for / lyrics for / directed "Show Boat" on Broadway. Musical drama (revival). Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics for "Bill" by P.G. Wodehouse. Music / lyrics for "Goodbye, My Lady Love" by Joseph E. Howard. Music / lyrics for "After the Ball" by Charles Harris. Based on "Show Boat" by Edna Ferber. Musical Directors: Oscar Bradley and Sammy Lee. Casino Theatre: 19 May 1932-22 Oct 1932 (180 performances). Cast: Bessie Allison, Bertha Fitzhugh Baker, Rachel Beech, J. Mardo Brown, A. Alan Campbell (as "Windy"), Billie Campbell, Mamie Cartier, Willy Lou Chalfant, Laura Clairon, Catherine Clark, Walter Costello, Jack Daley, Charles Davis, Henry Davis, Dorothy Denese, Leon Diggs, Evelyn Eaton, William Ehlers, Charles Ellis, Caja Eric, Robert Faricy, Estelle Floyd (as "Ethel"), Dell Fradenburg, John Fredrik, Tess Gardella, Ray Giles, Blanche Glenn, Thomas Gunn, Marion Hairston, Edgar Hall, Annie Hart, William Haskins, Mae Haygood, Mari Hellgren, Eunice Holmes, Maurine Holmes, Rhogenia Jamison, J. Louis Johnson, Charlotte Junius, Tana Kamp, V. Anne Kaye, Dennis King (as "Gaylord Ravenal"), Angeline Lawson, James Lillard, Henrietta Lovelace, Herbert Lyle, Francis X. Mahoney (as "Rubberface Smith") Pat Mann, Rose Mariella, Richard McAllister, Dolly McCormick, James McKay, John Mobley, Helen Morgan (as "Julie"), Ethel Moses, Lucia Moses, Edna May Oliver (as Parthy Ann Hawks), Joseph Olney, Ann Lee Patterson, Pauline Pennell, Inez Persand, Lancelot Pinard, Eva Puck (as "Ellie"), Hattie King Reavis, Wilburn Riviere, Paul Robeson (as "Joe"), Elsie Rossi, Jennie Salmons, Earle Sanborn, Mildred Schwenke, Phil Sheridan, Maude Simmons, Charles Spencer, James Swift, Wen. Talbert, Lucille Taylor, Norma Terris (as "Magnolia"), Wynn Terry, Tillie Thomas, Archie Thomson, Lee Timmans, Gladstone Waldrip, Gertrude Walker [final Broadway role], Billie Wallace, Elida Webb, Sammy White (as "Frank Schultz"), Charles Willis, Charles Winninger (as "Capt. Andy"). Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. NOTES: (1) Mr. Ziegfeld would die during production on 22 Jul 1932 at age 65. (2) Filmed as Show Boat (1929), Show Boat (1936), Show Boat (1951).
- (1932) Stage: "Music in the Air" on Broadway. Musical comedy.
- (1955) Stage: Wrote (with Joshua Logan) lyrics for "South Pacific", produced on Broadway. Musical/drama (revival). Adapted from "Tales of South Pacific" by: James A. Michener. Music by Richard Rodgers. Musical Director: Frederick Dvonch. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Costume Design by Motley. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Staged by Charles Atkin. City Center: 4 May 1955-15 May 1955 (15 performances). Cast: Richard Armbruster (as "Seaman Tom O'Brien"), Helen Baisley, Herb Banke, Emy Boselli, Warren J. Brown, Richard Collett, Sandra Deel, Clifford Fearl, Don Fellows, Nick Gentile, Richard Hildebrandt, Edith Lane, Carol Lawrence (as "Liat"), Howard Lear, Theresa Mari, Frank Maxwell, Eileen Moran, Antonio Obregon, Balentin Obregon, Louise Pearl, Michelle Reiner, Seth Riggs (as "Yeoman Herbert Quale"), J.J. Riley, Bob Rippy, Gene Saks (as "Professor"), Janice Samarie, Richard Silvera, Henry Slate, Margaret Sokal, Elaine Spaulding, Sylvia Syms (as "Bloody Mary"), Evans Thornton, Murray Vines, Ralph Vucci, Raymond Wearer, Julie Winston, Martin Wolfson (as "Capt. George Brackett, U.S.N."). Produced by New York City Center Light Opera Company (William Hammerstein: General Director).
- (1946) Stage: Wrote lyrics for / book for / directed book for / co-produced (w/Jerome Kern) "Show Boat" on Broadway. Musical Drama (revival). Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics for "Bill" by P.G. Wodehouse. Music / lyrics for "Goodbye, My Lady Love" by Joseph E. Howard. Music / lyrics for "After the Ball" by Charles Harris. Based on the novel by Edna Ferber. Musical Director: Edwin McArthur. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Choral Director: Pem Davenport. Associate Choral Dir: Will Vodery. Scenic Design by Howard Bay. Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard. Choreographed by Helen Tamiris. Staged by Hassard Short. Ziegfeld Theatre: 5 Jan 1946-4 Jan 1947 (418 performances). Cast: Jerome Addison (as "Singer"), Gilbert Adkins (as "Singer"), Carmine Alexandria (as "Singer"), Robert Allen (as "Steve"), Betty Barker (as "Child"), Ivory Bass (as "Singer"), Talley Beatty (as "Bora" / "Dancer"), Marta Becket (as "English" / "Dancer"), William Bender (as "Singer"), Seldon Bennett (as "Pete"), Janice Bodenhoff (as "French" / "Dancer"), Eleanor Boleyn (as "Indian" / "Dancer"), Thomas Bowman (as "Man with Guitar"), Tom Bowman (as "Singer"), Grace Brenton (as "Singer"), Carol Bruce (as "Julie"), Robert Bulger (as "Singer"), Ralph Chambers (as "Vallon"), Edward Chappel (as "Singer"), Vivian Cherry (as "Italian" / "Dancer"), Jan Clayton (as "Magnolia" / "Kim"), William Cole (as "Singer"), Clarise Crawford (as "Singer"), Erno Czako (as "Singer"), Jack Daley (as "Jim"), Terry Dawson (as "Dancer"), Billy De Forest (as "Child"), Richard Di Silvera (as "Singer"), Helen Dowdy (as "Queenie"), Andrea Downing (as "Spanish" / "Dancer"), Ralph Dumke (as "Cap'n Andy"), Buddy Ebsen (as "Frank"), Sara Floyd (as "Landlady"), Howard Frank (as "Backwoodsman"), Charles Fredericks (as "Gaylord Ravenal"), Lydia Fredericks (as "Dolly" / "Singer"), La Verne French (as "Sam" / "Dancer"), Adah Friley (as "Singer"), Dolores Gamble (as "Child"), Roland Gamble (as "Child"), John Garth III (as "Singer"), Betty Jane Geiskopf (as "Dancer"), Thomas Gomez (as "The Show Boat Ensemble"), Hayes Gordon (as "Singer" / "Barker"), Marion Hairston (as "Singer"), George H. Hall (as "Singer"), Katie Hall (as "Singer"), Carol Harriton (as "Dancer"), Edward Hayes(as "Child"), Vickie Henderson (as "Dancer"), Sheila Hogan (as "Sister"), Marion Holaves (as "Singer"), Eddie Howland (as "Dancer"), Jean Jones (as "Singer"), Elmira Jones-Bey (as "Dancer"), Frances Joslyn (as "Singer"), Charlotte Junius (as "Singer"), Paula Kaye (as "Strong Woman" / "Dancer"), Audrey Keane (as "Greek" / "Dancer"), Elana Keller (as "Scotch" / "Dancer"), Nancy Kenyon (as "Lottie"), Robert Kimberly (as "Singer"), James Lapsley (as "Singer"), Ora Leak (as "Dancer"), Gerard Leavitt (as "Dancer"), Carol Lewis (as "Child"), Olga Lunick (as "Russian" / "Dancer"), Collette Lyons (credited as Colette Lyons; as "Ellie"; final Broadway role], Alyce Mace (as "Kim, child"), Francis X. Mahoney (as "Rubber Face"), Iris Manley (as "Mother Superior"), Bowling H. Mansfield (as "Singer"), Claude Marchant(as "Mala" / "Dancer"), Assotta Marshall (as "Ethel" / "Singer"), Linda Mason (as "Singer"), Albert McCary (as "Singer"), William McDaniel (as "Singer"), William Miller (as "Dancer"), Scott Moore (as "Windy"), Walter Mosby (as "Singer"), Nick Nadeau (as "Dancer"), Joe Nash (as "Dancer"), Billy O'Connor (as "Child"), Ethel Owen (as "Parthy Ann Hawks"), Pearl Primus (as "Sal" / "Dahomey Queen"), Miriam Quinn (as "Child"), Clarence Redd (as "Singer"; final Broadway role), Jean Reeves (as "Fatima"), Jeanne Reeves (as "Dancer"), Eulabel Riley (as "Singer"), Duncan Scott (as "Jeb"), Paul Shiers (as "Singer" / "Drunk"), Max Showalter (as "Jake"), Stanley Simmons (as "Dancer"), Frederica Slemons (as "Old Lady on the Levee"), William C. Smith (as "Doorman at Trocadero" / "Singer"), William Sol (as "Singer"), Kenneth Spencer (as "Joe"), Eugene Steiner (as "Child"), Sybil Stocking (as "Child"), Agnes Sundgren (as "Singer"), Alma Sutton (as "Ata" / "Dancer"), Charles Tate (as "Jimmy Craig"), Viola Taylor (as "Dancer"), Bettina Thayer (as "Sally" / "Singer"), Yvonne Tibor (as "Dancer"), Rodester Timmons (as "Singer"), Willie Torpey (as "Old Sport"), David Trimble (as "Singer"), Fannie Turner (as "Singer"), William Weber (as "Dancer"), Henry Wessel (as "Dancer"), Ethel Brown White (as "Singer"), Evelyn Wick (as "Singer"), Francisco Xavier (as "Dancer"). Replacement actors: Harry Asmus (as "Dancer"), Herbert Bennettson (as "Child"), Kenneth Demeaux (as "Child"), Gene Ferguson (as "Child"), Joan Jackson (as "Child"), Nancy Kenyon (as "Magnolia"), Michael Lee (as "Child"), Christina Lind (as "Singer"), Marcia Maier (as "Dancer" / "Greek"), Earl Redding (as "Singer"), Frances Schneider (as "Child"), Fred Thomas (as "Singer"), Grace Varick (as "Singer"), William Vaux (as "Dancer"), Evelyn Wick (as "Magnolia"), Tivis Wicker (as "Singer"), Lavinia Williams (as "Dancer"). NOTES (1) Filmed as Show Boat (1929), Show Boat (1936), Show Boat (1951). (2) Helen Morgan, who died in 1941, virtually owned the role and had played it in the original 1927 production, the first (1932) revival and Universal's hit 1936 film. Carole Bruce was the first actress to play (and sing) the role of Julie in a Broadway production of the show after it had been played by the legendary Morgan. She drew very favorable notices.
- (1926) Stage: "Desert Song" on Broadway. Musical/operetta. Composed by Sigmund Romberg. NOTE: Filmed as The Desert Song (1929), The Desert Song (1953), The Desert Song (1943), The Desert Song (1955).
- (1928) Stage: Wrote lyrics / (w/Frank Mandel [also co-producer]), Laurence Schwab [also co-producer]) book for "The New Moon" on Broadway. Musical/romance. Music by Sigmund Romberg. Music orchestrated by Emil Gerstenberger and Alfred Goodman (also Musical Director). Musical numbers staged by Bobby Connolly. Imperial Theatre (moved to The Casino Theatre from 18 Nov 1929-close): 19 Sep 1928-14 Dec 1929 (509 performances). Cast: Olga Albani (as "Flower Girl"), Lazlo Aliga (as "Ensemble"), Beulah Baker (as "Ensemble"), Daniel Barnes (as "Proprietor of the Tavern"), Herman Belmonte (as "A Spaniard" / "Ensemble"), Ida Berry (as "Ensemble"), Dulcie Bond (as "Ensemble"), Rosalie Brumm (as "Ensemble"), Kay Burnell (as "Ensemble"), Ned Byers (as "Ensemble"), Marie Callahan (as "Julie"), Vance Campbell (as "Ensemble"), John Cardini (as "Ensemble"), Helen Casey (as "Ensemble"), Cecilia Caskey (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Christie (as "Ensemble"), Thomas Coppe (as "Ensemble"), Dorice Covert (as "Ensemble"), Thomas Dale (as "Fouchette"), Barbara Dare (as "Ensemble"), James Davis (as "Ensemble"), David DeGrave (as "Ensemble"), Frank Dobert (as "Ensemble"), Dody Donnelly (as "Ensemble"), Lester Dorr (as "Capt. Dejean"), Frank Dowling (as "Ensemble"), Lyle Evans (as "Besac"), Max Figman (as "Vicomte Ribaud"), Marion Frances (as "Ensemble"), Novella Fromm (as "Ensemble"), R.E. Garcia (as "Ensemble"), Gloria Glennon (as "Ensemble"), Sigmund Glukoff (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Grady (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Grady (as "Ensemble"), Olga Grannis (as "Ensemble"), Frank Grinnel (as "Ensemble"), John Gutcher (as "Ensemble"), Robert Halliday (as "Robert"), Patrick Henry (as "Ensemble"), Evelyn Herbert (as "Marianne"), Hernadez Brother Trio (as "The Musicans"), Dorothy Higgins (as "Ensemble"), Esther Howard (as "Clotilde Lombaste"), Ruth Jennings (as "Ensemble"), Tina Marie Jensen (as "Ensemble"), Leon Kairoff (as "Ensemble"), Andrew Keller (as "Ensemble"), T.W. Kendall (as "Ensemble"), Constance King (as "Ensemble"), George Kirk (as "Ensemble"), Sylvia LaMarde (as "Ensemble"), Elmira Lane (as "Ensemble"), Gloria Lee (as "Ensemble"), Sol Leimas (as "Ensemble"), Carl Linke (as "Ensemble"), Rita Marks (as "Ensemble"), Phyllis Marren (as "Ensemble"), Charles V. Maynard (as "Ensemble"), Ernest McChesney (as "Ensemble"), Wallace McLeod (as "Ensemble"), Frances Mildern (as "Ensemble"), Earle Mitchell (as "Jacques"), Al Monty (as "Ensemble"), Christine Morey (as "Ensemble"), Charles Muhs (as "Ensemble"), Jack Murray (as "Ensemble"), Edward Nell Jr. (as "Captain Paul Duval"), William O'Neal (as "Phillippe"), Cornelius Pilcher (as "Ensemble"), Rae Powell (as "Ensemble"), William Prevost (as "Ensemble"), Basil Prock (as "Ensemble"), Ramon (as "One of The Dancers"), Sverre Rasmussen (as "Ensemble"), Pacie Ripple (as "Monsieur Beaunoir"), Sylvia Roberts (as "Ensemble"), Joe Rogers (as "Ensemble"), Rosita (as "One of The Dancers"), W.M. Rytter (as "Ensemble"), Leon Sabater (as "Ensemble"), Marnie Sawyer (as "Ensemble"), Howard Schreiber (as "Ensemble"), Edith Sheldon (as "A Dancer"), Bart Shilling (as "Ensemble"), Gus Shy (as "Alexander"), Edward Smythe (as "Ensemble"), Marjorie Sneller (as "Ensemble"), Carl Streib (as "Ensemble"), Carola Taylor (as "Ensemble"), Elizabeth Taylor (as "Ensemble"), Rosalie Trego (as "Ensemble"), Frank Vaughn (as "Ensemble"), Arthur Verbowvans (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Verlaine (as "Ensemble"), Irving Weinstein (as "Ensemble"), Dean Wheeler (as "Ensemble").
- (1925) Stage: "Song of the Flame" on Broadway. Musical/opera. Composed by George Gershwin)
- (1943) Stage: "Carmen Jones" on Broadway. Musical. Music by Georges Bizet. Based on "Carmen" by Prosper Mérimée, adapted by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. New orchestral arrangements by Robert Russell Bennett. Libretto directed by Charles Friedman. Choreographed by Eugene Loring. Directed by Hassard Short. Broadway Theatre: 2 Dec 1943-10 Feb 1945 (503 performances). Cast: Lee Allen, Viola Anderson, William Archer, Albert Bailey, Robert Bailey, Valerie Black, Al Bledger, Willie May Bourne, Raymond Brooks, Carmine Brown, Glenn Bryant, Miriam Burton, Oliver Busch, Sibol Cain, Jack Carr, Howard Carter, Edward Christopher, Robert Clarke, Cosy Cole, Clarice Crawford, Ruth Crumpton, William Davis, Richard DeVaultier, William Dillard, Hubert Dilworth, Edwina Divers, Anne Dixon, George Dosher, E. Drayton, L. Drayton, Marguerite Duncan, Melvin Duncan, Tony Fleming Jr., Posie Flowers, Carlota Franzell, Awilda Frasier, Audrey Graham, Mary Graham, Richard Granady, J. Prioreau Gray, Frank Green, Joe Green, Oliver Hamilton, Erona Harris, Mabel Hart, June Hawkins, Elijah Hodges, James Holman, Sheldon B. Hoskins, Melvin Howard, Gilbert Irvis, Richard James, Rhoda Johnson, Clarence Jones, William Jones, Elsie Kennedy, David Lee, Urylee Leonardos, Daniel Lloyd, Fredye Marshall, Maithe Marshall, Inez Matthews, Dorothy McNichols, Vera McNichols, Theresa Merritte, Dick Montgomery, Vivienne Mussenden, Frank Neal, Betty Nichols, Joseph A. Noble, Bill O'Neil, Alford Pierre, Evelyn Pilcher, Bertha Powell, Muriel Rahn, Arthur Rames, Fred Randall, Napoleon Reed, Chauncey Reynolds, John Richards, J. Flashe Riley, Edward Roche, Carmencita Romero, Edith Ross, Jessica Russell, Mildred Saffold, Randolph Sawyer, Luther Saxon, Jame s Scott, Randolph Scott, P. Jay Sidney, Muriel Smith, Robert Smith, Randall Steplight, Andrew Taylor, Harold Taylor, Edward Lee Tyler, Carlos Van Puten, Carlos Van Putten, Audrey Vanterpool, Delano Vanterpool, Royce Wallace, Elton J. Warren, Mattie Washington, LeRoy Westfall, Ethel White, Dorothy Williams, George Willis, Robert Woodland, William Woolfolk. Produced by Billy Rose.
- (1929) Stage: "Sweet Adeline" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Composed by Jerome Kern.
- (1946) Stage: Co-.produced (w/Richard Rodgers) "Annie Get Your Gun" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music / lyrics by Irving Berlin. Book by Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields. Musical Director: Jay Blackton. Music orchestrated by Philip J. Lang, Russell Bennett and Ted Royal. Vocal arrangements by Joe Moon. Piano Arangements by Helmy Kresa. Lighting / Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Joshua Logan. Imperial Theatre: 16 May 1946-12 Feb 1949 (1147 performances). Cast: Ethel Merman, Ray Middleton, Franca Baldwin, Truly Barbara, Art Barnett, Jack Beaber, Harry Bellaver, 'Leon Bibb' (qvV), Janice Bodenhoff, Kenny Bowers, Bernice Brady, Marlene Cameron, Pete Civello (as "Timothy Gardner" / D"Ensemble"), Victor Clarke (as "Clyde Smith"), Marjorie Crossland (as "Sylvia Potter-Porter"), Camilla DeWitt (as "Jessie, Annie's Sister"), Robert Dixon (as "Freddie"), Cliff Dunstan (as "Mac, Property Man"), John Garth III (as "Trainman" / "Major Domo"), Mary Ellen Glass (as "Little Girl"), Marvin Goodis, Mary Grey (as "Cowgirl" / "Girl in White"), Bernard Griffin (as "Cowboy" / "Dr. Percy Ferguson"), Ellen Hanley (as "Mary"), Vincent Henry, Bobby Hookey (as "Little Jake, Annie's Brother"), Ray Hyson, Walter John (as "Yellow Foot" / "Pawnee's Messenger"), Don Liberto (as "Harry" / "Mr. Schuyler Adams"), Christina Lind (as "Girl in Pink"), Ostrid Lind (as "Louise" / "Ensemble"), George Lipton (as "Maj. Gordon Lillie" / "Pawnee Bill"), Roslynd Lowe, Elizabeth Malone (as "Mrs. Black Tooth"), Marty May (as "Charlie Davenport"), Dusty McCaffrey (as "Ensemble"), Roy Milton (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Mitchell, Daniel Nagrin, Duncan Noble, Betty Anne Nyman (as "Winnie Tate"), William O'Neal, Lea Penman, Edward Pfeiffer, Jack Pierce, Nancy Jean Raab, Nellie Ranson, Dorothy Richards (as "Nancy" / "Mrs. Schyler Adams"), Fred Rivett (as "Mr. Lockwood" / "Ensemble"), Harriet Roeder, Alma Ross, Lubov Roudenko (as "Riding Mistress"), Clifford Sales (as "Little Boy"), Bernice Saunders (as "Ensemble"), Earl Sauvain (as "Andy Turner"), Rob Taylor (as "Cowboy" / "John/Mr. Clay"), Beau Tilden (as "Coolie"), Clyde Turner (as "Porter" / "1st Waiter"), Katrina Van Oss (as "Girl With Bouquet"), Marietta Vore (as "Mrs. Percy Ferguson" / "Ensemble"), Ruth Vrana (as "Debutante"), William Weslow (as "Ensemble"), Ken Whelan (as "Ensemble"), Mary Woodley, Helen Wysatt. NOTE: Filmed as Annie Get Your Gun (1950).
- (1943) Stage: Wrote book / lyrics for "Carmen Jones" on Broadwa. Musical. Based on music by Georges Bizet. Based on "Carmen" by Prosper Mérimée. Libretto based on by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. New orchestral arrangements by Robert Russell Bennett. Libretto directed by Charles Friedman. Choreographed by Eugene Loring. Directed by Hassard Short. Broadway Theatre: 2 Dec 1943-10 Feb 1945 (503 performances). Cast: Lee Allen, Viola Anderson, William Archer, Albert Bailey, Robert Bailey, Valerie Black, Al Bledger, Willie May Bourne, Raymond Brooks, Carmine Brown, Glenn Bryant, Miriam Burton, Oliver Busch, Sibol Cain, Jack Carr, Howard Carter, Edward Christopher, Robert Clarke, Cosy Cole, Clarice Crawford, Ruth Crumpton, William Davis, Richard DeVaultier, William Dillard, Hubert Dilworth, Edwina Divers, Anne Dixon, George Dosher, E. Drayton, L. Drayton, Marguerite Duncan, Melvin Duncan, Tony Fleming, Jr., Posie Flowers, Carlota Franzell, Awilda Frasier, Audrey Graham, Mary Graham, Richard Granady, J. Prioreau Gray, Frank Green, Joe Green, Oliver Hamilton, Erona Harris, Mabel Hart, June Hawkins, Elijah Hodges, James Holman, Sheldon B. Hoskins, Melvin Howard, Gilbert Irvis, Richard James, Rhoda Johnson, Clarence Jones, William Jones, William Jones, Elsie Kennedy, David Lee, Urylee Leonardos, Daniel Lloyd, Fredye Marshall, Maithe Marshall, Inez Matthews, Dorothy McNichols, Vera McNichols, Theresa Merritte, Dick Montgomery, Vivienne Mussenden, Frank Neal, Betty Nichols, Joseph A. Noble, Bill O'Neil, Alford Pierre, Evelyn Pilcher, Bertha Powell, Muriel Rahn, Arthur Rames, Fred Randall, Napoleon Reed, Chauncey Reynolds, John Richards, J. Flashe Riley, Edward Roche, Carmencita Romero, Edith Ross, Jessica Russell, Mildred Saffold, Randolph Sawyer, Luther Saxon, Jame s Scott, Randolph Scott, P. Jay Sidney, Muriel Smith, Robert Smith, Randall Steplight, Andrew Taylor, Harold Taylor, Edward Lee Tyler, Carlos Van Puten, Carlos Van Putten, Audrey Vanterpool, Delano Vanterpool, Royce Wallace, Elton J. Warren, Mattie Washington, LeRoy Westfall, Ethel White, Dorothy Williams, George Willis, Robert Woodland, William Woolfolk. Produced by Billy Rose.
- (1958) Stage: "Flower Drum Song" on Broadway. Musical comedy.
- (1939) Stage: Wrote book / lyrics for "Very Warm for May" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music by Jerome Kern. Music arranged / orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Musical Director: Robert Emmett Dolan. Choreographed by Albertina Rasch and Harry Losee. Scenic Design by / Costume Design by / Directed by Vincente Minnelli. Alvin Theatre: 17 Nov 1939-6 Jan 1940 (59 performances). Cast: June Allyson (as "June"), Dolores Anderson (as "Dolores"), Eve Arden (as "Winnie Spofford"), Maxine Barrat (as "Honey"), Seldon Bennett (as "Schlesinger"), Beulah Blake (as "Beulah"), Helen Bliss (as "Helen"), Donald Brian (as "William Graham"), Virginia Card (as "Miss Wasserman"), Peter Chambers (as "Mr. Magee"), Andre Charise (as "Andre"), William Collins (as "Bill"), Sally Craven (as "Sally"), Milton Delugg (as "O'Cedar" / "Accordion"), Helen Donovan (as "Helen II"), Eleanor Eberle (as "Eleanor"), Frank Egan (as "Mr. Pratt"), Vera-Ellen (as "Susan"), Bruce Evans (as "Electrician"), Marshal Fisher (as "Marshal" / "Guitar"), Miriam Franklyn (as "Miriam"), Kate Friedlich (as "Sylvia"), Ralph Hansell (as "Ralph" / "Drums"), Claire Harvey (as "Claire"), Louis Hightower (as "Louis"; Broadway debut), Avon Long (as "Jackson"), Walter Long (as "Walter"), Don Loper (as "Smoothy Watson"), Ethel Lynn (as "Ethel"), Matt Malneck (as "Alvin" / "Violin"), Charles Marlowe (as "Homer" / "Trumpet"), Ray Mayer (as "Kenny"), Grace McDonald (as "May Graham"), Len Mence (as "Beamish"), Frances Mercer (as "Liz Spofford"; Broadway debut), Rudy Miller (as "Rudy"), Russ Morhoff (as "Russ" / "Bass"), Kay Picture (as "Miss Hyde"), Jean Plummer (as "Jean" / "Piano"), Marie Louise Quevli (as "Alice"), Richard Quine (as "Sonny Spofford"), Joseph Quintile (as "Joseph" / "Harp"), Pamela Randell (as "Pam"), Jack Seymour (as "Jack"), Robert Shackleton (as "Raymond Sibley"; Broadway debut), Hollace Shaw (as "Carroll"), Hiram Sherman (as "Ogdon Quiler"), Max Showalter (as "Lowell Pennyfeather"), Ralph Stuart (as "Charles"), Evelyn Thawl (as "Jane"), Webb Tilton (as "Webb"), William Torpey (as "Jethro Hancock"), Jack Whiting (as "Johnny Graham"), Jack Wilson (as "Peter"), Billie Wirth (as "Billie"). Produced by Max Gordon. NOTE: Filmed as Broadway Rhythm (1944).
- (1932) Stage: "Music in the Air" on Broadway. Ccomposed by Jerome Kern.
- (3/10/25-7/25) Stage: Co-wrote (w/Rudolf Friml, Herbert Stothart) "Rose Marie". Musical. Performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London, England, with Edith Day, Billy Merson, Clarice Hardwicke, Derek Oldham, Mira Nirska, and Brian Gilmour in the cast.
- (5/33-12/33) Stage: Wrote (w/Jerome Kern) "Music in the Air". Musical. Performed at His Majesty's Theatre in London, England, with Mary Ellis in the cast.
- (1942) Stage: Wrote (w/Rudolf Friml, Herbert Stothart, Otto A. Harbach) "Rose Marie". Musical. Performed at the Stoll Theatre in London, England, with Marjorie Browne, Raymond Newell, George Lacey, Phyllis Monkman, David Davies and Paul Jackson in the cast.
- (1947) Stage: Wrote (w/Richard Rodgers) "Oklahoma!". Musical. Performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London, England, with Harold Keel, Betty Jane Watson, Dorothea MacFarland, Walter Donahue, Mary Marlo, Marek Windheim, Henry Clarke and Wm. J. McCarthy in the cast.
- (1948) Stage: Wrote (w/Richard Rodgers) "Oklahoma!". Musical. Performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London, England, with Chris Robinson, Isabel Bigley, Mary Marlo, Victor Griffin and Patricia Englund in the cast.
- (1949) Stage: Wrote (w/Richard Rodgers) "Oklahoma!". Musical. Performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London, England, with Chris Robinson, Isabel Bigley, Betty Jo Jones, Victor Griffin, Jennie Gregson, Harry Ross and Walter Peterson in the cast.Stage
- (1950) Stage: Wrote (w/Richard Rodgers) the musical "Carousel," performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London, England, with Iva Withers, Stephen Douglass, Margot Moser, Marion Ross, Eric Mattson, Jack Melford, William Sherwood and Kenneth Sandford (chorus) in the cast.
- (1951) Stage: Wrote (w/Richard Rodgers the musical "South Pacific," performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London, England, with Mary Martin, Wilbur Evans, Ray Walston, Muriel Smith and Larry Hagman in the cast.
- (1952) Stage: Wrote (w/Richard Rodgers) the musical "South Pacific," performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London, England, with Mary Martin, Wilbur Evans, Peter Grant, Muriel Smith and Larry Hagman in the cast.
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