- (1900 - 1942) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1900) Stage Play: The Rogers Brothers in Central Park. Musical/farce/vaudeville. Music by Maurice Levi. Book by John J. McNally. Lyrics by J. Cheever Goodwin. Musical Director: Maurice Levi. Additional music by J. Rosamond Johnson [credited as J. Rosamond Johnson]. Additional lyrics by James Weldon Johnson [earliest Broadway credit] and Bob Cole [earliest Broadway credit]. Directed by Ben Teal. Victoria Theatre (moved to The Grand Opera House on 1 Apr 1901 to close): 17 Sep 1900- Apr 1901 (closing date unknown/80 performances). Cast: Jeanette Bageard (as "Marie LeHaute"), James Cherry (as "Con Maguffin/Park Policeman/Chief Inspector") [Broadway debut], Mildred Claire (as "Willie Want"), Elsie Davis (as "Carrie Page"), Leonie Dueth (as "Daisy Money"), Della Fox (as "Belle Money"), Emma Francis (as "Constance Strain"), Grace Freeman (as "Rose Merri"), Lee Harrison (as "Ben Dunne"), Carl King (as "Lavord/Inspector Botts"), Marion Langdon (as "Floretta Diggs"), Joseph Merrick (as "Inspector Wotts"), George H. Nagel (as "Inspector Dotts"), Eugene O'Rourke (as "Al Money"), John Page (as "Sam Clippe"), Madge Pierce (as "Sisie Camera"), Ruth Renard (as "Charlie Plenty"), Gus Rogers (as "Marcus Blatter"), Max Rogers (as "Lucas Stucke"), Gertrude Say (as "Ezi Money"), Edith St. Clair (as "Bettina Betts"), Margaret Stewart (as "Cora De Fitzmaurice"), May Taylor (as "Lucy Ricky"), Willie Torpey (as "Tom Swift"), Hattie Waters (as "Alona Money"), William West (as "George Merri"), Dollie Wiggins (as "Helen Money"). Produced by Klaw & Erlanger.
- (1900) Stage Play: The Belle of Bridgeport. Farce. Written by Glen MacDonough. Music by J. Rosamond Johnson. Lyrics by Bob Cole and James Weldon Johnson. Additional music by William J. Accooe, William Jefferson and Cecilia Loftus [credited as Cissie Loftus]. Additional lyrics by William Jefferson, Cecilia Loftus [credited as Cissie Loftus] and William J. Accooe. Musical Director: Watty Hydes. Directed by George A. Beane. Bijou Theatre: 29 Oct 1900- 8 Dec 1900 (45 performances). Cast: Grace Almy (as "Miss Green"), George A. Beane (as "John Smith"), Edith Blair (as "Miss Roberts"), Jane Burby (as "Mrs. John Smith"), Roland Carter (as "Dr. Luke Craven"), Charles Church (as "Phil Bonhomie"), Lillie Collins (as "Mamie Cassidy"), Mabel Florence (as "Jessica"), Ruth Grey (as "Miss Black"), Raymond Hitchcock (as "Bokhara Skitbollitski"), Alice Howard (as "Mary Doyle"), May Irwin (as "Ariel Smith"), Frank M. Johnson (as "A.J. Factor"), Gussie Jones (as "Parepa Box"), Jacques Kruger (as "Ferdinand"), James McDonough (as "Roundsman Sharp"), Sadie Peters (as "Agnes Crane"), Charles Prince (as "Alonzo Topping"), Helen Rainsley (as "Mrs. Marion Colby"), Bert Thayer (as "Malcolm Crane"), Queenie Vassar (as "Miss Popkins"), Frank H. White (as "Ethelbert Box"), Anne Woodward (as "Miss White"). Produced by May Irwin.
- (1900) Stage Play: Madge Smith, Attorney. Comedy/farce. Written by Ramsay Morris. Music by Dave Reed, A. Baldwin Sloane, Francis Bryant, Ernest Hogan and Theodore H. Northrup. Additional music by James O'Dea. Musical Director: Watty Hydes. Featuring songs by J. Rosamond Johnson and Cissie Loftus. Featuring songs with lyrics by James Weldon Johnson, Cissie Loftus and Bob Cole. Directed by Louis Harrison. Bijou Theatre (moved to The Grand Opera House 25 Mar 1901- close): 10 Dec 1900- Mar 1901 (closing date unknown/46 performances). Cast: May Irwin (as "Mrs. Madge Smith"), Grace Almy (as "Flossy Greensleeves"), George A. Beane (as "John Smith"), Edythe Blair (as "Diana Blush"), Edward Bowen (as "Another Detective"), Roland Carter (as "Judge of Police Court, Montressor Bing"), Charles Church (as "Clerk of Police Court"), Mabel Florence (as "Clarice Gay"), Frank W. Johnson (as "Upson Downes"), Jacques Kruger (as "Wilson"), James M. MacDonough (as "Detective"), Ignacio Martinetti (as "Count Cotton"), Sadie Peters (as "Bijou Leech"), Alice Sands (as "Kate Maxwell"), Joseph M. Sparks (as "Ajax O'Shaughnessey"), Bert Thayer (as "Gunnington Swift"), Anne Woodward (as "Cissy Peachblow"). Produced by May Irwin.
- (1901) Stage Play: The Little Duchess. Musical comedy. Music by Reginald De Koven. Book by Harry B. Smith. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Musical Direction by Herman Perlet. Additional lyrics by Julian Fane, Bob Cole, William Jerome and J.P. Harrington. Additional music by Ellen Wright, A. Baldwin Sloane, J. Rosamond Johnson and Leo LeBrunn. Directed by George F. Marion. Casino Theatre (moved to The Grand Opera House from 21 Apr 1902- close): 14 Oct 1901- Apr 1902 (closing date unknown/144 performances). Cast: Frankie Bailey, Sydney Barraclough, Katherine Bell, Charles A. Bigelow, Vivian Blackburn, Eva Davenport, Daisy Dean, Robert Fairchild, D.J. Flanigan, Minnie Gaylor, Lillian Harris, Anna Held (as "The Little Duchess/Clare de Brion"), Joseph W. Herbert, Phyllis La Fond, George F. Marion, B. McGahen, Mme. Monti, Harry T. Morey [credited as Harold T. Morey], Billy Norton, Adelaide Orton, Helen Planchet, Ruth Rennard, Clara Selton, Anna St. Tel, Charles Swain, E.A. Tester, Elaine Van Selover, Joseph Welch, Blanche West (as "Nanon/Chorus"), Bessie Wynn. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1901) Stage Play: The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast. Musical extravaganza. Music by J.M. Glover and Frederick Solomon. Book by Arthur Collins and J. Hickory Wood. Book adapted by John J. McNally and J. Cheever Goodwin. Lyrics by J. Cheever Goodwin. Musical Director: Frederick J. Solomon. Featuring songs by J. Rosamond Johnson and Jean Schwartz. Featuring songs with lyrics by Bob Cole, James Weldon Johnson, William Jerome and Vincent Bryan. Choreographed by Ernest D'Auban. Directed by Ben Teal and Marshall Moore. Broadway Theatre: 4 Nov 1901- 31 May 1902 (241 performances). Cast: James Beall (as "Chorus"), Harry Bulger (as "King Bardout"), Anna Carr (as "Dora/Chorus"), Joseph Cawthorn (as "Lena"), Nora Cecil (as "Algie"), Kathryn Colvin (as "Eglantine"), Phoebe Coyne (as "Malevolentia"), Maude Cummings (as "Nora"), Nina Fitzwilliams (as "Freddie"), Mazie Follette (as "Chorus"), Viola Gillette (as "Prince Charming"), Florence Hengler (as "Flossie"), May Hengler (as "Lord Jocelyn"), Lillian Hudson (as "Daffodil"), John Hyams (as "Doctor Squills"), Violet Kellogg (as "Jessamine"), Pearl Landers (as "Violet/Evelina"), Lelia Lewis (as "Maudie"), Mlle. Martina (as "Witch's Attendant"), Jeannette Mozar (as "Dash"), Kittie Norman (as "Mignonette"), John Page (as "President Petit"), Nellie Reed (as "Spirit of the Air"), Lillian Rice (as "Flash"), Charles J. Ross (as "Queen Spadia"), Susie Rusholme (as "Columbine/Mariana"), Ella Snyder (as "Princess Beauty"), Bessie Stanton (as "Cora"), Myrtle Steele (as "Gwendoline"), Nellie Thorne (as "Benevolentia"), Virginia Vorhees (as "Claudie"), Jane Whitbeck (as "Reggie"), Annabelle Whitford (as "Johnnie"). Produced by Klaw & Erlanger.
- (1901) Stage Play: The Supper Club. Musical comedy. Music by A. Baldwin Sloane, Mae Anwerda Sloane, Rosamond Johnson, Robert Cole, Ben Jerome, William Penn, Will D. Cobb and Gus Edwards. Book by Sydney Rosenfeld. Lyrics by Sydney Rosenfeld, A. Baldwin Sloane, Mae Anwerda Sloane, J. Rosamond Johnson, Robert Cole, Ben Jerome, William H. Penn, Will D. Cobb and Gus Edwards. Musical Director: Genaro Saldierna. Directed by Lionel E. Laurence. New York Winter Garden Theatre: 23 Dec 1901- 25 Jan 1902 (40 performances). Cast: Adele Archer (as "Nettie, the Marquis' daughter/Chorus"), Eugenie Bashford (as "Mrs. Knightly"), Lilian Bond (as "Chorus"), Donald Brian (as "Castor Beane, Bess' lover") [Broadway debut], Richard Brown (as "Old Beane, father of Castor"), Florence Carlisle (as "Chorus"), Alexander Clarke (as "The Marquis de Castalenne"), Toby Claude (as "Nan, youngest daughter of Dingtuttle"), Virginia Earle (as "Mrs. Winifred Darling Smith, President of the Progressive Dames"), Nina Farrington (as "Mrs. Flighty"), Mazie Follette (as "Chorus"), John Ford (as "Tom, butler at the Supper Club"), Maude Francis (as "Chorus"), George Fuller Golden (as "Master of Ceremonies/Boss Thomas, a noted politician"), Effie Hamilton (as "Lettie, the Marquis' daughter/Chorus"), Al Hart (as "Ichabod Bender, a grafter"), Stuart Hyatt (as "John, the butler"), Stella Kenny (as "Chorus"), Leon Kohlman, Lionel E. Laurence (as "Bert Hopkins, a fashionable dentist"), Adah Lewis (as "Kate, Dingtuttle's oldest daughter, married to Hopkins"), Gertrude Lewis (as "Mrs. Springhtly"), Grace Maitland (as "Chorus"), Junie McCree (as "The Dummy"), Vera Morris (as "Mrs. Golightly"), Natalie Olcott (as "Chorus"), Eugene O'Rourke (as "Chief William, a noted politician"), Ethel Perry (as "Chorus"), John W. Ransone (as "Boss Richard, a noted politician"), Grace Rogers (as "Chorus"), Josie Sadler (as "Louise, the chambermaid"), Thomas Q. Seabrooke (as "Pop Dingtuttle, who has risen from the ranks"), The DeRigney Sisters (as "Singing Trio"), Jessie Thompson (as "Chorus"), Maude Williams (as "Bess, daughter of Dingtuttle"), Oriska Worden (as "Hettie, the Marquis' daughter/Chorus"), Bessie Wynn (as "Chorus"). Produced by The Sire Brothers.
- (1902) Stage Play: Sally in Our Alley. Musical comedy. Book by George V. Hobart. Lyrics by George V. Hobart. Featuring "Under The Bamboo Tree" by J. Rosamond Johnson and Bob Cole [credited as Robert Cole]. Featuring songs by Harry von Tilzer, William H. Penn, William Frederick Peters, Bert Williams, George Walker and Henry Carey. Featuring songs with lyrics by Bert Williams, Henry Blossom, Ernest Hanegan, George Totten Smith, George Walker and Henry Carey. Musical Director: Max Hirschfeld. Directed by George W. Lederer. Broadway Theatre (moved to The Harlem Opera House from 10 Nov 1902- Nov 1902, then moved to The New York Theatre from 24 Nov 1902 to close): 20 Aug 1902- 13 Dec 1902 (100 performances). Produced by George W. Lederer.
- (1903) Stage Play: Zig-Zag Alley. Musical/farce.
- (1903) Stage Play: Mr. Bluebeard. Musical. Music by Frederick Solomon. Additional music by C. Herbert Kerr. Book by Arthur Collins and J. Hickory Wood. Lyrics by J. Cheever Goodwin. Musical Director: Frederick Solomon. Adapted for America by John J. McNally. Additional numbers by William Jerome, Jean Schwartz, Al Bryan, Vincent Bryan, Gus Edwards, J. Rosamond Johnson, Theodore M. Morse, Bob Cole, Matt Woodward, Ben M. Jerome, Will D. Cobb, Harry von Tilzer and Dan McAvoy. Choreographed by Ernest D'Auban. Directed by Herbert Gresham and Ned Wayburn. Knickerbocker Theatre: 21 Jan 1903- 16 May 1903 (135 performances). Cast: Myrtle Artlington (as "Beca"), George A. Cameron (as "Dunfor"), Herbert Cawthorne (as "Irish Patsha"), Dane and Seymour (as "Specialty"), William Danforth (as "Mustapha"), Bessie De Voie (as "Korafai"), Rose Earle (as "Nadie"), Eddie Foy (as "Sister Anne"), Elizabeth Hauman (as "Pony Ballet"), Lonie Hauman (as "Pony Ballet"), Clara Havel (as "Mirza"), Chauncey Holland (as "Passai"), Helga Howard (as "Zara"), Elsa Huerting (as "Specialty"), Georgia Kelly (as "Stella"), Norma Kopp (as "Abdallah"), Beatrice Liddell (as "Pony Ballet"), Bonnie Maginn (as "Imer Dasher"), Eva Marlow (as "Pony Ballet"), Dorothy Marlowe (as "Pony Ballet"), Dan McAvoy (as "Mr. Blue Beard"), Seppie McNeil (as "Pony Ballet"), Harry Murdoc (as "Laidoff"), Thomas O'Brien (as "Hatrac"), Edith Palmer (as "Amina"), Flora Parker (as "Fatima"), Carolyn Poltz (as "Pony Ballet"), Premiere (as "Specialty"), Adele Rafter (as "Selim"), Sam Reed (as "Abaddin"), Ada Robertson (as "Pony Ballet"), Nellie Simmons (as "Zoli"), Abner Symmons (as "Badun"), May Taylor (as "Zaidee"), The Grigolatis Troupe of Aerialists (as "Specialty"), Fred Walsh (as "Knouse"), W.H. White (as "Hacnum"), Frank C. Young (as "Abumun"). Produced by Klaw & Erlanger.
- (1903) Stage Play: Nancy Brown. Musical comedy. Music by Henry K. Hadley. Book by George Broadhurst [credited as George H. Broadhurst] and Frederic Ranken. Lyrics by George Broadhurst and Frederic Ranken. Musical Director: George P. Towle. Featuring songs by Max S. Witte, J. Rosamond Johnson, Louis G. Munz and Eugene Ellsworth. Featuring songs with lyrics by Eugene Ellsworth, Bob Cole, James Weldon Johnson and Aaron Hoffman [earliest Broadway credit]. Directed by Frank Smithson. Bijou Theatre (moved to The Grand Opera House from 26 Oct 1903- close): 16 Feb 1903- Nov 1903 (closing date unknown/112 performances). Cast: Adele Archer (as "Maud"), Ada Bartlett (as "Ensemble"), George Beban (as "Count Fromage de Brie"), Anna Bennett (as "Ensemble"), Judith Berolde (as "The Princess Barboo"), Minna Blackman (as "Ensemble"), Henry Borden (as "Ensemble"), May Bordley (as "Ensemble"), Evelyn Botsford (as "Strolling Minstrel"), Aline Boyd (as "Nara"), Alice Brown (as "Ensemble"), Harry Brown (as "Socrates Finis"), Harry Burgess (as "Strolling Minstrel") [only Broadway role], Marie Cahill (as "Nancy Brown"), Grace Cameron (as "Muriel"), Ethel Carroll (as "Ensemble"), Lita Castello (as "Zuzu"), Gertrude Cochrane (as "Ensemble"), Daniel Corse (as "Ensemble"), Elizabeth Cumming (as "Ensemble"), Helen Curzon (as "Rena"), Philip Dale (as "Ensemble"), Frank Dearduff (as "The Grand Duke of Drinkamutchsky"), Gertrude Doremus (as "Ensemble"), Gladys Earlcott (as "Ensemble"), Louise Egener (as "Ensemble"), Julie Fenton (as "Ensemble"), Maud Francis (as "Gwendolen"), Florence French (as "Ensemble"), Mabel Gardner (as "Ensemble"), Al Grant (as "Noah Little"), Farron Gray (as "Ensemble"), Jennie Hardy (as "Ensemble"), Sadie Harris (as "Ensemble"), John Havens (as "Lord Worcestershire"), Alfred Hickman (as "Venderhyphen Jenks"), Agnes Hinton (as "Ensemble"), Adelaide Howland (as "Ensemble"), Margaret Johnson (as "Ensemble"), Elizabeth King (as "Ensemble"), Alice Knowlton (as "Tutu"), Helen Lathrop (as "Tulu"), Eva Lewis (as "Ensemble"), Ella Mann (as "Ensemble"), Leslie Mayo (as "Sally"), W.W. Meehan (as "Ensemble"), Edythe Moyer (as "Alice"), Jean Newcombe (as "Mrs. John Jenks"), T.R. O'Brian (as "Ensemble"), Ruby Paine (as "Gracie"), Albert Parr (as "Mara Mustapha"), Mlle. Proto (as "The Dancer"), Estelle Rogers (as "Ensemble"), V.A. Rose (as "Ensemble"), Maud Sloane (as "Sadie"), Madison Smith (as "Hullybaloo"), Mason Smith (as "Ensemble"), Edwin Stevens (as "Muley Mustapha"), Rose Stevens (as "Ensemble"), Maude Stillman (as "Ensemble"), Isabelle Stuart (as "Ensemble"), Beth Titus (as "Ensemble"), G.M. Vale (as "Ensemble"), Henry Vogel (as "Baron Sauerbraten"). Produced by Daniel V. Arthur.
- (1903) Stage Play: Whoop-Dee-Doo. Musical extravaganza [Production comprised of the following shows: Whoop-Dee-Doo (credits apply to this show only here), Looney Park, Waffles, Catherine]. Music by William T. Francis. Book by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Edgar Smith. Featuring songs by Alfred Muller Norden and J. Rosamond Johnson. Featuring songs with lyrics by Bob Cole. Directed by Ben Teal. Weber & Field's Broadway Music Hall (moved to The New Amsterdam Theatre on 16 May 1904 to close): 24 Sep 1903- 28 May 1904 (165 performances). Cast: Marion Alexander (as "Cornet Pompomstein"), Eva Allen (as "Nathalie"), Willie Archie (as "Monsieur Saisir"), Myrtle Arlington (as "Captain Campsdemards"), Florence Averill (as "Cornet Sabrelitz"), Carrie Bowman (as "Lena"), Minnie Britton (as "Nudelina"), Helen Brooks (as "Kaffeline"), Mattie Chapin (as "Schnitzel"), May Chapin (as "Crayonne"), Edna Chase (as "Fertig"), Marie Christie (as "Lieutenant Montmartre"), Peter F. Dailey (as "Josh Kidder"), Carter DeHaven (as "Pierrepont Grimes"), Libby Diamond (as "Geldia"), V. Dolero (as "Parieren"), Helen Du Heron (as "Mlle. Dumonde"), Lew M. Fields (as "Meyer Schmartgeeser"), Hattie Forsythe (as "Aufgepasst"), Charles Halton (as "Henri"), Ollie Hatfield (as "Lotten"), Bena Hoffman (as "Monsieur Bonmarche"), Mollie Hoffman (as "Steiner"), Helga Howard (as "Kanerer"), Sophie Jordan (as "Cornet Fueret"), Ethel Kelly (as "Annette"), John T. Kelly (as "P. Dennis O'Shea"), Myrtle King (as "Lieutenant Bombarde"), Irla LaBaara (as "Cornet Trompette"), Maude LeRoy (as "Jeanne"), Freda Linyard (as "Kartuffle"), Agnes Lynn (as "Gretel"), Mabel Lynn (as "Steinetta"), Rose Malvene (as "Katrina"), Jane Mandeville (as "Fifine"), Louis Mann (as "Pilsener Hofbrau"), Lizzie McCoy (as "Gladys Snowflake"), Nellie McCoy (as "Maid Snowflake"), Loretta McDonald (as "Maulstick"), Mildred Meade (as "Clementine"), Maud Morris (as "Jeanette"), Vera Morris (as "Marie"), Gertie Moyer (as "Hans"), Ruth Pierce (as "Palette"), Ilma Pratt (as "Vergette"), Jessie Richmond (as "Fechten"), Lillian Russell (as "The Countess de Quartierlatin"), Mae Sherwood (as "Dauber"), Winnie Siegrist (as "Chris"), Madeleine Somers (as "Salatina"), Evie Stetson (as "Bridgeeta O'Shea"), Daisy Thompson (as "Bratwuest"), Dorothy Watson (as "Margot"), Joe Weber (as "Michael Suppegreentz"), Angie Weimars (as "Gecchie"). Produced by Weber & Fields.
- (1903) Stage Play: The Girl from Dixie. Musical comedy. Book by Harry B. Smith. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Musical Direction by Selle Simonson. Additional music by Ben Jerome, Max S. Witte, George A. Norton, Gustav Kerker, A. Baldwin Sloane, Will Marion Cook, J. Rosamond Johnson, Ludwig Englander, George Rosey, Theo M. Tobani, E.D. Prussian, Kerry Mills, Dudley Buck and H.J. Green. Additional lyrics by George A. Norton, M.E. Rourke, Bob Cole and Harry Raymond. Directed by R.H. Burnside. Hoyt's Theatre: 14 Dec 1903- 2 Jan 1904 (25 performances). Cast: Irene Bentley (as "Kitty Calvert"), William H. Bentley (as "Nick Calvert/Ensemble"), Charles H. Bowers (as "Edward Brandon"), Bella Desmond (as "Malvina Carrol"), Dorothy Doner (as "Maud Mabel Earle"), Charles K. French (as "Napoleon Lee"), Ferdinand Gottschalk (as "Lord Dunsmore"), Albert Hart (as "Jack Randolph"), Rose Hart (as "Imogenia "), W.L. Hobart (as "Jim Small/Ensemble"), Vernon H. Lee (as "Bob Marshall/Ensemble"), D.M. Lunsden (as "Bill Douglas/Ensemble"), Esther Lyons (as "Sally Sumpter"), Albert J. Marshall (as "Jefferson Payne/Ensemble"), Olga May (as "Edith/Ensemble"), Amy Muller, Evelyn Nesbit (as "Bess Jackson"), Lorraine Osborne, Edward Pooley, George A. Schiller, Charles H. Sheffer, Ada Verne, Mabel Verne. Produced by Sam S. Shubert, Sam Nixon and J. Fred Zimmerman.
- (1904) Stage Play: An English Daisy. Musical comedy. Original English libretto by Seymour Hicks. Music by Walter Slaughter. Additional score by Alfred Muller Norden. Rearranged for the American stage by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Edgar Smith. Additional lyrics by Percy Greenbank, Will A. Heelan and Bob Cole. Additional music by J. Rosamond Johnson, Maude Nugent, Jerome Kern, Jean Schwartz and Gus Edwards. Directed by Ben Teal. Casino Theatre: 18 Jan 1904- 20 Feb 1904 (41 performances). Cast: Kitty Baldwin (as "Lavinia Squib"), George A. Beane (as "Major Bickersdyke"), Charles A. Bigelow (as "Daniel Crab"), Osborne Clemson (as "Gustave/Ensemble"), Catherine Cooper (as "Jacqueline/Ensemble"), Nonie Dore (as "Ensemble"), Lucille Eagen (as "Ensemble"), Susie Forrester (as "Ensemble"), Frank Hammond (as "Joe Tents/Ensemble"), May Hickey (as "Ensemble"), Lola Hoffman (as "Marie/Ensemble"), Clara Bell Jerome (as "Henriette"), Frank Lalor (as "Bliffkins"), Franc V. Le Mone (as "Henri/Ensemble"), Fred Lennox (as "Hiram Smart"), Henry Leone (as "The Compte Dubois"), Christie MacDonald (as "Daisy Maitland"), Lillian Marshall (as "Lady Marjorie/Ensemble"), Lillian Maure (as "Josephine/Ensemble"), A. McClaskey (as "Ensemble"), Carrie Monroe (as "Lady Winifred/Ensemble"), Jean Newcombe (as "Lady Lauderdale"), Emily Sanford (as "Clotilde/Ensemble"), Nora Sarony (as "Cherie"), Templar Saxe (as "Lieutenant Charles Lambton"), Truly Shattuck (as "Celestine"), George P. Smith (as "Lieutenant Dick Pepler/Ensemble"), Arthur Stanford as "Adolphe/Ensemble"), Alfred Truschel (as "Lieutenant Tom Brown/Ensemble"), Jane Tyrell (as "Lady Mabel/Ensemble"), Walter Van Allen (as "A Waiter"), Louis Wesley (as "Bert"), Helen Wilmer (as "Lucille/Ensemble"). Produced by Weber & Fields.
- (1904) Stage Play: A Little Bit of Everything. Musical/vaudeville. Book by John J. McNally. From the Offenbach Review. Musical Director: Frederic Solomon. Featuring songs by Frederic Solomon, Bob Cole, Robert B. Smith, J. Rosamond Johnson, Gus Edwards, Vincent Bryan, George M. Cohan, Will A. Heelan, J. Fred Helf, Paul Dresser, Stephen Adams, James B. Mullen and Harding and Kennedy. Scenic Design by Richard Marston. Costume Design by F. Richard Anderson. Choreographed by Ned Wayburn. Directed by Herbert Gresham. Aerial Gardens (moved to The Broadway Theatre 5 Sep 1904- 17 Sep 1904): 6 Jun 1904- 17 Sep 1904 (120 performances). Cast: Frankie Bailey, Victor Bozardt, Frank Coomes, Peter F. Dailey, Isabel D'Armonde, Susie Fisher, Charles Hessong, Sabel Johnson, Carl Kahn, Harry Kelly, Charlotte Leslay, Leila McIntyre, Neil McNeil, Allan Ramsay, George Schiller, Elphye Snowden, Joseph Sparks, Fay Templeton (as "Mrs. Aurora Daye-Knight"). Produced by Klaw & Erlanger.
- (1904) Stage Play: Humpty Dumpty. Musical. Music by J.W. Johnson, Bob Cole, J. Rosamond Johnson, J.M. Glover and Frederick Solomon. Written by Arthur Collins and J. Hickory Wood. Lyrics by J.W. Johnson, Bob Cole, Rosamond Johnson, J.M. Glover and Frederick Solomon. Book adapted by John J. McNally. Choreographed by Ernest D'Auban. New Amsterdam Theatre: 14 Nov 1904- 4 Mar 1905 (132 performances). Cast: David Abrams, Maud Lillian Berri, Hilarion Ceballos, Lillian Coleman, Arthur Conquest, Nellie Daly, Mlle. Grigolatis, John McVeigh, Frank Moulan, J.H. Powers, Fredericka Raymond, Nora Sarony, George Schiller, William C. Schrode, Joseph C. Smith. Produced by Klaw & Erlanger.
- (1904) Stage Play: In Newport. Musical/burlesque. Music by J.W. Johnson, Bob Cole and J. Rosamond Johnson. Book by John J. McNally. Lyrics by J. W. Johnson, Bob Cole and Rosamond Johnson. Directed by Herbert Gresham and Ned Wayburn. Liberty Theatre: 26 Dec 1904- 14 Jan 1905 (24 performances). Cast: Gussie Bennett (as "Millie"), Florence Brennan (as "Piano Girl"), Mildred Claire (as "Carrie"), Joseph Coyne (as "Percy Van Alstyne"), Peter F. Dailey (as "Alert Pincherton"), Virginia Earle (as "Viola Cartwright"), Alfred Fisher (as "Burton"), Lee Harrison (as "John Bankwell"), Lillian Hudson (as "Maizie Mason"), Louis Kelso (as "Harvey Haws"), Peggy Lawton (as "Daisy"), Charles F. MacDonald (as "Neil Nelson"), Edith Milward (as "Lorette"), Alice Palmer (as "May"), Irene Palmer (as "Fay"), Elphye Snowden (as "Lillian Bankwell"), Sue Stuart (as "Belle Martelle"), Fay Templeton (as "Mlle. Fleurette"), Frank Todd (as "Jim Props"), Edith Yerrington (as "Mrs. Jack Bankwell"). Produced by Klaw & Erlanger.
- (1906) Stage Play: Humpty Dumpty. Musical (revival).
- (1907) Stage Play: The Shoo-Fly Regiment. Musical comedy.
- (1907) Stage Play: The Husband. Musical comedy.
- (1908) Stage Play: Miss Innocence. Musical extravaganza. Music by Ludwig Englander. Based on material by Harry B. Smith. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Featuring songs by Egbert Van Alstyne. Featuring songs with lyrics by Harry Williams. Featuring "My Post Card Girl" by Louis A. Hirsch and Addison Burkhard. Featuring "I'm Learning Something Every Day" by Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth. Featuring "I Have Lost My Little Brown Bear" by J. Rosamond Johnson and Bob Cole. Featuring "I'm Crazy When the Band Begins to Play" by Jean Schwartz and William Jerome. Featuring "What Kind of a Wife to Choose" by Gus Edwards. Musical Director: Frank Darling. Produced under the direction of Julian Mitchell. Note: Production revived at The New York Theatre: 30 Nov 1908- 1 May 1909 (176 performances). Cast: Charles A. Bigelow, Edith Decker, Lawrence D'Orsay (as "Captain, The Hon. Roland Fitzmaurice Montjoy of the First Life Guards"), Eva Francis, Anna Held (as "Anna/Miss Innocence"), Emma Janvier, Shirley Kellogg, Lillian Lorraine, Edith St. Clair, Florence Walton, Gladys Zell, Charles Barry, James Barry, Edna Birch, Bertha Blake, Martha Bright, John S. Brush, Miss Burns, Daisy Carson, Edna Chase, Daisy Clark, James Clyde, Miss Davies, Edna Dodsworth, Ethel Donaldson, Faico, Alfred Fairbrother, Miss Fennell, Dorothy Follies, William Gammage, Robert Paton Gibbs (as "The Duke of Pomerania"), Mayble Gilmore, Elise Hamilton, Josephine Harriman, F. Stanton Heck, Maurice Hegeman, May Hopkins, Vonnie Hoyt, Violet Jewell, La Flamencia, Beatrice Learwood, Ruby Lewis, Lionel Lozier, Miss MacDonald, Selma Mantell, Leo Mars, Virginia Marshall, Dudley Oatman, Mae Paul, Grace Rankin, Alfred Rinehart, Pierre Roudil, Daisy Rudd, Mabel Snyder, Madlyn Summers, Peter Swift, Reina Swift, Lottie Vernon, Grace Washburn, John Wentzel, Blanche West, Vida Whitmore, Marion Whitney, Lillian Wiggins, May Willard, Anna C. Wilson, Ernest Wood, John A. Young. Replacement actors during run: Millie Baker (as "Ella Lee"), Lillian Devere (as "Carita"), Beatrice Gladstone (as "Zolo"), Camille Langhorne (as "Zarza"), Eunice Mackey (as "Marie"), Myrtle Marsh (as "Gabrielle"), Marie Merwin (as "Eugenie"), Max Scheck (as "An American"). Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..
- (1909) Stage Play: The Red Moon. Musical comedy.
- (1909) Stage Play: Mr. Lode of Koal. Musical. Music by J. Rosamond Johnson. Book by Alexander Rogers and Jesse A. Shipp. Lyrics by Jesse A. Shipp and Alexander Rogers. Additional music by Bert Williams. Musical Director: James J. Vaughn. Featuring songs by J. Leubrie Hill and Al Johns. Majestic Theatre: 1 Nov 1909- 4 Dec 1909 (40 performances). Produced by F. Ray Comstock.
- (1911) Stage Play: Hello, Paris. Book by William LeBaron. Music by J. Rosamond Johnson. Lyrics by J. Leubrie Hill. Musical Director: Charles Berton. Featuring songs by Ned Wayburn and A. Baldwin Sloane. Featuring songs with lyrics by E. Ray Goetz and Collin Davis. Directed by Ned Wayburn. Musical revue. Folies-Bergere: 19 Aug 1911- 30 Sep 1911 (38 performances). Cast: The Alabama Trio, Nita Allen, Poly Allison, Lucille Bloom, E.B. 'Zeke' Colvan (as "Henry Dwight"), Minerva Coverdale, Zaini Curzon, Marie Earle, Frances Folsom, Fougere, Esther Fougere, Lottie Franklyn, Dorothy Godfrey, Bessie Gray, Clyde Hall, Rena Hoffman, Ysobel Jason, Harry Laughlin, Harry Leonard, Living Statuary Groups, Ethel Lytle, Jean Marcel, James J. Morton, Earle Mountain, Robert O'Neill, Harry Pilcer (as "Johnny Sikes"), Edith Rose, Dottie Wang, Bun Wheeler, Al. White. Produced by Henry B. Harris and Jesse L. Lasky. Note: Rosamond Johnson was the first African American to conduct a white cast in the New York theatre.
- (1940) Stage Play: Cabin in the Sky. Musical fantasy. Music by Vernon Duke. Book by Lynn Root. Lyrics by John La Touche. Vocal arrangements by Hugh Martin. Musical Director: Max Meth. Music orchestrated by Domenico Savino, Charles Cook, Fod Livingston and Nathan Van Cleve. Based on a story "Little Joe" by Lynn Root. Scenic Design by Boris Aronson. Staged by George Balanchine. Choreographed by George Balanchine. Directed by Albert Lewis. Martin Beck Theatre: 25 Oct 1940- 8 Mar 1941 (156 performances). Cast: Talley Beattey (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer"), Wilson Bradley (as "Messenger Boy/J. Rosamond Johnson Singer"), Claude Brown (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer"), Georgia Burke (as "Lily"), Dick Campbell (as "Domino Johnson"), Rebecca Champion (as "J. Rosamond Johnson Singer"), Rita Christiana (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer"), Helen Dowdy (as "J. Rosamond Johnson Singer"), Todd Duncan (as "The Lawd's General"), Katherine Dunham (as "Georgia Brown"), Earl Edwards (as "Second Henchman"), Lucille Ellis (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer"), Maurice Ellis (as "Third Henchman"), Jiene Moxzer Harris (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer/Imp"), Rex Ingram (as "Lucifer, Jr."), Clarence Jacobs (as "J. Rosamond Johnson Singer"), J. Louis Johnson (as "John Henry"), J. Rosamond Johnson (as "Brother Green"), Lawaune Kennard (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer"), Ella MacLashley (as "J. Rosamond Johnson Singer"), Fradye Marshall (as "J. Rosamond Johnson Singer"), Alexander McDonald (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer/Imp"), Roberta McLaurin (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer"), Arthur McLean (as "J. Rosamond Johnson Singer"), Al Moore (as "Dude"), Jieno Moxzer (as "Imp"), Rajah Ohardieno (as "Imp/Katherine Dunham Dancer"), Evelyn Pilcher (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer"), Eulabel Riley (as "J. Rosamond Johnson Singer"), Carmencita Romero (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer"), Edith Ross (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer"), Archie Savage (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer/Imp"), Louis Sharp (as "Dr. Jones/J. Rosamond Johnson Singer"), Al Stokes (as "Devil's Messenger/J. Rosamond Johnson Singer"), Earl Sydnor (as "First Henchman"), J. Emanuel Vanderhans (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer"), Laura Vaughns (as "J. Rosamond Johnson Singer"), Candido Vicenti (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer"), Ethel Waters (as "Petunia Jackson"), Lavinia Williams (as "Katherine Dunham Dancer"), Milton Williams (as "Fleetfoot"), Dooley Wilson (as "Little Joe Jackson"), Thomas Woosley. Produced by Albert Lewis and Vinton Freedley. Note: Filmed as Cabin in the Sky (1943).
- (1917) Stage Play: Miss 1917. Musical revue. Music by Victor Herbert and Jerome Kern. Book by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse. Musical Direction by Robert Hood Bowers. Additional lyrics by Benny Davis [earliest Broadway credit], Hugh Morton, Ren Shields, Harry B. Smith, Edgar Smith, Otto A. Harbach, James O'Dea, Henry Martyn Blossom, Stanley Murphy, Bob Cole [credited as Robert Cole], J. Rosamond Johnson [credited as J. Rosamond Johnson], Joseph McCarthy, Gus Van, Joe Schenck and C. Francis Reisner. Additional music by Gustav Kerker, Bob Cole, George Evans, John Stromberg, Karl Hoschna, Henry I. Marshall, Harry Tierney, J. Rosamond Johnson, Joseph McCarthy, Gus Van, Joseph Schenck, Edward Hutchinson and Billy Baskette. Choreographed by Adolph Bohm. Directed by Ned Wayburn. Century Theatre: 5 Nov 1917- 5 Jan 1918 (72 performances). Cast: Geraldine Alexander, Diana Allen, Effie Allen, Walter Baker, Emil Barth, Louis Baum, Margie Bell, Mike Bell, Paul M. Bell, Adolph Bohm, May Borden, Polly Bowman, Kitty Boylan, James Bradley, Alma Braham, Rene Braham, Joe Brennan, Paul Briant, William Briant, Elizabeth Brice, Irene Castle, Lawrence Clark, Gladys Coburn, Cecelia Cullen, Arthur Cunningham, Peggy Dana, Marion Davies, Bessie McCoy Davis, Semone D'Herlys, Zitelka Dolores, Frank Duball, Fred DuBall, Arthur Elson, Herbert Fields [Broadway debut], Lew Fields, Pearl Franklin, Lottie Franklyn, Marie Frawley, William Fuller, Elizabeth Gardiner, Dan Gordon, Emeline Gorman, Emmet Grant, Emma Haig, Betty Hale, Marshall Hall, Pauline Hall, Betty Hamilton, Minnie Harrison, Flo Hart, Irene Hayes, Ruth Heil, Hilda Hirsch, Leonard Howard, May Irving, Leavitt James, Agnes Jepson, Amelia Johnson, Charles Jones, Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Nicholas Kane, Harry Kelly, Charles King, Myrtle King, Raymond Klages, Dorothy Klewer, Joe Knoffer, Leonore Kohler, Cecil Lean, Margit Leeraas, Rita Leeraas, Lois Leigh, Frank Leonard, May Leslie, Gladys Loftus, Jack Lynch, Cecile Markle, Albertine Marlowe, James Marr, Evangeline Marshalck, Mauresette, Vera Maxwell, Cleo Mayfield, Addison Mead, Helen Mooney, Margaret Morris, Vivian Morrison, Elizabeth Morton, Rosella Myers, Alla Nova, Stephen O'Rourke, Olive Osborne, John Parks, Ann Pennington [Broadway debut], Kathryn Perry, Tot Qualters, James Quinn, Flora Revalles, Eugene Revere, Charles Root, Dolores Rose, Ethel Rough, Bert Savoy, Joe Schenck, Vivienne Segal, Miss Selskaya, Frank Sharp, William Shelley, Mildred Shelly, Yvonne Shelton, Juana Sheppard, Joseph Sparks, Irene Spencer, Murray Starr, Natasha Stephanova, Miss Sterling, Gus Stevenson, Anna Stone, Ivan Tarasov, Lilyan Tashman, Andrew Tombes, Ira Uhr, Alexander Umanski, Tortola Valencia, Gus Van, Miss Vernon, Winnie Ward, Edith Warren, John Warren, George White, Mark White, Ruby Wilbur, Mack Williams, Martha Wood, Rita Zalmani. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1935) He played Lawyer Frazier in the original 1935 stage production of "Porgy and Bess", as well as the 1942 revival. He recreated his performance again on the 1951 3-LP Columbia Masterworks recording of the opera, the most complete recording of it made up to that time.
- (November 20, 1939) He acted in Dorothy and Dubose Heyward's play, "Mamba's Daughters," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Ethel Waters (Hagar); Georgia Burke; Fredi Washington; Maude Russell; Robert Thomsen; Willie Bryant; Vincent Copeland; John Kerr; John O'Connor; Barry Kelley; Al Stokes; Bradley Wilson; Louis Sharp; Canada Lee; Ethel Purnello; Edna Waters; Laura Vaughns; Alberta Hunter; Joyce Miller; Rena Mitchell; and Jimmy Wright in the cast. Jerome Kern was composer. Perry Watkins was set designer. Guthrie McClintic was producer and director.
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