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The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Virginia
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| First Preview: | Total Previews: | ||
| Opening Date: | Sep 02, 1937 | ||
| Closing Date: | Oct 23, 1937 | Total Performances: | 60 |
Category: Musical, Romance, Original, Broadway
Setting: Virginia. 1775.
| Production Staff | |
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| Theatre Owned by The Rockefellers | |
| Produced by The Center Theatre (John Kenneth Hyatt, Managing Director) | |
| Book by Laurence Stallings and Owen Davis; Music by Arthur Schwartz; Lyrics by Albert Stillman; Music orchestrated by Ardon Cornwell, Hans Spialek, Phil Wall, Will Vodery and Maurice Baron; Vocal arrangements by Lee Montgomery and Ken Christie | |
| Staged by Leon Leonidoff; Book directed by Edward Clarke Lilley; Choreographed by Florence Rogge | |
| Scenic Design by Lee Simonson; Costume Design by Irene Sharaff | |
| General Manager: Louis A. Lotito | |
| Stage Manager: Paul Porter; Assistant Stage Mgr: Burton McEvilly, William Torpey and Richard Whales; Technical Director: Frank Hall | |
| Musical Supervisor: Don Voorhees | |
| Press Representative: Willard Keefe; Press Associate: Lorella Val-Mery; Assistant to Mr. Leonidoff: Nicholas Daks and Alfred Stern | |
| Cast |
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| Martha Adamson | Ensemble | |
| Ajax | Fire-Eater Player of the Street Fair |
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| James Allison | Ensemble | |
| Nelson Ames | Ensemble | |
| Viola Anderson | Will Vodery's Negro Choir member | |
| Avis Andrews | Miranda | |
| Elizabeth Andrews | Ensemble | |
| Gene Archer | Ensemble | |
| Bruce Barclay | Ensemble | |
| Milton Barnette | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Mona Barrie | Lady Agatha | |
| John Barry | Ensemble | |
| George Beach | Ensemble | |
| Clarence Beasley | Slave Child | |
| Bertha Belmore | Minnie Fortesque | |
| Max Benson | Ensemble | |
| Margaret Benton | Ensemble | |
| Alice Berwald | Ensemble | |
| Anne Booth | Sylvia Laurence | |
| Geraldine Bork | Ensemble | |
| Patricia Bowman | Prima Ballerina of Drury Lane | |
| Virginia Browning | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Nigel Bruce | His Excellency, Governor of the Colony | |
| John W. Bubbles | Scipio | |
| Ford L. Buck | Hannibal | |
| Boris Butleroff | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Jack Carr | Will Vodery's Negro Choir member | |
| Helen Carroll | Daphne | |
| Ensemble | ||
| Tania Clell | Corps du Ballet member | |
| G. Congreve | Ensemble | |
| Don Cortez | Ensemble | |
| Henry Davis | Will Vodery's Negro Choir member | |
| John Diggs | Will Vodery's Negro Choir member | |
| Mable Downs | Ensemble | |
| Janice Dremann | Ensemble | |
| Laura Duncan | Will Vodery's Negro Choir member | |
| Ranolds Dupler | Ensemble | |
| John Eldon | Ensemble | |
| Maurice Ellis | Will Vodery's Negro Choir member | |
| Sally Ellis | Will Vodery's Negro Choir member | |
| Esta Elman | Phyllis | |
| Ensemble | ||
| James Evans & Co. | Juggler Player of the Street Fair |
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| Gordon Felts | Ensemble | |
| Doris Fischer | Child of the Gentry | |
| Leon Fokine | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Marie Fox | Ensemble | |
| Ed. Galloway | Ensemble | |
| Herbert Garstin | Town Crier | |
| Margo Gavin | Ensemble | |
| Ray Giles | Will Vodery's Negro Choir member | |
| Herbert Goff | Ensemble | |
| Ronald Graham | Colonel Richard Fairfax of the Virginia Rangers |
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| Gail Grant | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Marie Grimaldi | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Val Gueral | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Katie Hall | Will Vodery's Negro Choir member | |
| Lansing Hatfield | Captain Boyd of the Virginia Rangers |
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| Gladys Haverty | Ensemble | |
| Hermoine Hawkins | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Lola Hayes | Will Vodery's Negro Choir member | |
| Margaret Hayness | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Dennis Hoey | Sir Guy Carleton | |
| Bruce Howard | Will Vodery's Negro Choir member | |
| Louisa Howard | Will Vodery's Negro Choir member | |
| Mabel Howard | Will Vodery's Negro Choir member | |
| Polly Iuen | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Lo Iven | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Norman Jackson | Ensemble | |
| Eleanor James | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Charlotte Junius | Will Vodery's Negro Choir member | |
| Nora Kaye | Corps du Ballet member | |
| George Kiddon | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Karl Kohrs | Ensemble | |
| Leona Krauss | Ensemble | |
| Robert Landine | Ensemble | |
| Anna Lazarevich | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Bubblesette Leacock | Slave Child | |
| Linn Ledford | Ensemble | |
| James Lillard | Will Vodery's Negro Choir member | |
| Gene Lockhart | Fortesque of Drury Lane |
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| Thalia Mara | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Anthony Marvin | Ensemble | |
| Joseph Meyer | Ensemble | |
| Margaret Miller | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Doris Moore | Ensemble | |
| Charlotte Mount | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Mae Muth | Ensemble | |
| Fyodor Nazinoff | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Doris Newcomb | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Eunice Northup | Ensemble | |
| Martha Pacina | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Muriel Pack | Corps du Ballet member | |
| George Prentice | Puppet Master Player of the Street Fair |
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| David Preston | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Marion Raber | Ensemble | |
| Robert Raines | Will Vodery's Negro Choir member | |
| John Ravold | A Patriot | |
| Billy Redfield | Child of the Gentry | |
| Gordon Richards | Captain Somerset A.D.C. to the Governor |
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| Bruce Rogers | Ensemble | |
| Margaret Rogers | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Peggy Romano | Child of the Gentry | |
| Rosa Rubenstein | Ensemble | |
| Nina Sabatini | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Joseph Scandur | Ensemble | |
| Tom Scott | Ensemble | |
| Winton Sears | Ensemble | |
| Zelda Shelton | Will Vodery's Negro Choir member | |
| Morrie Siegel | Ensemble | |
| Maude Simmons | Will Vodery's Negro Choir member | |
| Gus Simons | Will Vodery's Negro Choir member | |
| Ed Smith | Ensemble | |
| Irene Soussanin | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Sylvia Stone | Ensemble | |
| Tatyanna | Ensemble | |
| Harold Taub | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Tom Tempest | Major-Domo | |
| Stage Doorman | ||
| Charles Timpson | Slave Child | |
| Adrienne Toner | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Valia Valentinoff | Premier Dancer of Drury Lane | |
| Gladys Vincent | Ensemble | |
| Grace Walsh | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Howard Warriner | Ensemble | |
| Charles Welch | Will Vodery's Negro Choir member | |
| Alma Wertley | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Lewis White | Will Vodery's Negro Choir member | |
| W. W. Whitfield | Will Vodery's Negro Choir member | |
| Katherine Wilson | Corps du Ballet member | |
| David Worth | Corps du Ballet member | |
| Irene Zambelli | Corps du Ballet member |
music by Arthur Schwartz; lyrics by Albert Stillman
(Unless otherwise noted)
(Unless otherwise noted)
| ACT 1 | Sung By |
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| Virginia | Captain Boyd (of the Virginia Rangers) and Ensemble |
| We Had to Rehearse | Ensemble |
| An Old Flame Never Dies (lyrics by Albert Stillman and Laurence Stallings) | Sylvia Laurence and Ensemble |
| Send One Angel Down | Miranda and Choir |
| We Had to Rehearse (Reprise) | Ensemble |
| My Bridal Gown (lyrics by Albert Stillman and Laurence Stallings) | Sylvia Laurence |
| Good and Lucky | Scipio, Miranda and Hannibal |
| It's Our Duty to the King | His Excellency, Governor of the Colony and Ensemble |
| If You Were Someone Else | Colonel Richard Fairfax (of the Virginia Rangers) and Ensemble |
| Goodbye Jonah | Scipio and Choir |
| An Old Flame Never Dies (Reprise) (lyrics by Albert Stillman and Laurence Stallings) | Colonel Richard Fairfax (of the Virginia Rangers), Sylvia Laurence and Lady Agatha |
| My Heart Is Dancing | Sylvia Laurence, Prima Ballerina of Drury Lane and Ensemble |
| ACT 2 | Sung By |
| Meet Me at the Fair | Ensemble |
| If You Were Someone Else (Reprise) | Colonel Richard Fairfax (of the Virginia Rangers) and Sylvia Laurence |
| Why Must I Play the Lady? | Lady Agatha and Girls |
| You and I Know (lyrics by Laurence Stallings and Albert Stillman) | Sylvia Laurence and Colonel Richard Fairfax (of the Virginia Rangers) |
| Fee-Fie-Fo-Fum | Girls |
| I'll Be Sittin' in De Lap o' De Lord | Miranda, Scipio, Hannibal and Choir |
| You and I Know (Reprise) (lyrics by Laurence Stallings and Albert Stillman) | Colonel Richard Fairfax (of the Virginia Rangers) and Sylvia Laurence |
| Virginia (Reprise) | Entire Company |