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Lady in the Dark

Alvin Theatre, (1/23/1941 - 6/15/1941)
Preview: Total Previews:
Opening:Jan 23, 1941   
Closing:Jun 15, 1941 Total Performances:162


Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Description: A musical in two acts
Setting: Dr. Brooks' Office. Liza Elliott's Office.





by opening date


Produced by Sam H. Harris

Book by Moss Hart; Music by Kurt Weill; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin; Musical Director: Maurice Abravanel; Music orchestrated by Kurt Weill; Vocal arrangements by Kurt Weill

Play staged by Moss Hart; All musical sequences staged by Hassard Short; Choreographed by Albertina Rasch

Production Design by Hassard Short; Lighting Design by Hassard Short; Scenic Design by Harry Horner; Costume Design by Irene Sharaff; Gowns Designed by Hattie Carnegie; Assistant to Mr. Horner: Lester Polakov and Dick Bernstein; Assistant to Miss Sharaff: Brion

General Manager: Morris Jacobs; Company Manager: John H. Potter

General Stage Manager: John Kennedy; Stage Manager: Bernard Hart; Assistant Stage Mgr: John McCahill, Frank Spencer and Ward Tallmon

Asst. to the Choreographer: Agnes Roy; Press Representative: John Peter Toohey and Ben Kornzweig; Casting: Myra Hampton Streger; Advertising: Lawrence Weiner


Opening Night Cast

Gertrude Lawrence Liza Elliott  
Jerome Andrews Alberta Rasch Group Dancer  
Nelson Barclift Tom
an office boy 
 
 Alberta Rasch Group Dancer  
Dorothy Bird Alberta Rasch Group Dancer  
George Bockman Alberta Rasch Group Dancer  
Anne Bracken Child  
Macdonald Carey Charley Johnson  
Kenneth Casey Child  
Andre Charise Alberta Rasch Group Dancer  
Catherine Conrad Singer  
Audrey Costello Alberta Rasch Group Dancer  
Jean Cumming Singer  
Davis Cunningham Jack  
 Singer  
Margaret Dale Maggie Grant  
Patricia Deering Carol
a model 
 
 Alberta Rasch Group Dancer  
Carol Deis Singer  
Eleanor Eberle Barbara  
Hazel Edwards Singer  
Max Edwards Singer  
Sally Ferguson Child  
Len Frank Singer  
Gordon Gifford Singer  
Dan Harden Ben Butler  
Fred Hearn Alberta Rasch Group Dancer  
Manfred Hecht Singer  
Danny Kaye Russell Paxton  
Yaroslav Kirov Alberta Rasch Group Dancer  
Ellie Lawes Child  
Joan Lawes Child  
Ann Lee Miss Stevens  
Robert Lee Child  
Bert Lytell Kendall Nesbitt  
June MacLaren Alberta Rasch Group Dancer  
Jacqueline MacMillan Child  
William Marel Singer  
Victor Mature Randy Curtis  
Robert Mills Child  
Warren Mills Child  
Beth Nichols Alberta Rasch Group Dancer  
Virginia Peine Helen
a model 
 
Gedda Petry Ruthie
a model 
 
 Singer  
Donald Randolph Dr. Brooks  
June Rutherford Singer  
Natalie Schafer Alison Du Bois  
Jeanne Shelby Miss Bowers  
Larry Siegle Singer  
Harold Simmons Singer  
Ward Tallmon Joe
an office boy 
 
Lois Volkman Child  
George Ward Child  
William Welch Child  
Wana Wennerholm Alberta Rasch Group Dancer  
Margaret Westberg Marcia
a model 
 
 Alberta Rasch Group Dancer  
Parker Wilson Alberta Rasch Group Dancer  
Evelyn Wyckoff Miss Foster  
Florence Wyman Singer