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Cafe Crown   

 
Cort Theatre , (1/23/1942 - 5/23/1942)
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Opening Date:Jan 23, 1942   
Closing Date:May 23, 1942 Total Performances:141

Category: Play, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Description: A play in three acts
Setting: The Cafe Crown, Second Avenue and 12th Street in New York City. An Autumn Evening. 1940.


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by 138 West 48th St. Theatre Co., Inc.
Produced by Carly Wharton and Martin Gabel
Written by Hy S. Kraft
Staged by Elia Kazan
Scenic Design by Boris Aronson
General Manager: Milton Baron
Stage Manager: Wil Washcoe; Assistant Stage Mgr: Brand Harvey
Orchestra under direction of Morris Stonzek
Press Representative: J. D. Proctor and Peggy Phillips; Lighting Supervisor: Wil Washcoe
Cast
Morris Carnovsky David Cole
Sam Jaffe Hymie
Jay Adler Sam
Whitner Bissell Walter
John Brone Waiter
Solen Burry Beggar
Jed Cogut Rubin
Eduard Franz Toplitz
Michael Gorrin Florist
Frank Gould Jacobson
Mitzi Hajos Ida Polan
Tom Jordan Messenger Boy
Robert Leonard Lipsky
Mary Mason Norma Cole
Paula Miller Mrs. Perlman
Daniel Ocko Mendel Polan
George Petrie George Burton
Lou Polan Looie
Abraham J. Spelvin Newspaper Man
Margaret Waller Anna Cole
Sam Wanamaker Lester Freed
Alfred White Kaplan
Mervin Williams Customer