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Gay Divorce

Ethel Barrymore Theatre, (11/29/1932 - circa. 1/14/1933)
Shubert Theatre, (1/16/1933 - 7/1/1933)
Preview: Total Previews:0
Opening:Nov 29, 1932   
Closing:Jul 1, 1933 Total Performances:248


Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Description: A musical in two acts
Setting: Guy's London Flat, A June afternoon; A Seaside Hotel; Mimi's Suite, the same evening; A Hotel Corridor; Mimi's Suite, the next morning.





by opening date


Theatre Owned / Operated by Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.)


Music by Cole Porter; Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Dwight Taylor; Based on an unproduced play by J. Hartley Manners; Musical Director: Gene Salzer; Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek and Russell Bennett; Book adapted by Kenneth Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein

Directed by Howard Lindsay; Choreographed by Carl Randall and Barbara Newberry

Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Costumes under the supervision of Raymond Sovey

General Manager: Forrest C. Haring; Company Manager: J.H. Del Bondio

Stage Manager: Edward Mendelsohn; Assistant Stage Mgr: Andy Anderson

Press Representative: Elise Chisholm


Opening Night Cast

Fred Astaire Guy  
Luella Gear Hortense   
Claire Luce Mimi   
Edna Abbey Claire  
Helen Allen Vivian  
Eric Blore Waiter  
Roland Bottomley Mr. Pratt  
Joan Burgess Joan  
Martin Cravath Porter  
Eleanor Etheridge Phyllis  
Sonia B. Fitch Sonia  
Jean Frontai Gladys  
Mitzi Garner Diana  
Taylor Gordon Robert  
Billie Green Ann  
Ethel Hampton Edith  
G. P. Huntley, Jr. Teddy  
Mary Jo Mathews Doris  
Grace Moore Evelyn  
Pat Palmer Pat  
Erik Rhodes Tonetti  
Bobbie Sheehan Elizabeth  
Jacquie Simmons Elaine  
Betty Starbuck Barbara  
Dorothy Waller Joyce