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Louisiana Purchase

Imperial Theatre, (5/28/1940 - 6/14/1941)
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Opening:May 28, 1940   
Closing:Jun 14, 1941 Total Performances:444


Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Description: A Musical Comedy in Two Acts
Setting: Lawyer's Office; Library of Jefferson Davis Club; Madame Bordelaise's Café; Mardi Gras Ball; A Wood; Senator Loganberry's Hotel Apartment; The State Capitol, Baton Rouge.





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Theatre Owned / Operated by Imperial Theatre Corporation

Produced by B.G. DeSylva

Music by Irving Berlin; Lyrics by Irving Berlin; Book by Morrie Ryskind; Based on a story by B.G. DeSylva; Musical Director: Robert Emmett Dolan; Additional orchestrations: N. Lang Van Cleve

Staged by Edgar MacGregor; Ballets by George Balanchine; Musical Staging by Carl Randall; Dances by Carl Randall

Scenic Design by Tom Lee; Costume Design by Tom Lee; Assistant to Tom Lee: Anna Hill Johnstone

Company Manager: Charles Harris

Technical Advisor for Production: Albert A. Ostrander; General Stage Director Sam Ledner; Stage Manager: Paul Porter; Assistant Stage Mgr: Ned Coupland

General Press Representative: Nat Dorfman


Opening Night Cast

William Gaxton Jim Taylor  
Victor Moore Senator Oliver P. Loganberry  
Vera Zorina Marina van Linden  
April Ames Emmy-Lou   
Irene Bordoni Madame Bordelaise   
Dorothy Barrett Dancing Girl  
Hubert Bland Dancing Boy  
Ralph Blane The Martins  
Carol Bruce Beatrice  
Georgia Carroll Secretary  
 Louisiana Belle  
Don Cortez A Buccaneer  
Ned Coupland Dancing Boy  
Charlie Curran Dancing Boy  
Douglas Dean Dancing Boy  
Clark Eggleston Dancing Boy  
Althea Elder Dancing Girl  
John Eliot Sam Liebowitz  
 A Buccaneer  
Judith Ford Louisiana Belle  
Mary Ganley Dancing Girl  
Grace Gillern Dancing Girl  
Dwight Godwin Dancing Boy  
Petra Gray Dancing Girl  
Dorothy Hall Dancing Girl  
Mary Hartwig Dancing Girl  
Harold Haskins Dancing Boy  
George Hunter Dancing Boy  
Dorothy Jeffers Dancing Girl  
Nancy Knott Dancing Girl  
Charles La Torre Alphonse  
Henry Lahee Dancing Boy  
Charles Laskey Premier Danseur  
Patricia Lee Louisiana Belle  
James Leland Dancing Boy  
Nick Long, Jr. Lee Davis  
Edith Luce Louisiana Belle  
Betty Luster Dancing Girl  
Harvey Mack Dancing Boy  
Hugh Martin The Martins  
Ray Mayer Davis D. Davis, Jr.  
Jack McClendon Dancing Boy  
Virginia Morris Dancing Girl  
Nicodemus Abner  
Leona Olsen Dancing Girl  
John Panter A Buccaneer  
James Phillips A Buccaneer  
Robert Pitkin Col. Davis D. Davis, Sr.  
Nicolai Popov Dancing Boy  
Richard Reed Dancing Boy  
Ralph Riggs Dean Manning  
Edward H. Robins Police Captain Whitfield  
Jo Jean Rogers The Martins  
Phyllis Rogers The Martins  
Marion Rosamond Louisiana Belle  
Rosemary Sankey Dancing Girl  
Jean Scott Dancing Girl  
Veva Selwood Louisiana Belle  
Zynaid Spencer Dancing Girl  
Aleen Stewart Dancing Girl  
Anitra Upton Dancing Girl  
Helen Vincent Dancing Girl  
Kenneth Whelan Dancing Boy  
Doris York Dancing Girl