46th Street Theatre, (11/24/1950 - 11/28/1953)

Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Setting: Broadway; Save-a-Soul Mission; Havana, Cuba; The Hot Box Club.

Comments: On layoff from June 27 through August 24, 1953.

Opening Night Production Credits 

Theatre Operated by City Playhouses, Inc. (Louis A. Lotito, President); Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization

Produced by Feuer & Martin

Music by Frank Loesser; Lyrics by Frank Loesser; Book by Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling; Based on a Story and Characters by Damon Runyon; Musical Director: Irving Actman; Music arranged by George Bassman and Ted Royal; Vocal arrangements by Herbert Greene; Vocal direction by Herbert Greene

Staged by George S. Kaufman; Dances and Musical Numbers Staged by Michael Kidd

Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner; Costume Design by Alvin Colt; Assistant Designer to Mr. Mielziner: John Harvey and Trew Hocker

General Manager: Otto Hartman

Production Stage Manager: Henri Caubisens; Stage Manager: James Wicker; Assistant Stage Mgr: Marge Ellis

Music Contractor: Henry Topper

General Press Representative: Karl Bernstein; Press Representative: Harvey B. Sabinson; Assistant to the Producer: Ira Bernstein; Casting: Ira Bernstein

Robert Alda	Sky Masterson
Isabel Bigley	Sarah Brown
Vivian Blaine	Miss Adelaide
Sam Levene	Nathan Detroit
Pat Rooney, Sr.	Arvide Abernathy
Wana Allison	Dancer
Forrest Bonshire	Dancer
Douglas Deane	Rusty Charlie
Geraldine Delaney	Dancer
Charles Drake	Singer
Barbara Ferguson	Dancer
Tony Gardell	Angie the Ox
	Singer
Peter Gennaro	Dancer
Bern Hoffman	Joey Biltmore
	Singer
Lee Joyce	Dancer
Stubby Kaye	Nicely-Nicely Johnson
Beverly Lawrence	Singer
Marcia Maier	Dancer
Christine Matsios	Singer
	Priscilla Mission Band
Paul Migan	Calvin Mission Band
Joe Milan	Dancer
	Waiter
Carl Nicholas	Singer
Margery Oldroyd	Agatha Mission Band
Netta Packer	General Matilda B. Cartwright
Tom Pedi	Harry the Horse
Eddie Phillips	Dancer
	Drunk
B. S. Pully	Big Jule
Paul Reed	Lt. Brannigan
Harry Lee Rogers	Dancer
Don Russell	Singer
Hal Saunders	Singer
Bud Schwab	Dancer
Johnny Silver	Benny Southstreet
Earle Styres	Singer
Beverly Tassoni	Dancer
	Mimi
Merritt Thompson	Dancer
Ruth Vernon	Dancer
Onna White	Dancer

Understudies: Tony Gardell (Harry the Horse), Bern Hoffman (Big Jule, Nicely-Nicely Johnson), Beverly Lawrence (Miss Adelaide), Christine Matsios (Sarah Brown), Carl Nicholas (Benny Southstreet), Hal Saunders (Lt. Brannigan), Earle Styres (Arvide Abernathy).