MusicalRevueOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Apr 30, 1948
Closing Date
Feb 19, 1949
Performances
339
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
New Century Theatre
(Apr 30, 1948 - Aug 21, 1948)
Majestic Theatre
(Aug 23, 1948 - Feb 19, 1949)
  • People
    Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization
    Produced by Arthur Schwartz
    Music by Arthur Schwartz; Lyrics by Howard Dietz; Sketches by Arnold Auerbach, Moss Hart and Arnold B. Horwitt; Suggested by the book by John Gunther; Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett; Incidental Music for Dances by Genevieve Pitot; Additional Sketch Material by Arnold Auerbach
    Sketches Directed by Robert H. Gordon; Dances and Musical Numbers Staged by Helen Tamiris
    Production Design by Lemuel Ayers; Costume Design by Eleanor Goldsmith; Miss Lillie's Costumes and Gowns by Castillo; Masks for 'At the Mardi Gras' by John Robert Lloyd
    Company Manager: Abe Cohen
    Production Stage Manager: Alan Anderson; Stage Manager: Randell Henderson; Assistant Stage Mgr: Walter N. Kapp
    Assistant to Miss Tamiris: Daniel Nagrin; Conducted by Jay Blackton; Assistant Conductor: Sammy Kramar; Music Contractor: Sol Gusikoff; Musical Assistant to Mr. Schwartz: Margot Hopkins
    Assistant Designer to Mr. Ayers: Arthur H. Ross; Assistant to Miss Goldsmith: Forrest Thayer
    Production Associate: Victor Samrock; General Press Representative: Nat Dorfman; Associate Press Representative: Mary Ward; Assistant in Production: David Yellin; Vocal Supervision: Jay Blackton
    Jack Haley
    Mr. Jones
     
    Mr. Bemis
     
    'Rhode Island is Famous For You' Singer
     
    3rd Couple
     
    Professor
     
    'We Won't Take it Back' Singer
    Beatrice Lillie
    Pittsburgh Choral Society Choral Director
     
    Miss Twitchell
     
    Mme. Lapis de Lazuli
     
    Massachusetts Mermaid
     
    'At the Mardi Gras' Singer
     
    3rd Couple
     
    Gladys
    Mary Shelton's maid
     
    'We Won't Take it Back' Singer
    Rod Alexander
    'Blue Grass' Ensemble
     
    'Haunted Heart' Dancer
     
    'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
     
    Student Waiter
     
    Detective
     
    Prosecuting Attorney
    Talley Beatty
    'Blue Grass' Ensemble
     
    'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
     
    Jury Member
    Valerie Bettis
    'Haunted Heart' Dancer
     
    Tiger Lily
    Mary Lou Boyd
    'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
    Beverlee Bozeman
    Mary
    the daughter
     
    'Blue Grass' Ensemble
     
    'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
     
    'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
     
    'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
    Thelma Carpenter
    'Blue Grass' Singer
    Jack Cassidy
    A Swain
     
    'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
     
    'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
    Michael Charnley
    'Blue Grass' Ensemble
     
    'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
     
    Jury Member
    Ronald Chetwood
    'Blue Grass' Ensemble
     
    'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
     
    Captain of Waiters
     
    Defense Attorney
    Jacqueline Fisher
    'Blue Grass' Ensemble
     
    'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
    Court Fleming
    Student Waiter
     
    'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
    Bob Hamilton
    'Blue Grass' Ensemble
    Robert Hamilton
    'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
     
    Detective
     
    Jury Member
    Holly Harris
    'Blue Grass' Ensemble
     
    Diner's Companion
     
    'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
    Jim Hawthorne
    2nd Couple
     
    A Swain
     
    'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
     
    'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
    Randell Henderson
    The Stage Manager
    Alfred Homan
    A Swain
     
    'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
     
    Tourist
    Pat Horn
    'Blue Grass' Ensemble
     
    'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
     
    'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
    Norma Larkin
    'Blue Grass' Ensemble
     
    'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
     
    'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
    Jane Lawrence
    Mrs. Jones
    Apr 30, 1948 - Aug 21, 1948
     
    1st Couple
    Apr 30, 1948 - Aug 21, 1948
     
    Girl Diner
    Apr 30, 1948 - Aug 21, 1948
     
    Mary Shelton
    Apr 30, 1948 - Aug 21, 1948
     
    Tourist
    Apr 30, 1948 - Aug 21, 1948
    William LeMassena
    3rd Pollster
     
    Hotel Manager
     
    A Butler
     
    Ticket Seller
     
    The Girl Diner's Escort
     
    'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
     
    Tourist
    Estelle Loring
    Lottie
    the maid
     
    'Rhode Island is Famous For You' Singer
     
    2nd Couple
     
    Bride
    Mara Lynn
    'Blue Grass' Ensemble
     
    'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
     
    'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
     
    'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
    Dorothy MacNeill
    'Blue Grass' Ensemble
     
    'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
    Joan Mann
    'Blue Grass' Ensemble
     
    'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
     
    Girl
     
    'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
     
    Jury Member
    J.C. McCord
    'Blue Grass' Dancer's Friend
     
    'Haunted Heart' Dancer
     
    'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
     
    Cowboy with Rope
     
    'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
     
    Detective
     
    Jury Member
    Nanon Millis
    'Blue Grass' Ensemble
     
    'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
     
    'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
    John Mooney
    'Blue Grass' Ensemble
     
    'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
     
    'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
    Betty Nichols
    'Blue Grass' Ensemble
     
    'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
     
    'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
    Lewis Nye
    2nd Pollster
     
    Bellboy
     
    Peter Ilyitch Tschaikowsky
     
    Herman
     
    Tourist
    Hilde Palmer
    Diner's Companion
     
    Tourist
    Albert Popwell
    'Blue Grass' Dancer
     
    'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
    Richard Reed
    'Blue Grass' Ensemble
     
    'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
     
    Student Waiter
     
    Detective
     
    'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
    George Reich
    'Blue Grass' Ensemble
     
    'Haunted Heart' Dancer
     
    'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
     
    Student Waiter
     
    'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
    Thomas Reider
    'Blue Grass' Ensemble
     
    A Swain
     
    'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
     
    'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
    Carl Reiner
    1st Pollster
     
    Prof. Poultergeist
     
    Frederic Chopin
     
    Man
     
    Another Diner
     
    Minister
     
    Judge
     
    Tourist
    Ricky Riccardi
    'Blue Grass' Ensemble
     
    'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
     
    'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
    Michael Risk
    A Swain
     
    'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
     
    'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
    Boris Runanin
    'Blue Grass' Ensemble
     
    'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
     
    Student Waiter
     
    Jury Member
    Dorothy Scott
    'Blue Grass' Ensemble
     
    'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
     
    'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
     
    'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
    Sherry Shadburne
    'Blue Grass' Ensemble
     
    'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
     
    'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
    Herb Shriner
    A Feller from Indiana
    Raymond Stephens
    1st Couple
     
    A Swain
     
    'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
     
    'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
    Gloria Stevens
    'Blue Grass' Ensemble
     
    'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
     
    'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
     
    'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
    John Tyers
    Franz Liszt
    Apr 30, 1948 - Aug 21, 1948
     
    'Haunted Heart' Singer
    Apr 30, 1948 - Aug 21, 1948
     
    'My Gal is Mine Once More' Singer
    Apr 30, 1948 - Aug 21, 1948
     
    Groom
    Apr 30, 1948 - Aug 21, 1948
    Eric Victor
    Caller
     
    Doctor Zilmore
    Royce Wallace
    'Blue Grass' Ensemble
     
    'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
     
    'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
    Understudies: Rod Alexander (Caller), Robert Hamilton (Doctor Zilmore), Holly Harris (Mary Shelton), Jim Hawthorne ('Haunted Heart' Singer, 'My Gal is Mine Once More' Singer), Paula Laurence (Pittsburgh Choral Society Choral Director, Miss Twitchell, Massachusetts Mermaid, Mme. Lapis de Lazuli, 3rd Couple, Gladys, 'At the Mardi Gras' Singer, 'We Won't Take it Back' Singer), Jane Lawrence (Lottie, 'Rhode Island is Famous For You' Singer, 2nd Couple, Bride), William LeMassena (1st Pollster, Prof. Poultergeist, Frederic Chopin, Man, Another Diner, Minister, Judge, Tourist, 2nd Pollster, Bellboy, Peter Ilyitch Tschaikowsky, Herman), Joan Mann (Tiger Lily), Nanon Millis ('Haunted Heart' Dancer), John Mooney (3rd Pollster, Hotel Manager, A Butler, Ticket Seller, The Girl Diner's Escort, Tourist), Hilde Palmer (Mary) and Carl Reiner (Mr. Jones, Mr. Bemis, 'Rhode Island is Famous For You' Singer, 3rd Couple, Professor, 'We Won't Take it Back' Singer)

    New Century Theatre (Apr 30, 1948 - Aug 21, 1948)

    Majestic Theatre (Aug 23, 1948 - Feb 19, 1949)

    Cast

    David Atkinson
    Franz Liszt
    Aug 23, 1948 - Feb 19, 1949
     
    'Haunted Heart' Singer
    Aug 23, 1948 - Feb 19, 1949
     
    'My Gal is Mine Once More' Singer
    Aug 23, 1948 - Feb 19, 1949
     
    Groom
    Aug 23, 1948 - Feb 19, 1949
    Xenia Bank
    Mrs. Jones
    Aug 23, 1948 - ?
     
    1st Couple
    Aug 23, 1948 - ?
     
    Girl Diner
    Aug 23, 1948 - ?
     
    Mary Shelton
    Aug 23, 1948 - ?
     
    Tourist
    Aug 23, 1948 - ?
  • Awards

    Theatre World

    Award

    1948 Recipient
    Estelle Loring and Valerie Bettis
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization
Produced by Arthur Schwartz
Music by Arthur Schwartz; Lyrics by Howard Dietz; Sketches by Arnold Auerbach, Moss Hart and Arnold B. Horwitt; Suggested by the book by John Gunther; Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett; Incidental Music for Dances by Genevieve Pitot; Additional Sketch Material by Arnold Auerbach
Sketches Directed by Robert H. Gordon; Dances and Musical Numbers Staged by Helen Tamiris
Production Design by Lemuel Ayers; Costume Design by Eleanor Goldsmith; Miss Lillie's Costumes and Gowns by Castillo; Masks for 'At the Mardi Gras' by John Robert Lloyd
Company Manager: Abe Cohen
Production Stage Manager: Alan Anderson; Stage Manager: Randell Henderson; Assistant Stage Mgr: Walter N. Kapp
Assistant to Miss Tamiris: Daniel Nagrin; Conducted by Jay Blackton; Assistant Conductor: Sammy Kramar; Music Contractor: Sol Gusikoff; Musical Assistant to Mr. Schwartz: Margot Hopkins
Assistant Designer to Mr. Ayers: Arthur H. Ross; Assistant to Miss Goldsmith: Forrest Thayer
Production Associate: Victor Samrock; General Press Representative: Nat Dorfman; Associate Press Representative: Mary Ward; Assistant in Production: David Yellin; Vocal Supervision: Jay Blackton
Jack Haley
Mr. Jones
 
Mr. Bemis
 
'Rhode Island is Famous For You' Singer
 
3rd Couple
 
Professor
 
'We Won't Take it Back' Singer
Beatrice Lillie
Pittsburgh Choral Society Choral Director
 
Miss Twitchell
 
Mme. Lapis de Lazuli
 
Massachusetts Mermaid
 
'At the Mardi Gras' Singer
 
3rd Couple
 
Gladys
Mary Shelton's maid
 
'We Won't Take it Back' Singer
Rod Alexander
'Blue Grass' Ensemble
 
'Haunted Heart' Dancer
 
'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
 
Student Waiter
 
Detective
 
Prosecuting Attorney
Talley Beatty
'Blue Grass' Ensemble
 
'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
 
Jury Member
Valerie Bettis
'Haunted Heart' Dancer
 
Tiger Lily
Mary Lou Boyd
'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
Beverlee Bozeman
Mary
the daughter
 
'Blue Grass' Ensemble
 
'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
 
'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
 
'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
Thelma Carpenter
'Blue Grass' Singer
Jack Cassidy
A Swain
 
'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
 
'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
Michael Charnley
'Blue Grass' Ensemble
 
'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
 
Jury Member
Ronald Chetwood
'Blue Grass' Ensemble
 
'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
 
Captain of Waiters
 
Defense Attorney
Jacqueline Fisher
'Blue Grass' Ensemble
 
'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
Court Fleming
Student Waiter
 
'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
Bob Hamilton
'Blue Grass' Ensemble
Robert Hamilton
'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
 
Detective
 
Jury Member
Holly Harris
'Blue Grass' Ensemble
 
Diner's Companion
 
'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
Jim Hawthorne
2nd Couple
 
A Swain
 
'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
 
'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
Randell Henderson
The Stage Manager
Alfred Homan
A Swain
 
'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
 
Tourist
Pat Horn
'Blue Grass' Ensemble
 
'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
 
'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
Norma Larkin
'Blue Grass' Ensemble
 
'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
 
'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
Jane Lawrence
Mrs. Jones
Apr 30, 1948 - Aug 21, 1948
 
1st Couple
Apr 30, 1948 - Aug 21, 1948
 
Girl Diner
Apr 30, 1948 - Aug 21, 1948
 
Mary Shelton
Apr 30, 1948 - Aug 21, 1948
 
Tourist
Apr 30, 1948 - Aug 21, 1948
William LeMassena
3rd Pollster
 
Hotel Manager
 
A Butler
 
Ticket Seller
 
The Girl Diner's Escort
 
'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
 
Tourist
Estelle Loring
Lottie
the maid
 
'Rhode Island is Famous For You' Singer
 
2nd Couple
 
Bride
Mara Lynn
'Blue Grass' Ensemble
 
'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
 
'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
 
'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
Dorothy MacNeill
'Blue Grass' Ensemble
 
'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
Joan Mann
'Blue Grass' Ensemble
 
'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
 
Girl
 
'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
 
Jury Member
J.C. McCord
'Blue Grass' Dancer's Friend
 
'Haunted Heart' Dancer
 
'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
 
Cowboy with Rope
 
'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
 
Detective
 
Jury Member
Nanon Millis
'Blue Grass' Ensemble
 
'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
 
'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
John Mooney
'Blue Grass' Ensemble
 
'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
 
'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
Betty Nichols
'Blue Grass' Ensemble
 
'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
 
'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
Lewis Nye
2nd Pollster
 
Bellboy
 
Peter Ilyitch Tschaikowsky
 
Herman
 
Tourist
Hilde Palmer
Diner's Companion
 
Tourist
Albert Popwell
'Blue Grass' Dancer
 
'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
Richard Reed
'Blue Grass' Ensemble
 
'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
 
Student Waiter
 
Detective
 
'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
George Reich
'Blue Grass' Ensemble
 
'Haunted Heart' Dancer
 
'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
 
Student Waiter
 
'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
Thomas Reider
'Blue Grass' Ensemble
 
A Swain
 
'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
 
'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
Carl Reiner
1st Pollster
 
Prof. Poultergeist
 
Frederic Chopin
 
Man
 
Another Diner
 
Minister
 
Judge
 
Tourist
Ricky Riccardi
'Blue Grass' Ensemble
 
'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
 
'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
Michael Risk
A Swain
 
'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
 
'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
Boris Runanin
'Blue Grass' Ensemble
 
'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
 
Student Waiter
 
Jury Member
Dorothy Scott
'Blue Grass' Ensemble
 
'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
 
'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
 
'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
Sherry Shadburne
'Blue Grass' Ensemble
 
'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
 
'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
Herb Shriner
A Feller from Indiana
Raymond Stephens
1st Couple
 
A Swain
 
'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
 
'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
Gloria Stevens
'Blue Grass' Ensemble
 
'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
 
'My Gal is Mine Once More' Townsperson
 
'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
John Tyers
Franz Liszt
Apr 30, 1948 - Aug 21, 1948
 
'Haunted Heart' Singer
Apr 30, 1948 - Aug 21, 1948
 
'My Gal is Mine Once More' Singer
Apr 30, 1948 - Aug 21, 1948
 
Groom
Apr 30, 1948 - Aug 21, 1948
Eric Victor
Caller
 
Doctor Zilmore
Royce Wallace
'Blue Grass' Ensemble
 
'At the Mardi Gras' Dancer
 
'Tiger Lily' Newspaper Reader and Spectator
Understudies: Rod Alexander (Caller), Robert Hamilton (Doctor Zilmore), Holly Harris (Mary Shelton), Jim Hawthorne ('Haunted Heart' Singer, 'My Gal is Mine Once More' Singer), Paula Laurence (Pittsburgh Choral Society Choral Director, Miss Twitchell, Massachusetts Mermaid, Mme. Lapis de Lazuli, 3rd Couple, Gladys, 'At the Mardi Gras' Singer, 'We Won't Take it Back' Singer), Jane Lawrence (Lottie, 'Rhode Island is Famous For You' Singer, 2nd Couple, Bride), William LeMassena (1st Pollster, Prof. Poultergeist, Frederic Chopin, Man, Another Diner, Minister, Judge, Tourist, 2nd Pollster, Bellboy, Peter Ilyitch Tschaikowsky, Herman), Joan Mann (Tiger Lily), Nanon Millis ('Haunted Heart' Dancer), John Mooney (3rd Pollster, Hotel Manager, A Butler, Ticket Seller, The Girl Diner's Escort, Tourist), Hilde Palmer (Mary) and Carl Reiner (Mr. Jones, Mr. Bemis, 'Rhode Island is Famous For You' Singer, 3rd Couple, Professor, 'We Won't Take it Back' Singer)

New Century Theatre (Apr 30, 1948 - Aug 21, 1948)

Majestic Theatre (Aug 23, 1948 - Feb 19, 1949)

Cast

David Atkinson
Franz Liszt
Aug 23, 1948 - Feb 19, 1949
 
'Haunted Heart' Singer
Aug 23, 1948 - Feb 19, 1949
 
'My Gal is Mine Once More' Singer
Aug 23, 1948 - Feb 19, 1949
 
Groom
Aug 23, 1948 - Feb 19, 1949
Xenia Bank
Mrs. Jones
Aug 23, 1948 - ?
 
1st Couple
Aug 23, 1948 - ?
 
Girl Diner
Aug 23, 1948 - ?
 
Mary Shelton
Aug 23, 1948 - ?
 
Tourist
Aug 23, 1948 - ?

Theatre World

Award

1948 Recipient
Estelle Loring and Valerie Bettis
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