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Big Boy   

 
Winter Garden Theatre , (1/07/1925 - 3/14/1925)
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Opening Date:Jan 07, 1925   
Closing Date:Mar 14, 1925 Total Performances:56

Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Description: A musical in two acts
Setting: Kentucky


Production Staff
Theatre Leased by The Winter Garden Company
Produced by Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.)
Music by James F. Hanley and Joseph Meyer; Book by Harold Atteridge; Lyrics by Bud G. DeSylva; Mr. Jolson's Orchestrations by Alfred Goodman; Music orchestrated by Emil Gerstenberger
Dances and Ensembles Arranged by Seymour Felix and Larry Ceballos; Staged by J. C. Huffman; Dialogue Directed by Alexander Leftwich
General Manager: Edward Bloom; Company Manager: Louis Epstein
Stage Manager: Jack Young
Conducted by Alfred Goodman
Art Direction by Watson Barratt
Publicity Director: Felix Risser
Cast
Al Jolson Gus
George Andre Dancer
Marion Andre Show Girls
Wyn Ayres Show Girls
Edythe Baker Phyllis Carter
Hugh Banks Joe Warren
Franklyn Batie Jim Redding
Tucker
Frank Beaston Jack Bedford
Adolphe Beck Men
Peggy Bernier Dancer
May Birt Show Girls
Freddie Bond Show Girls
William Bonelli Legrande
Bobbie Brandeis Men
Colin Campbell Steve Leslie
Elsie Carroll Dancer
Nancy Carroll Show Girls
Terry Carroll Show Girls
Irving Carter Danny
Men
Al Clair Men
Lee Cutler Dancer
Jewel Dalores Dancer
Clifford Daly Men
Leo Donnelly "Doc" Wilbur
Helen Doyle Dancer
Minnie Dupree Dancer
William C. Elkins Jubilee Singer
Flo Evers Show Girls
Albert Ford Men
Ethel Fuller Dancer
Rose Gallagher Show Girls
George Gilday Judkins
Peggy Gillespie Dancer
Janice Glenn Dancer
Maude Turner Gordon Mrs. Bedford
Walter A. Gray Jubilee Singer
Mabel Grete Dancer
Patti Harrold Annabelle Bedford
Louise Hersey Show Girls
Alma Hookey Dancer
Wilbert B. Howard Jubilee Singer
George E. Jackson Jubilee Singer
Frankie James Dolly Graham
Naoe Kondo Dancer
Harry Lake Men
Lewis Laub Men
Flo Lewis Tessie Forbes
Madge Lorraine Show Girls
Walter Lowery Men
Dotty Mae Dancer
Charles Moran Mr. Gray
Tout
Dinky Ozmont Dancer
Arthur H. Payne Jubilee Singer
Mary Phillips Show Girls
Jack Ray Men
Ralph Reader Men
Thelma Robinson Dancer
Mose R. Ross Jubilee Singer
Dorothy Rudac Dancer
Ruth Savoy Dancer
Edith Scott Caroline Purdy
Arthur S. Shaw Jubilee Singer
L. C. Sherman Manager
Madeline Smith Show Girls
George Spelvin "Silent" Ransom
Rose Stone Dancer
Esther Tanney Dancer
Kelly Thompson Jubilee Singer
William L. Thorne "Bully" John Bagby
Wainwright
Helen Wallace Dancer
Walter Wandell Men
Dorothy Wegman Show Girls
Carl D. White Jubilee Singer
Minnie White Dancer
Ralph Whitehead "Coley" Reid
Casco Williams Jubilee Singer
music by James F. Hanley and Joseph Meyer; lyrics by Buddy DeSylva 

ACT 1Sung By
Welcome Home Ensemble
Born and Bred in Old Kentucky Annabelle Bedford and Ensemble
Lead 'Em On Phyllis Carter, Tessie Forbes and Joe Warren
The Day I Rode Half Fare Steve Leslie and Ensemble
True Love Annabelle Bedford and Girls
Tap the Toe Annabelle Bedford, Joe Warren, Jack Bedford and Ensemble
Come On and Play Phyllis Carter and Boys
The Dance from Down Yonder Annabelle Bedford, Phyllis Carter, Tessie Forbes, "Coley" Reid, Jack Bedford, Joe Warren and Ensemble
ACT 2Sung By
Tamborina Ensemble
Something for Nothing Tessie Forbes
Lackawanna Dolly Graham
Bookies and Cookies (Cookies and Bookies) Girls and Boys
The Race Is Over Ensemble
The Hunt Ball Dancers and Ensemble