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My Sister Eileen
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Comedy
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Dec 26, 1940
Closing Date
Jan 16, 1943
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Open Date: Dec 26, 1940
Close Date: Jan 16, 1943
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Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Biltmore Theatre
(Dec 26, 1940 - Aug 04, 1942)
Martin Beck Theatre
(Aug 04, 1942 - Nov 21, 1942)
Ritz Theatre
(Nov 23, 1942 - Dec 13, 1942)
Broadway Theatre
(Dec 13, 1942 - Jan 16, 1943)
Setting
Basement apartment in Greenwich Village, New York City.
Comments
This production was capitalized at $15,000 and had a top ticket of $5.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Produced by
Max Gordon
Written by
Joseph A. Fields
and
Jerome Chodorov
; Based on stories by
Ruth McKenney
Staged by
George S. Kaufman
; Dance sequences staged by
Paul Seymour
Scenic Design by
Donald Oenslager
; Lighting Design by
Al Alloy
; Technical Assistant to Mr. Oenslager:
Isaac Benesch
General Manager:
Ben A. Boyar
; Company Manager:
Albert A. Cohen
Stage Manager:
Franklin Heller
and
David Pardoll
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Kurt Steinbart
Press Representative:
Nat Dorfman
; Associate Press Representative:
Jack Charash
; Casting:
Myra Hampton Streger
; Advertising:
Kevin Gray
Effie Afton
Violet Shelton
Michael Ames
Future Admiral
Shirley Booth
Ruth Sherwood
Alan Brixey
Future Admiral
Morris Carnovsky
Mr. Appolpolous
George Cotton
Jensen
Tom Dillon
Lonigan
Donald Foster
Walter Sherwood
Eda Heinemann
A Prospective Tenant
Gordon Jones
The Wreck
Joseph Kallini
The Consul
Peter Knego
Future Admiral
Bruce MacFarlane
Chic Clark
Paul Marion
Future Admiral
Charles Martin
Captain Fletcher
William Post, Jr.
Robert Baker
Richard Quine
Frank Lippencott
Helen Ray
Mrs. Wade
Eric Roberts
A Street Arab
Mel Roberts
Future Admiral
Jo Ann Sayers
Eileen Sherwood
Paul Seymour
Future Admiral
Benson Spring
Cossack
Joan Tompkins
Helen Wade
Robert White
Another Street Arab
Biltmore Theatre
(Dec 26, 1940 - Aug 04, 1942)
Cast
Joe Bush
Future Admiral
Henry Jones
Frank Lippencott
David Macomber
Cossack
Alva Milligan
A Drunk
Priscilla Newton
Helen Wade
Theodore Newton
Robert Baker
Paul Porter Jr.
A Street Arab
Roy Roberts
The Wreck
Max Showalter
Frank Lippencott
Arthur Tell
A Drunk
Jerome Thor
Future Admiral
Sheila Trent
Violet Shelton
Ethel Wilson
A Prospective Tenant
Martin Beck Theatre
(Aug 04, 1942 - Nov 21, 1942)
Cast
Tony Bickley
Future Admiral
Joseph Buloff
Mr. Appolpolous
Victor Finney
Future Admiral
Thomas Hume
The Wreck
Peggy Knudsen
Eileen Sherwood
Herbert Rissman
Jensen
Ritz Theatre
(Nov 23, 1942 - Dec 13, 1942)
Broadway Theatre
(Dec 13, 1942 - Jan 16, 1943)
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Produced by
Max Gordon
Written by
Joseph A. Fields
and
Jerome Chodorov
; Based on stories by
Ruth McKenney
Staged by
George S. Kaufman
; Dance sequences staged by
Paul Seymour
Scenic Design by
Donald Oenslager
; Lighting Design by
Al Alloy
; Technical Assistant to Mr. Oenslager:
Isaac Benesch
General Manager:
Ben A. Boyar
; Company Manager:
Albert A. Cohen
Stage Manager:
Franklin Heller
and
David Pardoll
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Kurt Steinbart
Press Representative:
Nat Dorfman
; Associate Press Representative:
Jack Charash
; Casting:
Myra Hampton Streger
; Advertising:
Kevin Gray
Effie Afton
Violet Shelton
Michael Ames
Future Admiral
Shirley Booth
Ruth Sherwood
Alan Brixey
Future Admiral
Morris Carnovsky
Mr. Appolpolous
George Cotton
Jensen
Tom Dillon
Lonigan
Donald Foster
Walter Sherwood
Eda Heinemann
A Prospective Tenant
Gordon Jones
The Wreck
Joseph Kallini
The Consul
Peter Knego
Future Admiral
Bruce MacFarlane
Chic Clark
Paul Marion
Future Admiral
Charles Martin
Captain Fletcher
William Post, Jr.
Robert Baker
Richard Quine
Frank Lippencott
Helen Ray
Mrs. Wade
Eric Roberts
A Street Arab
Mel Roberts
Future Admiral
Jo Ann Sayers
Eileen Sherwood
Paul Seymour
Future Admiral
Benson Spring
Cossack
Joan Tompkins
Helen Wade
Robert White
Another Street Arab
Biltmore Theatre
(Dec 26, 1940 - Aug 04, 1942)
Cast
Joe Bush
Future Admiral
Henry Jones
Frank Lippencott
David Macomber
Cossack
Alva Milligan
A Drunk
Priscilla Newton
Helen Wade
Theodore Newton
Robert Baker
Paul Porter Jr.
A Street Arab
Roy Roberts
The Wreck
Max Showalter
Frank Lippencott
Arthur Tell
A Drunk
Jerome Thor
Future Admiral
Sheila Trent
Violet Shelton
Ethel Wilson
A Prospective Tenant
Martin Beck Theatre
(Aug 04, 1942 - Nov 21, 1942)
Cast
Tony Bickley
Future Admiral
Joseph Buloff
Mr. Appolpolous
Victor Finney
Future Admiral
Thomas Hume
The Wreck
Peggy Knudsen
Eileen Sherwood
Herbert Rissman
Jensen
Ritz Theatre
(Nov 23, 1942 - Dec 13, 1942)
Broadway Theatre
(Dec 13, 1942 - Jan 16, 1943)
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