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Play
Comedy
Play with music
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Dec 26, 1927
Closing Date
Jun 30, 1928
Performances
216
Play
Comedy
Play with music
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Dec 26, 1927
Close Date: Jun 30, 1928
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Ritz Theatre
(Dec 26, 1927 - Jun 30, 1928)
Description
A play in three acts
Setting
A small vaudevile theatre in Los Angeles; the N.V.A. club in New York City; Elsa's apartment in New York City; in and around the Palace Theatre, New York City.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Leased by
Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.)
Produced by
Barbour, Crimmins & Bryant
Written by
John McGowan
; Musical Director:
Morris Zentner
; Featuring songs by
Ray Henderson
; Featuring songs with lyrics by
Lew Brown
and
Buddy DeSylva
Directed by
Melville Burke
; Musical Staging by
John Boyle
; Production Supervised by
Paul Dickey
Scenic Design by
P. Dodd Ackerman
; Costume Design by
Jenkins
,
Maison Simone
and
Mahieu
Technical Director:
Edward Clarke Lilley
Conducted by
Bruce Healy
The Admirals
Band
Maud Blair
Sarah Benton
Nace Bonville
Jack Merrill
William Boula
Joe DeLeon
Herbert Clark
Val D'Errico
Charles Dalton
Charlie
John H. Dilson
Frank Arnold
Mort Downey
George McCarthy
Eric Dressler
Eddie Kane
Vladimir Dubinsky
Bob
Doris Eaton
Betty Ford
Frances Goodrich
Rita Rydell
Miriam Hopkins
Elsa McCoy
Frank Horton
Al Kent
Boyd Marshall
Herbert Crammon
Frank McHugh
Jimmy Dunn
Howard Morgan
Dad
Lawrence O'Sullivan
Marvin
Merald Tollefsen
Bill
Denton Vane
Harry Hart
Suzanne Willa
Mabel Ford
Ritz Theatre
(Dec 26, 1927 - Jun 30, 1928)
Cast
Stuart Anderson
Bob
Howard Borgerson
Bill
Buster Reid
Charlie
Ben Ruyle
Marvin
Dorothy Van Alst
Betty Ford
Songs
Act 1
Sung By
For Old Times' Sake
(music by
Ray Henderson
; lyrics by
Lew Brown
and
Buddy DeSylva
)
George McCarthy
Act 2
Gene Buck Song
Act 3
Sung By
Those Two Girls and That Boy
Jimmy Dunn, Eddie Kane, Betty Ford and Mabel Ford
People
Songs
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Leased by
Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.)
Produced by
Barbour, Crimmins & Bryant
Written by
John McGowan
; Musical Director:
Morris Zentner
; Featuring songs by
Ray Henderson
; Featuring songs with lyrics by
Lew Brown
and
Buddy DeSylva
Directed by
Melville Burke
; Musical Staging by
John Boyle
; Production Supervised by
Paul Dickey
Scenic Design by
P. Dodd Ackerman
; Costume Design by
Jenkins
,
Maison Simone
and
Mahieu
Technical Director:
Edward Clarke Lilley
Conducted by
Bruce Healy
The Admirals
Band
Maud Blair
Sarah Benton
Nace Bonville
Jack Merrill
William Boula
Joe DeLeon
Herbert Clark
Val D'Errico
Charles Dalton
Charlie
John H. Dilson
Frank Arnold
Mort Downey
George McCarthy
Eric Dressler
Eddie Kane
Vladimir Dubinsky
Bob
Doris Eaton
Betty Ford
Frances Goodrich
Rita Rydell
Miriam Hopkins
Elsa McCoy
Frank Horton
Al Kent
Boyd Marshall
Herbert Crammon
Frank McHugh
Jimmy Dunn
Howard Morgan
Dad
Lawrence O'Sullivan
Marvin
Merald Tollefsen
Bill
Denton Vane
Harry Hart
Suzanne Willa
Mabel Ford
Ritz Theatre
(Dec 26, 1927 - Jun 30, 1928)
Cast
Stuart Anderson
Bob
Howard Borgerson
Bill
Buster Reid
Charlie
Ben Ruyle
Marvin
Dorothy Van Alst
Betty Ford
Act 1
Sung By
For Old Times' Sake
(music by
Ray Henderson
; lyrics by
Lew Brown
and
Buddy DeSylva
)
George McCarthy
Act 2
Gene Buck Song
Act 3
Sung By
Those Two Girls and That Boy
Jimmy Dunn, Eddie Kane, Betty Ford and Mabel Ford
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