PlayComedy Play with musicOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Dec 26, 1927
Closing Date
Jun 30, 1928
Performances
216
PlayComedy Play with musicOriginalBroadway

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.
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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