MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Dec 01, 1937
Closing Date
May 21, 1938
Performances
200
MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
Theatres
Winter Garden Theatre
(Dec 01, 1937 - May 21, 1938)
Description
A musical in two acts
Setting
Sprinkle, Indiana and Geneva
Comments
Roy Roberts originally played the role of Breezy Cunningham in out-of-town tryouts, and was replaced during this time by Jack Whiting. Whiting fell ill before the Broadway opening, and Roberts filled in for him from Dec. 1 to 13, 1937.
Produced by Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.)
Music by Harold Arlen; Music orchestrated by Don Walker; Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse; Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg; Conceived by E.Y. Harburg; Additional orchestrations by Joseph Glover, Conrad Salinger and Paul Sterrett; Musical Director: Robert Emmett Dolan; Music arranged by Kay Thompson and Hugh Martin
Dances directed by Robert Alton; Book staged by Howard Lindsay; Staged and supervised by Vincente Minnelli
Scenic Design by Vincente Minnelli; Costume Design by Raoul Pène Du Bois
Special Effects by Ferry Corwey, Harry LaMore, George Hanlon and Langdon McCormack
Singing ensemble coached by Kay Thompson
Al Gordon's Dogs
Specialty Act
Anthony Albert
Department Head
 
Dancing Ensemble
Joanna Allen
Dancing Ensemble
Peggy Badey
Singing Ensemble
Margorie Baglin
Dancing Ensemble
Al Baron
Second Tough
Dorothy Bird
Dancing Ensemble
Bidda Blakely
Singing Ensemble
Ralph Blane
A Spy
 
Singing Ensemble
Ruthanna Boris
Principal Dancer
The Briants
Specialty Act
Florine Callahan
Dancing Ensemble
Constance Carr
Singing Ensemble
Leo Chalzel
The Mayor
 
Herr Zingaroff
William Chandler
Singing Ensemble
Carrol Clarke
Singing Ensemble
June Clyde
Annabel Lewis
Dec 01, 1937 - Mar 05, 1938
Harold Cook
Singing Ensemble
Ford Crane
Singing Ensemble
Maxine Darrell
Dancing Ensemble
Louise de Forrest
Dancing Ensemble
Helene Ecklund
Dancing Ensemble
Will Ferry
Mr. Harriman
The Five Reillys
Specialty Act
Franklyn Fox
First Tough
 
Admiral Sir Basil Entwhistle
Joel Friend
Dancing Ensemble
Peggy Gallimore
Dancing Ensemble
Phillip Gordon
Dancing Ensemble
Paul Haakon
Principal Dancer
Helen Hannan
Dancing Ensemble
William Hawley
Dancing Ensemble
Rita Horgan
Dancing Ensemble
Beverly Hosier
Singing Ensemble
Frank Howard
Singing Ensemble
Arthur Kay
Marshall Dinkelspiel
 
The Voice of Conscience
Evelyn Laurie
Dancing Ensemble
Hugh Martin
Singing Ensemble
Mary Joan Martin
Dancing Ensemble
Mary Meyer
Dancing Ensemble
Mickey Moore
Department Head
 
Dancing Ensemble
Evelyn Moser
Dancing Ensemble
Meg Mundy
Singing Ensemble
Edward Murray
Dancing Ensemble
Dagmar Nilsson
Singing Ensemble
Mary Ann Parker
Dancing Ensemble
Wynelle Patterson
Singing Ensemble
Bill Pillick
Dancing Ensemble
Leon Polinsky
Specialty Act
Don Popikoff
Comrade Popikoff
Jo Raskin
Dancing Ensemble
Gracie Reilly
Gracie
Roy Roberts
Breezy Cunningham
Dec 01, 1937 - Mar 05, 1938
Marcel Rousseau
Marechal DuVal
Dec 01, 1937 - Dec 18, 1937
Sid Salzer
Department Head
 
Dancing Ensemble
Charles Senna
Daniel
 
Generalissimo Di Gregorio
Robert Shafer
Benjamin Benedict
Dec 01, 1937 - Mar 12, 1938
 
Benjy
Dec 01, 1937 - Mar 12, 1938
Ruth Shaw
Dancing Ensemble
John Smedberg
Singing Ensemble
Virginia Smith
Dancing Ensemble
Sue Hastings' Marionettes
Specialty Act
Barbara Towne
Singing Ensemble
Vivian Vance
Stephanie Stephanovich
Marie Vanneman
Dancing Ensemble
Virginia Vonne
Singing Ensemble
Carol Louise Wanderman
Little Girl
Armonce Wilkins
Singing Ensemble
Castle Williams
Manager
 
Singing Ensemble
Ed Wynn
Chuckles

Winter Garden Theatre (Dec 01, 1937 - May 21, 1938)

Cast

Charles Collins
Breezy Cunningham
Mar 07, 1938 - May 21, 1938
John Elliott
Benjamin Benedict
Mar 14, 1938 - May 21, 1938
 
Benjy
Mar 14, 1938 - May 21, 1938
Charles La Torre
Marechal DuVal
Dec 20, 1937 - May 21, 1938
Dorothy Stone
Annabel Lewis
Mar 07, 1938 - May 21, 1938
Jack Whiting
Breezy Cunningham
Dec 13, 1937 - Mar 05, 1938
music by Harold Arlen; lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Act 1
Sung By
Hooray For What!
Ensemble
God's Country
Breezy Cunningham, Specialty Act, Singing Ensemble and Dancing Ensemble
I've Gone Romantic on You
Breezy Cunningham and Annabel Lewis
Moanin' in the Mornin'
Stephanie Stephanovich and Singing Spies
Viva for Geneva
Ensemble
Life's a Dance
Benjamin Benedict
Napoleon's a Pastry
Breezy Cunningham and Annabel Lewis
Down With Love
Breezy Cunningham, Annabel Lewis, Stephanie Stephanovich and Ensemble
Act 2
Sung By
A Fashion Girl
A Spy and Singers
The Night of the Embassy Ball
Stephanie Stephanovich
In the Shade of the New Apple Tree
Breezy Cunningham, Annabel Lewis, A Spy and Singers
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