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Lucky
Musical
Comedy
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Mar 22, 1927
Closing Date
May 21, 1927
Performances
71
Musical
Comedy
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Mar 22, 1927
Close Date: May 21, 1927
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
New Amsterdam Theatre
(Mar 22, 1927 - May 21, 1927)
Description
A musical in two acts
Setting
Ceylon and New York City
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Charles Dillingham
Book by
Otto Harbach
; Additional scenes by
Bert Kalmar
and
Harry Ruby
; Music by
Jerome Kern
; Additional numbers by
Bert Kalmar
and
Harry Ruby
; Musical Director:
Gus Salzer
; Music orchestrated by
Robert Russell Bennett
; Lyrics by
Otto Harbach
; Additional music by
Fred Fisher
,
Nora Bayes
,
Jack Norworth
,
Gus Edwards
and
George Gershwin
; Additional lyrics by
Fred Fisher
,
Jack Norworth
,
Edward Madden
and
Anne Caldwell
Staged by
Hassard Short
; Choreographed by
David Bennett
; Ballets arranged by
Albertina Rasch
Costume Design by
Mabel E. Johnston
Musician:
Paul Whiteman's Orchestra
Bessie Allison
Ensemble
Alfred Arnold
Ensemble
Walter Arnold
Ensemble
Charles Bannister
Ensemble
Julia Brashkova
Ensemble
Dorothy Bell
Ensemble
Dick Bennett
Ensemble
Dulce Bentley
Ensemble
Martin Berkeley
Finch
Albert Birk
Ensemble
Leonore Blair
Ensemble
Betty Block
Ensemble
Pearl Bradley
Ensemble
Mary Brady
Ensemble
Billie Cain
Ensemble
Walter Catlett
Charlie Simpson
Virginia Clark
Ensemble
Joan Clement
First Tourist
Hal Clovis
Mendicant Monk
Charles Conkling
Ensemble
Emily Cote
Mendicant Monk
Peggy Cunningham
Ensemble
Hyacinth Curtis
Ensemble
Jack de Lys
Ensemble
Maxine Demmler
Ensemble
Marian Dickson
Ensemble
Alma Drange
Ensemble
Charles Eaton
Page
Mary Eaton
Lucky
Eleanor Elden
Ensemble
Paul Everton
Barlow
Rosemary Farmer
Ensemble
Richard Farrell
Wilton
George Ferguson
Second Waiter
Jeanne Fonda
Second Tourist
Ethel Forrest
Ensemble
Rose Gaillaird
Ensemble
Richard "Skeets" Gallagher
Teddy Travers
Charles Gibney
The High Priest
Elvira Gomez
Ensemble
Bert Gould
A Pearl Thief
Alfred Hall
Ensemble
Pauline Hall
Ensemble
Aili Halmenaa
Ensemble
Milton Halpern
Ensemble
Kathryn Hamill
Notoya
Ensemble
Vivian Harris
Ensemble
Jack Hughes
Ensemble
Max Hugo
Ensemble
Ray Justus
Ensemble
Ruby Keeler
Mazie Maxwell
Betty Keen
Ensemble
Keller Sisters
Specialty
Lily Kimari
Ensemble
Kathleen Krosby
Ensemble
Kathryn Lambly
Ensemble
Myrtle Lane
Ensemble
Donald Lee
Ensemble
Fred Lennox
First Tourist
Edna Locke
Ensemble
Al Lynch
Specialty
Trude Marr
Ensemble
Olga Marye
Ensemble
Bob Maxwell
Ensemble
Stanley McClelland
Mendicant Monk
Charles Mitchell
Shelbach
Lillian Morehouse
Ensemble
Bob Morris
Ensemble
Josephine Mostler
Ensemble
Henry Mowbray
Chuck Dugan
Hugh Francis Murphy
Officer
Al Ochs
Long Ling
Bill O'Donnell
Ensemble
Don Oltarsh
Ensemble
Cheri Pelham
Ensemble
Dorothy Phillips
Ensemble
Nickie Pittell
Ensemble
Patricia Preston
Ensemble
Anna Rex
Ensemble
Phyllis Reynolds
Ensemble
Nita Rosso
Ensemble
Elizabeth Ryder
Ensemble
Joseph Santley
Jack Mansfield
Ivy Sawyer
Grace Mansfield
Lenore Shearer
Ensemble
Kumara Singha
Cyngie
Emily Slater
Ensemble
Hugh Sorenson
Ensemble
Louise Starck
Ensemble
Jack Talbot
Ensemble
Ayres Tavitt
Ensemble
Archibald Thompson
Ensemble
Peaches Tortoni
Ensemble
Regina Tuahinska
Ensemble
George Vigouroux
Ensemble
Eda Vittollo
Ensemble
Teddy Ward
Ensemble
Elida Webb
Ensemble
Princess White Deer
Strawberry
Martha Wilbert
Ensemble
Fred Wilson
Mendicant Monk
Albert Wyart
Third Waiter
Dorothy Wyatt
Ensemble
Songs
music by
Jerome Kern
; lyrics by
Otto Harbach
(Unless otherwise noted)
Act 1
Sung By
The Treasure Hunt
Ensemble
Cingalee Girls
(music by
Otto Harbach
,
Bert Kalmar
and
Harry Ruby
; lyrics by
Otto Harbach
,
Bert Kalmar
and
Harry Ruby
)
Jack Mansfield, Albertina Rasch Girls and Ensemble
Without Thinking Of You
Grace Mansfield, Charlie Simpson, Mazie Maxwell and Teddy Travers
Lucky
(lyrics by
Bert Kalmar
and
Harry Ruby
)
Lucky and Ensemble
That Little Something
(lyrics by
Bert Kalmar
and
Harry Ruby
)
Lucky and Jack Mansfield
When the Bo-Tree Blossoms (Again)
(lyrics by
Bert Kalmar
and
Harry Ruby
)
Lucky and Jack Mansfield
Dancing the Devil Away
(music by
Bert Kalmar
and
Harry Ruby
; lyrics by
Bert Kalmar
and
Harry Ruby
)
Lucky and Ensemble
Act 2
Sung By
Pearl of Broadway
(lyrics by
Bert Kalmar
and
Harry Ruby
)
Mazie Maxwell and Ensemble
Spring Is Here
Lucky, Charlie Simpson, Teddy Travers and Male Ensemble
Same Old Moon
(music by
Bert Kalmar
and
Harry Ruby
; lyrics by
Bert Kalmar
and
Harry Ruby
)
Grace Mansfield and Jack Mansfield
If the Man in the Moon Was a Coon
(music by
Fred Fisher
; lyrics by
Fred Fisher
)
Mazie Maxwell and Show Girls
Shine On Harvest Moon
(music by
Nora Bayes
and
Jack Norworth
; lyrics by
Jack Norworth
)
Specialties
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
(music by
Gus Edwards
; lyrics by
Edward Madden
)
Charlie Simpson, Teddy Travers and Dancers
Once in a Blue Moon
(lyrics by
Anne Caldwell
)
Lucky and Albertina Rasch Girls
Rhapsody in Blue
(music by
George Gershwin
)
The Pearl of Ceylon
Lucky, Premiere and Albertina Rasch Girls
People
Songs
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Charles Dillingham
Book by
Otto Harbach
; Additional scenes by
Bert Kalmar
and
Harry Ruby
; Music by
Jerome Kern
; Additional numbers by
Bert Kalmar
and
Harry Ruby
; Musical Director:
Gus Salzer
; Music orchestrated by
Robert Russell Bennett
; Lyrics by
Otto Harbach
; Additional music by
Fred Fisher
,
Nora Bayes
,
Jack Norworth
,
Gus Edwards
and
George Gershwin
; Additional lyrics by
Fred Fisher
,
Jack Norworth
,
Edward Madden
and
Anne Caldwell
Staged by
Hassard Short
; Choreographed by
David Bennett
; Ballets arranged by
Albertina Rasch
Costume Design by
Mabel E. Johnston
Musician:
Paul Whiteman's Orchestra
Bessie Allison
Ensemble
Alfred Arnold
Ensemble
Walter Arnold
Ensemble
Charles Bannister
Ensemble
Julia Brashkova
Ensemble
Dorothy Bell
Ensemble
Dick Bennett
Ensemble
Dulce Bentley
Ensemble
Martin Berkeley
Finch
Albert Birk
Ensemble
Leonore Blair
Ensemble
Betty Block
Ensemble
Pearl Bradley
Ensemble
Mary Brady
Ensemble
Billie Cain
Ensemble
Walter Catlett
Charlie Simpson
Virginia Clark
Ensemble
Joan Clement
First Tourist
Hal Clovis
Mendicant Monk
Charles Conkling
Ensemble
Emily Cote
Mendicant Monk
Peggy Cunningham
Ensemble
Hyacinth Curtis
Ensemble
Jack de Lys
Ensemble
Maxine Demmler
Ensemble
Marian Dickson
Ensemble
Alma Drange
Ensemble
Charles Eaton
Page
Mary Eaton
Lucky
Eleanor Elden
Ensemble
Paul Everton
Barlow
Rosemary Farmer
Ensemble
Richard Farrell
Wilton
George Ferguson
Second Waiter
Jeanne Fonda
Second Tourist
Ethel Forrest
Ensemble
Rose Gaillaird
Ensemble
Richard "Skeets" Gallagher
Teddy Travers
Charles Gibney
The High Priest
Elvira Gomez
Ensemble
Bert Gould
A Pearl Thief
Alfred Hall
Ensemble
Pauline Hall
Ensemble
Aili Halmenaa
Ensemble
Milton Halpern
Ensemble
Kathryn Hamill
Notoya
Ensemble
Vivian Harris
Ensemble
Jack Hughes
Ensemble
Max Hugo
Ensemble
Ray Justus
Ensemble
Ruby Keeler
Mazie Maxwell
Betty Keen
Ensemble
Keller Sisters
Specialty
Lily Kimari
Ensemble
Kathleen Krosby
Ensemble
Kathryn Lambly
Ensemble
Myrtle Lane
Ensemble
Donald Lee
Ensemble
Fred Lennox
First Tourist
Edna Locke
Ensemble
Al Lynch
Specialty
Trude Marr
Ensemble
Olga Marye
Ensemble
Bob Maxwell
Ensemble
Stanley McClelland
Mendicant Monk
Charles Mitchell
Shelbach
Lillian Morehouse
Ensemble
Bob Morris
Ensemble
Josephine Mostler
Ensemble
Henry Mowbray
Chuck Dugan
Hugh Francis Murphy
Officer
Al Ochs
Long Ling
Bill O'Donnell
Ensemble
Don Oltarsh
Ensemble
Cheri Pelham
Ensemble
Dorothy Phillips
Ensemble
Nickie Pittell
Ensemble
Patricia Preston
Ensemble
Anna Rex
Ensemble
Phyllis Reynolds
Ensemble
Nita Rosso
Ensemble
Elizabeth Ryder
Ensemble
Joseph Santley
Jack Mansfield
Ivy Sawyer
Grace Mansfield
Lenore Shearer
Ensemble
Kumara Singha
Cyngie
Emily Slater
Ensemble
Hugh Sorenson
Ensemble
Louise Starck
Ensemble
Jack Talbot
Ensemble
Ayres Tavitt
Ensemble
Archibald Thompson
Ensemble
Peaches Tortoni
Ensemble
Regina Tuahinska
Ensemble
George Vigouroux
Ensemble
Eda Vittollo
Ensemble
Teddy Ward
Ensemble
Elida Webb
Ensemble
Princess White Deer
Strawberry
Martha Wilbert
Ensemble
Fred Wilson
Mendicant Monk
Albert Wyart
Third Waiter
Dorothy Wyatt
Ensemble
music by
Jerome Kern
; lyrics by
Otto Harbach
(Unless otherwise noted)
Act 1
Sung By
The Treasure Hunt
Ensemble
Cingalee Girls
(music by
Otto Harbach
,
Bert Kalmar
and
Harry Ruby
; lyrics by
Otto Harbach
,
Bert Kalmar
and
Harry Ruby
)
Jack Mansfield, Albertina Rasch Girls and Ensemble
Without Thinking Of You
Grace Mansfield, Charlie Simpson, Mazie Maxwell and Teddy Travers
Lucky
(lyrics by
Bert Kalmar
and
Harry Ruby
)
Lucky and Ensemble
That Little Something
(lyrics by
Bert Kalmar
and
Harry Ruby
)
Lucky and Jack Mansfield
When the Bo-Tree Blossoms (Again)
(lyrics by
Bert Kalmar
and
Harry Ruby
)
Lucky and Jack Mansfield
Dancing the Devil Away
(music by
Bert Kalmar
and
Harry Ruby
; lyrics by
Bert Kalmar
and
Harry Ruby
)
Lucky and Ensemble
Act 2
Sung By
Pearl of Broadway
(lyrics by
Bert Kalmar
and
Harry Ruby
)
Mazie Maxwell and Ensemble
Spring Is Here
Lucky, Charlie Simpson, Teddy Travers and Male Ensemble
Same Old Moon
(music by
Bert Kalmar
and
Harry Ruby
; lyrics by
Bert Kalmar
and
Harry Ruby
)
Grace Mansfield and Jack Mansfield
If the Man in the Moon Was a Coon
(music by
Fred Fisher
; lyrics by
Fred Fisher
)
Mazie Maxwell and Show Girls
Shine On Harvest Moon
(music by
Nora Bayes
and
Jack Norworth
; lyrics by
Jack Norworth
)
Specialties
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
(music by
Gus Edwards
; lyrics by
Edward Madden
)
Charlie Simpson, Teddy Travers and Dancers
Once in a Blue Moon
(lyrics by
Anne Caldwell
)
Lucky and Albertina Rasch Girls
Rhapsody in Blue
(music by
George Gershwin
)
The Pearl of Ceylon
Lucky, Premiere and Albertina Rasch Girls
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