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May Wine
Musical
Play
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Dec 05, 1935
Closing Date
Jun 06, 1936
Performances
213
Musical
Play
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Dec 05, 1935
Close Date: Jun 06, 1936
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
St. James Theatre
(Dec 05, 1935 - Jun 06, 1936)
Description
A musical in two acts
Setting
Professor Volk's Living Room, A Prater Cafe, A Barber Shop, the Railroad Station, Hotel Schildersturn, The Benefit Performance, Zimmerkopf's Studio, and the Club "Florida"
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Laurence Schwab
Music by
Sigmund Romberg
; Additional ochestrations by
Russell Bennett
; Book by
Frank Mandel
; Adapted from the "The Happy Alienist" by
Eric Von Stroheim
; Adapted from the "The Happy Alienist" by
Wallace Smith
; Lyrics by
Oscar Hammerstein II
; Musical Director:
Robert Emmett Dolan
; Music orchestrated by
Don Walker
Book staged by
José Ruben
Scenic Design by
Raymond Sovey
; Costume Design by
Kay Morrison
Company Manager:
E.A. MacAuley
Production Manager:
Richard Berger
; Stage Manager:
Jerome Whyte
Press Representative:
Richard Maney
Betty Allen
Friedl
Willie's model
Beulah Blake
Box Holder
Old Couple
Remo Buffano
Willi Zimmerkopf
Patricia Calvert
Vera Huber
Volk's assistant
Victor Casmore
Hans
barber's assistant
Tomes Chapman
Sergeant
Father
Box Holder
Frank Chester
Waiter
Lee Childs
Stroller
Jack Cole
Dancer
Radley E. Collins
Son
Page Boy
Alice Dudley
Dancer
Robert C. Fischer
Josef
clarinet player
Michael J. Forbes
Policeman
Lover
Roy Gordon
Inspector Schnorrheim
Rollin Grimes Jr.
Mr. Runtschli
of "Die Wochende"
Inga Hill
Mother
Kathi
maid at Hotel Schildersturn
Marian Huntley
Daughter
Betty Kerr
Lover
Walter Woolf King
Baron Kuno Adelhorst
Bela Lublov
Musician
Nancy McCord
Marie-Baroness von Schlewitz
Clifford Menz
Policeman
Stroller
Harry Mestayer
Uncle Pishka
Charles Palloy
Musician
Marie Louise Quevli
Gypsy
Walter Slezak
Prof. Johann Volk
Guy Smith, Jr.
Policeman
Stroller
Old Couple
Maury Tuckerman
Herr Schmidt
barber
Songs
music by
Sigmund Romberg
; lyrics by
Oscar Hammerstein II
Act 1
Sung By
Something in the Air of May
Prof. Johann Volk
Interlude in a Barber Shop
Prof. Johann Volk and Baron Kuno Adelhorst
A Chanson in the Prater
Prof. Johann Volk, Marie-Baroness von Schlewitz, Father and Mother
A Doll Fantasy
Marie-Baroness von Schlewitz
You Wait and Wait and Wait
Marie-Baroness von Schlewitz and Baron Kuno Adelhorst
I Built a Dream Today (One Day)
Prof. Johann Volk, Baron Kuno Adelhorst and Josef
Dance, My Darlings
Marie-Baroness von Schlewitz and Singing Ensemble
Act 2
Sung By
Always Be a Gentleman
Marie-Baroness von Schlewitz and Baron Kuno Adelhorst
I Built a Dream Today (One Day)
(Reprise)
Josef
Somebody Ought To Be Told
Friedl
Something New Is in My Heart
Marie-Baroness von Schlewitz
(Just) Once Around the Clock
Friedl, Baron Kuno Adelhorst and Uncle Pishka
Something New Is in My Heart
(Reprise)
Marie-Baroness von Schlewitz
People
Songs
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Laurence Schwab
Music by
Sigmund Romberg
; Additional ochestrations by
Russell Bennett
; Book by
Frank Mandel
; Adapted from the "The Happy Alienist" by
Eric Von Stroheim
; Adapted from the "The Happy Alienist" by
Wallace Smith
; Lyrics by
Oscar Hammerstein II
; Musical Director:
Robert Emmett Dolan
; Music orchestrated by
Don Walker
Book staged by
José Ruben
Scenic Design by
Raymond Sovey
; Costume Design by
Kay Morrison
Company Manager:
E.A. MacAuley
Production Manager:
Richard Berger
; Stage Manager:
Jerome Whyte
Press Representative:
Richard Maney
Betty Allen
Friedl
Willie's model
Beulah Blake
Box Holder
Old Couple
Remo Buffano
Willi Zimmerkopf
Patricia Calvert
Vera Huber
Volk's assistant
Victor Casmore
Hans
barber's assistant
Tomes Chapman
Sergeant
Father
Box Holder
Frank Chester
Waiter
Lee Childs
Stroller
Jack Cole
Dancer
Radley E. Collins
Son
Page Boy
Alice Dudley
Dancer
Robert C. Fischer
Josef
clarinet player
Michael J. Forbes
Policeman
Lover
Roy Gordon
Inspector Schnorrheim
Rollin Grimes Jr.
Mr. Runtschli
of "Die Wochende"
Inga Hill
Mother
Kathi
maid at Hotel Schildersturn
Marian Huntley
Daughter
Betty Kerr
Lover
Walter Woolf King
Baron Kuno Adelhorst
Bela Lublov
Musician
Nancy McCord
Marie-Baroness von Schlewitz
Clifford Menz
Policeman
Stroller
Harry Mestayer
Uncle Pishka
Charles Palloy
Musician
Marie Louise Quevli
Gypsy
Walter Slezak
Prof. Johann Volk
Guy Smith, Jr.
Policeman
Stroller
Old Couple
Maury Tuckerman
Herr Schmidt
barber
music by
Sigmund Romberg
; lyrics by
Oscar Hammerstein II
Act 1
Sung By
Something in the Air of May
Prof. Johann Volk
Interlude in a Barber Shop
Prof. Johann Volk and Baron Kuno Adelhorst
A Chanson in the Prater
Prof. Johann Volk, Marie-Baroness von Schlewitz, Father and Mother
A Doll Fantasy
Marie-Baroness von Schlewitz
You Wait and Wait and Wait
Marie-Baroness von Schlewitz and Baron Kuno Adelhorst
I Built a Dream Today (One Day)
Prof. Johann Volk, Baron Kuno Adelhorst and Josef
Dance, My Darlings
Marie-Baroness von Schlewitz and Singing Ensemble
Act 2
Sung By
Always Be a Gentleman
Marie-Baroness von Schlewitz and Baron Kuno Adelhorst
I Built a Dream Today (One Day)
(Reprise)
Josef
Somebody Ought To Be Told
Friedl
Something New Is in My Heart
Marie-Baroness von Schlewitz
(Just) Once Around the Clock
Friedl, Baron Kuno Adelhorst and Uncle Pishka
Something New Is in My Heart
(Reprise)
Marie-Baroness von Schlewitz
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