MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Oct 30, 1940
Closing Date
Jan 03, 1942
Performances
501
MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
46th Street Theatre
(Oct 30, 1940 - Jan 03, 1942)
Description
A musical in two acts
Setting
Panama City; Canal Zone.
Theatre Owned / Operated by Select Operating Corporation
Produced by B.G. DeSylva
Music by Cole Porter; Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Herbert Fields and B.G. DeSylva; Orchestral arrangements by Russell Bennett, Hans Spialek and Don Walker; Vocal arrangements by Lyn Murray
Staged by Edgar MacGregor; Choreographed by Robert Alton
Scenic Design by Raoul Pène Du Bois; Costume Design by Raoul Pène Du Bois; Lighting Design by Al Alloy
Company Manager: Warren O'Hara
Technical Advisor for Production: Albert A. Ostrander; General Stage Director: Sam Ledner; Stage Manager: Murray Queen; Assistant Stage Mgr: Willie Torpey
Orchestra under the direction of Gene Salzer; Accompanist to Miss Merman: Lew Kesler
Assistant to Robert Alton: Charles Millang; General Press Representative: Nat Dorfman; Press Representative: Jack Charash
Ethel Merman
Hattie Maloney
Phyllis Brooks
Leila Tree
Joan Carroll
Geraldine Bullett
Oct 30, 1940 - May 31, 1941
James Dunn
Nick Bullett
Pat Harrington
Skat Briggs
Betty Hutton
Florrie
Frank Hyers
Windy Deegan
Rags Ragland
Woozy Hogan
Arthur Treacher
Vivian Budd
June Allyson
Dancing Girl
Irene Austin
Dancing Girl
Raymond Baine
Tom
Jack Baker
Dancing Boy
Jane Ball
Dancing Girl
Marguerite Benton
Singing Girl
Mimi Berry
Dancing Girl
Betsy Blair
Dancing Girl
Lucille Bremer
Dancing Girl
Janis Carter
Singing Girl
Nancy Chaplin
Dancing Girl
Conchita
Mrs. Gonzales
Hal Conklin
First Stranger
Kathlyn Coulter
Dancing Girl
Marrianne Cude
Dancing Girl
Ronnie Cunningham
Dancing Girl
Ted Daniels
Ted
Frank DeRoss
Second Stranger
Vera Dean
Singing Girl
Jack Donahue
Mike
Doris Dowling
Dancing Girl
Al Downing
role changed to "First Stranger" after opening
Pete
Lipman Duckat
Ty
Vera Ellen
Dancing Girl
Cliff Ferre
Dancing Boy
Miriam Franklyn
Dancing Girl
Nadine Gae
Chiquita
Roger Gerry
Tim
Anne Graham
Kitty Belle Randolph
 
Singing Girl
Linda Griffith
Fruit Peddler
Marguerite James
Dancing Girl
James Kelso
Whitney Randolph
Pat Likely
Dancing Girl
Mary McDownell
Dancing Girl
Fred Nay
Dancing Boy
Eppy Pearson
Mac
Jack Riley
Dancing Boy
Harry Rogue
Dancing Boy
Renee Russell
Dancing Girl
Elaine Shepard
Mildred Hunter
Billy Skipper, Jr.
Dancing Boy
Art Stanley
Dancing Boy
Carl Trees
Dancing Boy
Don Weissmuller
Dancing Boy
Audrey Westphal
Dancing Girl
Understudies: June Allyson (Florrie) and Lorna Lynn (Geraldine Bullett)

46th Street Theatre (Oct 30, 1940 - Jan 03, 1942)

Cast

Patsy O'Connor
Geraldine Bullett
Jun 02, 1941 - Jul 29, 1941
Ann Barrett
Florrie
Lynne Carter
Mildred Hunter
circa. Dec 1941 - circa. Jan 1942
Jane Churchill
Fruit Peddler
Virginia Field
Leila Tree
Charles King
Mike
Lucita
Mrs. Gonzales
Lorna Lynn
Geraldine Bullett
Jul 30, 1941 - Jan 03, 1942
Red Marshall
Woozy Hogan
Jan Richards
Kitty Belle Randolph
music by Cole Porter; lyrics by Cole Porter
Act 1
Sung By
A Stroll on the Plaza Sant' Ana
Singing Girls and Boys and Ensemble
Join It Right Away
Woozy Hogan, Skat Briggs and Windy Deegan
Visit Panama
Hattie Maloney, 4 Men of Manhattan, Dancing Girl and Ensemble
American Family
Singing Girl, First Stranger and Dancing Girl
My Mother Would Love You
Hattie Maloney and Nick Bullett
I've Still Got My Health
Hattie Maloney and Ensemble
I've Still Got My Health (Reprise)
Ensemble
Fresh As a Daisy
Florrie, Skat Briggs and Windy Deegan
Welcome to Jerry
Singing Girls and Boys and Ensemble
Let's Be Buddies
Hattie Maloney and Geraldine Bullett
They Ain't Done Right by Our Nell
Florrie and Vivian Budd
I'm Throwing a Ball Tonight
Hattie Maloney and Ensemble
Act 2
Sung By
I Detest a Fiesta
Singing Girls and Boys and Ensemble
Who Would Have Dreamed
Singing Girl and Ty
Make It Another Old-Fashioned Please
Hattie Maloney
All I've Got to Get Now Is My Man
Florrie and Ensemble
You Said It
Hattie Maloney, Vivian Budd, Woozy Hogan, Windy Deegan and Skat Briggs
Who Would Have Dreamed (Reprise)
Chiquita and Ensemble
Let's Be Buddies (Reprise)
Hattie Maloney and Geraldine Bullett
God Bless the Women
Woozy Hogan, Windy Deegan and Skat Briggs
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