Roberta

New Amsterdam Theatre, (11/18/1933 - 7/21/1934)

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Opening Date:	Nov 18, 1933
Closing Date:	Jul 21, 1934	Total Performances:	295

Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway

Description: A musical in a prologue and two acts

Setting: Fraternity House at Haverhill College, U.S.A.

Opening Night Credits
Songs

Production Staff
Produced by Max Gordon
Music by Jerome Kern; Book by Otto Harbach; from the novel "Gowns by Roberta" by Alice Duer Miller; Lyrics by Otto Harbach; Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett; Musical Director: Victor Baravalle
Choreographed by Jose Limon; Uncredited Director: Hassard Short
Scenic Design by Clark Robinson; Gowns Designed by Madame Tafel; Furs Designed by Max Koch; Costume Design by Kiviette; Uncredited Lighting Design by Hassard Short
General Manager: Ben A. Boyar
Stage Manager: Frank Hall; Assistant Stage Mgr: George Djimos and William Torpey
Conducted by Max Meth
Press Representative: Howard S. Benedict

Cast

Barbara Adams	Mannequin
Ray Adams	California Collegian
Berenice Alaire	Sidonie the Presser
Leon Alton	Member of Alpha Beta Pi
Michael Alvarez	Member of Alpha Beta Pi
Dorothy Atkins	Mannequin
Bob Barrett	Member of Alpha Beta Pi
Elsie Behrens	Debutante
Norma Butler	Debutante
Sally Bynum	Mannequin
California Collegians	Huckleberry Haines' Orchestra
Phyllis Cameron	Mannequin
Barbara Child	Mannequin
Bobette Christine	Angele the Assistant
Florence Chumbecos	Mannequin
Aida Conkey	Debutante
Lola De Lille	Mannequin
George Djimos	The Singer at Cafe Russe
Bert Doughty	Member of Alpha Beta Pi
Jack Douglas	Member of Alpha Beta Pi
Rene Du Plessis	California Collegian
Jane Evans	Mrs. Teale the Mother
Rose Gale	Mannequin
Bob Gray	Member of Alpha Beta Pi
Helen Gray	Sophie Teale the Debutante
Sydney Greenstreet	Lord Henry Delves the Friend of Roberta
William Hain	Ladislaw the Doorman
Bunny Hallow	Debutante
Ruth Hamilton	Mannequin
Vernon Hammer	Member of Alpha Beta Pi
Buddy Hertelle	Member of Alpha Beta Pi
Bob Hope	Huckleberry Haines the Crooner
Ed Jerome	M. Leroux the Solicitor
Edna Johnson	Mannequin
Alan Jones	California Collegian
Lillian Lamonte	Mannequin
Dorothy Lane	Debutante
Catherine Laughlin	Mannequin
Fred MacMurray	California Collegian
Raymond E. Middleton	John Kent the Fullback
Evelyn Monte	Debutante
Herb Montei	California Collegian
John Muccio	Member of Alpha Beta Pi
George Murphy	Billy Boyden the Hoofer
Nayan Pearce	Luella the Model
John Peters	Member of Alpha Beta Pi
Carole Renwick	Debutante
Lyda Roberti	Mme. Nunez (Clementina Scharwenka), the Star Customer
Josephine Roberts	Mannequin
Marion Ross	Mme. Grandet the Fitter
Jimmy Ryan	Member of Alpha Beta Pi
Tania Sania	Mannequin
Stanislaw Sarmatoff	The Proprietor of Cafe Russe
Ruth Shaw	Debutante
Gretchen Sherman	The Buyer
Tamara	Stephanie The Manager of Roberta's
Fay Templeton	Aunt Minnie (Trade Name, Roberta), the Modiste
William Torpey	The Bartender
Rosalie Trego	Debutante
Mavis Walsh	Marie the Stylist
Sandra Walters	Mannequin
Clara Waring	Mannequin
Virginia Whitmore	The Flower Girl
	Mannequin
Barbara Williams	Debutante
Lou Wood	California Collegian
Neil Wood	California Collegian

music by Jerome Kern; lyrics by Otto Harbach
(Unless otherwise noted)

ACT 1	Sung By
Let's Begin	Billy Boyden and Ensemble
Alpha, Beta, Pi	Huckleberry Haines, Billy Boyden, John Kent and Ensemble
You're Devastating	Huckleberry Haines
Let's Begin (Reprise)	Billy Boyden, John Kent, Huckleberry Haines and Male Ensemble
You're Devastating (Reprise)	Stephanie
Yesterdays	Aunt Minnie
Something's Got to Happen	Mme. Nunez, Huckleberry Haines and John Kent
The Touch of Your Hand	Stephanie and Ladislaw
I'll Be Hard to Handle (lyrics by Bernard Dougall)	Mme. Nunez
ACT 2	Sung By
Hot Spot	Mme. Nunez, Billy Boyden, Marie, Angele and Luella
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Stephanie
Let's Begin (Reprise)	Huckleberry Haines and Stephanie
Something's Got to Happen (Reprise)	Mme. Nunez and John Kent
Let's Begin (Reprise)	Huckleberry Haines, John Kent, Mme. Nunez and Lord Henry Delves
Don't Ask Me Not to Sing	Huckleberry Haines and California Collegians
The Touch of Your Hand (Reprise)
I'll Be Hard to Handle (lyrics by Bernard Dougall)	Mme. Nunez