MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Feb 09, 1939
Closing Date
May 27, 1939
Performances
127
MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Majestic Theatre
(Feb 09, 1939 - May 27, 1939)
Description
A musical in two acts
Setting
Sound Stage "7" of the Monotone Picture Corp., Hollywood, California.
Theatre Owned / Operated by Select Operating Corporation
Produced by Dwight Deere Wiman
Music by Arthur Schwartz; Book by J. P. McEvoy; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields; Music orchestrated by Donald J. Walker, Hans Spialek and Al Goodman; Musical Director: Al Goodman
Staged by Joshua Logan; Choreographed by Carl Randall
Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Costume Design by John Hambleton; Assistant to Jo Mielziner: George Jenkins; Assistant to John Hambleton: Rose Bogdanoff
General Manager: Forrest C. Haring; Business Manager: J.H. Del Bondio
Stage Manager: Andy Anderson; Associate Stage Mgr: Robert Bentzen, Dave Weinstein and Ambrose Costello
Assistant to Dwight Deere Wiman: Lina Abarbanell; Assistant to Carl Randall: Edward Brinkman; Press Representative: Elise Chisholm; Assistant Press Representative: Howard Newman
Jimmy Durante
Bill
Ethel Merman
Jeanette Adair
Richard Carlson
John Blake
Mildred Natwick
Bess
Tamara Toumanova
Tata
Anthony Albert
Electrician
 
Gentleman of the Ballet
Alicia Alonso
Lady of the Ballet
Fernando Alonso
Gentleman of the Ballet
 
Italian Consul
Paul Alvin
Gentleman of the Ballet
Savva Andreieff
Gentleman of the Ballet
Richard Barbee
Dawson
Walter Cassel
Leading Man
 
Photographer
Gloria Clare
Script Girl
Peggy Conrad
Lady of the Ballet
Ambrose Costello
Assistant Soundman
 
Watchman
 
German Consul
Davis Cunningham
Second Assistant Director
 
Photographer
Dan Dailey
Fifth Assistant Director
Natasha Dana
Sixth Girl
Maria De Galanta
Lady of the Ballet
Sandy Dietz
Cameraman
Jane Everett
Lady of the Ballet
Basil Galahoff
Jockey
 
Gentleman of the Ballet
Ted Gary
Assistant Director
Dwight Godwin
Gentleman of the Ballet
 
French Consul
Gail Grant
First Girl
 
Lady of the Ballet
Marion Haynes
Lady of the Ballet
Thekla Horn
Second Girl
 
Lady of the Ballet
Johanne Hoven
Wardrobe Woman
 
Lady of the Ballet
Marjorie Johnstone
Lady of the Ballet
Edward Kane
Third Assistant Director
 
Photographer
Maria Karniloff
Lady of the Ballet
Nora Kaye
Dancing Girl
 
Lady of the Ballet
George Kiddon
Gentleman of the Ballet
Kathryn Mayfield
Maid
Rennie McEvoy
Soundman
David Morris
Carpenter
 
English Consul
Russel Protopoff
Gentleman of the Ballet
 
Russian Consul
Frances Rands
Fourth Girl
 
Lady of the Ballet
Richard Reed
Gentleman of the Ballet
Audrey Reynolds
Lady of the Ballet
Newcombe Rice
Gentleman of the Ballet
Jerome Robbins
Gentleman of the Ballet
Dawn Roland
Babe
Phyllis Roque
Fifth Girl
Robert Ross
Darrow
Robert Shanley
Fourth Assistant Director
 
Photographer
Roger Stearns
Sixth Assistant Director
Olga Suarez
Lady of the Ballet
Clinton Sundberg
Wilder
Margaret Vasilieff
Lady of the Ballet
Walter Wagner
Cameraman
Mary Wickes
Voice Coach
Mary Jane Williams
Lady of the Ballet
Nancy Wiman
Third Girl
music by Arthur Schwartz; lyrics by Dorothy Fields
Act 1
Sung By
Places, Everybody
Company
One Brief Moment
Leading Man, French Consul and Ensemble
This Is It
Jeanette Adair and Photographers
All the Time
John Blake and Tata
Self Made Man
Bill
Okay for Sound
Soundman, Babe and Ensemble
A Lady Needs a Change
Jeanette Adair
Terribly Attractive
Bill and Bess
Just a Little Bit More
Jeanette Adair
Act 2
Sung By
As of Today
Soundman, Fourth Girl, Voice Coach, Sixth Assistant Director, Maid, Carpenter, Fifth Assistant Director and Ensemble
He's Goin' Home
Bill and Ensemble
I'll Pay the Check
Jeanette Adair
Never a Dull Moment
Babe, Assistant Director, Fifth Assistant Director, Soundman and Ensemble
This Is It (Reprise)
Jeanette Adair
It's All Yours
Jeanette Adair and Bill
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