MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
May 05, 1910
Closing Date
Dec 23, 1911
Performances
85
MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
Theatres
Herald Square Theatre
(May 05, 1910 - Jul 09, 1910)
Manhattan Opera House
(Dec 18, 1911 - Dec 23, 1911)
Description
A musical in two acts
Setting
Skaneateles, New York, New York City, the Yacht "Tillie", Paris, and the airship "The Eagle"
Comments
Original run was 77 performances; December return engagement was 8 performances.
Produced by Lew M. Fields
Music by A. Baldwin Sloane; Book by Edgar Smith; Lyrics by Edgar Smith; Musical Director: George A. Nichols; Featuring songs by John L. Golden; Featuring songs with lyrics by John L. Golden
Staged by Ned Wayburn
Costume Design by Melville Ellis; Scenic Design by John H. Young
Theresa Allen
Chorus
Burrell Barbaretto
Smiley Bragg (a New York commercial drummer)
Gertrude Barnard
Chorus
Josephine Brandell
Chorus
J. C. Breese
Chorus
May Brennan
Mrs. Jeffries Wolgast Rush (in search of a bargain)
 
Chorus
Alleta Bridgeford
Octavia Broske
Maude Blobbs (Tillie's sister)
Meta Caldwell
Chorus
Margaret Carlin
Chorus
Olive Carr
Chorus
Gladys Coleman
Chorus
Nora Cotter
Chorus
Sally Daly
Chorus
Nellie DeGrasse
Miss Johnson (in charge of perfume counter at Pettingill's)
Barry Delaney
Dr. Rudolf Salve (of Bargain Ambulance Corps, at Pettingill's)
 
Chorus
Marie Dressler
Tillie Blobbs (a boarding house drudge)
Hazel Drouant
Chorus
Marie Fachionette
Miss Thompson (in charge of ribbon counter at Pettingill's)
Ethel Fairbanks
Chorus
Carl Gordon
Mr. Henry Peck (of East Lemon, New Jersey)
 
Germany (An Ambassador)
George Gorman
A Broadway Policeman
 
Harry Frost (of the vaudeville team "Frost and Snow")
 
Nip (Sailor of the Yacht "Tillie")
John E. Gorman
Metropole Bill (a pickpocket)
 
Tuck (Aaron's "Hello" Girl at Pettingill's)
 
America (An Ambassador)
Robert E. Graham
Chorus
Virginia Gunther
Chorus
Joseph Hadley
Chorus
May Hanlon
Chorus
Andrew Harper
Jean
 
Chorus
J. Clarence Harvey
Harvey Tinker (an unappreciated inventor)
Lillian Hazel
Chorus
Fred Hill
Mexico (An Ambassador)
Hilda Hoffman
Chorus
Katherine Humphrey
Chorus
Marie Hurst
Chorus
Harry Laughlin
Chorus
Harriet Leidy
Chorus
Mildred Livingston
Chorus
Bernard Lyons
Italy (An Ambassador)
Ethel Lytle
Chorus
Eva Marlow
Nell (Aaron's "Hello" Girl at Pettingill's)
 
Chorus
Garfield Meixner
Chorus
May Montford
Peroxia Snow (excess baggage with "Frost and Snow")
Piertro Moutalba
Russia (An Ambassador)
Mazie Murray
Chorus
Horace Newman
Slim Pettingill (a small town genius with metropolitan aspirations)
Edith Offurt
Chorus
Louise Orth
Chorus
Susie Pitt
Chorus
Carrie Poltz
Bell (Aaron's "Hello" Girl at Pettingill's)
 
Chorus
Florrie Poltz
Chorus
 
Dell (Aaron's "Hello" Girl at Pettingill's)
Harry Pond
Chorus
Sim Pulen
A Taxi Chauffeur
Lew Quinn
Dorset Walkingly (head floorwalker at Pettingill's)
 
Captain Fitzpelet (of the Yacht "Tillie")
Bess Ryan
Chorus
Mina Schall
Chorus
Kathryn Schuyler
Chorus
Ernest Sharrock
Chorus
Lois Stowe
Chorus
Florence Topham
Chorus
Lottie Uart
Tillie's Mother (a voice)
 
Mrs. Grouch (shopping for pink ribbon)
Louis Von Blake
Chorus
Ralph Watson
Chorus
Arthur Whitman
Chorus
Harry Wilcox
A Newsboy
 
Chorus
Nellie Wilkie
Stell (Aaron's "Hello" Girl at Pettingill's)
 
Chorus
George Williams
England (An Ambassador)
music by A. Baldwin Sloane; lyrics by Edgar Smith
(Unless otherwise noted)
Act 1
Sung By
Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl
Tillie Blobbs
White Light Lane
Ensemble
There He Goes
Slim Pettingill and Chorus
Shopping
Ensemble
Every Pretty Girl
Dorset Walkingly, Models and Chorus
Shopping Glide
Dorset Walkingly and Miss Thompson
I Want to Bring You a Ring
(music by John L. Golden; lyrics by John L. Golden)
Smiley Bragg, Hello Girls and Chorus
The Wedding Rehearsal
Tillie Blobbs and Ensemble
Act 2
Sung By
Life Is What We Make It, After All
Maude Blobbs and Male Chorus
Shipboard Frolics
Nip and Tuck
Spook Dance
Aaron's Dancing Dolls
Be-Bee
Grisettes, Yankee Wives, Americans, Chanteuse, Bou
What I Could Do Upon the Stage
Tillie Blobbs
Flight of the Air Ship
Ensemble
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