Where's Charley?

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St. James Theatre, (10/11/1948 - 9/09/1950)

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Opening Date:	Oct 11, 1948
Closing Date:	Sep 09, 1950	Total Performances:	792

Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway

Setting: Summer, 1892.

Production Staff [See More]
Theatre Owned by The Shubert Organization; Theatre Operated by the 138 West 48th St. Theatre Co., Inc.
Produced by Cy Feuer and Ernest H. Martin; Produced in association with Gwen Rickard
Music by Frank Loesser; Lyrics by Frank Loesser; Book by George Abbott; Based on the play "Charley's Aunt" by Brandon Thomas; Music orchestrated by Ted Royal, Hans Spialek and Phil Lang; Vocal arrangements and direction by Gerry Dolin; Musical Director: Max Goberman
Directed by George Abbott; Choreographed by George Balanchine
Scenic Design by David Ffolkes; Costume Design by David Ffolkes
General Manager: Leo Rose
Production Stage Manager: Robert Griffith; Stage Manager: Dan Sattler
Music Contractor: Henry Topper
General Press Representative: Karl Bernstein; Press Representative: Mary March

Cast

Ray Bolger	Charley Wykeham
Horace Cooper	Mr. Spettigue
Paul England	Sir Francis Chesney
Jane Lawrence	Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez
Allyn Ann McLerie	Amy Spettigue
Doretta Morrow	Kitty Verdun
Byron Palmer	Jack Chesney
Rae Abruzzo	Singer
John Allen	Singer
Marian Baird	Singer
Robert Baird	Singer
Vicki Barrett	Dancer
Mary Alice Bingham	Dancer
James Bird	Singer
Douglas Deane	Reggie
	Dancer
Geraldine Delaney	Dancer
Alex Dunaeff	Dancer
Marge Ellis	Dancer
George Enke	Dancer
Marie Foster	Patricia
	Dancer
John Friend	Dancer
	A Professor
Dan Gallagher	Singer
Bobby Harrell	Dancer
Bob Held	Singer
Jane Judge	Singer
Edgar Kent	Wilkinson
Ray Kyle	Dancer
James Lane	Photographer
John Lynds	Brassett
Cornell MacNeil	Singer
Marcia Maier	Dancer
Betty Oakes	Singer
Eleanor Parker	Singer
Hazel Patterson	Dancer
Stowe Phelps	Singer
Katharine Reeve	Singer
Walter Rinner	Dancer
Nina Starkey	Dancer
Susan Stewart	Dancer
Gloria Sullivan	Singer
Ernest Taylor	Singer
Bill Weber	Dancer
Irene Weston	Singer
Ken Whelan	Dancer

Understudies: James Bird (Photographer, Reggie), Douglas Deane (Charley Wykeham), Marie Foster (Amy Spettigue), Dan Gallagher (Sir Francis Chesney), James Lane (Mr. Spettigue), Cornell MacNeil (Jack Chesney), Betty Oakes (Kitty Verdun), Stowe Phelps (Brassett), Katharine Reeve (Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez) and Ernest Taylor (Wilkinson)

Tony Award^®
1949 Best Actor (Musical) [winner]
Ray Bolger
Theatre World
1949 Award [recipient]
Allyn Ann McLerie
1949 Award [recipient]
Byron Palmer

music by Frank Loesser; lyrics by Frank Loesser

ACT 1	Sung By
The Years Before Us	Students
Better Get Out of Here	Charley Wykeham, Amy Spettigue, Kitty Verdun and Jack Chesney
The New Ashmolean Marching Society and Students' Conservatory Band	Jack Chesney, Amy Spettigue, Kitty Verdun, Dancer, Student and Young Ladies
My Darling, My Darling	Jack Chesney and Kitty Verdun
Make a Miracle	Charley Wykeham and Amy Spettigue
Serenade with Asides	Mr. Spettigue
Lovelier Than Ever	Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez, Sir Francis Chesney, Students and Young Ladies
The Woman in His Room	Amy Spettigue
Pernambuco	Charley Wykeham, Amy Spettigue and the "Pernambucans"
ACT 2	Sung By
Where's Charley?	Jack Chesney, Singers, Students and Young Ladies
Once in Love with Amy	Charley Wykeham
The Gossips	Patricia, Dancer and Singers
At the Red Rose Cotillion	Jack Chesney, Kitty Verdun and Guests