- (1955) Stage: "Seventh Heaven" on Broadway. Musical. Directed by John C. Wilson. ANTA Playhouse: 26 May 1955-2 July 1955 (44 performances). Cast included: Gloria DeHaven, Bea Arthur, Robert Clary, Joe Flynn, Kurt Kasznar, Chita Rivera, Raymond St. Jacques. NOTE: Golden produced original play.
- (1954) Stage: Produced (w/Fred Golden) advertising for "Fanny" on Broadway. Directed and co-produced by Joshua Logan. Majestic Theatre (moved to the Belasco Theatre on 4 Dec 1956 to close): 4 Nov 1954-16 Dec 1956 (888 performances). Cast included: Walter Slezak, Florence Henderson. Co-produced by David Merrick.
- (1952) Stage: Produced "{The Male Animal" on Broadway. Written by James Thurber and Elliott Nugent. Directed by Michael Gordon. Music Box Theatre: 15 May 1952-31 Jan 1953 (317 performances). Cast included: Elliott Nugent, Robert Preston.
- (2/29/38-3/28/48) Stage: An Evening of Songs and Impressions" with Maurice Chevalier. NOTE: Golden owned and operated theater.
- (1949) Stage: Produced "They Knew What They Wanted" on Broadway. Comedy (revival). Written by Sidney Howard. Directed by Robert Perry. Music Box Theatre: 16 Feb 1949-9 Apr 1949 (61 performances). Cast included: Paul Muni, Edward Andrews, John Craven, Henry Jones, Joe Van Patten.
- (1943) Stage: Produced "Army Play-by Play" on Broadway. Button Your Lip/First Cousins/Mail Call/Pack Up Your Troubles/Where'er We Go. 46th Street Theatre (1 performance, then re-opened at the Martin Beck Theatre on 2 Aug 1943 to close): 14 Jun 1943-4 Sep 1943 (41 performances). NOTE: Multi-show composition. Production included many future stage luminaries: Kurt Kasznar, Jules Munshin, Arthur O'Connell (director of "Button Your Lip").
- (1945) Stage: Produced "A Place of Our Own" on Broadway. Written and directed by Elliott Nugent. Royale Theatre: 2 Apr 1945-7 Apr 1945 (8 performances). Cast included: Seth Arnold, Jeanne Cagney, Mercedes McCambridge, Helen Carew, John Howes. Produced in association with Elliott Nugent and Robert Montgomery.
- (1944) Stage: Produced "But Not Goodbye" on Broadway. Written by George Seaton. Directed by Richard Whorf. 48th Street Theatre: 11 Apr 1944-29 Apr 1944 (23 performances).
- (1937) Stage: Produced "And Now Good-bye" on Broadway. Drama. Written by Philip Howard from a novel by James Hilton. Directed by Reginald Bach. John Golden Theatre: 2 Feb 1937-Feb 1937 (25 performances). Cast included: Marguerite Churchill.
- (1937) Stage: Produced "Susan and God" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Rachel Crothers. Plymouth Theatre: 7 Oct 1937-Jun 1938 (closing date unknown/288 performances). Cast included: Gertrude Lawrence, Vera Allen, Nancy Kelly, Fred Leslie.
- (1938) Stage: Produced / directed {"Lightnin' " on Broadway. Comedy/revival]. Written by Winchell Smith and Frank Bacon. John Golden Theatre: 15 Sept 1938-Nov 1938 (54 performances). Cast included: Harriet E. MacGibbon. George Spelvin, Fred Stone.
- (1939) Stage: Produced "The White Seed" on Broadway. [Drama]. Written by Paul Vincent Carroll. Staged by Hugh Hunt. Cort Theatre (moved to the John Golden Theatre on 1 Apr 1939 to close): 10 Jan 1939-unknown (136 performances). Cast included: George Coulouris, Barry Fitzgerald, Jessica Tandy, Tom Tully. NOTE: Theatre owned and operated by John Golden and the Shubert Organization.
- (1939) Stage: Produced "Skylark" on Broadway. [Comedy]. Written and staged by Samson Raphaelson. Morosco Theatre: 11 Oct 1939-25 May 1940 (256 performances). Cast included: Gertrude Lawrence, Vivian Vance.
- (1940) Stage: Produced "The Old Foolishness" on Broadway. Written by Paul Vincent Carroll. Directed by Rachel Crothers. Windsor Theatre: 20 Dec 1940-21 Dec 1940 (3 performances). Cast included: Roy Roberts.
- (1941) Stage: Produced "Claudia" on Broadway. [Comedy]. Written and directed by Rose Franken. Booth Theatre (moved to the St. James Theatre on 24 May 1942, then to the Forrest Theatre on 18 Nov 1942 to close): 12 Feb 1941-9 Jan 1943 (722 performances). Cast included: Dorothy McGuire, Frank Tweddell, John Williams. Production recessed from 7 Mar 1942-24 May 1942.
- Theatre (1941). Comedy. Written by Guy Bolton and W. Somerset Maugham. Directed by John Golden. Hudson Theatre: 12 Nov 1941- 10 Jan 1942 (69 performances). Produced by John Golden.
- (1941) Stage: "Angel Street". Thriller. Written by Patrick Hamilton (I). Directed by Shepard Traube. John Golden Theatre (moved to the Bijou Theatre on 2 Oct 1944 to close): 5 Dec 1941-30 Dec 1944 (1295 performances). Cast included: Leo G. Carroll, Vincent Price. Produced by John Golden. NOTE: Theatre owned by John Golden and the Shubert Organization.
- (1942) Stage: "Counsellor-at-Law" on Broadway (revival). Written by Elmer Rice. Royale Theatre: 24 Nov 1942-10 Jul 1943 (258 performances). Cast: Alexander Clark Jr., Paul Muni, Frances Tannehill, Ann Thomas. Produced by John Golden.
- (1943) Stage: "Three's a Family" on Broadway. Written by Phoebe Ephron and Henry Ephron. Directed by Henry Ephron. Longacre Theatre (moved to the Belasco Theatre Theatre on 28 May 1944 to close): 5 May 1943-8 Jul 1944 (497 performances). Produced by John Golden.
- (1946) Stage: "Made in Heaven" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Hagar Wilde. Directed by Martin Manulis. Henry Miller's Theatre: 24 Oct 1946-11 Jan 1947 (92 performances + 9 previews). Cast: Katharine Bard, Tony Bickley, Sarah Burton, Donald Cook, Lawrence Fletcher, Maurice Mason, Carmen Mathews, Ann Thomas. Produced by John Golden.
- (1912) Stage: Wrote music for "Over The River" on Broadway. [Musical extravaganza]. Based on a book by George V. Hobart and Henry A. Du Souchet (also play). Directed by R.H. Burnside. Globe Theatre: 8 Jan 1912-20 Apr 1912 (120 performances). Cast included: Eddie Foy, Maude Lambert. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1912) Stage: Wrote additional numbers for "A Winsome Widow" on Broadway. [Musical/comedy]. Directed by Julian Mitchell. Moulin Rouge: 11 Apr 1912-7 Sep 1912 (172 performances). Cast included: Leon Errol, Mae West, Louise Donovan, Clara Eckstrom, Dolly Filly, Mary Gilmore, John Hamilton. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..
- (1912) Wrote additional lyrics for "The Girl from Montmartre" on Broadway [farce with music]. Music by Henri Bereny. Criterion Theatre (moved to the Grand Opera House on 7 Apr 1913 to close): 5 Aug 1912-Apr 1913 (72 performances). Cast included: Marion Abbott, Grace Beaumont, Natalie Burr, Richard Carle, Frances Carter, Hazel Flint. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1915) Stage: "Hip! Hip! Hooray: on Broadway. Staged by R.H. Burnside. Hippodrome Theatre: 30 Sept 1915-3 Jun 1916 (425 performances). Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.
- (1915) Stage: Wrote additional lyrics for "A World of Pleasure" on Broadway. Musical revue. Book by Harold Atteridge. Music by Sigmund Romberg. Lyrics by Harold Atteridge. Additional music by John Golden and J. Leubrie Hill. Additional lyrics also by Jack Wilson and J. Leubrie Hill. Musical Director: Oscar Radin. Choreographed by Jack Mason and Theodore Kosloff. Directed by J.C. Huffman. Winter Garden Theatre: 14 Oct 1915-22 Jan 1916 (116 performances). Cast: Edward Aveling, William Banfield Taylor, Franklyn Batie, Jack Bick, Eleanor Brown, Rene Chaplow, Collins & Hart, Clifton Crawford, Dwight Dana, Maurice Diamond, Sahary Djeli, Venita Fitzhugh, William Gibson, Kitty Gordon, Sydney Greenstreet (as "V. Gates"), Dan Healey, Olga Hempstone, Kittie Hill, Lou Holtz (as "Sam"), Theodore Kosloff (as "a Ballet Master"), Albert S. Lloyd, Jack Manning, Stella Mayhew, Helen McMahon, Ada Meade, George Moon, Daniel Morris, The Mosconi Brothers, Bud Murray, Frances Pritchard, Rosie Quinn, Marie Salisbury, Gustave Schult, Gilbert Wells, Lois Whitney, Jack Wilson. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1916) Stage: Wrote lyrics for "The Big Show" on Broadway. [Musical revue/spectacle]. Directed by R.H. Burnside. Music by Raymond Hubbell. Based on a book by R.H. Burnside. Hippodrome Theatre: 31 Aug 1916-5 May 1917 (425 performances). Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.
- (1916) Stage: Wrote (w/John R. Hazzard and Anne Caldwell) "Go To It" on Broadway. Directed by William H. Post. Princess Theatre: 24 Oct 1916-Nov 1916 (23 performances).
- (1917) Stage: Wrote lyrics for "Cheer Up" on Broadway. Directed by R.H. Burnside. Hippodrome Theatre: 23 Aug 1917-11 May 1918 (456 performances). Cast included: Harry Houdini, Thomas Keenan. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.
- (1918) Stage: Wrote lyrics for "Everything", on Broadway. [Musical/spectacle]. Music by John Philip Sousa and Irving Berlin. Written by R.H. Burnside. Hippodrome Theatre: 22 Aug 1918-Sep 1919 (461 performances). Cast included: DeWolf Hopper Sr.. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.
- (1918) Stage: Produced "Lightnin'" on Broadway. Written by Winchell Smith and Frank Bacon. Gaiety Theatre: 26 Aug 1918-27 Aug 1921 (1291 performances). Cast: Frank Bacon, Bessie Bacon, E.J. Blunkall, Sidney Coburn, Sam Colt, Fred Conklin, Harry Davenport, Mary Duryea, William F. Granger, Frances Kennan, James C. Lane, Thomas MacLarnie, Beth Martin, Ralph Morgan, Beatrice Nichols, Jane Oaker, Minnie Palmer, Jessie Pringle, Phyllis Rankin, George Spelvin, Paul Stanton, Helen Story, George Thompson, Ruth Towle, Sue Wilson.
- (1918) Stage: Produced (w/Winchell Smith) "Three Wise Fools" on Broadway. Written by 'Austin Strong' (qav). Criterion Theatre: 31 Oct 1918-Aug 1919 (316 performances). Cast included: Harry Davenport, George Spelvin.
- (1919) Stage: Produced "Thunder" on Broadway. Written by 'Peg Franklin' (aqv). Criterion Theatre: 22 Sep 1919-Oct 1919 (33 performances). Cast included: Chester Morris.
- (1920) Stage: Produced "The First Year" on Broadway. [Comedy]. Written by Frank Craven. Little Theatre: 20 Oct 1920-Aur 1922 (760 performances). Cast included: Leila Bennett, Frank Craven, Maude Granger, Hale Nacross.
- (1921) Stage: Produced "Dear Me" on Broadway. [Comedy]. Written by Luther Reed and Hale Hamilton. Theatre Republic: 17 Jan 1921-May 1921 (138 performances). Cast included: Hale Hamilton, George Spelvin.
- (1921) Stage: Wrote additional lyrics for "The Midnight Rounders" on Broadway. [Musical review]. Staged by Jack Mason. Century Promenade: 7 Feb 1921-2 Apr 1921 (49 performances). Cast included: Jane Wyatt [Broadway debut].
- (1921) Stage: Produced "The Wheel" on Broadway. [Drama]. Written and staged by Winchell Smith. Gaiety Theatre: 29 Aug 1921-Sep 1921 (49 performances). Cast included: George Spelvin.
- (1921) Stage: Produced "Thank You" on Broadway. [Comedy]. Co-written and staged by Winchell Smith. Co-written by Tom Cushing. Longacre Theatre: 3 Oct 1921-May 1922 (257 performances). Cast included: Harry Davenport, Donald Foster, Charles Goodrich, George Spelvin.
- (1922) Stage: Produced "The Serpent's Tooth" on Broadway. Written by Arthur Richman. Directed by Robert Milton. Little Theatre: 24 Aug 1922-Sep 1922 (36 performances). Cast included: Leslie Howard.
- (1922) Stage: Produced "Spite Corner" on Broadway. Written by Frank Craven. Little Theatre: 25 Sep 1922-Jan 1923 (121 performances). Cast included Jason Robards Sr..
- (1922) Stage: Produced / directed "Seventh Heaven" on Broadway. [Comedy]. Written by Austin Strong. Booth Theatre: 30 Oct 1922-Jul 1924 (704 performances). Cast included: Frank Morgan.
- (1923) Stage: Produced "Chicken Feed" on Broadway [Comedy].
- (1924) Stage: Produced "Pigs" on Broadway. [Comedy].
- (1925) Stage: Produced "A Holy Terror" on Broadway.
- (1926) Stage: Produced "The Wisdom Tooth" on Broadway. [Comedy]. 15 Feb 1926-Jul 1926.
- (1926) Stage: Produced "Two Girls Wanted" on Broadway. Comedy.
- (1927) Stage: Produced "The Gossipy Sex" on Broadway. Farce. Written by Lawrence Grattan. Directed by Sam Forrest. Mansfield Theatre: 19 Apr 1927-May 1927 (closing date unknown/23 performances). Cast: Philip Barrison, Joan Carvel, John Cherry, Eva Condon (as "Hilda Norris"), Harry Forsman, Norval Keedwell (as "Gerald Kenyon"), Florence Mason, Grace Menken, Una Merkel (as "Anna Sterling"), Lynne Overman (as "Danny Grundy"), Thomas W. Ross, George Spelvin, Ralph Theodore, Helen Weir.
- (1927) Stage: Produced "Four Walls" on Broadway.
- (1928) Stage: Produced "Eva the Fifth" on Broadway.
- (1928) Stage: Produced "Night Hostess" on Broadway. [Comedy/drama]. 12 Sept 1928-Dec 1928.
- (1929) Stage: Produced"Let Us Be Gay" on Broadway. Comedy.
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