- (1944 - 1971) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1944) Stage Play: A Bell for Adano. Drama. Written by Paul Osborn, from the novel by John Hersey. Directed by H.C. Potter. Cort Theatre: 6 Dec 1944- 27 Oct 1945 (296 performances). Produced by Leland Hayward [earliest Broadway credit]. Note: Filmed by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation as A Bell for Adano (1945).
- (1945) Stage Play: State of the Union. Comedy. Written by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Directed by Bretaigne Windust. Hudson Theatre: 14 Nov 1945- 13 Sep 1947 (785 performances). Cast: Ralph Bellamy (as "Grant Matthews"), Ruth Hussey (as "Mary Matthews") [Broadway debut], Kay Johnson (as "Kay Thorndyke"), Myron McCormick (as "Spike McManus"), Minor Watson (as "James Conover"), Fred Ayers Cotton (as "Swenson"), Howard Graham (as "Bellboy"), Herbert Heyes (as "Sam Parrish"), Madeleine King (as "Jennie"), George Lessey (as "Senator Lauterback"), Aline McDermott (as "Mrs. Draper"), Helen Ray (as "Norah"), John Rowe (as "Stevens"), G. Albert Smith (as "Judge Jefferson Davis Alexander"), Victor Sutherland (as "William Hardy"), Robert Toms (as "Waiter'), Maidel Turner' (as "Mrs. Alexander") [final Broadway role]. Replacement actors: Edith Atwater (as "Mary Matthews"), Kay Francis (as "Mary Matthews") [final Broadway role], Margalo Gillmore (as "Kay Thorndyke"), Donald McClelland (as "William Hardy"), Victor Sutherland (as "Sam Parrish"). Produced by Leland Hayward. Note: Filmed by Liberty Films II (distributed by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer) as State of the Union (1948) starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy.
- (1948) Stage Play: Mister Roberts. Comedy. Written by Thomas Heggen (based on his novel) and Joshua Logan. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Joshua Logan. Alvin Theatre: 18 Feb 1948- 6 Jan 1951 (1157 performances/on hiatus from 15 Jul 1950- 14 Aug 1950). Cast: Henry Fonda(as "Lieutenant (jg) Roberts"), William Harrigan (as "The Captain"), Robert Keith (as "Doc"), David Wayne (as "Ensign Pulver"), Tige Andrews (as "Ensemble"), Robert Baines, Fred Barton (as "Gerhart"), Joe Bernard (as "Ensemble"), Jocelyn Brando(as "Lieutenant Ann Girard"), John Campbell (as "Reber"), Ellis Eringer (as "Ensemble"), Murray Hamilton (as "Shore Patrol Officer"), Steven Hill (as "Stefanowski"), Marshall Jamison (as "Military Policeman"), John Jordan (as "Shore Patrolman"), Mikel Kane (as "Ensemble"), Bob Keith Jr. (as "Ensemble"), Lee Krieger (as "Schlemmer"), John Kullers (as "Ensemble"), Rusty Lane, Harvey Lembeck (as "Insignia"), Karl Lukas (as "Lindstrom"), Joe Marr (as "Dowdy"), Ralph Meeker (as "Mannion"), Walter Mullen (as "Ensemble"), Jack Pierce (as "Ensemble"), James Sherwood, Len Smith Jr. (as "Ensemble"), Sanders Turner (as "Ensemble"), Casey Walters (as "Dolan"). Replacement actors: Tige Andrews (as "Schlemmer"), Larry Blyden (as "Ensign Pulver/Shore Patrol Officer"), Bart Burns, Don Fellows [Broadway debut], Henry Hull (as "Doc"), Jan Merlin, Alvy Moore (as "Ensign Pulver"), Mickey Schiller, Philip Schuyler (as "Ensemble"), Rufus Smith (as "Shore Patrol Officer"), Dick Van Patten (as "Ensign Pulver"), Eli Wallach (as "Stefanowski"). Produced by Leland Hayward. Note: Filmed by Warner Bros. as Mister Roberts (1955).
- (1948) Stage Play: Anne of the Thousand Days. Historical drama. Written by Maxwell Anderson. Lighting and Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Incidental music by Lehman Engel. Directed by H.C. Potter. Shubert Theatre: 8 Dec 1948- 8 Oct 1949 (288 performances). Cast: Rex Harrison, Joyce Redman, Terence Anderson, Kathleen Bolton, Cecil Clovelly (as "Servant/Prior Houghton"), Donald Conrad, Fred A. Cotton, Robert Duke, Charles Ellis, Charles Francis, Russell Gaige, Margaret Garland (as "Madge Shelton"), Harry Irvine (as "Bishop Fisher"), Viola Keats (as "Elizabeth Boleyn"), Monica Lang (as "Jane Seymour"), Richard Leone (as "Singer"), Ludlow Maury (as "Servant"), Harold McGee (as "Bailiff/Musician/Royal Servant"), John Merivale (as "Mark Smeaton"), Frank Myers (as "Singer"), Wendell K. Phillips (as "Thomas Cromwell"), Louise Platt (as "Mary Boleyn"), Harry Selby, Allan Stevenson (as "Henry Norris"), Percy Waram (as "Cardinal Wolsey"), Malcolm Wells, John Williams. Produced by The Playwrights' Company and Leland Hayward.
- "The Sound of Music" (1959 - Broadway musical play). Producer. Music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II and starring Mary Martin. Later adapted into smash hit film The Sound of Music (1965) starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer.
- "Gypsy" (1959 - Broadway play, musical comedy). Producer. Based upon the memoirs of stripper Gypsy Rose Lee. Film adaptations include Gypsy (1962) starring Rosalind Russell and Natalie Wood, and Gypsy (1993) starring Bette Midler.
- "Jerome Robbins' Ballet U.S.A." (1958 - Broadway). Producer. Music by 'Frederic Chopin'. Choreographed by Jerome Robbins. Alvin Theatre: 4 Sep 1958- 11 Oct 1958 (44 performances). Note: Production comprised of the following shows: "The Concert", "Afternoon of a Faun", "3 X 3", "New York Export: Opus Jazz".
- Who Was That Lady I Saw You With? (1958). Comedy. Produced by Leland Hayward.
- The Prescott Proposals (1953). Comedy. Produced by Leland Hayward.
- Wish You Were Here (1952 - Broadway play, musical comedy). Produced by Leland Hayward.
- (1951) Stage Play: Point of No Return. Written by Paul Osborn, from a novel by John P. Marquand. Lighting and Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Alvin Theatre: 13 Dec 1951- 22 Nov 1952 (356 performances). Cast: Henry Fonda (as "Charles Gray"), Phil Arthur (as "Jackie Mason") [final Broadway role], Frances Bavier (as "Esther Gray") [final Broadway role], Heywood Hale Broun, Frank Conroy (as "Anthony Burton"), John Cromwell (as "John Gray"), Leora Dana (as "Nancy Gray"), Susan Harris (as "Evelyn Gray"), Pitt Herbert, Katherine Hynes, James Jolley (as "Joe"), Colin Keith-Johnston (as "Laurence Lovell'), Madeleine King' (as "Miss Marble"), James MacDonald (as "Conductor"), Davis Roberts (as "First Teller"), Bartlett Robinson (as "Roger Blakesley"), Robert Ross (as "Malcolm Bryant"), Keith Russell (as "Bill Gray"), Harriet Selby (as "Maid"), Patricia Smith, Stanley Tackney. Produced by Leland Hayward.
- "Remains to Be Seen" (1951 - Broadway play, comedy). Producer. Written by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Directed by Bretaigne Windust. Morosco Theatre: 3 Oct 1951- 22 Mar 1952 (199 performances). Cast: Jackie Cooper (as "Waldo Walton"), Harry Shaw Lowe, Madeleine Morka, Janis Paige, Warner Anderson, Howard Lindsay (as "Benjamin Goodman"), Edith Bell, John Bouie, Jonathan Brewster, Kirk Brown, Jr., Frank Campanella, Ossie Davis, Lew Herbert, Ross Hertz, Joseph Latham, Paul Lipson, Alexander Lockwood, Karl Lukas, Hugh Rennie.
- (1950) Stage Play: Call Me Madam. Musical comedy. Music by Irving Berlin. Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Musical Director: Jay Blackton. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Dance arrangements by Genevieve Pitot and Jesse Meeker. Additional orchestrations by Joe Glover. Vocal arrangements by Jay Blackton. Piano Arrangements by Helmy Kresa. Scenic Design by Raoul Pene Du Bois. Costume Design by Raoul Pène Du Bois. Miss Merman's dresses by Mainbocher. Assistant to Mr. Du Bois: Willa Kim, Mason Arvold and Waldo Angelo. Dances and Musical Numbers Staged by Jerome Robbins. Directed by George Abbott. Imperial Theatre: 12 Oct 1950- 3 May 1952 (644 performances). Cast: Ethel Merman (as "Mrs. Sally Adams"), Paul Lukas (as "Cosmo Constantine"), Rae Abruzzo (as "Singer"), Jeanne Bal (as "Secretary to Mrs. Adams/Singer"), Aristide Bartis (as "Singer"), Muriel Bentley (as "Principal Dancer"), Ralph W. Chambers (as "Senator Gallagher"), Owen Coll (as "Supreme Court Justice/Grand Duke Otto"), William David (as "Henry Gibson/Court Chamberlain"), Trudy Deluz (as "Singer"), Ollie Engebretson (as "Potato Bug"), Shellie Farrell (as "Dancer"), Richard Fjellman (as "Potato Bug"), Lydia Fredericks (as "Singer"), Nina Frenkin (as "Dancer"), Nathaniel Frey (as "Singer"), Estelle Gardner (as "Singer"), William Hail (as "Butler/Singer"), Patricia Hammerlee (as "Dancer"), Pat Harrington (as "Congressman Wilkins"), Fred Hearn (as "Dancer"), Barbara Heath (as "Dancer"), Alan Hewitt (as "Pemberton Maxwell"), Norma Kaiser (as "Dancer/Principal Dancer"), Allan Knolls (as "Dancer"), E.A. Krumschmidt (as "Hugo Tantinnin"), Henry Lascoe (as "Sebastian Sebastian"), Kenneth Le Roy (as "Dancer"), Virginia Le Roy (as "Dancer"), Ralph Linn (as "Dancer"), Albert Linville (as "Singer"), Geoffrey Lumb (as "The Secretary of State"), Ruth McVayne (as "Singer"), Douglas Moppert (as "Dancer"), Russell Nype (as "Kenneth Gibson"), Lily Paget(as "A Maid/Singer"), Arthur Partington (as "Principal Dancer"), Noella Peloquin (as "Singer"), Robert Penn (as "Singer"), Stowe Phelps (as "Clerk"), Tommy Rall (as "Principal Dancer"), Tom Reider (as "Singer"), John Sheehan (as "Singer"), Stanley Simmonds (as "Singer"), Lilia Skala (as "Grand Duchess Sophie"), Ray Stephens (as "Singer"), Galina Talva (as "Princess Maria"), Bobby Tucker (as "Dancer"), Kirsten Valbor (as "Dancer"), Jay Velie (as "Senator Brockbank"), William Weslow (as "Dancer"), Helene Whitney (as "Singer"). Standby: Elaine Stritch (as "Mrs. Sally Adams"). Replacement actors: Jane Carlyle (as "Singer"), Joy Carroll (as "Singer"), Crandall Diehl (as "Dancer"), Dody Goodman [credited as Dolores Goodman] (as "Dancer"), Eric Kristen (as "Dancer"), Gene Myers (as "Dancer"), Robert Patterson (as "Singer"), Edward Pfeiffer (as "Dancer"), Will Scholz (as "Singer"). Standby: Nancy Andrews (as "Mrs. Sally Adams"). Understudies: Lydia Fredericks (as "Secretary to Mrs. Adams"), Robert Patterson (as "Supreme Court Justice/The Secretary of State"), Will Scholz (as "Hugo Tantinnin/Sebastian Sebastian"), Stanley Simmonds (as "Congressman Wilkins/Grand Duke Otto"). Produced by Leland Hayward.
- "Daphne Laureola" (1950 - Broadway play, comedy). Co-producer. Directed by Murray MacDonald. Music Box Theatre: 18 Sep 1950- 4 Nov 1950 (56 performances). Co-produced by Herman Shumlin.
- (1950) Stage Play: The Wisteria Trees. Drama. Written by Joshua Logan. Based on "The Cherry Orchard" by Anton Chekhov. Lighting and Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Musical arrangements by Lehman Engel. Directed by Joshua Logan. Martin Beck Theatre: 29 Mar 1950- 16 Sep 1950 (165 performances). Cast: Helen Hayes, Walter Abel, Peggy Conklin, Kent Smith, Alonzo Bozan (as "Scott"), Georgia Burke, Vinie Burrows, Patsy Carol, Ossie Davis (as "Jacques"), Patricia DeCoursey, Maurice Ellis, Reri Grist, Ellen Cobb-Hill, Bethel Leslie (as "Antoinette"), Emory S. Richardson, Ralph Robertson Jr., Maude Simmons, G. Albert Smith, Kitty Snapper, Elisa Toca, Irene Treadwill, Mary Vallee, Bentley Wallace, Douglas Watson, Duke Williams. Produced by Leland Hayward and Joshua Logan.
- "The Rat Race" (1949 - Broadway). Written and directed by Garson Kanin. Producer. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 22 Dec 1949- 4 Mar 1950 (84 performances). Cast included: Betty Field, Hal Green, Pat Harrington Jr., Dennie Moore, Lou Oles, Toni Tucci, Ray Walston, Rex Williams.
- (1949) Stage Play: South Pacific. Musical drama. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan. Based on "Tales of the South Pacific" by James A. Michener. Musical Director: Salvatore Dell'Isola. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Musical staging by Joshua Logan. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Motley. Assistant to Mr. Mielziner: John Harvey and Furth Ullman. Directed by Joshua Logan. Majestic Theatre: (moved to The Broadway Theatre from 29 Jun 1953 to close) 7 Apr 1949- 16 Jan 1954 (1925 performances). Cast: Mary Martin (as "Ensign Nellie Forbush"), Ezio Pinza (as "Emile de Becque"), Juanita Hall, Myron McCormick (as "Luther Billis"), Betta St. John, Harvey Stephens (as "Cmdr. William Harbison, U.S.N."), William Tabbert, Martin Wolfson (as "Captain George Brackett, U.S.N."), Mardi Bayne, Evelyn Colby, Michael De Leon, Noel De Leon, Sandra Deel, Bill Dwyer, Dickinson Eastham, Don Fellows, William Ferguson, Jacqueline Fisher, Jack Fontan, Alan Gilbert, Thomas Gleason, Jim Hawthorne, Richard Loo (as "Marcel, Henry's Assistant" and "Ensemble"), Roslynd Lowe, Barbara Luna, Biff McGuire, Gloria Meli, Henry Michel, Alex Nicol, Pat Northrop, Mary Ann Reeve, Fred Sadoff, Bernice Saunders, Archie Savage (as "Abner"), Helena Schurgot, Richard Silvera, Henry Slate, Eugene Smith, Beau Tilden (as "Seaman James Hayes"), Musa Williams, Chin Yu. Replacement actors during the Majestic Theatre run: Fabian Acosta (as "Jerome") [Alternate], Leigh Allen (as "Ensign Lisa Minelli"), George Armand (as "Jerome") [Alternate], Mardi Bayne (as "Ensign Pamela Whitmore"), George Britton (as "Emile de Becque"), Dort Clark (as "Stewpot"), Helen Clayton (as "Ensign Connie Walewska"), Cristanta Cornejo (as "Ngana") [Alternate], Robert Cortazal (as "Jerome") [Alternate], Diosa Costello (as "Bloody Mary") [final Broadway role], Donald Covert (as "Ensemble"), Dolores Decin (as "Ngana") [Alternate], William Diehl (as "Seaman Gustl Schulz"), Bill Dwyer (as "Lt. Buzz Adams"), Betty Early (as "Ensign Dinah Murphy"), Don Fellows (as "Seabee Richard West"), Pat Finch (as "Ensign Lisa Minelli"), Betty Gillett (as "Ensign Cora MacRae"), Betty Gillette (as "Lt. Genevieve Marshall"), Thomas Griffin (as "Jerome") [Alternate], Arthur Hammond (as "Pvt. Victor Moulton"), Steve Holland (as "Radio Operator Bob McCaffrey"), Joan Kavanagh (as "Ensign Pamela Whitmore"), Peter Kelley (as "Seaman Tom O'Brien"), Mimi Kelly (as "Ensign Janet MacGregor"), Cloris Leachman (as "Ensign Nellie Forbush"), Don Leslie (as "Ensemble"), Karen Lewis (as "Ensign Connie Walewska"), Christina Lind (as "Ensign Sue Yaeger"), Roberta MacDonald (as "Ensign Sue Yaeger"), Patricia Marand (as "Lt. Genevieve Marshall") [Broadway debut], Virginia Martin (as "Ensign Bessie Noonan"), Dorothy Maruki (as "Ensemble"), Melle Matthews (as "Ensign Sue Yaeger"), William McGraw (as "Ensemble/Seaman Tom O'Brien/Yeoman Herbert Quale"), Ray Middleton (as "Emile de Becque"), Merle Muskal (as "Ensign Janet MacGregor"), Odette Myrtil (as "Bloody Mary"), Betty O'Neil (as "Ensign Sue Yaeger"), Jose Perez (as "Jerome") {Alternate], Albert Popwell (as "Abner"), Dorothy Richards (as "Lt. Genevieve Marshall"), Roger Rico (as "Emile de Becque"), Robert Rippy (as "Petty Officer Hamilton Steves"), Steve Roland (as "Seaman Tom O'Brien"), Gene Saks (as "Professor") [Broadway debut], Irma Sandre (as "Liat"), Eugene Smith (as "Seaman Thomas Hassinger"), Peter Smith (as "Seaman Tom O'Brien"), Maria Suarez (as "Ngana") [Alternate], Bill Thunhurst (as "Radio Operator Bob McCaffrey"), Webb Tilton (as "Seabee Richard West"), Bunny Warner (as "Ngana") [Alternate], Jack Weston (as "Stewpot"), Musa Williams (as "Bloody Mary"), Billie Worth (as "Ensign Janet MacGregor"), Martha Wright (as "Ensign Nellie Forbush"). Understudies: Dort Clark (as "Luther Billis"), Rosalie Davella (as "Ngana"), William Diehl (as "Lt. Joseph Cable, U.S.M.C."), Betty Early (as "Ensign Nellie Forbush"), George Finn (as "Jerome"), Steve Holland (as "Stewpot"), Mimi Kelly (as "Ensign Nellie Forbush"), Dorothy Maruki (as "Liat"), Bill Thunhurst (as "Lt. Joseph Cable, U.S.M.C."), Webb Tilton (as "Emile de Becque"), Jack Weston (as "Luther Billis"), Billie Worth (as "Ensign Nellie Forbush"). Replacement actor during Bradway Theatre run: Shirley Jones. Produced by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Produced in association with Leland Hayward and Joshua Logan. Note: Filmed by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation as South Pacific (1958).
- (1959) Stage Play: Goodbye, Charlie. Comedy. Written by George Axelrod. Scenic Design by Oliver Smith. Lighting Design by Peggy Clark. Directed by George Axelrod. Lyceum Theatre: 16 Dec 1959- 19 Mar 1960 (109 performances). Cast: Lauren Bacall (as "Charlie"), Sydney Chaplin (as "George Tracy"), Sarah Marshall (as "Rusty Mayerling"), Clinton Anderson (as "Irving"), Dan Frazer (as "Mr. Shriber"), Michelle Reiner (as "Franny Saltzmann"), Frank Roberts (as "Greg Morris"). Produced by Leland Hayward. Note: Filmed by Venice Productions [distributed by 20th Century Fox] as Goodbye Charlie (1964).
- (1961) Stage Play: A Shot in the Dark. Comedy/farce. Note: later adapted as the second "Pink Panther" film, A Shot in the Dark (1964) starring Peter Sellers. Produced by Leland Hayward.
- (1962) Stage Play: Mr. President. Musical comedy. Based on material by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. Musical Underscoring: Jay Blackton. Lighting and Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Joshua Logan. St. James Theatre: 20 Oct 1962- 8 Jun 1963 (265 performances + 4 previews). Cast: Nanette Fabray (as "Nell Henderson"), Robert Ryan (as "President Stephen Decatur Henderson"), David Brooks, Wisa D'Orso, Charlotte Fairchild, Anita Gillette (as "Leslie Henderson"), Stanley Grover (as "Charley Wayne, of the Secret Service"), Jack Haskell, John Cecil Holm (as "Chester Kincaid"), Jerry Strickler, Jack Washburn, John Aman, Don Atkinson, Bob Bakanic, Carlos Bas, Lynn Bernay, Warren J. Brown, Kellie Brytt, Connie Burnett, Sterling Clark, Anthony Falco (as "Ali Hassoud/Singer/Kabuki Lion/Performer in The Trip"), La Verne French, Marian Haraldson, Carol Lee Jensen, Louis Kosman, Bob LaCrosse, Baayork Lee, Lynn Gay Lorino, Mary Louise, Jack McMinn, Jack Metté, Donna Monroe, Anna Marie Moylan, Lispet Nelson, Barbara Newman, Carl Nicholas, Joan Petlak, Lowell Purvis, Jack Rains, Lynn Ross, Mari Shelton, Ruth Shepard, Dan Siretta, Van Stevens, Beau Tilden (as "George Perkins/Sergeant Stone of the State Police"), Arline Woods, Maggie Worth. Produced by Leland Hayward. Note: Both Nanette Fabray and Jay Blackton were nominated for Tony Awards (1963). Production garnered 1 winner (Best Stage Technician] for Solly Pernick. Note: This was the last Broadway production in which Mr. Berlin actively participated.
- (1969) Stage Play: The Mother Lover. Written by Jerome Weisman. Directed by Larry Blyden (who also starred as "Seymour"). Booth Theatre: 1 Feb 1969 (1 performance + 13 previews).
- (1971) Stage Play: The Trial of the Catonsville Nine. Historical Drama. Written by Daniel Barrigan. Directed by Gordon Davidson. Lyceum Theatre: 2 Jun 1971- 26 Jun 1971 (29 performances). Cast: Mason Adams, Jacqueline Coslow, Ronnie Clair Edwards, Peter Gorwin, Barton Heyman, Biff McGuire, Michael Moriarty, James O'Connell, Joe Ponazecki, Davis Roberts, Colgate Salsury, Josef Sommer, Helen Stenborg, Sam Waterston, James Woods. Produced by Leland Hayward [final Broadway credit].
- (October 24, 1949) He produced Joshua Logan and Thomas Heggen's play, "Mister Roberts," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with John Forsythe, James Rennie, Robert Burton, Jackie Cooper, Cliff Robertson, Herbert Duffy, Frank Campanella, MIchael Reilly, Robert Keith Jr., Robert Carson, Dan Barton, Fred Eisley, Arthur P. Keegan, Harry Holsten, Frances Helm, Richard Walsh, Charles Boaz Jr., and Linwood McCarthy in the cast. Jo Mielziner was set designer. Joshua Logan was director.
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