- (1898 - 1932) Active on Broadway (as an actor, producer, director, and theatre owner/operator) in the following productions:
- (1898) Stage Play: Cyranose de Bric-a-Brac. Musical comedy/parody. Book by Harry B. Smith and Edgar Smith. Music by John Stromberg. Weber and Fields' Broadway Music Hall: 3 Nov 1898- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Josephine Allen (as "Ensemble"), Aimee Angeles (as "Ensemble"), Frankie Bailey (as "Ensemble"), Nellie Beaumont (as "Lunch Counter Girl"), Rose Beaumont (as "Ensemble"), Peter F. Dailey (as "Count de Guiche"), Lew Fields (as "Cyranose de Bric-a-Brac"), Lee Harrison (as "Doorkeeper"), Fay Templeton (as "Roxanne"), David Warfield (as "Le Bret"), Joe Weber (as "Ragueneau") [Broadway debut].
- (1899) Stage Play: Helter Skelter. Musical/burlesque.(1899). Musical/burlesque. Dialogue by Edgar Smith. Music by John Stromberg. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Musical Direction by John Stromberg. Additional text by Pierre Berton and Charles Simon. Directed by Julian Mitchell. Weber and Fields' Broadway Music Hall: 6 Apr 1899- 27 May 1899 (56 performances). Cast: Josephine Allen, Frankie Bailey, Bessie Clayton, Peter F. Dailey, Helen Dunbar, May Edwards, Mabel Fenton, Lew Fields (as "Moritz Longman'), Richard Garnella, Allie Gilbert, Lee Harrison, John T. Kelly, Bonnie Maginn, Minnie Poore, M. Renner, Belle Robinson, Charles J. Ross, Josie Sadler, Fay Templeton (as "Mrs. Brannigan Sudsby") [Broadway debut], David Warfield, Joseph Weber (as "Ikay Shortman"). Produced by Joe Weber and Lew M. Fields.
- (1899) Stage Play: Whirl-i-gig. Vaudeville/burlesque. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Weber and Fields' Broadway Music Hall: 21 Sep 1899- 5 May 1900 (270 performances). Cast: George Ali, Pearl Andrews, Frankie Bailey, Peter F. Dailey, Lew Fields, John T. Kelly, Bonnie Maginn, Lulu Nichols, Mabel Nichols, Irene Perry, Ilma Pratt, Charles J. Ross, Lillian Russell, David Warfield, Joe Weber. Produced by Weber & Fields.
- (1900) Stage Play: Fiddle-dee-dee. Musical [production was composed of the following shows: Fiddle-dee-dee, Quo Vass Iss? Arizona, Exhibit II]. All shows directed by Julian Mitchell. Weber and Fields' Broadway Music Hall: 6 Sep 1900- 20 Apr 1901 (262 performances). Fiddle-dee-dee: Music by John Stromberg. Book by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Edgar Smith. Scenic Design by John H. Young. Costume Design by Will R. Barnes. Musical Direction by John Stromberg. Cast: George Ali (as "Leo"), Eva Allen (as "Ensemble"), Josephine Allen (as "Fantine"), Merrie Andrews (as "Ensemble"), Cora Appleby (as "Ensemble"), Florence Bell (as "Ensemble"), Gladys Canby (as "Ensemble"), Bessie Clayton (as "Specialty Dancer"), Florence Deshone (as "Ensemble"), Genevieve Dolaro (as "Asbury Sands"), Florence Dressler (as "Fourchette"), Blondie Dyer (as "Ensemble"), Marie Early (as "Ensemble"), Lotta Fellows (as "Ensemble"), Lew Fields (as "Rudolf Bungstarter"), Mazie Follette (as "Fandango/Ensemble"), Virginia Foltz (as "Budd Carmichael/Basbleu"), Charles Fostelle (as "Birdie McSorley"), Olive Green (as "Ensemble"), Dappy Grey (as "J. Withers Belton"), Ben Hapgood (as "Ingambe"), Lillian Heckler (as "Wilton Warmington"), Leona Hilbon (as "Dodge Carr/Duryea Starchleigh"), DeWolf Hopper Sr. (as "Hoffman Barr"), Violet Jewell (as "Ensemble/Seguedilla"), John T. Kelly (as "Ignatius McSorley"), May Kissam (as "Ensemble"), Phyllis La Fond (as "Bolero/Ensemble"), Bonnie Maginn (as "Mariette/Nestor Puffer"), May McKenzie (as "Cinqcentime"), Goldie Mohr (as "Nervie Tartington/Charley Horseleigh"), Harold T. Morey (as "Pourboire"), May Page (as "Ensemble"), Grace Pierrepont (as "Ensemble/Garta"), Ilma Pratt (as "Ensemble/Torchon"), Inez Ray (as "Ensemble"), Jessie Richmond (as "Madison Parks"), Belle Robinson (as "Googoo/Cachuca"), Lillian Russell (as "Mrs. Waldorf Meadowbrook"), Dottie Ryder (as "Ensemble"), Margaret Sayer (as "Bilkarine"), Clara Selden (as "Ensemble"), Mae Sherwood (as "Sterling Kane/Ensemble"), Myra Smith (as "Allez"), Georgia Stewart (as "Ensemble"), Nata Stromberg (as "Forrest Holmes"), Fay Templeton (as "La Belle Zara"), Poney Upton (as "Ensemble"), Irene Vera (as "Frizette"), Vernie Wadsworth (as "Claremont Riverside"), Carrie Waite (as "Ensemble"), Mazie Walzinger (as "Ensemble"), David Warfield (as "Shadrach Leschinski"), Joe Weber (as "Michael Krautknuckle"), Rhoda Wheeler (as "Ensemble"), Carrie Willis (as "Valencienne"). (1) Quo Vass Iss? [closed on 17 Oct 1900 after 48 performances]. Music by John Stromberg. Book by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Edgar Smith. Scenic Design by John H. Young. Costume Design by Will R. Barnes. Musical Director: John Stromberg. A burlesque of "Quo Vadis" by Hugh Stanislaus Stange. From the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Cast: George Ali (as "Sparrus Copus"), Eva Allen (as "Peddlus Potatus"), Josephine Allen (as "Popcornea"), Florence Bell (as "Jabba"), Lew M. Fields (as "Smallus"), Mazie Follette (as "Pumpia"), Virginia Foltz (as "Bogus Extrus"), Ben Hapgood (as "Infamous Touchus"), Leona Hilbon (as "Chirpnos"), DeWolf Hopper (as "Petrolius"), Violet Jewell (as "Deodorus"), John T. Kelly (as "Zero"), Phyllis La Fond (as "Rubba"), Bonnie Maginn (as "Spoonice"), Goldie Mohr (as "Acta"), Harold T. Morey (as "Tickelritus/Punctus Tireas"), Grace Pierrepont (as "Porus Plasta"), Ilma Pratt (as "Catapilla"), Inez Ray (as "Slashus"), Belle Robinson (as "Numonia"), Charles J. Ross (as "Marcus Finishus"), Margaret Sayer (as "Starvus"), Clara Selden (as "Plexus"), Mae Sherwood (as "Duflikus Tumatus"), Myra Smith (as "Stabba"), Georgia Stewart (as "Killa"), Fay Templeton (as "Lythia"), David Warfield (as "Hilo"), Joe Weber (as "Fursus"), Carrie Willis (as "Quininius Malarius"), Marie Worthington (as "Solus"). (2) Arizona [opened on 18 Oct 1900 and closed 19 Dec 1900 after 73 performances]. A musical burlesque. Music by John Stromberg. Book by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Edgar Smith. Scenic Design by John H. Young. Costume Design by Will R. Barnes. Musical Direction by John Stromberg. A burlesque on the play by Augustus Thomas. Cast: Madge Adae (as "Chorus"), George Ali (as "Ham Song"), Eva Allen (as "Chorus"), Nettie Barton (as "Chorus"), Florence Bell (as "Pupa Chihuahua"), Edna Birch (as "Chorus"), Lew M. Fields (as "Sergeant Killer"), Mazie Follette (as "Cherokee Kid"), Virginia Foltz (as "Lieutenant Frolic"), Charles Fostelle (as "Mrs. Cannedbeef"), Mamie Gould (as "Chorus"), Dappy Grey (as "Chorus"), Grace Heckler (as "Chorus"), Lillian Heckler (as "Chorus"), Leona Hilbon (as "Montezuma Matt"), DeWolf Hopper (as "Henry Cannedbeef"), Violet Jewell (as "Hi Roper"), Ethel Jewett (as "Chorus"), John T. Kelly (as "Colonel Bunjam"), Phyllis La Fond (as "Lariat Luke"), Bonnie Maginn (as "Lieutenant Stung"), Carrie May (as "Antonia Alamo"), May McKenzie (as "Juan Sombrero"), Goldie Mohr (as "Alkali Bill"), Harold T. Morey (as "Doctor Felon"), Grace Pierrepont (as "Apache Charley"), Ilma Pratt (as "Miss MacCrullers"), Jessie Richmond (as "Chorus"), Belle Robinson (as "El Paseo Pete"), Charles J. Ross (as "Lieutenant Tention"), Lillian Russell (as "Sarsaparilla"), Margaret Sayer (as "Buck Saddler"), Mae Sherwood (as "Pop Gunner"), Myra Smith (as "Durango Colorado"), Georgia Stewart (as "Chiaca Tamale"), Fay Templeton (as "Bonita"), Vernie Wadsworth (as "Chorus"), David Warfield (as "Captain Hogman"), George P. Watson (as "Pony Mustango"), Joseph M. Weber (as "Lena Killer"). (3)Exhibit II [opened 20 Dec 1900 and closed 20 Apr 1901 after 141 performances]. Musical/Burlesque. Music by John Stromberg. Book by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Edgar Smith. Scenic Design by John H. Young. Costume Design by Will R. Barnes. Musical Direction by John Stromberg. Cast: Madge Adae (as "Lady Westbury"), George Ali (as "Tipit"), Alice Curtis (as "Cortland"), Genevieve Dolaro (as "Charley Horseleigh"), Lew M. Fields (as "Rudolf Bungstarter"), Virginia Foltz (as "Madison Parks"), Minnie Garretty (as "Bleeker"), Sissie Garretty (as "Essex"), Allie Gilbert (as "Dossie/Miss Emery"), Mamie Gould (as "Chilton"), Dappy Grey (as "Claremont Riverside"), Ben Hapgood (as "Ingambe"), Grace Heckler (as "Hammersley"), Lillian Heckler (as "Miss Cutter"), Leona Hilbon (as "Dodge Carr"), DeWolf Hopper (as "The Gay Lord Quex"), Violet Jewell (as "Miss Rosaline"), John T. Kelly (as "Ignatius McSorley"), Bonnie Maginn (as "Flossie/Baron Holdfaste"), May McKenzie (as "Asbury Sands"), Harold T. Morey (as "Pourboire"), Grace Pierrepont (as "Lady Syosset"), Ilma Pratt (as "Miss Brummell"), Inez Ray (as "Lady Lowbridge"), Jessie Richmond (as "Lady Hempstead"), Belle Robinson (as "Bossie/Miss Fyles"), Ruth Rollins (as "Miss Towle"), Lillian Russell (as "Mrs. Meadowbrook"), Margaret Sayer (as "Duchess of Prude"), Mae Sherwood (as "Sterling Kane"), Fay Templeton (as "Sophy Fullgally"), Irene Vera (as "Countess of Elmhurst"), Vernie Wadsworth (as "Chomondley"), David Warfield (as "Shadrach Leschinski"), Joe Weber (as "Michael Krautknuckle"), Fritz Williams (as "Prince Victor Constasntine"). Produced by Weber & Fields.
- (1901) Stage Play: Hoity Toity. Musical burlesque.
- (1902) Stage Play: Twirly Whirly. Musical comedy. Music by William T. Francis and John Stromberg. Book by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Edgar Smith and Robert B. Smith. Musical Director: William T. Francis. Additional music by John T. Kelly. Additional lyrics by John T. Kelly and Wilton Lackaye. Directed by Julian Mitchell. Weber and Fields' Broadway Music Hall: 11 Sep 1902- 11 Apr 1903 (247 performances) Cast: Eva Allen, Louise Allen, Will Archie, 'Frankie Bailey (I)' (as "Don Carrara"), Mabel Barrison, Eugenie Bashford, Charles A. Bigelow, Edna Birch, Grace Bishop, Carrie Bowman, Edith Caine, Mamie Chapin, Mattie Chapin, Bessie Clayton, 'William Collier' (as "Bob Upton"), Peter F. Dailey, Lillian Diamond, Peggy Donaldson, Lew Fields (as "Meyer Ausgaaben"), Virginia Foltz, Carolyn Fostelle, Emily Francis, Lillian Harris, May Harris, Jean Hassall, Ollie Hatfield, Grace Heckler, Bena Hoffman, Mollie Hoffman, Katherine Howland, Ethel Jewett, John T. Kelly, Eleanor Kendall, Anna Leslie, May Leslie, Frankie Loeb, Agnes Lynn, Mabel Lynn, May MacKenzie, Bonnie Maginn, Eva Merrill, Anna Miller, Estelle Moyer, Gertie Moyer, Ilma Pratt, Annie Revere, Lillian Russell (as "Mrs. Stockson Bond"), Laura Senac, Winnie Siegrist, Gertrude Taylor, Fay Templeton (as "Maude Moraine"), Vernie Wadsworth, Joe Weber (as "Michael Schlaatz"), Elizabeth Young. Produced by Weber & Fields.
- The Big Little Princess (1903). Musical burlesque.
- The Stickiness of Gelatine (1902). Musical comedy.
- Humming Birds and Onions (1902). Musical burlesque.
- (1903) Stage Play: Whoop-Dee-Doo. Musical extravaganza [Production comprised of the following shows: Whoop-Dee-Doo (credits apply to this show only here), Looney Park, Waffles, Catherine]. Music by William T. Francis. Book by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Edgar Smith. Featuring songs by Alfred Muller Norden and J. Rosamond Johnson. Featuring songs with lyrics by Bob Cole. Directed by Ben Teal. Weber & Field's Broadway Music Hall (moved to The New Amsterdam Theatre on 16 May 1904 to close): 24 Sep 1903- 28 May 1904 (165 performances). Cast: Marion Alexander (as "Cornet Pompomstein"), Eva Allen (as "Nathalie"), Willie Archie (as "Monsieur Saisir"), Myrtle Arlington (as "Captain Campsdemards"), Florence Averill (as "Cornet Sabrelitz"), Carrie Bowman (as "Lena"), Minnie Britton (as "Nudelina"), Helen Brooks (as "Kaffeline"), Mattie Chapin (as "Schnitzel"), May Chapin (as "Crayonne"), Edna Chase (as "Fertig"), Marie Christie (as "Lieutenant Montmartre"), Peter F. Dailey (as "Josh Kidder"), Carter DeHaven (as "Pierrepont Grimes"), Libby Diamond (as "Geldia"), V. Dolero (as "Parieren"), Helen Du Heron (as "Mlle. Dumonde"), Lew M. Fields (as "Meyer Schmartgeeser"), Hattie Forsythe (as "Aufgepasst"), Charles Halton (as "Henri"), Ollie Hatfield (as "Lotten"), Bena Hoffman (as "Monsieur Bonmarche"), Mollie Hoffman (as "Steiner"), Helga Howard (as "Kanerer"), Sophie Jordan (as "Cornet Fueret"), Ethel Kelly (as "Annette"), John T. Kelly (as "P. Dennis O'Shea"), Myrtle King (as "Lieutenant Bombarde"), Irla LaBaara (as "Cornet Trompette"), Maude LeRoy (as "Jeanne"), Freda Linyard (as "Kartuffle"), Agnes Lynn (as "Gretel"), Mabel Lynn (as "Steinetta"), Rose Malvene (as "Katrina"), Jane Mandeville (as "Fifine"), Louis Mann (as "Pilsener Hofbrau"), Lizzie McCoy (as "Gladys Snowflake"), Nellie McCoy (as "Maid Snowflake"), Loretta McDonald (as "Maulstick"), Mildred Meade (as "Clementine"), Maud Morris (as "Jeanette"), Vera Morris (as "Marie"), Gertie Moyer (as "Hans"), Ruth Pierce (as "Palette"), Ilma Pratt (as "Vergette"), Jessie Richmond (as "Fechten"), Lillian Russell (as "The Countess de Quartierlatin"), Mae Sherwood (as "Dauber"), Winnie Siegrist (as "Chris"), Madeleine Somers (as "Salatina"), Evie Stetson (as "Bridgeeta O'Shea"), Daisy Thompson (as "Bratwuest"), Dorothy Watson (as "Margot"), Joseph Weber (as "Michael Suppegreentz"), Angie Weimars (as "Gecchie"). Produced by Weber & Fields.
- (1903) Stage Play: Captain Barrington. Drama.
- (1904) Stage Play: An English Daisy. Musical comedy. Original English libretto by Seymour Hicks. Music by Walter Slaughter. Additional score by Alfred Muller Norden. Rearranged for the American stage by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Edgar Smith. Additional lyrics by Percy Greenbank, Will Heelan and Robert Cole. Additional music by J. Rosamond Johnson, Maude Nugent, Jerome Kern, Jean Schwartz and Gus Edwards. Directed by Ben Teal. Casino Theatre: 18 Jan 1904- 20 Feb 1904 (41 performances).
- (1904) Stage Play: Paris By Night. Musical revue.
- (1904) Stage Play: Higgledy-Piggledy. Musical/farce.
- (1905) Stage Play: The College Widower. Burlesque.
- (1912) Stage Play: Hokey-pokey/Bunty, Bulls and Strings. [Joint production]. Special production. Both productions directed by Gus Sohlke. Broadway Theatre: 8 Feb 1912- 11 May 1912 (108 performances/total for both productions). Hokey-pokey (1912). Music by John Stromberg, A. Baldwin Sloane and William T. Francis. Lyrics by Edgar Smith and E. Ray Goetz. Musical Direction by George A. Nichols. Book by Edgar Smith. Featuring songs by Jean Schwartz, Neil Moret and Earle C. Jones. Featuring songs with lyrics by Neil Moret, William Jerome and Earle C. Jones. Cast: Amelia Abrams, Louise Abrams, George Beban (as "Teenie"), Gladys Breston, Hermione Brown, Beatrice Capulet, Olive Carr, Edna Caruthers, Edna Chase, William Collier Sr. (as "Tammas Biggar"), Helena Collier-Garrick (as "Eelen Bunshop"), Lola Curtis, Lynn D'Arcy, Martha Dean, Libbian Diamond, Richard Fanning (as "Sandy"), Gladys Feldman, Lew Fields (as "Weelum Grunt"), Grace Grindell, Malcolm Grinnell (as "Mr. Leggit"), Elsie Hamilton, Eunice Hamilton, May Hopkins [credited as May Hopkins"], John T. Kelly [final Broadway role], Adah Baker Lewis (as "Susie Slimpson"), Clara Lloyd, Nettie Lyons, Adelaide Mason, Vinna Mason, Emily Miles, Edward McNulty, Gertrude Moyer, Frances Nelson, Vera Olcott, Katherine O'Neil, Louise Owen, Ruth Pecan, Harry Prew, Marjory Purcell, Elsa Reinhardt, Hazel Robertson, Pattie Rose, Hazel Rosewood, Flora Russell, Lillian Russell (as "Mrs. Wallingford Grafter"), Nancy Smith, Fay Templeton, Fay Tincher, Madge Vincent, Patrick Walsh, Joe Weber (as "Rab Biggar"), Harry Wilcox, May Willard. Bunty, Bulls and Strings (1912). Special production. Music by A. Baldwin Sloane. Book by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by E. Ray Goetz. Musical Director: George A. Nichols. Featuring songs by Irving Berlin. A parody of the comedy by Graham Moffat. Cast: Amelia Abrams, Louise Abrams, George Beban (as "Teenie"), Gladys Breston, Hermione Brown, Beatrice Capulet, Olive Carr, Edna Caruthers, Edna Chase, William Collier Sr. (as "Tammas Biggar"), Helena Collier-Garrick (as "Eelen Bunshop"), Lola Curtis, Lynn D'Arcy, Martha Dean, Libbian Diamond, Richard Fanning (as "Sandy"), Gladys Feldman, Lew Fields (as "Weelum Grunt"), Grace Grindell, Malcolm Grinnell (as "Mr. Leggit"), Elsie Hamilton, Eunice Hamilton, May Hopkins, John T. Kelly, Adah Baker Lewis (as "Susie Slimpson"), Clara Lloyd, Nettie Lyons, Adelaide Mason, Vinna Mason, Emily Miles, Charles Mitchell (as "Daniel Squirrel"), Gertrude Moyer, Vera Olcott, Katherine O'Neil, Louise Owen, Ruth Pecan, Harry Prew, Marjory Purcell, Elsa Reinhardt, Hazel Robertson, Pattie Rose, Hazel Rosewood, Flora Russell, Nancy Smith, Fay Templeton (as "Bunty Biggar"), Fay Tincher, Madge Vincent, Patrick Walsh, Joe Weber (as "Rab Biggar"), Harry Wilcox, May Willard. Both productions produced by Weber & Fields.
- (1910) Stage Play: Alma, Where Do You Live? Musical/vaudeville. Music by Adolf Philipp. Book by George V. Hobart. Lyrics by George V. Hobart. From the French of Paul Herve. From the German of Adolf Philipp. Musical Director: Hugo Frey. Directed by Joe Weber. Weber's Music Hall: 26 Sep 1910- 15 Apr 1911 (232 performances). Cast: Ivy Barbour (as "Germaine"), Charles A. Bigelow (as "Theobald"), Ethel Dovey (as "Fleurette") [only known Broadway role], Edouard Durand (as "Count Bolivario"), Kitty Gordon (as "Alma"), Georgia Harvey (as "Antoinette"), Daisy James (as "Mimi"), Charlotte Leslay (as "Louise"), George W. Leslie (as "Gaston"), John McCloskey (as "Pierre le Peach"), E.F. Nagle (as "Dunoir"), Frederick Truesdell (as "Renault"), George Loane Tucker (as "Piquart"). Produced by Joe Weber.
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