- (1909 - 1947) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1909) Stage Play: Mr. Lode of Koal. Musical.
- (1919) Stage Play: Aphrodite. Romance.
- (1926) Stage Play: Kongo.
- (1928) Stage Play: Goin' Home. Drama.
- (1932) Stage Play: Christopher Comes Across. Comedy/farce.
- (1933) Stage Play: Hangman's Whip.
- (1936) Stage Play: The Great Catherine/Snickering Horses [joint production]. Scenic Design by Samuel Leve. Experimental Theatre: 13 May 1936- May 1936 (closing date unknown/3 performances). The Great Catherine: Written by George Bernard Shaw. Incidental music by Earl Robinson and M.I. Arnheim. Directed by Alfred Saxe and Brett Warren. Cast: Elliot Beeman (as "Courtier"), Ann Goldfarb (as "Courtier"), Bella Gould (as "Manicurist"), Elizabeth Guise (as "Slipper Maid"), Roslyn Harvey (as "Varenka"), George Hass (as "Courtier"), David Kerman (as "Potiomkin"), Lucy Kikoler (as "Courtier"), Jane Kim (as "Dashkoff"), Harry Lessin (as "Manicurist"), Yisrol Libman (as "Edstaston"), Nathan Malkin (as "Courtier"), Max Manes (as "Soldier"), Bert Norton (as "Courtier"), Eda Reis (as "Catherine"), Gregory Robins (as "Sergeant"), Vincenzo Rocco (as "Courtier"), Manuel Rothstein (as "Soldier"), Robert Saidler (as "Courtier"), Vito Scozzari (as "Page"), Nella Seymour (as "Slipper Maid"), Paul Stein (as "Maryshkin"). Snickering Horses: Written by Molière. Book adapted by Alfred Saxe. Directed by Maurice Clark. Cast: William Atlee (as "Worker, 1936"), Elliot Beeman (as "Worker, 1917/Young Worker, 1936"), John Berry (as "Young Worker, 1936"), Charles Bronson [not Charles Bronson of films] (as "Young Worker, 1936"), Perry Bruskin (as "Young Worker, 1936"), Ashley Buck (as "Corporal"), John Crotty (as "Veteran"), Robert Crozier (as "Professor"), Virginia Devetzko (as "Young Worker, 1936"), Muni Diamond (as "Bob Leslie"), Mary George (as "Young Worker, 1936"), Ann Goldfarb (as "Young Worker, 1936"), Harry Golson (as "Mr. Fullerton"), Bella Gould (as "Young Worker, 1936"), George Hass (as "Worker, 1936/Young Worker, 1936"), Lucy Kikoler (as "Young Worker, 1936"), Mary Kukawski (as "Young Worker, 1936"), Richard Le Monier (as "Veteran"), Harry Lessin (as "Veteran"), Nathan Malkin (as "Young Worker, 1936"), Bert Norton (as "Orderly"), Lester Palmer (as "Worker, 1936/Young Worker, 1936"), Charles Peyton (as "Rev. Tucker"), Oliver Putnam (as "Judge"), Clarence Redd (as "Young Worker, 1936"), Earl Robinson (as "Young Worker, 1936"), Vincenzo Rocco (as "Red Cross Man"), Ben Ross (as "Young Worker, 1936"), Manuel Rothstein (as "Young Worker, 1936"), Robert Saidler (as "Veteran/Young Worker, 1936"), Daniel Sayer (as "Young Worker, 1936"), Joyce Weaver (as "Mrs. Terrace"), Milton Williams (as "Worker, 1917/Young Worker, 1936"), Anne Zolna (as "Young Worker, 1936"). Produced by One-Act Experimental Theatre of the Federal Theatre Project of the WPA and Federal Theatre Project of The WPA.
- (1937) Stage Play: Processional (Revival). Music by Earl Robinson. Written by John Howard Lawson. Scenic Design by Manuel Essman. Directed by Lem Ward. Maxine Elliott's Theatre: 13 Oct 1937- Dec 1937 (closing date unknown/81 performances). Cast: John Anderson (as "Soldier and Miner") [Broadway debut], E.W. Ashworth (as "Soldier and Miner"), Fred Bael (as "Philpotts"), George Bardyguine (as "Soldiers"), Isabel Bonner (as "Mrs. Euphemia Stewart Flimmins"), S. Boonio (as "Isaac Cohen"), Helen Carter (as "The Miners' Wives"), Leon Colker (as "Soldier and Miner"), Scot Don (as "Soldier"), Thomas Dumont (as "The Drummer"), Agatha Entwistle (as "The Miners' Wives"), George Fairchild (as "Third Soldier"), Maurice Fallet (as "The Bazooka Player"), Julian Garfield (as "Soldier and Miner"), John Gary (as "Soldier"), Robert Gehr (as "Boob Elkins"), Ruth Gilbert (as "Sadie Cohen"), Solomon Goldstein (as "Soldier and Miner"), Theodore Gros (as "Gore"), John Hamdown (as "Soldiers"), Edward Hemmer (as "Soldier and Miner"), Leslie M. Hunt (as "The Sheriff"), Willie Kaufmann (as "Soldier and Miner"), James Kelly (as "Soldier and Miner"), Joe Kramm [credited as Joe Kramm] (as "Jake Psinkski"), Sam Kuster (as "Second Soldier"), Sam Lazare (as "The Accordian Player"), Eddie Lester (as "MacCarthy"), Clifford Mack (as "Man in Silk Hat"), Clara Marsh (as "Old Maggie"), Rose Mary (as "The Miners' Wives"), George Mathews (as "Dynamite Jim"), George Moor (as "Joe Green"), Bert Norton (as "Pop Pratt"), Myron Paulson (as "Felix"), Clarence Redd (as "The Flute Player"), James Rodis (as "Angelo"), Marian Rudley (as "The Miners' Wives"), Edward Segal (as "Bill"), Robert E. Sherwood (as "First Soldier"), George Sinclair (as "Soldier and Miner"), Jack Smith (as "Soldiers"), Josephine Smith (as "The Miners' Wives"), Paul Sperrin (as "Slop"), Julian Taliaferro (as "Soldiers"), Aurelio Tobias (as "Soldier and Miner"), Jack Walters (as "Soldier and Miner"), Bert Weston (as "Smith"), Robert Worth (as "Soldier and Miner"), Edward Wright (as "Wayne Whifflehagen"). Produced by Federal Theatre Project of The WPA.
- (1946) Stage Play: Show Boat. Musical Drama (revival). Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Lyrics for "Bill" by P.G. Wodehouse. Music and lyrics for "Goodbye, My Lady Love" by Joseph E. Howard. Music and lyrics for "After the Ball" by Charles Harris. Book by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on the novel by Edna Ferber. Musical Director: Edwin McArthur. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Choral Director: Pem Davenport. Associate Choral Dir: Will Vodery. Scenic Design by Howard Bay. Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard. Choreographed by Helen Tamiris'. Staged by Hassard Short. Book directed by Oscar Hammerstein II. Ziegfeld Theatre: 5 Jan 1946- 4 Jan 1947 (418 performances). Cast: Jerome Addison (as "Singer"), Gilbert Adkins (as "Singer"), Carmine Alexandria (as "Singer"), Robert Allen (as "Steve"), Betty Barker (as "Child"), Ivory Bass (as "Singer"), Talley Beatty (as "Bora/Dancer"), Marta Becket (as "English/Dancer"), William Bender (as "Singer"), Seldon Bennett (as "Pete"), Janice Bodenhoff (as "French/Dancer"), Eleanor Boleyn (as "Indian/Dancer"), Thomas Bowman (as "Man with guitar"), Tom Bowman (as "Singer"), Grace Brenton (as "Singer"), Carol Bruce (as "Julie"), Robert Bulger (as "Singer"), Ralph Chambers (as "Vallon"), Edward Chappel (as "Singer"), Vivian Cherry (as "Italian/Dancer"), Jan Clayton(as "Magnolia/Kim"), William Cole (as "Singer"), Clarise Crawford (as "Singer"), Erno Czako (as "Singer"), Jack Daley (as "Jim"), Terry Dawson (as "Dancer"), Billy De Forest (as "Child"), Richard Di Silvera(as "Singer"), Helen Dowdy (as "Queenie"), Andrea Downing (as "Spanish Dancer"), Ralph Dumke (as "Cap'n Andy"), Buddy Ebsen (as "Frank"), Sara Floyd (as "Landlady"), Howard Frank (as "Backwoodsman"), Charles Fredericks (as "Gaylord Ravenal"), Lydia Fredericks (as "Dolly/Singer"), La Verne French (as "Sam/Dancer"), Adah Friley (as "Singer"), Dolores Gamble (as "Child"), Roland Gamble (as "Child"), John Garth III (as "Singer"), Betty Jane Geiskopf (as "Dancer"), Thomas Gomez (as "The Show Boat Ensemble"), Hayes Gordon (as "Singer/Barker"), Marion Hairston (as "Singer"), George H. Hall (as "Singer"), Katie Hall (as "Singer"), Carol Harriton (as "Dancer"), Edward Hayes(as "Child"), Vickie Henderson (as "Dancer"), Sheila Hogan (as "Sister"), Marion Holaves (as "Singer"), Eddie Howland (as "Dancer"), Jean Jones (as "Singer"), Elmira Jones-Bey (as "Dancer"), Frances Joslyn (as "Singer"), Charlotte Junius (as "Singer"), Paula Kaye (as "Strong Woman/Dancer"), Audrey Keane (as "Greek/Dancer"), Elana Keller (as "Scotch/Dancer"), Nancy Kenyon (as "Lottie"), Robert Kimberly (as "Singer"), James Lapsley (as "Singer"), Ora Leak (as "Dancer"), Gerard Leavitt (as "Dancer"), Carol Lewis (as "Child"), Olga Lunick (as "Russian/Dancer"), Collette Lyons [credited as Colette Lyons] (as "Ellie") [final Broadway role], Alyce Mace (as "Kim, child"), Francis X. Mahoney (as "Rubber Face"), Iris Manley (as "Mother Superior"), Bowling H. Mansfield (as "Singer"), Claude Marchant(as "Mala/Dancer"), Assotta Marshall (as "Ethel/Singer"), Linda Mason (as "Singer"), Albert McCary (as "Singer"), William McDaniel (as "Singer"), William Miller (as "Dancer"), Scott Moore (as "Windy"), Walter Mosby (as "Singer"), Nick Nadeau (as "Dancer"), Joe Nash (as "Dancer"), Billy O'Connor (as "Child"), Ethel Owen (as "Parthy Ann Hawks"), Pearl Primus (as "Sal/Dahomey Queen"), Miriam Quinn (as "Child"), Clarence Redd (as "Singer") [final Broadway role], Jean Reeves (as "Fatima"), Jeanne Reeves (as "Dancer"), Eulabel Riley (as "Singer"), Duncan Scott (as "Jeb"), Paul Shiers (as "Singer/Drunk"), Max Showalter (as "Jake"), Stanley Simmons (as "Dancer"), Frederica Slemons (as "Old Lady on the Levee"), William C. Smith (as "Doorman at Trocadero/Singer"), William Sol (as "Singer"), Kenneth Spencer (as "Joe"), Eugene Steiner (as "Child"), Sybil Stocking (as "Child"), Agnes Sundgren (as "Singer"), Alma Sutton (as "Ata/Dancer"), Charles Tate (as "Jimmy Craig"), Viola Taylor (as "Dancer"), Bettina Thayer (as "Sally/Singer"), Yvonne Tibor (as "Dancer"), Rodester Timmons (as "Singer"), Willie Torpey (as "Old Sport"), David Trimble (as "Singer"), Fannie Turner (as "Singer"), William Weber (as "Dancer"), Henry Wessel (as "Dancer"), Ethel Brown White (as "Singer"), Evelyn Wick (as "Singer"), Francisco Xavier (as "Dancer"). Replacement actors: Harry Asmus (as "Dancer"), Herbert Bennettson (as "Child"), Kenneth Demeaux (as "Child"), Gene Ferguson (as "Child"), Joan Jackson (as "Child"), Nancy Kenyon (as "Magnolia"), Michael Lee (as "Child"), Christina Lind (as "Singer"), Marcia Maier (as "Dancer/Greek"), Earl Redding (as "Singer"), Frances Schneider (as "Child"), Fred Thomas (as "Singer"), Grace Varick (as "Singer"), William Vaux (as "Dancer"), Evelyn Wick (as "Magnolia"), Tivis Wicker (as "Singer"), Lavinia Williams (as "Dancer"). Produced by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II. Note: Carole Bruce was the first actress to play (and sing) the role of Julie in a Broadway production of the show after it had been played by the legendary Helen Morgan. Ms. Morgan, who died in 1941, virtually owned the role and had played it in the original 1927 production, the first (1932) revival and Universal's hit 1936 movie Show Boat (1936)_. Ms. Bruce withstood favorable comparisons to Helen Morgan. Film remade by MGM as Show Boat (1951).
- (1946) Stage Play: Show Boat. Musical Drama (revival). Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Lyrics for "Bill" by P.G. Wodehouse. Music and lyrics for "Goodbye, My Lady Love" by Joseph E. Howard. Music and lyrics for "After the Ball" by Charles Harris. Book by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on the novel by Edna Ferber. Musical Director: Edwin McArthur. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Choral Director: Pem Davenport. Associate Choral Dir: Will Vodery. Scenic Design by Howard Bay. Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard. Choreographed by Helen Tamiris'. Staged by Hassard Short. Book directed by Oscar Hammerstein II. Ziegfeld Theatre: 5 Jan 1946- 4 Jan 1947 (418 performances). Cast: Jerome Addison (as "Singer"), Gilbert Adkins (as "Singer"), Carmine Alexandria (as "Singer"), Robert Allen (as "Steve"), Betty Barker (as "Child"), Ivory Bass (as "Singer"), Talley Beatty (as "Bora/Dancer"), Marta Becket (as "English/Dancer"), William Bender (as "Singer"), Seldon Bennett (as "Pete"), Janice Bodenhoff (as "French/Dancer"), Eleanor Boleyn (as "Indian/Dancer"), Thomas Bowman (as "Man with guitar"), Tom Bowman (as "Singer"), Grace Brenton (as "Singer"), Carol Bruce (as "Julie"), Robert Bulger (as "Singer"), Ralph Chambers (as "Vallon"), Edward Chappel (as "Singer"), Vivian Cherry (as "Italian/Dancer"), Jan Clayton(as "Magnolia/Kim"), William Cole (as "Singer"), Clarise Crawford (as "Singer"), Erno Czako (as "Singer"), Jack Daley (as "Jim"), Terry Dawson (as "Dancer"), Billy De Forest (as "Child"), Richard Di Silvera (as "Singer"), Helen Dowdy (as "Queenie"), Andrea Downing (as "Spanish Dancer"), Ralph Dumke (as "Cap'n Andy"), Buddy Ebsen (as "Frank"), Sara Floyd (as "Landlady"), Howard Frank (as "Backwoodsman"), Charles Fredericks (as "Gaylord Ravenal"), Lydia Fredericks (as "Dolly/Singer"), La Verne French (as "Sam/Dancer"), Adah Friley (as "Singer"), Dolores Gamble (as "Child"), Roland Gamble (as "Child"), John Garth III (as "Singer"), Betty Jane Geiskopf (as "Dancer"), Thomas Gomez (as "The Show Boat Ensemble"), Hayes Gordon (as "Singer/Barker"), Marion Hairston (as "Singer"), George H. Hall (as "Singer"), Katie Hall (as "Singer"), Carol Harriton (as "Dancer"), Edward Hayes(as "Child"), Vickie Henderson (as "Dancer"), Sheila Hogan (as "Sister"), Marion Holaves (as "Singer"), Eddie Howland (as "Dancer"), Jean Jones (as "Singer"), Elmira Jones-Bey (as "Dancer"), Frances Joslyn (as "Singer"), Charlotte Junius (as "Singer"), Paula Kaye (as "Strong Woman/Dancer"), Audrey Keane (as "Greek/Dancer"), Elana Keller (as "Scotch/Dancer"), Nancy Kenyon (as "Lottie"), Robert Kimberly (as "Singer"), James Lapsley (as "Singer"), Ora Leak (as "Dancer"), Gerard Leavitt (as "Dancer"), Carol Lewis (as "Child"), Olga Lunick (as "Russian/Dancer"), Collette Lyons [credited as Colette Lyons] (as "Ellie") [final Broadway role], Alyce Mace (as "Kim, child"), Francis X. Mahoney (as "Rubber Face"), Iris Manley (as "Mother Superior"), Bowling H. Mansfield (as "Singer"), Claude Marchant (as "Mala/Dancer"), Assotta Marshall (as "Ethel/Singer"), Linda Mason (as "Singer"), Albert McCary (as "Singer"), William McDaniel (as "Singer"), William Miller (as "Dancer"), Scott Moore (as "Windy"), Walter Mosby (as "Singer"), Nick Nadeau (as "Dancer"), Joe Nash (as "Dancer"), Billy O'Connor (as "Child"), Ethel Owen (as "Parthy Ann Hawks"), Pearl Primus (as "Sal/Dahomey Queen"), Miriam Quinn (as "Child"), Clarence Redd (as "Singer") [final Broadway role], Jean Reeves (as "Fatima"), Jeanne Reeves (as "Dancer"), Eulabel Riley (as "Singer"), Duncan Scott (as "Jeb"), Paul Shiers (as "Singer/Drunk"), Max Showalter (as "Jake"), Stanley Simmons (as "Dancer"), Frederica Slemons (as "Old Lady on the Levee"), William C. Smith (as "Doorman at Trocadero/Singer"), William Sol (as "Singer"), Kenneth Spencer (as "Joe"), Eugene Steiner (as "Child"), Sybil Stocking (as "Child"), Agnes Sundgren (as "Singer"), Alma Sutton (as "Ata/Dancer"), Charles Tate (as "Jimmy Craig"), Viola Taylor (as "Dancer"), Bettina Thayer (as "Sally/Singer"), Yvonne Tibor (as "Dancer"), Rodester Timmons (as "Singer"), Willie Torpey (as "Old Sport"), David Trimble (as "Singer"), Fannie Turner (as "Singer"), William Weber (as "Dancer"), Henry Wessel (as "Dancer"), Ethel Brown White (as "Singer"), Evelyn Wick (as "Singer"), Francisco Xavier (as "Dancer"). Replacement actors: Harry Asmus (as "Dancer"), Herbert Bennettson (as "Child"), Kenneth Demeaux (as "Child"), Gene Ferguson (as "Child"), Joan Jackson (as "Child"), Nancy Kenyon (as "Magnolia"), Michael Lee (as "Child"), Christina Lind (as "Singer"), Marcia Maier (as "Dancer/Greek"), Earl Redding (as "Singer"), Frances Schneider (as "Child"), Fred Thomas (as "Singer"), Grace Varick (as "Singer"), William Vaux (as "Dancer"), Evelyn Wick (as "Magnolia"), Tivis Wicker (as "Singer"), Lavinia Williams (as "Dancer"). Produced by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II. Note: Carole Bruce was the first actress to play (and sing) the role of Julie in a Broadway production of the show after it had been played by the legendary Helen Morgan. Ms. Morgan, who died in 1941, virtually owned the role and had played it in the original 1927 production, the first (1932) revival and Universal's hit 1936 movie Show Boat (1936)_. Ms. Bruce withstood favorable comparisons to Helen Morgan. Film remade lavishly by MGM as Show Boat (1951).
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