- (1935) Stage: Appeared (as "Ensemble"; Broadway debut) in "The Mikado" on Broadway. Musical/operetta (revival). Libretto by W.S. Gilbert. Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan. Conducted by Louis Kroll. Directed by R.H. Burnside. Adelphi Theatre: 15 Jul 1935-7 Sep 1935 (16 performances/production played in repertory with "The Pirates of Penzance", "The Yeomen of the Guard", "The Gondoliers", "Trial by Jury" & "H.M.S. Pinafore"). Cast: John Albert (as "Ensemble"), Jay Amiss (as "Ensemble"), Elfrida Andabel (as "Ensemble"), Frances Baviello (as "Ensemble"), Don Becker (as "Ensemble"), Joan Boekholtz (as "Lady of the Mikado's Suite" / "Ensemble"), Mildred Burke (as "Ensemble"), Helene Bush (as "Lady of the Mikado's Suite" / "Ensemble"), Marion Castleray (as "Ensemble"), John Cosby (as "Go-To, a Noble Lord" / "The Mikado's Bodyguard" / "Ensemble"), William Danforth (as "The Mikado of Japan"), Margaret Daum (as "Yum-Yum, one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko"), Nadeline de Souter (as "Ensemble"), Nina Dean (as "Peep-Bo, one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko"), Adele Drury (as "Ensemble"), George Ebert (as "Ensemble"), Grace Garnett(as "Ensemble"), Edith Gibson (as "Lady of the Mikado's Suite" / "Ensemble"), Eleanor Gilmore (as "Ensemble"), Ione Haals (as "Ensemble"), Vivian Hart (as "Pitti-Sing, one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko"), Roger Ingham (as "The Mikado's Bodyguard" / "Ensemble"), Robert Irving (as "Ensemble"), Siegfried Langer (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Manners (as "Ensemble"), Emily Marsh (as "Ensemble"), Howard Marsh (as "Nanki-Poo, Son of the Mikado, disguised as a wandering minster"), Jean Matus (as "Lady of the Mikado's Suite" / "Ensemble"), Mildred Mercer (as "Ensemble"), Frank Moulan (as "Ko-Ko, Lord High Executioner of Titipu"), John Muccio (as "Ensemble"), Vera Muller (as "Ensemble"), Bertram Peacock (as "Pish-Tush, a Noble Lord"), George Rogers (as "Ensemble"), Jane Rondthaler (as "Lady of the Mikado's Suite" / "Ensemble"), Marion Ross (as "Lady of the Mikado's Suite" / "Ensemble"), Vera Ross (as "Katisha/an Elderly Lady, in love with Nanki-Poo"), Frederick Rudin (as "Ensemble"), Jean Talcott (as "Ensemble"), Alma Tollefsen (as "Ensemble"), Serg Ury (as "The Mikado's Bodyguard" / "Ensemble"), Marie Valez (as "Ensemble"), William Venturo (as "Ensemble"), Rudolph Wagner (as "Ensemble"), Gertrude Waldon (as "Ensemble"), Margaret Walker (as "Ensemble"), Herbert Waterous (as "Pooh-Bah/Lord High Everything Else"), Solon West (as "The Mikado's Bodyguard" / "Ensemble"). Produced by Lodewick Vroom and The Civic Light Opera Company.
- (1935) Stage: Appeared in "The Pirates of Penzance" on Broadway. Musical/operetta (revival).
- (1935) Stage: Appeared in "The Yeomen of the Guard" on Broadway. Musical/operetta (revival).
- (1935 Stage: Appeared in "The Gondoliers" on Broadway. Musical/operetta (revival).
- (1935) Stage: Appeared in "Trial by Jury" and "H.M.S. Pinafore" on Broadway [joint production].
- (1936) Stage: Appeared (as "Singing Ensemble") in "White Horse Inn" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music by Ralph Benatzky. Book by Hans Mueller. Suggested by Oskar Blumenthal and Gustaf Kadelburg. Lyrics by Irving Caesar. Book adapted by David Freedman. Musical Director: Victor Baravalle. Additional music by Robert Stolz, Irving Caesar, Norman Zeno, Will Irwin, Richard Fall, Jara Benes, Vivian Ellis and Eric Coates. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek. Musical Advisor: Adam Gelbtrunk. Scenic Design by Ernst Stern. Modern Dress designs by Irene Sharaff. Costume Design by Ernst Stern. Lighting / Special Lighting Effects by Eugene Braun. Stage Manager: Charles Mather. Choreographed by Max Rivers. Directed by Erik Charell. Center Theatre: 1 Oct 1936-10 Apr 1937 (223 performances). Cast: Kitty Carlisle (as "Katarina Vogelhuber, Proprietress of the White Horse Inn"), William Gaxton (as "Leopold, the Head Waiter"), Robert Halliday, John Albert, Marvin Atkin, James Babbitt, Penny Banks, Jack Barnes, John Barry, Eleanor Bauman, Evan Beatty, Betsy Berkeley, Thomas Blayney, Evelyn Bonefine, Geraldine Bork, Edward Brown, Joe Brown Jr., Klara Buestr, William Bull, Phyllis Cameron, Maurice Carr, Maude Carroll, Bill Chandler, Diana Chase, Charles Chavez, Nelson Clifford, Floyd Cornaby, Carol Crowell, Ruth Dawson, Arthur de Voss, Eleanor De Witte, Helene Dernelle, Valerie Eaton, Sonia Efron, Audrey Elliott, Walter Elliott, Esta Elman, Billy Entenmann, Margie Evans, Dionne Farrelle, Anne Francis (as "Singing Ensemble"), Leo Freedman, Edwin Gale, Gene Gally, Tommy Gavin, Tilda Getze, Milton Gill, Sidney Gordon, George Gorst, Frederick Graham, Myra Green, Wendy Greene, Edwin Hackett, Billy Hale, Ed Hall, Gertrude Hamilton, Lorraine Harris, Marion Harvey, Gladys Haverty, Frances Hayes, Buddy Hertelle, Billy House (as "William McGonigle"), Frances Hyatt, Mel Kacher, Gene Kavanaugh, Florence Keezel, Maurice Kelly, Arnold Korff (as "The Emperor"), Gratia Landley, Flora Laney, Lorraine Latham, Martin Le Roy, Clark Leston, Billy Lichtenberger, Willi Lichtenberger, Fred Locke, Dorothy Lodge, Marguerite Lodge, Virginia Lodge, Anton Lonek, Velma Lord, Charlotte Lorraine, Albert Mahler, Jules Mann, Marie Marion, Emily Marsh, Maxine Martin, Patricia Martin, Anthony Marvin, Melissa Mason, Luba Matiuk, Joseph McCarthy, June Meier, Florence Menges, Jack Millard, Mickey Moore, Paul Moore, Harry Murray (as "Boy in the Ensemble"), Mae Muth, Dorothy Palmer, Mildred Patterson, Bill Pillick, Betty Pope, Harry Quinn, Oscar Ragland (as "Head Forester"), Adelaide Raleigh, Mme. Reverelly, Dorothy Richel, Herbert Rissman, Ernst Robert, Ruth Roberts, Jack Rogers, Babs Rossiter, Ruth Rostyn, Evelyn Sather, Olga Schwenker, Winton Sears, Almira Sessions, Joseph Shaughnessy, Ruth Shaw, Paul Shobat, Morrie Siegel, Edwin Sims, Ed Smith, Sonia Sorel, Carol Stone, Lillian Sullivan, Mary Sutherland, Carl Trees, Norman Van Emburgh, Arthur Vann, Nina Verde, Hal Voeth, Harold Voeth (as "Honeymooner"), Jack Voeth (as "Boy in the Ensemble"), Howard Warriner, Kenneth Weaver, Buster West, Grover White, Gloria Whitney, Robert Williamson, Janice Winter, Joseph Wirag, Georgina Yaeger. Produced by Laurence Rivers Inc. and Erik Charell.
- (1937) Stage: Appeared (as "Marshall Blackstone" / "The High Priest" [in "Lee Calhoun's Follies"]) in "Babes in Arms" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Material by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek. Musical Director: Gene Salzer. Choreographed by George Balanchine. Directed by Robert B. Sinclair. Shubert Theatre (moved to The Majestic Theatre from 25 Oct 1937 to close): 14 Apr 1937-18 Dec 1937 (289 performances). Cast: Roy Adler, Buddy Allen, Micky Alvarez, Jay Bee, Libby Bennett, Verna Ceders, Stella Clauson, Tania Clell, Alex Courtney, Mitzie Dahl, Dan Dailey (as "The Gang"; Broadway debut), Clifton Darling, Aljan de Loville, Jere Delaney, Bronson Dudley, Eleanor Fiata, Bob Fishelson, Gloria Franklin, Ted Gary, James Gillis, Mitzi Green, Dana Hardwick, Claire Harvey, Ray Heatherton, Mickey Herson, Georgia Hiden, Ethel Intropidi (as "Mazie LaMar"), LeRoy James, Marjorie Jane, Alvin Kerr, Bobby Lane, Betty Lee, Connie Leslie, Don Liberto, George E. MacKay, Grace McDonald (as "Dolores Reynolds"), Ray McDonald, Duke McHale, Wynn Murray (as "Baby Rose, The Singer"), Fayard Nicholas (as "Irving DeQuincy"; credited as The Nicholas Brothers)), Harold Nicholas (as "Ivor DeQuincy"; credited as The Nicholas Brothers), Jean Owens, Audrey Palmer, Douglas Perry, Gedda Petry, Rolly Pickert, Aileen Poe, Robert Rounseville, Ursula Seiler, Jack Stanton, Eleanor Tennis, Davenie Watson, George Watts, Kenneth Wilkins. Production supervised / produced by Dwight Wiman. NOTES: (1) Filmed as Babes in Arms (1939). (2) Mr. Drake sang the title song in the stage production.
- (1938) Stage: Appeared in "The Two Bouquets" on Broadway. Musical/operetta.
- (1939) Stage: Appeared in "One For the Money" on Broadway. Musical revue.
- (1939) Stage: Appeared in "The Straw Hat Revue" on Broadway. Musical revue.
- (1940) Stage: Appeared in "Two For The Show" on Broadway. Musical revue.
- (1941) Stage: Appeared (as "Norman Reese") in "Out of the Frying Pan" on Broadway. Written by 'Francis Swann' (qav). Directed by Alexander Kirkland. Windsor Theatre: 11 Feb 1941-10 May 1941 (104 performances). Cast: Harry Antrim (credited as Henry Antrim; as "Mr. Coburn"), Barbara Bel Geddes (as "Dottie Coburn"; Broadway debut), Nancy Douglass (as "Kate Ault"), Reynolds Evans (as "Mr. Kenny"), Arthur Holland (as "Mac"), Florence MacMichael (as "Muriel Foster"; Broadway debut), George Mathews (as "Joe"), Sellwyn Myers (as "Tony Dennison"), Mabel Paige (as "Mrs. Garnet"), Louise Snyder (as "Marge Benson"), William W. Terry (as "George Bodell"). Produced by William Deering and Alexander Kirkland.
- (1941) Stage: Appeared in "As You Like It" on Broadway. Comedy (revival).
- (1942) Stage: Appeared in "Yesterday's Magic" on Broadway.
- (1943) Stage: Appeared (as "Curly") in "Oklahoma!" on Broadway. Musical. Book / Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Music by Richard Rodgers. Based on the play "Green Grow The Lilacs" by Lynn Riggs. Musical Director: Jay Blackton [credited as Jacob Schwartzdorf]. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Theatre Guild Administrative Assistant: Armina Marshall. Choreography by Agnes de Mille. Scenic Design by Lemuel Ayers. Costume Design by Miles White. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. St. James Theatre: 31 Mar 1943-29 May 1948 (2212 performances). Cast: Joan Roberts, Joseph Buloff, Howard Da Silva (as "Jud Fry"), Lee Dixon, Betty Garde (as "Aunt Eller"), Celeste Holm (as "Ado Annie Carnes"), Diana Adams, Remo Arlotta, Elsie Arnold, Bobby Barrentine, John Baum, Harvey Brown, Kenneth Buffett, George Church, Edwin Clay, Joseph Cunneff, Margit De Kova, Jack Dunphy, Nona Feid, Gary Fleming, Kate Friedlich, Hayes Gordon, June Graham, Ray Harrison, Maria Harriton, Jack Harwood, Rhoda Hoffman, Edmund Howland, George Irving, Barry Kelley, Eric Kristen, Jane Lawrence, Bambi Linn, Suzanne Lloyd, Ellen Love, Owen Martin (as "Cord Elam"), Joan McCracken, Dorothea McFarland, Pat Meany, May Muth, Carl Nelson, Virginia Oswald, Robert Penn, Marc Platt, Ralph Riggs (as "Andrew Carnes"), Herbert Rissman, Rosemary Schaefer, Katharine Sergava, Paul Shiers, Vivienne Simon, Faye Smith, Gary Smith Jr., Vivian Smith, Arthur Ulisse, Billie Zay. Produced by The Theatre Guild (Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner: Administrative Directors). NOTES: (1) Historically remarkable as the longest running Broadway production to that time. (2) There were numerous replacement actors during the show's remarkable production run; these included: Florenz Ames (as "Andrew Carnes") [from 31 Mar 1943], Howard Keel (as "Curly") [from 31 Mar 1943], Paul Crabtree (as "Will Parker") [from 31 Mar 1943], Dania Krupska (as "Dream Laurey" / "Ellen"; Broadway debut], Shelley Winters (as "Ado Annie Carnes") [from 31 Mar 1943]. (3) Filmed as Oklahoma! (1955).
- (1953) Stage: Appeared in "Kismet" on Broadway. Musical. With music From Aleksandr Borodin. Musical Adaptation / Lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest. Book by Charles Lederer (also producer) and Luther Davis. From the play by Edward Knoblock. Music orchestrated by / Choral Arrangements by Arthur Kay. Musical Director: Louis Adrian. Scenic Design and Costume Design by Lemuel Ayers. Dances and Musical Numbers Staged by Jack Cole. Directed by Albert Marre. Ziegfeld Theatre: 3 Dec 1953-23 Apr 1955 (583 performances). Cast: Alfred Drake (as "Public Poet, later called Hajj"), Henry Calvin (as "The Wazir of Police"), Joan Diener (as "Lalume"), Richard Kiley (as "The Caliph"), Doretta Morrow (as "Marsinah, Haji's Daughter"), Neile Adams (as "Diwan Dancer" / "Dancer"), Lucy Andonian (as "Ayah to Zubbediya"), Gerald Cardoni (as "Muezzin/Singer"), Tom Charlesworth (as "Chief Policeman"), Philip Coolidge (as "Omar"), Anita Coulter (as "Singer"), Patricia Dale (as "Dancer"), Thelma Dare (as "Ayah to Samaris" / "Singer"), Jack Dodds (as "Dervish" / "Akbar" / "Diwan Dancer"), Patricia Dunn (as "Princess of Ababu"), Bonnie Evans (as "Princess of Ababu"), Stephen Ferry (as "Wazir's Guard"), Truman Gaige (as "Jawan"), Hal Hackett (as "Hassan-Ben" / "Second Policeman"), Lila Jackson (as "Slave Girl" / "Singer"), Devra Kline (as "Dancer"), Beatrice Kraft (as "Princess Samaris of Bangalore"), Mario Lamm (as "Attendant"), Robert Lamont (as "Second Beggar" / "Singer"), Florence Lessing (as "Street Dancer" / "Princess Zubbediya of Damascus"), Earle MacVeigh (as "First Beggar" / "A Peddler" / "Prosecutor"), Jack Mei Ling (as "Doorman"), Jo Ann O'Connell (as "Street Woman" / "Singer"), Carol Ohmart (as "Slave Girl"), Richard Oneto (as "Imam of the Mosque" / "The Bangle Man" / "Singer"), Joyce Palmer (as "Slave Girl"), Louis Polacek (as "Muezzin" / "Singer"), Steve Reeves (as "Wazir's Guard"; Broadway debut), Ania Romaine (as "Dancer"), George E. Romaine (as "Dancer"), Reiko Sato (as "Princess of Ababu"), Rodolfo Silva (as "Third Beggar"), Barbara Slate (as "The Widow Yussef" / "Singer"), Kirby Smith (as "Muezzin" / "A Merchant" / "Singer"), Vida Ann Solomon (as "Dancer"), Sandra Stahl (as "Slave Girl"), Roberta Stevenson (as "Dancer"), Ralph Strane (as "Muezzin" / "Singer"), Lynne Stuart (as "Street Woman" / "Singer"), Erica Twiford (as "Singer"), Richard Vine (as "A Servant" / "Singer"), John Weidemann (as "Attendant"), Marc Wilder (as "Dervish" / "Assiz" / "Diwan Dancer"), George Yarick (as "Singer"). Understudies: Earle MacVeigh (as "Public Poet, later called Hajj"), Jo Ann O'Connell (as "Marsinah"), Roberta Stevenson (as "Princess of Ababu"), Richard Vine (as "Omar"). Replacement actors: Neile Adams (as "Princess of Ababu"), Carmen Austin (as "Singer" / "Slave Girl"), Gerald Cardoni (as "Imam of the Mosque" / "The Bangle Man"), Francis Compton (as "Omar"), Loren Driscoll (as "Singer" / "The Bangle Man"), Clifford Fearl (as "Hassan-Ben" / "Singer"), Ronnie Field (as "Assiz" / "Third Beggar" / "Doorman"), Ann Flood (as "Slave Girl"), April Gaskins (as "Dancer"), Phyllis Gehrig (as "Dancer"), Arthur Hammond (as "Muezzin" / "Singer"), Stuart Hodes (as "Akbar" / "Doorman"), William Johnson (as "Public Poet, later called Hajj"), Ingeborg Kjeldsen (as "Singer" / "Slave Girl"), Ingeborg Kjellsen (as "Slave Girl"), Mario Lamm (as "Wazir's Guard"), Nancy Lynch (as "Dancer"), Bruce MacKay (as "Second Policeman"), Elaine Malbin (as "Marsinah" / "Haji's Daughter"), Ethel Martin (as "Street Dancer"), George Martin (as "Dervish"), Richard Oneto (as "The Caliph"), Steve Reeves (as "Attendant"), Don Rogers (as "Muezzin" / "Singer"), Alan Smith (as "Wazir's Guard"), Kirby Smith (as "Chief Policeman"), Joanne Spiller (as "Singer" / "Slave Girl"), Sandra Stahl (as "Singer" / "The Widow Yussef"), Edward Thuren (as "Attendant"), Ted Thurston (as "Singer" / "Taman"; role originally called "The Merchant"]/The Caliph"), Erica Twiford (as "The Widow Yussef"), Prue Ward (as "Princess of Ababu"), Don Weissmuller (as "Dervish"), Jeane Williams (as "Slave Girl"), Julie Wilson (as "Lalume"), Doris Yarick (as "Singer"). Understudies: Neile Adams (as "Princess of Ababu"), Gerald Cardoni (as "Hassan-Ben"), Clifford Fearl (as "Second Policeman"), Arthur Hammond (as "The Caliph"), Earle MacVeigh (as "The Wazir of Police"), Ethel Martin (as "Princess Samaris of Bangalore"), Carol Ohmart (as "Lalume"), Richard Oneto (as "The Caliph"), Kirby Smith (as "Jawan" / "The Wazir of Police" / "Public Poet, later called Hajj"), Joanne Spiller (as "Lalume"), Ted Thurston (as "A Peddler" / "Chief Policeman" / "First Beggar" / "Muezzin"/ "Prosecutor"), Don Weissmuller (as "Akbar" / "Assiz" / "Doorman" / "Third Beggar"), Doris Yarick (as "Ayah to Zubbediya"). NOTE: Filmed (by MGM, which paid $125,000 for the rights to the play) as Kismet (1955).
- (7/19/45) Radio: Appeared on "Command Performance" (CBS/AFRS).
- (February 3, 1958) He played Benedick in William Shakespeare's play, "Much Ado About Nothing," in an American Shakespeare Production at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Katharine Hepburn (Beatrice) in the cast.
- (September 20-27, 1965) He acted in the musical, "Kismet," in a Music Theater of Lincoln Center production at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Anne Jeffreys, Henry Calvin, Richard Banke, Patricia Welting, Don Beddoe, Truman Gaige, Beatrice Kraft, Alfred Toigo, Reiko Sato, Earle MacVeigh, Sally Neal, Rudy Vejar, Buddy Bryan, Eddie James, Robert Lamont, Nancy Roth, Diana Banks and Anita Alpert in the cast. Charles Lederer and Luther Davis wrote the book based on the play by Edward Knoblock. He and George Forrest wrote the music and lyrics based on the themes by Alexander Borodin. Lemuel Ayers was set designer. Frank Thompson was costume designer. Jack Cole was choreographer. Edward Greenberg was director. Richard Rodgers was producer.
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