PlayComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Aug 14, 1928
Closing Date
Apr 1929
Performances
276
PlayComedyOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
Theatres
Times Square Theatre
(Aug 14, 1928 - Apr 1929)
Description
A play in three acts
Setting
The Press Room of the Criminal Courts Building in Chicago. 1928.
Produced by Jed Harris
Written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Staged by George S. Kaufman
Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey
General Manager: Whitsker Ray
General Technical Director: Raymond Sovey
Press Representative: Richard Maney
Walter Baldwin
Bensinger (Tribune)
George Barbier
The Mayor
Violet Barney
Mrs. Schlosser
Eduardo Ciannelli
Diamond Louis
Frank Conlan
Mr. Pincus
Claude Cooper
Sheriff Hartman
Jessie Crommette
Mrs. Grant
Matthew Crowley
Carl (a Deputy)
Larry Doyle
Policeman
George Fleming
Policeman
William Foran
McCue (City Press)
Frances Fuller
Peggy Grant
Allen Jenkins
Endicott (Post)
George Leach
Earl Williams
Osgood Perkins
Walter Burns
Willard Robertson
Murphy (Journal)
Joseph Spurin-Calleia
Kruger (Journal of Commerce)
Dorothy Stickney
Mollie Malloy
Lee Tracy
Hildy Johnson (Herald Examiner)
Carrie Weller
Jennie
Gene West
Frank (a Deputy)
Jay Wilson
Woodenshoes Eichorn
Vincent York
Wilson (American)
Tammany Young
Schwartz (Daily News)
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