PlayPlay with musicOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Dec 01, 1938
Closing Date
Dec 17, 1938
Performances
20
PlayPlay with musicOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Majestic Theatre
(Dec 01, 1938 - Dec 17, 1938)
Description
A play with music in two acts
Setting
New York, Rhode Island and Paris from 1793 to 1939
Produced by Dwight Deere Wiman and John H. Del Bondio; Produced by arrangement with Frank Crumit
Music by Frederick Loewe; Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek; Book by Earle Crooker and Lowell Brentano; Lyrics by Earle Crooker and Lowell Brentano; Musical Director: John Fredhoven
Choreographed by William Dollar; Staged by Bretaigne Windust
Scenic Design by Albert R. Johnson; Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard and Scott Wilson
Anthony Albert
Office Boy
 
2nd Admirer
 
Ensemble
Alicia Alonso
Ensemble
Fernando Alonso
Office Boy
 
Ensemble
Leda Anchutina
Poor Girl
 
Premier Danseuse
Irène Bordoni
Madame Colette
Tullio Carminati
Stephen Jumel
Walter Cassel
Butler
 
Major Domo
William Chambers
Bill Adams
Gage Clarke
Decazes
Tania Clell
Ensemble
Edward Craven
Nicky Clark
Hermione Darrell
Ensemble
Dorothy Denton
Ensemble
André Eglevsky
Floorwalker
 
Premier Danseur
Jeanne Elkins
Elizabeth Clark
Jules Epailly
Rene Lorraine
William Fariss
A Doctor
Helen Ford
Freelove Clark
June Forrest
Waitress
Arthur Frederix
Ensemble
Basil Galahoff
Office Boy
 
1st Admirer
 
Ensemble
Isabel Girard
A Duchess
Paul Godkin
Ensemble
Muriel Gratton
Stenographer
 
Ensemble
Robert Greig
Louis XVIII
Edward Hedges
Ensemble
Holly Howard
Ensemble
Christine Johnson
Housekeeper
Hortense Kahrklin
Stenographer
Edward Kane
Managing Editor
Albia Kavan
Ensemble
Nora Kaye
Ensemble
Hortense Kharklin
Ensemble
Beverly Kirk
Second Assistant Dressmaker
Dorothy Kirsten
Maid
Annabelle Lyon
Rich Boy
 
Premier Danseuse
Joseph Macaulay
Captain Jacques
 
Prologue
Joan Mann
Stenographer
 
Ensemble
Jay Martinez
Ensemble
Katherine Mayfield
Maid
 
First Assistant Dressmaker
Mary McDonnell
Ensemble
William Mende
Jailer
 
Organ Grinder
Doris Moore
A Countess
Grace Panvini
Marquise
Yvonne Patterson
Ensemble
Russel Protopoff
3rd Admirer
 
Ensemble
Richard Reed
Ensemble
Lillian Reilly
Ensemble
Newcombe Rice
Ensemble
Jerome Robbins
Ensemble
Frederick Schweppe
Sub-Editor
 
A Minister
Robert Shanley
Jonathan
Doris Jane Solly
Ensemble
Libby Starks
Ensemble
Shepperd Strudwick
Pierre de Moreau
Olga Suarez
Ensemble
Charlotte Sumner
Stenographer
 
Ensemble
Norma Terris
Eliza Bowen
later Elsa de la Croix
Margaret Vasilieff
Ensemble
Vera Volkenau
Ensemble
John Young
Waiter
 
A Caretaker
music by Frederick Loewe; lyrics by Earle Crooker and Lowell Brentano
Act 1
Sung By
A Promenade
Eliza Bowen
Sweet William
Freelove Clark, Captain Jacques and Ensemble
I Have Room in My Heart
Eliza Bowen and Pierre de Moreau
Why Can't This Night Last Forever
Eliza Bowen
May I Suggest Romance?
Madame Colette
In the Carefree Realm of Fancy
Eliza Bowen and Stephen Jumel
To Whom It May Concern
Eliza Bowen
I Have Room in My Heart (Reprise)
Eliza Bowen and Pierre de Moreau
Though Tongues May Wag
Eliza Bowen, Stephen Jumel and Ensemble
Act 2
Sung By
Keep Your Hand on Your Heart
Stephen Jumel
And So Will You
Madame Colette
The Little Corporal
Pierre de Moreau and Ensemble
Sisters Under the Skin
Freelove Clark and Gentlemen of the Ballet
There Had to Be the Waltz
Eliza Bowen, Pierre de Moreau and Ensemble
I Never Saw a King Before
Madame Colette, Nicky Clark and Ensemble
Madame Is At Home
Housekeeper, First Assistant Dressmaker, Second Assistant Dressmaker, Waitress and Maid
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