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The Wonder Bar   

 
Nora Bayes Theatre , (3/17/1931 - 5/29/1931)
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Opening Date:Mar 17, 1931   
Closing Date:May 29, 1931 Total Performances:76

Category: Play, Drama, Original, Broadway
Description: A play in two acts
Setting: The Wonder Bar, a Parisian Night Club in 1929 and 1930


Production Staff
Produced by Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.); Produced in association with Morris Gest
Written by Irving Caesar and Aben Kandel; from the German of Geza Herczeg and Karl Farkas; Lyrics by Irving Caesar; Music by Robert Katscher; Additional lyrics by Manuel M. Ponce; Additional music by J. Peterburski and Manuel M. Ponce
Staged by William Mollison
Cast
Auguste Aramini Marcel
Roman Arnoldoff A Gendarme
Hugo Brucken Benno Bondy
Stuart Casey Francois Vale
Medea Columbara Signora Medea Columbara
Armand Cortes Pascal
Henry Crosby Edgar Banks
Michael Dalmatoff Count Rugtoffsky
Adriana Dori Rosette
Prince Nikolas Engalitcheff Prince Nikolas Engalitcheff
Antonina Fechner Sonya
Clarence Harvey Oscar Wayne
Leo Hoyt Sam Soloman
Marie Hunt Baroness Rosseau
Mohammid Ibrahim A Rajah
Al Jolson Monsieur Al
Patsy Kelly Electra Pivonka
Wanda Lyon Liane Duval
Jean Newcombe Mary Evans
Dagmar Oakland Billie
Rex O'Malley Ramon Colmano
Laura Pierpont Helen Brown
Gustave Rolland Richard
Adrian Rosely Monsieur Simon
Al Siegal Charlie
Vernon Steele Pierre Duval
Elvira Trabert Martha
Arthur Treacher Lord Cauldwell
Trini Inez
Bertha Walden Mrs. Soloman
C. Jay Williams Elmer Evans
music by Robert Katscher; lyrics by Irving Caesar
(Unless otherwise noted)
  

ACT 1Sung By
Good Evening, Friends Monsieur Al
Valse Amoureuse Inez and Ramon Colmano
The Dance We Do For Al Dancer and Girls
I'm Falling In Love Ramon Colmano and Monsieur Al
(Oh,) Donna Clara
(music by J. Peterburski)		Monsieur Al
ACT 2Sung By
The Dying Flamingo Electra Pivonka
Estrellita
(music by Manuel M. Ponce; lyrics by Manuel M. Ponce)		Signorina Medea Colombara
Valse Amoureuse (Reprise)Liane Duval and Ramon Colmano
Elizabeth (My Queen!) Electra Pivonka and Company
The Cantor Monsieur Al