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St. James Theatre , (12/05/1935 - 6/06/1936)
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Opening Date:Dec 05, 1935   
Closing Date:Jun 06, 1936 Total Performances:213

Category: Musical, Play, Original, Broadway
Description: A musical in two acts
Setting: Professor Volk's Living Room, A Prater Cafe, A Barber Shop, the Railroad Station, Hotel Schildersturn, The Benefit Performance, Zimmerkopf's Studio, and the Club "Florida"


Production Staff
Produced by Laurence Schwab
Music by Sigmund Romberg; Additional ochestrations by Russell Bennett; Book by Frank Mandel; Adapted from the "The Happy Alienist" by Eric Von Stroheim and Wallace Smith; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; Musical Director: Robert Emmett Dolan; Music orchestrated by Don Walker
Book staged by José Ruben
Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey; Costume Design by Kay Morrison
Company Manager: E.A. MacAuley
Production Manager: Richard Berger; Stage Manager: Jerome Whyte
Press Representative: Richard Maney
Cast
Betty Allen Friedl
Willie's model
Beulah Blake Box Holder
Old Couple
Remo Buffano Willi Zimmerkopf
Patricia Calvert Vera Huber
Volk's assistant
Victor Casmore Hans
barber's assistant
Tomes Chapman Sergeant
Father
Box Holder
Frank Chester Waiter
Lee Childs Stroller
Jack Cole Dancer
Radley E. Collins Son
Page Boy
Alice Dudley Dancer
Robert C. Fischer Josef
clarinet player
Michael J. Forbes Policeman
Lover
Roy Gordon Inspector Schnorrheim
Rollin Grimes Jr. Mr. Runtschli
of "Die Wochende"
Inga Hill Mother
Kathi
maid at Hotel Schildersturn
Marian Huntley Daughter
Betty Kerr Lover
Walter Woolf King Baron Kuno Adelhorst
Bela Lublov Musician
Nancy McCord Marie-Baroness von Schlewitz
Clifford Menz Policeman
Stroller
Harry Mestayer Uncle Pishka
Charles Palloy Musician
Marie Louise Quevli Gypsy
Walter Slezak Prof. Johann Volk
Guy Smith, Jr. Policeman
Stroller
Old Couple
Maury Tuckerman Herr Schmidt
barber
ACT 1Sung By
Something in the Air of May Prof. Johann Volk
Interlude in a Barber Shop Prof. Johann Volk and Baron Kuno Adelhorst
A Chanson in the Prater Prof. Johann Volk, Marie-Baroness von Schlewitz, Father and Mother
A Doll Fantasy Marie-Baroness von Schlewitz
You Wait and Wait and Wait Marie-Baroness von Schlewitz and Baron Kuno Adelhorst
I Built a Dream Today (One Day) Prof. Johann Volk, Baron Kuno Adelhorst and Josef (clarinet player)
Dance, My Darlings Marie-Baroness von Schlewitz and Singing Ensemble
ACT 2Sung By
Always Be a Gentleman Marie-Baroness von Schlewitz and Baron Kuno Adelhorst
I Built a Dream Today (One Day) (Reprise)Josef (clarinet player)
Somebody Ought To Be Told Friedl (Willie's model)
Something New Is in My Heart Marie-Baroness von Schlewitz
(Just) Once Around the Clock Friedl (Willie's model), Baron Kuno Adelhorst and Uncle Pishka
Something New Is in My Heart (Reprise)Marie-Baroness von Schlewitz