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A Lonely Romeo   

Performances were suspended from August 23, 1919 to September 8, 1919 for the Actors' Equity Strike
 
Shubert Theatre , (6/10/1919 - Closing date unknown)
Casino Theatre , (7/28/1919 - 11/10/1919)
First Preview: Total Previews:
Opening Date:Jun 10, 1919   
Closing Date:Nov 10, 1919 Total Performances:215

Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Description: A musical in three acts
Setting: The Shimmering Pheasant Restaurant, Tripp's Hat Store on Fifth Ave., Gilbert Grant Ice Cream and Candy Emporium, and the house and garden at Pelham Manor
Comments: Suspended performances on on August 23, 1919 for the Actors Equity strike; resumed September 8, 1919.


Production Staff
Produced by Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.) and Lew M. Fields
Music by Malvin M. Franklin and Robert Hood Bowers; Book by Harry B. Smith and Lew M. Fields; Lyrics by Robert B. Smith and Lorenz Hart; Additional music by Otis Spencer and Richard Rodgers; Musical Director: Robert Hood Bowers; Orchestrations for Malvin Franklin's numbers Charles Grant
Staged by W. H. Post; Choreographed by Jack Mason
Scenic Design by P. Dodd Ackerman; Costume Design by Cora MacGeachy
Cast
Arthur Ball the Penn Four
Billie Williams
Julia Barnette Customer
Pansy
Ellen Best Thais
Customer
Frank Billings Mr. Bunker
Frank Binns Mr. Cheatham
Helen Blake Customer
Diana
Hazel Bowman Customer
Reggie
Octavia Broske Alexina Tripp
Jessica Brown Specialty Artist
Toots Bryce Daisy
Customer
Robert Calley Mr. Cooker
Frances Cameron Mazie Gay
Clara Carroll Customer
Lily
Jean Carroll Customer
Cherry
Edna Chase Leila
Harry Clarke Larry Tripp
George Coogan Mr. Tooker
Jeannette Cooke Customer
Percy
Frank Cornell Rider Lott
Louise Dale Minte Drop
Mrs. Murray Hill
Pauline
Jim Dalton Mr. Kidder
Marjorie Day Hebe
Customer
Virginia DeLillies Tutti Frutti
Mrs. Livingston
Rosalind
Frank Doane Ichabod Wintergreen
Marion Dorr Dorothy Marshmallow
Mrs. Astorbilt
Clarisse
Herbert Fields Milton
Lew M. Fields Augustus Tripp
Margaret Finley Customer
Rose
Gladys Fisher Psyche
Customer
Helen Fox Meeda Tharra
Mrs. Van Duzen
Customer
Pauline Garon Francois
Sadie Little
Alan Hale, Sr. Gilbert Grant
Eleanor Henry Kitty Blythe
Nan Hope Customer
Portia
Jack Kellar Tom Thomas
the Penn Four
Phil Fillmore
Gladys Lang Violet
Customer
Elsie Lange Mrs. Bleeker
Cerisse Wilde
Gwendolen
Artie Leeming Freddy Sharp
Specialty Artist
Clarence Levy Jimmy James
the Penn Four
Muriel Lodge Madame Flambauex
Bessie Bonstella
Mrs. Lenox
Customer
Charlie Mitchell Jimmy Lock
Gypsy Mooney Clarence
Customer
Ruth Reavis Customer
Minerva
Richard Russ the Penn Four
Harry Harrison
Willie Solar Professor Ketchem
Ananias Beebe
Nellie St. Clair Tessie
Specialty Artist
Willie St. Clair Specialty Artist
Archie
Lauretta Stanley Customer
Algie
Louise Strong Marjorie Fudge
Mrs. Van Cortlandt
Ophelia
Fay Tunis Daisy Cloak
Cleo
Customer
Catherine Van Pelt Marcelle Wave
Julie Bonbon
Mrs. Stuyvesant
Viola
Alton Weber Mr. Conner
Joe Wilmot Niemeyer Specialty Artist
Violet Wilson Sybil Tripp
 

ACT 1Sung By
Influenza Blues
(music by Malvin M. Franklin; lyrics by Robert B. Smith)		Ananias Beebe
Underneath a Big Umbrella
(music by Malvin M. Franklin; lyrics by Robert B. Smith)		Marcelle Wave and Tom Thomas
Opening of Hat Store
(music by Robert Hood Bowers; lyrics by Robert B. Smith)		Chorus
Leave It to Your Milliner
(music by Robert Hood Bowers; lyrics by Robert B. Smith)		Kitty Blythe and Chorus
You Never Can Tell
(music by Robert Hood Bowers; lyrics by Robert B. Smith)		Gilbert Grant, Sybil Tripp and the Penn Four
Any Old Place with You (Added in August, 1919)
(music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Lorenz Hart)		Larry Tripp and the Penn Four
Save a Little Daylight (for Me)
(music by Robert Hood Bowers; lyrics by Robert B. Smith)		Mazie Gay and Girls
Jolly Me
(music by Robert Hood Bowers; lyrics by Robert B. Smith)		Gilbert Grant, Kitty Blythe and Larry Tripp
Wait for Me
(music by Robert Hood Bowers; lyrics by Robert B. Smith)		Mazie Gay, the Penn Four and Boys
Let's Go
(music by Robert Hood Bowers; lyrics by Robert B. Smith)		Ensemble
ACT 2Sung By
Sweets to the Sweet
(music by Malvin M. Franklin; lyrics by Robert B. Smith)		Sybil Tripp, Specialty Artist, Chorus and Kiddies
One I Love, Two I Love
(music by Robert Hood Bowers; lyrics by Robert B. Smith)		Kitty Blythe, Specialty Artist and Chorus
Don't Do Anything 'Till You Hear from Me
(music by Malvin M. Franklin; lyrics by Robert B. Smith)		Augustus Tripp, Mazie Gay, Gilbert Grant, Ichabod Wintergreen, Kitty Blythe and Alexina Tripp
Flirtation Fantasies
(music by Malvin M. Franklin; lyrics by Robert B. Smith)		Specialty Artists
The Candy Jag
(music by Malvin M. Franklin; lyrics by Robert B. Smith)		Specialty Artists and Ananias Beebe
ACT 3Sung By
Will o' Wisp
(music by Malvin M. Franklin and Otis Spencer; lyrics by Robert B. Smith)		Mazie Gay, the Penn Four and Chorus
(I Want a) Lonely Romeo
(music by Malvin M. Franklin; lyrics by Robert B. Smith)		Sybil Tripp, Tom Thomas and Ponies