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Janie
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Comedy
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Sep 10, 1942
Closing Date
Jan 16, 1944
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Open Date: Sep 10, 1942
Close Date: Jan 16, 1944
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Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Henry Miller's Theatre
(Sep 10, 1942 - Dec 19, 1942)
Biltmore Theatre
(Dec 21, 1942 - Jan 31, 1943)
Henry Miller's Theatre
(Feb 02, 1943 - Feb 21, 1943)
Playhouse Theatre
(Feb 23, 1943 - Nov 26, 1943)
Mansfield Theatre
(Nov 28, 1943 - Jan 16, 1944)
Description
A comedy in three acts
Setting
The Colburns' living room in Hortonville, a small city in the United States. The present.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Gilbert Miller
Produced by
Brock Pemberton
Written by
Josephine Bentham
and
Herschel Williams
; Music for the song
Nicky Raymond
; Lyrics for the song
Josephine Bentham
; Musical Director:
Alexander Haas
Directed by
Antoinette Perry
Scenic Design by
John Root
General Manager:
Thomas Kilpatrick
; Company Manager:
Clarence Taylor
Stage Manager:
Paul Foley
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
J. Franklin Jones
Press Representative:
Bill Doll
and
Lewis Harmon
; Electrician:
Albert Ryback
Frank Amy
Scooper Nolan
Gwen Anderson
Janie Colburn
Gertrude Beach
Hortense Bennington
Betty Breckenridge
Bernadine Dodd
Nancy Cushman
Lucille Colburn
Herbert Evers
Dick Lawrence
Blaine Fillmore
"Dead-Pan" Hackett
Clare Foley
Elsbeth Colburn
J. Franklin Jones
Carl Loomis
Franklin Kline
Frank
Maurice Manson
Charles Colburn
John Marriott
Rodney
Artiebell McGinty
Tina
W. O. McWatters
Uncle Poodgie
D. Nick Raymond
Joe Jerome
Nicky Raymond
Carl Loomis
Michael St. Angel
Andy
Howard St. John
John Van Brunt
Kenneth Tobey
Mickey Malone
Margaret Wallace
Paula Rainey
Linda Watkins
Thelma Lawrence
Paul Wilson
Oscar
Understudy:
Mary Stevens
Henry Miller's Theatre
(Sep 10, 1942 - Dec 19, 1942)
Biltmore Theatre
(Dec 21, 1942 - Jan 31, 1943)
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Warner Brothers
Henry Miller's Theatre
(Feb 02, 1943 - Feb 21, 1943)
Playhouse Theatre
(Feb 23, 1943 - Nov 26, 1943)
Theatre Leased by
William A. Brady
; Theatre Owned by
Brady Enterprises, Inc.
Cast
Alfred Alderdice
Dick Lawrence
Frank Baxter
Oscar
Michael Everett
Mickey Malone
Paul Foley
Andy
Ann Hermann
Elsbeth Colburn
Alternate
Grant Mills
Charles Colburn
Donald Murphy
Frank
Melba Rae
Paula Rainey
Hugh Thomas
Scooper Nolan
Lionel Wilson
"Dead-Pan" Hackett
Understudy:
Betty Amiard
Mansfield Theatre
(Nov 28, 1943 - Jan 16, 1944)
Cast
Barbara Barton
Hortense Bennington
Gertrude Beach
Janie Colburn
Phyllis De Bus
Elsbeth Colburn
Alternate
Bill Thompson
Dick Lawrence
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Gilbert Miller
Produced by
Brock Pemberton
Written by
Josephine Bentham
and
Herschel Williams
; Music for the song
Nicky Raymond
; Lyrics for the song
Josephine Bentham
; Musical Director:
Alexander Haas
Directed by
Antoinette Perry
Scenic Design by
John Root
General Manager:
Thomas Kilpatrick
; Company Manager:
Clarence Taylor
Stage Manager:
Paul Foley
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
J. Franklin Jones
Press Representative:
Bill Doll
and
Lewis Harmon
; Electrician:
Albert Ryback
Frank Amy
Scooper Nolan
Gwen Anderson
Janie Colburn
Gertrude Beach
Hortense Bennington
Betty Breckenridge
Bernadine Dodd
Nancy Cushman
Lucille Colburn
Herbert Evers
Dick Lawrence
Blaine Fillmore
"Dead-Pan" Hackett
Clare Foley
Elsbeth Colburn
J. Franklin Jones
Carl Loomis
Franklin Kline
Frank
Maurice Manson
Charles Colburn
John Marriott
Rodney
Artiebell McGinty
Tina
W. O. McWatters
Uncle Poodgie
D. Nick Raymond
Joe Jerome
Nicky Raymond
Carl Loomis
Michael St. Angel
Andy
Howard St. John
John Van Brunt
Kenneth Tobey
Mickey Malone
Margaret Wallace
Paula Rainey
Linda Watkins
Thelma Lawrence
Paul Wilson
Oscar
Understudy:
Mary Stevens
Henry Miller's Theatre
(Sep 10, 1942 - Dec 19, 1942)
Biltmore Theatre
(Dec 21, 1942 - Jan 31, 1943)
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Warner Brothers
Henry Miller's Theatre
(Feb 02, 1943 - Feb 21, 1943)
Playhouse Theatre
(Feb 23, 1943 - Nov 26, 1943)
Theatre Leased by
William A. Brady
; Theatre Owned by
Brady Enterprises, Inc.
Cast
Alfred Alderdice
Dick Lawrence
Frank Baxter
Oscar
Michael Everett
Mickey Malone
Paul Foley
Andy
Ann Hermann
Elsbeth Colburn
Alternate
Grant Mills
Charles Colburn
Donald Murphy
Frank
Melba Rae
Paula Rainey
Hugh Thomas
Scooper Nolan
Lionel Wilson
"Dead-Pan" Hackett
Understudy:
Betty Amiard
Mansfield Theatre
(Nov 28, 1943 - Jan 16, 1944)
Cast
Barbara Barton
Hortense Bennington
Gertrude Beach
Janie Colburn
Phyllis De Bus
Elsbeth Colburn
Alternate
Bill Thompson
Dick Lawrence
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