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The Wonder Bar
Play
Drama
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Mar 17, 1931
Closing Date
May 29, 1931
Performances
76
Play
Drama
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Mar 17, 1931
Close Date: May 29, 1931
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Nora Bayes Theatre
(Mar 17, 1931 - May 29, 1931)
Description
A play in two acts
Setting
The Wonder Bar, a Parisian Night Club in 1929 and 1930
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
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
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
Songs
music by
Robert Katscher
; lyrics by
Irving Caesar
(Unless otherwise noted)
Act 1
Sung 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 2
Sung 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
People
Songs
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
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
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 1
Sung 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 2
Sung 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
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