- (1956) Stage Play: Auntie Mame. Comedy.
- (1944) Stage Play: On the Town. Musical comedy. Music by Leonard Bernstein. Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Based on an idea by Jerome Robbins. Additional lyrics by Leonard Bernstein. Music orchestrated by Leonard Bernstein, Hershy Kay, Don Walker, Elliott Jacoby and Ted Royal. Musical Director: Max Goberman. Production Design by Oliver Smith. Costume Design by Alvin Colt. Lighting Design by Sam Amdurs. Choreographed by Jerome Robbins. Directed by George Abbott. Adelphi Theatre (moved to The 44th Street Theatre from 4 Jun 1945- 28 Jul 1945, then moved to The Martin Beck Theatre from 30 Jul 1945- close): 28 Dec 1944- 2 Feb 1946 (462 performances). Cast: Sono Osato (as "Ivy Smith"), Nancy Walker (as "Hildy Esterhazy"), Cris Alexander (as "Chip"), John Battles (as "Gabey"), Robert Chisholm (as "Pitkin W. Bridgework"), Betty Comden (as "Claire DeLoone"), Adolph Green (as "Ozzie"), Ray Harrison (as "The Great Lover"), Susan Steell (as "Madame Maude P. Dilly"), Sam Adams (as "Musician/Singing Ensemble"), Maxine Arnold (as "Little Old Lady"), Aza Bard (as "Dance Ensemble"), Larry Bolton (as "Bill Poster"), Remo Bufano (as "Figment"), Shirley Ann Burton (as "Singing Ensemble"), John Butler (as "Dance Ensemble"), Frances Cassard (as "Voice/Singer (#2)/Singing Ensemble"), Lyle Clark (as "Sailor/Dance Ensemble"), Richard D'Arcy (as "Tom/Sailor in Blue/Dance Ensemble"), Carle Eberle (as "Street Sweeper/Passerby/Dance Ensemble"), Malka Farber (as "Lady in Red/Dance Ensemble"), Nelle Fisher (as "High School Girl/Night Club Patron/Dance Ensemble"), Cyprienne Gabelman (as "Girl in Green/First Ballet Girl/Dance Ensemble"), Barbara Gaye (as "3rd Ballet Girl/Dance Ensemble"), Jeanne Gordon (as "Spanish Singer/Singing Ensemble"), Herbert Greene (as "3rd Workman/Musician/Waiter/Conductor/Singing Ensemble"), Jean Handy (as "Dance Ensemble"), Ray Harrison (as "Dance Ensemble"), Melvin Howard (as "Singing Ensemble"), Lonny Jackson (as "Policeman/Singing Ensemble"), Dorothy Johnson (as "Singer/Singing Ensemble"), Lila King (as "Singing Ensemble"), Marion Kohler (as "Flossie's Friend/Singing Ensemble"), Frances Lager (as "Singing Ensemble"), Robert Lorenz (as "Rajah Bimmy/Singing Ensemble"), Florence MacMichael (as "Flossie"), Douglas Matheson (as "Dance Ensemble"), Allyn Ann McLerie (as "2nd Ballet Girl/Doll Girl/Dance Ensemble"), Dorothy McNichols (as "Dance Ensemble"), Virginia Miller (as "Dance Ensemble"), Frank Milton (as "2nd Workman/Announcer/Master of Ceremonies/Singing Ensemble"), Frank Neal (as "Dance Ensemble"), Lavina Nielsen (as "Girl in Yellow/Shawl Girl/Dance Ensemble"), Duncan Noble (as "Dance Ensemble"), Regina Owens (as "Singing Ensemble"), Alice Pearce (as "Lucy Schmeeler"), Ben Piazza (as "Boy/Dance Ensemble"), James Flash Riley (as "Dance Ensemble"), Marten Sameth (as "Workman/Actor/Singing Ensemble"), Milton Taubman (as "S. Uperman/Singing Ensemble"), Roger Treat (as "Policeman/Singing Ensemble"), Benjamin Trotman (as "Singing Ensemble"), Atty Vandenberg (as "Dance Ensemble"), Royce Wallace (as "Dance Ensemble"), Don Weissmuller (as "Sailor"), Frank Westbrook (as "Andy/Boy/Dance Ensemble"). Replacement cast during Adelphi Theatre run: Stuart Allen (as "Bill Poster"), Helen Franklin (as "Girl in Yellow"), Henry Sherwood (as "Figment") [remained through 44th Theatre run]. Replacement cast during Martin Beck Theatre run: Sam Adams (as "Rajah Bimmy"), Van Atkins (as "Singing Ensemble"), Oakley Bailey (as "Policeman/Singing Ensemble"), Aza Bard (as "Shawl Girl"), John Battles (as "Gabey"), Clara Cordery (as "Dance Ensemble"), Zamah Cunningham (as "Madame Maude P. Dilly"), Lee Edwards (as "Singing Ensemble"), Helen Franklin (as "Dance Ensemble/Doll Girl/Girl in Yellow/Shawl Girl"), Patricia Hosley (as "Singing Ensemble"), Jean Houloose (as "Dance Ensemble"), Bobby Johnson (as "Dance Ensemble"), Jack Kauflin (as "Dance Ensemble"), Lila King (as "Flossie's Friend"), Marion Kohler (as "Flossie/Flossie's Friend"), Welland Lathrop (as "Dance Ensemble"), Florence MacMichael (as "Flossie"), Allyn McLerie (as "Ivy Smith"), Virginia Miller (as "2nd Ballet Girl"), Tom Morgan (as "Singing Ensemble"), Lee Morrison (as "Dance Ensemble"), Regina Owens (as "Spanish Singer"), Charles Rhyner (as "Bill Poster/S. Uperman"), Ruth Riekman (as "Dance Ensemble"), Marten Sameth (as "Singing Ensemble/Gabey"), Joshua Shelley (as "Ozzie"), Henry Sherwood (as "Figment"), Kathleen Stanley (as "Singing Ensemble"), Johnny Stearns (as "S. Uperman"), Bill Weaver (as "Andy/Boy/Dance Ensemble"), Ruth Webb (as "Claire DeLoone"), Parker Wilson (as "Dance Ensemble"). Produced by Oliver Smith and Paul Feigay. Note: Filmed as On the Town (1949).
- (1943) Stage Play: The Snark Was a Boojum. Comedy. Written by Owen Davis. Based on the novel by Richard Shattuck. Scenic Design by Frederick Fox. Costume Design by Michael Paul. Directed by Alexander Kirkland. 48th Street Theatre: 1 Sep 1943- 4 Sep 1943 (5 performances). Cast: Phyllis Adams (as "Vivian"), Joan Banks (as "Millie Smith"), Francis Compton (as "Ward McKay"), Ann Dere (as "Aunt Adeline"), Jane Huszagh (as "Sandy Gate"), Ben Lackland (as "Sidney"), Frank Lovejoy (as "Rodney Shilly"), Florence MacMichael (as "Maybelle"), Mervyn Nelson (as "Martin"), Grania O'Malley (as "Rosie"), Dick Van Patten [credited as Dickie Van Patten] (as "Elwood"), Harold Waldrige (as "Daybreak"), Fleming Ward (as "Henry"), Frank Wilcox (as "Doctor Mortice"), Catherine Willard (as "Mrs. Wilson Wilson"). Produced by Alexander Yokel. Produced in association with Jay Faggen.
- (1942) Stage Play: Proof Through the Night.
- (1941) Stage Play: Out of the Frying Pan. Written by Francis Swann. Directed by Alexander Kirkland. Windsor Theatre: 11 Feb 1941- 10 May 1941 (104 performances). Cast: Harry Antrim [credited as Henry Antrim] (as "Mr. Coburn"), Barbara Bel Geddes (as "Dottie Coburn") [Broadway debut], Nancy Douglass (as "Kate Ault"), Alfred Drake (as "Norman Reese"), Reynolds Evans (as "Mr. Kenny"), Arthur Holland (as "Mac"), Florence MacMichael (as "Muriel Foster") [Broadway debut], George Mathews (as "Joe"), Sellwyn Myers (as "Tony Dennison"), Mabel Paige (as "Mrs. Garnet"), Louise Snyder (as "Marge Benson"), William W. Terry (as "George Bodell"). Produced by William Deering and Alexander Kirkland.
- Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (October 30, 1957 - January 17, 1959) She acted in Robert E. Lee and Jerome Lawrence play, "Auntie Mame," first at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio and closed at the Erlanger Theatre in Chicago, Illinois with Eve Arden, Benay Venuta, Brooks West, Dorothy Blackburn, David Lewis, Manning Ross, Elizabeth Talbot-Martin, Ray Fulmer, Jacqueline Holt, Yuki Shimoda, Dennis Joel, Suzanne Turner, Willard Waterman, and Constance Bennett in the cast. Oliver Smith was set designer. Michael Travis was costume designer. Travis Banton was gown designer. Morton DaCosta was director. Robert Fryer and Lawrence Carr were producers.
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