Production Encyclopedia 1948 (1948)

924 PRODUCTION ENCYCLOPEDIA Mr. Lundie William Hansen Sword Dancers Roland Cuerard, George Drake Frank John Paul Jane Ashton Frances Charles Bagpipers James MacFadden, Arthur Horn Stuart Dalrymple Paul Anderson MacCregor Earl Redding CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL International Theatre. Opened December 5, 1947. Closed December 13, 1947. 11 Performances. A musical. Lyrics and music by Sam Manning and Adolph Themstead. Staged by Samuel Manning. Choreography by Pearl Primus and Claude Marchant. Costumes by Lou Eisele. Conductor, Ken Macomber. Presented by Adolph Themstead. Cast: Sam Manning, Pamela Ward, Eddie Taliffero, the Smith Kids, Claude Marchant, Billie Alien, Eloise Hill, Duke of Iron, Pearl Primus, Peggy Watson, Alex Young, Curtis James, Padjet Fredericks, Fred Thomas, Helen Carr, Gem Boiling, Dorothy Graham, Charles Queenan, Josephine Premice. THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER Century Theatre. Opened March 12, 1947. Closed May 10. 70 Performances. A musfcal comedy. Music, Oskar Straus. Book, Rudolph Bernauer and Leopold Jacobson. Book revision, Guy Bolton. Revised and additional lyrics, Bernard Hanighen. Staging, Felix Brentano. Sets and lighting, Jo Mielziner. Costumes, Lucinda Ballard. Dances, George Balanchine. Orchestrations and musical direction. Jay Blackton. Presented by J. H. Del Bondio and Hans Bartsch (for the Delvan Company) . Nadina Frances McCann Mascha Gloria Hamilton Aurelia Muriel O' Mai ley Bumerii Keith Andes Massakroff Henry Calvin Popoff Billy Gilbert Alexius Ernest McChesney Stefan Michael Mann Katrina Anna Wiman Premiere Danseuse Mary Ellen Moylan Premier Dancer '. Francisco Moncion COMMAND DECISION Fulton Theatre. Opened October 1, 1947. A drama by William Wister Haines. Staged by John O'Shaughnessy. Setting and lighting by Jo Mielziner. Costumes supervised by Julia Sze. Presented by Kermit Bloomgarden. Tech. Sgt. Harold Evans James Whitmore War Correspondent Elmer Brockhurst Edmon Ryan Brig. Gen. K. C. Dennis Paul Kelly Col. Ernest Haley Edward Binns Capt. Lucius Jenks Arthur Franz Enlisted Armed Guard West Hooker Maj. Gen. Roland Goodiow Kane Jay Fassett Brig. Gen. Cliffton C. Carnett Paul McGrath Maj. Homer Prescott William Layton Col. Edward Martin Stephen Elliott Lieut. Jake Goldberg John Randolph Maj. Desmond Lansing Lewis Martin Maj. Belding Davis Robert Pike Maj. Rufus Dayhuff Walter Black Arthur Malcolm Paul Ford Oliver Stone Frank McNeills NCO Photographer Leonard Patrick Capt. G. W. C. Lee James Holden CRAIG'S WIFE The Playhouse. Opened February 12, 1947. Closed April 12, 1947. 69 Performances. A drama by George Kelly. Directed by the author. Setting, Stewart Chaney. Decor, Jensen's. Presented by Grant Caither. Miss Austin Kathleen Comegys Mrs. Harold Viola Roache Mazie Dortha Duckworth Mrs. Craig Judith Evelyn Ethel Landreth Virginia Dwyer Walter Craig Philip Ober Mrs. Frazier Virginia Hammond Billy Birkmire Herschel Bent ley Joseph Catelle Hugh Rennie Harry Allan Nourse Eugene Fredericks John Hudson THE CRADLE WILL ROCK Mansfield Theatre. Opened December 26, 1947. Closed January 11, 1948. 21 Performances. A play with music by Marc Blitzstein. Staged by Howard Da Silva. Conductor, Howard Shanet. Presented by Michael Myerberg. Moll Estelle Loring Gent Edward S. Bryce Dick Jess White Cop Taggart Casey Reverend Salvation Harold Patrick Editor Daily Brooks Dunbar Yasha Jack Albertson Dauber Chandler Cowles President Prexy Howard Blaine Professor Trixie Leslie Litomy Professor Mamie Edmund Hewitt Professor Scoot '. Ray Fry Doctor Specialist Robert Pierson Harry Druggist David Thomas Mr. Mister Will Greer Mrs. Mister Vivian Vance Junior Mister Dennis King, Jr. Sister Mister Jo Hurt Steve Steven West Downer Sadie Polock Marie Leidal Cus Polock Walter Scheff Bugs Edward S. Bryce Larry Foreman Alfred Drake Ella Hammer Muriel Smith Attendant's Voice Hazel Shermet First Reporter Rex Coston Second Reporter Gil Houston Clerk Howard Shanet CRIME AND PUNISHMENT National. Opened December 22, 1947. Closed February 14, 1948. A drama adapted by Rodney Ackiand from novel by Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevski. Staged by Theodore Komisarjevsky. Setting by Paul Sheriff. Costumes by Lester Polakov. Presented by Robert Whitehead and Oliver Rea in association with Bea Laurence. Lebeziatnikoff, a Young Socialist Ben Morse Sonia, Marmeladoff's Daughter Dolly Haas Katerina Ivanovna, Marmeladoff's Second Wife Lillian Cish Her Children : Poletchka Betty Lou Rheim Leda Sherry Smith Ivan, the Porter Paton Price Amalia, the Landlady Elizabeth Newmann Street Vendor Howard Fischer Anyutka, His Wife Wauna Paul His Assistant Robert Donley Lodger Scott Moore Ex-Soldier Michael Arshansky Nastasia, a Servant Galina Talva Daria, a Procuress Susan Steell Doctor Patrick McVey Coachman William Bea I Government Clerk David Elliott His Wife Cecile Sherman Widow Amy Douglass Her Daughter Jeri Souvinet Lizavieta, an Old-Clothes Dealer Mary James Rodion Romanovitch Raskolnikoff, a Poor Student John Cielgud Simon Zakhavitch Marmeladoff Sanford Meisner Dmitri Prokovitch Razoumikhin, a Student Alexander Scourby Zametoff, a Detective Richard Purdy Pyotr Petrovitch Looshin, a Pole E. A. Krumschmidt Pulcheria Alexandrovna, Raskolnikoff's Mother Alice John Dounia, His Sister Marion Seldes Porfiri Petrovitch, the Examining Magistrate Vladimir Sokoloff A Strange Man Mort Marshall Old Lady Eugenia Woods Old Gentleman Arthur Griffin Thomitch, a Police Inspector Richard Hayes DEAR JUDAS Mansfield Theatre. Opened October 5, 1947. Closed October 18, 1947. 16 Performances. A drama from the poem by Robinson Jeffers.