- Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- Garrick Gaieties (1930). Musical revue (revival). Music by Marc Blitzstein, Vernon Duke, Harold Goldman, Ned Lehac, Everett Miller, Peter Nolan, Willard Robison, Charles M. Schwab, Kay Swift, Richard Myers and Harold Goodman. Book by Carroll Carroll, Leopoldine Damrosch, Gretchen Damrosch Finletter, Landon Herrick, Sterling Holloway, Benjamin M. Kaye, Newman Levy, Sally Humason and Louis M. Simon. Lyrics by Allen Boretz [earliest Broadway credit], Ira Gershwin, E.Y. Harburg, Paul James, Ronald Jeans, Johnny Mercer, Henry Myers, Edward Eliscu, Josiah Titzell, Thomas McKnight, Newman Levy and Marc Blitzstein. Musical Director: Tom Jones. Assistant Choreographer: Stella Bloch. Choreographed by Olin Howard. Scenic Design by Kate Drain Lawson. Directed by Philip Loeb. Guild Theatre: 4 Jun 1930- 8 Oct 1930 (158 performances). Cast: Nan Blackstone, Micky Burton, Albert Carroll, Ruth Chorpenning, Imogene Coca, Anna Marie Cotter, Ted Fetter, Edwin Gilcher, Hildegarde Halliday, Ray Heatherton, Sterling Holloway, Otto Hulett, Eve Latour, Kate Drain Lawson, Philip Loeb, Ginger Meehan, Edith Meiser, Jo Meyers, Ruth Montague, James Norris, Cynthia Rodgers, Polly Rose, Edith Sheldon, Florentine Sherman, Jane Sherman, Midge Sidney, Roger Stearns, Donald Stewart, William Tannen, Thelma Tipson, Velma Vavra. Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- Room Service (1937). Comedy. Written by Allen Boretz and John Murray. Directed by George Abbott. Cort Theatre: 19 May 1937- 16 Jul 1938 (500 performances). Cast: Eddie Albert (as "Leo Davis"), Alexander Astro, Jack Byrne, Clifford Dunstan, Betty Field (as "Hilda Manney"), Teddy Hart (as "Faker Englund"), William Howard, Sam Levene (as "Gordon Miller"), Philip Loeb (as "Harry Binion"), Donald MacBride (as "Gregory Wagner"), William Mendrek, Ralph Morehouse (as "Senator Blake"), Margaret Mullen, Hans Robert, Philip Wood (as "Simon Jenkins"). Replacement actor: Joey Faye [Broadway debut]. Produced by George Abbott. Note: Produced by RKO as Room Service (1938) as a Marx Brothers vehicle).
- Off to Buffalo (1939). Comedy. Written by Max Liebman and Allen Boretz. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Directed by Melville Burke. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 21 Feb 1939- Feb 1939 (closing date unknown/7 performances). Cast: Matt Briggs, Frank Camp, Nat Cantor, Peggy Chamberlain, Dudley Clements (as "Johnson"), Joe Cook (as "Gus Delaney"), Fay Courtney, Hume Cronyn (as "Harry Quill"), George Dewey, William Dewey, Edmund Dorsay, Joan Engel, Otto Hulett (as "Gabby O'Keefe"), James Kelso, Burton Lewis, Fred Lightner, Elizabeth Love, Martell Brothers, G. Albert Smith (as "McChesney"), Richard Taber, Henry H. Tobias, Luba Wesoly, Albert West, Harold Whalen. Produced by Albert Lewis.
- Ring Around Elizabeth (1941). Comedy. Written by Charlotte Armstrong. Directed by William Schorr. Playhouse Theatre: 17 Nov 1941- 25 Nov 1941 (10 performances). Cast: Katharine Bard, Ruth Chorpenning, Edwin Cooper, Jane Cowl (as "Elizabeth Cherry"), Katherine Emmet, Marilyn Erskine, Gil Herman (credited as Gilbert O. Herman), McKay Morris, Diantha Pattison (as Irene Oliver"), Lea Penman, Barry Sullivan, Barry O'Moore. Produced by Allen Boretz and William Schorr, in association with Alfred Bloomingdale.
- Room Service (1953). Comedy (revival).
- The Hot Corner (1956). Comedy/farce.
- (1968 - 1969) John Murray and his play, "Room Service," was performed in an American Conservatory Theatre production at the Geary and Marine Memorial Theatres in San Francisco, California. Nagle Jackson was director.
- (February 26, 1985 to March 31, 1985) John Murray and his play, "Room Service," was performed at the Public Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- (July 1938) John Murray and his play, "Room Service," was performed in a Manhattan Theatre Repertory Company production at the Ogunquit Playhouse on Ogunquit, Maine.
- (June 15, 1954) John Murray and his play, "Room Service," was performed at The Arena Stage Theatre in Washington D.C. Zelda Fichlander was director.
- (February 1 to June 2, 1968) John Murray and his play, "Room Service," was performed in a three play repertory at The Arena Stage Theatre in Washington D.C. Donald Moreland was director.
- (August 29 to October 19, 1997) John Murray and his play, "Room Service," was newly adapted and performed by The Flying Karamazov Brothers at The Arena Stage Theatre in Washington D.C. with Paul Magid and Robert Woodruff in the cast. Robert Woodruff was director.
- (November 11 to December 21, 1997) John Murray and his play, "Room Service," was performed and adapted by The Flying Karamazov Brothers with Paul Magid and Robert Woodruff in the cast at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Robert Woodruff was also director.
- (1967-1968 season) John Murray and his play, "Room Service," was performed at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut. Jon Jory was director. Richard Klein was set designer. Rosemary Ingham and Alec Sutherland were costume designers. Therald Todd was lighting designer.
- (March 1 to 25, 1979) John Murray and his play, "Room Service," was performed at the Actors Theatre of Louisville (Mainstage) in Louisville, Kentucky with Victor Jory (Sasha Smirnoff); Patrick Tovatt (Gordon Miller); Bob Burrus (Joseph Gribble); Jim Bakers (Harry Binion); William McNulty (Faker Enguld); Adale O'Brien (Christine Marlowe); John Pielmeier (Leo Davis); Meredith Ludwig (Hilda Manney); Michael Kevin (Gregory Wagner); Peter Bartlett (Simon Jenkins); Susan Berger (Kathleen Hogarth); Barry Corbin (Dr. Glass, Senator Blake) and Roy Cockrum (Bank Messenger) in the cast. Jon Jory was director.
- (1982 to 1983 season) John Murray and his play, "Room Service," was performed at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater, 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Harold Stone was director. Jack Barkla was set designer. Jack Edwards was costume designer. Paul Scharfenberger was lighting designer.
- (1972) John Murray and his play, "Room Service," was performed in an Oregon Shakespeare Festival production at the Angus Bowmer Theatre in Ashland, Oregon. Laird Williamson was director.
- (2005) John Murray and his play, "Room Service," was performed in an Oregon Shakespeare Festival production at the Angus Bowmer Theatre in Ashland, Oregon. Libby Appel was artistic director.
- (March 19 to 30, 1940) John Murray and his play, "Room Service," was performed at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. Gilmor Brown was artistic director. Victor Jory was director.
- (September 6, 1987) John Murray and his play, "Room Service," was performed at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California with Patrick Crenshaw (Senator Blake); James E. Brodhead (Gregory Warner); Henry Polic; Jerry Tullos (Dr. Glass); Wayne Winton; Christie Houser; Robert Desidero; William Christopher; Tony Pappenfuss; John Kassir; Arye Gross and Roy Thinnes in the cast. Stephen Rothman was director.
- (June 1976) John Murray and his play, "Room Service," was performed in a Kenley Players production at the Packard Music Hall Theatre in Warren; the Veterans Memorial Theatre in Columbus and Memorial Hall in Dayton, Ohio with Henry Winkler (Gordon Miller); Didi Conn (Hilda Manney; Marc Flanagan (Leo Davis) Joy Garrett (Christine Marlowe); Frederick Coffin (Faker Englund); Tony Aylward (Joseph Gribble); Ronn Carroll (Sasha Smirnoff & Senator Blake); Robert Lesser (Harry Binion) and George Ede (Gregory Wagner) in the cast. Jeff Bleckner was director. Phillip Louis Rodzen was scenic designer. Joseph Vispi was associate to producer, John Kenley. William Kirk was assistant to John Kenley. Mike Verina was cover artist. John Kenley was artistic director.
- (1968 to 1969 season) John Murray and his play, "Room Service," was performed in an American Conservatory Theatre production at the Geary and Marines Theatre in San Francisco, California. Nagle Jackson was director. William Ball was artistic director.
- (1968 to 1969 season) John Murray and his play, "Room Service," was performed in an American Conservatory Theatre production at the Geary and Marines Theatre in San Francisco, California with James Milton in the cast. Nagle Jackson was director. William Ball was artistic director.
- (July 20 to 31; August 10 to 14, 1982) John Murray and his play, "Room Service," was performed in a Williamstown Theatre Festival production at the Main Stage in Williamstown, Massachusetts with Emery Battis (Dr. Glass); Tom Brennan (Senator Blake); Robert Brolli (Simon Jenkins); Dick Cavett (Leo Davis); Christian Clemenson (Joseph Gribble); Jerome Dempsey (Gregory Wagner); Michael French (House Detective); Joe Grifasi (Harry Binion); Frank Hankey (Timothy Hogarth, house detective); Edward Herrmann (Gordon Miller); Daniel Hugh-Kelly (Faker Englund); Laurie Kennedy (Christine Marlowe); Dinah Manoff (Hilda Manney); Allen McCullough (house detective); Sam Ostroff (bellhop); Howard Samuelsohn (Bank Messenger); Dwight Schultz (Sasha Smirnoff) and Kevin Smith (bell hop) in the cast. Joe Grifasi and Jerry Dempsey were backstage. Nikos Psacharapoulos was artistic director. Kenneth Frankel was director. John Kasarda was setting designer. Rita Ryack was costume designer. James F. Ingalls was lighting designer. Mark Healy was stage manager. Scott LaFeber was assistant stage manager.
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