- (1931 - 1946) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1935) Stage Play: Whatever Goes Up. Comedy. Written by Milton Lazarus. Directed by Arthur Sircom. Biltmore Theatre: 25 Nov 1935- Dec 1935 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Raymond Bramley, David Breen, Natalie Carpenter, Irene Cattell (as "Mrs. Martin"), William David, John Davies, Jack Davis, Frank Gabrielson, Gordon Hamilton, Annette Hoffman, Harry Jackson, Barbara Layne, David Lesan, Frank Lindsay, H.H. McCollum, John Henry McKee, W.O. McWatters, Nordas Metcalfe, Russell Morrison, Peggy O'Donnell, George Peters, Leona Powers, Peter Powers, Edward H. Robins, Robert Russell, Edmon Ryan, David Shelley, Fred Sherman, Paul Sklar, Ernest Truex (as "Terrance J. Sweeney"), Harry Tyler, Philip Van Zandt, Mildred Wall, Ernest Woodward. Produced by Crosby Gaige.
- (1931) Stage Play: Shoot the Works. Musical revue. Book by Heywood Broun, Peter Arno, Sig Herzig, Dorothy Parker, Nunnally Johnson, E.B. White, Milton Lazarus, Jack Hazzard, Edward J. McNamara and H.I. Phillips. Music by Michael H. Cleary, Philip Chagrig, Jay Gorney, Robert Stolz, Jimmy McHugh, Irving Berlin, Ann Ronell, Vernon Duke, Joseph Meyer, Alexander Williams, Herbert Goode and Muriel Pollock. Lyrics by Armin Robinson, Leo Robin, Dorothy Fields, Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, E.Y. Harburg, Max Lief, Nathaniel Lief, Walter Reisch, Alexander Williams, Muriel Pollock and Joe Young. Musical Director: Harry Archer. Music orchestrated by Frank E. Barry and King Ross. Scenic Design by Henry Dreyfuss. Lighting Design by Henry Dreyfuss. Costume Design by Charles LeMaire and Kiviette. Dances by John Boyle. Dialogue directed by Theodore Hammerstein. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 21 Jul 1931- 3 Oct 1931 (87 performances). Cast: Rose Armand, Alice Bankert, Johnny Boyle, Lee Brody, Heywood Broun (as "Opening"/In the Dressing Room/Man about Town/Turtle Bay Dover's and Breeder's Social Club/"I Want to Chisel in on Your Heart" (reprise)), Evelyn Carpenter, Cornelia Chason, Imogene Coca (as "(Let's Go) Out in the Open Air"), Fanille Davies, Frances Dewey, Margaret Doncaster, Frank Ericson, Mickie Forbs, Bobby Gillette, Al Gold, J. Gonzales, Taylor Gordon, Merena Grady, Francis Guinan, Frank Hauser, Jack Hazzard, Percy Helton (as "Cornelius Swaggerbilt"/Turtle Bay Dover's and Breeder's Social Club/Mr. Coe/Lo, the Poor Doctor/The Man/Another Triangle/The Patient/Death Says It Isn't So/Believe It or Not"), Jack Irwin, Julie Johnson, Albert Jordan, Tom Jordan, Joe Kaye, Irene Kelly, Don Lannon, James Libby, Constance Madison, Lila Manor, Vida Manuel, Dolly Martinez, Nellie Mayer, John McAvoy, Edward J. McNamara, Leslyn Miller, John Muccio, George Murphy (as "Slit-throat McGillicuddy"/Turtle Bay Dover's and Breeder's Social Club/"I Want to Chisel in on Your Heart"/"(Just) Begging for Love"/"Do As You Like"(Do What You Like) [Broadway debut], Edward Murray, Dick Neely, Edgar Nelson, Frances Nevins, James Notarro, William O'Neal, Lester Ostrander, Nora Puntin, Inez Purdy, Jack Ray, Jerry Reardon, Margot Riley, Virginia Smith, Dorothy Snowden, Marjorie Sohmer, Anne Stanley, Morris Tepper, Winnie Turner, Helen Tuttle, Florence Winkel. Produced by Heywood Broun. Produced in association with Milton Raison. [Note: Heywood Broun (1888-1939) was Heywood Hale Broun's father.]
- (1936) Stage Play: I Want a Policeman. Comedy. Written by Rufus King and Milton Lazarus. Scenic Design by Cleon Throckmorton. Directed by Arthur Sircom. Lyceum Theatre: 14 Jan 1936- Feb 1936 (closing date unknown/47 performances). Cast: Wendy Atkin, Eleanore Breen, Robert Bartron, Larry Bolton, Sylvia Field (as "Fern Davidson"), Frederick Graham, H. Dudley Hawley (as "Eric Davidson"), Weldon Heyburn (as "Alfaro"), Paul Huber (as "Police Commissioner Baldwin"), Con MacSunday, Harold Morfet, Barry Sullivan (as "Captain Lynch"), Clinton Sundberg (as "Charles Talbot"), Estelle Winwood (as "Lady Breen"), Eric Wollencott. Produced by Francis I. Curtis and Richard Meyers.
- (1936) Stage Play: New Faces of 1936. Musical revue. Music by Alexander Fogarty, Irvin Graham [earliest Broadway credit] and Joseph Meyer. Sketches by Mindret Lord, Everett Marcy and Edwin Gilbert. Lyrics by June Carroll [credited as June Sillman], Edwin Gilbert, Bickley Reichner and Edward Heyman. Press Representative: Milton Lazarus. Musical Director: Ray Cavanaugh. Music orchestrated by David Raksin. Choreographed by Ned McGurn. Directed by Leonard Sillman. Vanderbilt Theatre: 19 May 1936- 7 Nov 1936 (193 performances). Cast: Imogene Coca, Charles Kemper, Cliff Allen, Robert Bard, Jean Bellows, Jack Blair, Ralph Blane, Robert Burton, William Chandler, Dorothy Chilton, Ray Clarke, Frank Gagen, Billie Haywood, Indus Hollingsworth, Stretch Johnson, Van Johnson (as "Performer") [Broadway debut], Winnie Johnson, Patricia Mallinson, Marian Martin, Katherine Mayfield, Grace Milliman, Irene Moore, Gerry Probst, Ione Reed, Edna Russell, Tom Rutherfurd, Bea Thrift, Mildred Todd, Nancy Weatherill, Elizabeth Wilde, Joyce Worth, Dorothy Young. Produced by Leonard Sillman.
- (1940) Stage Play: Every Man for Himself. Written by Milton Lazarus. Directed by Arthur Ripley. Guild Theatre: 9 Dec 1940- 11 Dec 1940 (3 performances). Cast: Murray Alper (as "Al"), Richard Bartell, Gerry Brent, Billy Curtis, John Gaullaudet, David Hoffman, Charles A. Hughes, Geneva Keenan, Kay Linaker (as "Elizabeth"), Wally Maher, Edgar Roland Murray, Martin Myers, Carl Payne, Grant Richards (as "Humphrey Harrison"), George Roberts (as "Wally's Uncle"), Jeanne Seel, Margaret Tallichet, Lee Tracy (as "Wally Britt"), Beryl Vaughan, Charlie Williams. Produced by Arthur Hutchinson and Arthur Ripley.
- (1942) Stage Play: The Sun Field. Comedy.
- (1944) Stage Play: Song of Norway. Musical/operetta. A New Operetta based on the Life and Music of Edvard Grieg. Musical Adaptation by Bob Wright [credited as Robert Wright] and Chet Forrest [credited as George Forrest]. Lyrics by Bob Wright [credited as Robert Wright] and Chet Forrest [credited as George Forrest]. Book by Milton Lazarus. Based on the play by Homer Curran. Musical Director: Arthur Kay. Additional lyrics by Arthur Kay. Orchestral and Choral Arrangements by Arthur Kay. Choreography and Singing Ensembles Staged by George Balanchine. Book Direction by Charles Freeman. Imperial Theatre (moved to The Broadway Theatre from 15 Apr 1946- close): 21 Aug 1944- 7 Sep 1946 (860 performances). Cast: Sylvia Allen (as "Child"), Ann Andre (as "Marghareta/Chorus"), Sig Arno (as "Count Peppi Le Loup"), Robert Bailes (as "Chorus"), Robert Bernard (as "Maestro Pisoni"), Robert Bernoff (as "Ensemble"), Helena Bliss (as "Nina Hagerup"), Elizabeth Bockoven (as "Hilda/Chorus"), Lewis Bolyard (as "Innkeeper/Chorus"), Barbara Boudwin (as "Signora Eleanora/Chorus"), Mary Bradley (as "Chorus"), Patti Brady (as "Grima") [final Broadway role], Frank Brenneman (as "Chorus"), Lawrence Brooks (as "Edvard Grieg"), Betty Burge (as "Ensemble"), Grace Carroll (as "Child"), William Carroll (as "Eric"), Marjorie Castle (as "Ensemble"), John Chaloupka (as "Chorus"), Dudley Clements (as "Henrik Ibsen"), Shirley Conklin (as "Chorus"), Kaye Connor (as "Chorus"), Alexandra Danilova (as "Chorus"), Paul De Poyster (as "Member of the Faculty"), Audrey Dearden (as "Chorus"), Paul DePoyster (as "Chorus"), Kent Edwards (as "Einar"), Jean Faust (as "Ensemble"), Milton Feher (as "Ensemble"), Pauline Goddard (as "Chorus"), Cameron Grant (as "Butler/Chorus"), Audrey Guard (as "Member of the Faculty/Mother Grieg [Alternate]/Chorus"), Roland Guerard (as "The Minstrel/Ensemble"), Leone Hall (as "Chorus"), Janet Hamer (as "Sigrid"), Harold Haskin (as "Ensemble"), Larry Haynes (as "Chorus"), Hal Horton (as "Chorus"), Gwen Jones (as "Greta/Nina Hagerup [Alternate]/Chorus"), Jeanne Jones (as "Ensemble"), Raymond Keast (as "Rikard Nordraak [Alternate]/Chorus"), Francis Kiernan (as "Ensemble"), Walter Kingsford (as "Father Grieg"), Eric Kristen (as "Ensemble"), Jackie Lee (as "Helga"), Dorothie Littlefield (as "Adelina/Ensemble"), Karen Lund (as "Hedwig/Chorus"), Gerald Matthews (as "Gunnar"), Hal McMurrin (as "Chorus"), Ewing Mitchell (as "Member of the Faculty"), Pat O'Rourke (as "Child"), Sonya Orlova (as "Miss Anders/Ensemble"), Irra Petina (as "Louisa Giovanni"), Adda Pourmel (as "Waitress at Tito's/Ensemble"), Yura Radine (as "Ensemble"), Carlye Ramey (as "Ensemble"), Sharon Randall (as "Elvera/Chorus"), Shannon Randolph (as "Child"), Margaret Ritter (as "Chorus"), Ivy Scott (as "Mother Grieg") [final Broadway role], Rosine Sedova (as "Waitress at Tito's/Ensemble"), Robert Shafer (as "Rikard Nordraak"), James Starbuck (as "Freddy/Tito/Ensemble"), Gloria Stone (as "Ensemble"), Nat Stoudenmire (as "Ensemble"), Toni Stuart (as "Ensemble"), Olga Suarez (as "The Maiden Norway/Ensemble"), Sviatoslav Toumine (as "Ensemble"), Mary Walker (as "Chorus"), Arthur Waters (as "Chorus"), Nora White (as "Maid"), Philip White (as "Father Nordraak"), Doreen Wilson (as "Frau Professor Norden/Chorus"), Louisa Giovanni (as "Alternate"), Anna Wiman (as "Ensemble"), Maurice Winthrop (as "Chorus"), Stanley Wolfe (as "Chorus"), Walter Young (as "Chorus"). Replacement cast: Norvel Campbell (as "Chorus"), Grace Carroll (as "Grima"), Carl Cleighton (as "Ensemble"), Barbara Cole (as "Ensemble"), Kaye Connor (as "Marghareta"), Harry Day (as "Ensemble"), Paul Elmer (as "Chorus/Edvard Grieg"). Produced by Edwin Lester. Notes: (1) On 6 Sep 1946 (one day before the stage musical ended its Broadway run), Universal announced its purchase of the screen rights for $200,000 plus 25 percent of the film's profits. The studio planned for the movie adaptation to be produced in Technicolor by Sam Spiegel (then known as S.P. Eagle) and to star Deanna Durbin, with shooting to start in January, 1948. However, because of a projected high budget and a related tax problem which was holding back Hollywood film exports to Britain, Mr. Eagle revealed on 21 Aug 1947 that the picture was being postponed indefinitely. (2) Produced on film by ABC Pictures as Song of Norway (1970).
- (July 1954) He wrote the book for the musical, "Song of Norway," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine. George Forrest and Robert Wright wrote the musical adaptation and lyrics. The musical was based on the life and music of Edvard Grieg.
- (July 1972) He wrote the book for the musical, 'The Merry Widow," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine. Franz Lehar was composer. Forman Brown was lyricist.
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