- (1941) Stage: Wrote (w/Laura Perelman "The Night Before Christmas", produced on Broadway.
- Playwright (w/Laura Perelman): "All Good Americans"
- (1962) Stage: Wrote "The Beauty Part," performed at the Music Box Theatre in New York City with Bert Lahr, Alice Ghostley, Larry Hagman and Charlotte Rae in the cast.
- (1934) Stage: Wrote (w/Nathanael West) "Even Stephen", never produced. NOTE: West and Perelman finished the play in the summer of 1934 and hoped it might be staged on Broadway that fall, but it was rejected by several producers, including Max Gordon. In 1936 West sent Perelman a letter repeating an earlier suggestion to try to find an agent for the play. He suggested that if Perelman thought it would damage their reputations, they could use a pseudonym, perhaps "Diana Breed Latimer", the play's protagonist. After West's death in 1940 Perelman revised the play, but no one was interested in producing it.
- (1943) Stage Play: One Touch of Venus. Musical comedy. Music by Kurt Weill. Book by S.J. Perelman and Ogden Nash. Lyrics by Ogden Nash. Suggested by "The Tinted Venus" by Thomas Anstey Guthrie. Music orchestrated by Kurt Weill. Music arranged by Kurt Weill. Musical Director: Maurice Abravanel. Musical Staging by Agnes de Mille. Scenic Design by Howard Bay. Costume Design by Paul Du Pont and Kermit Love. Miss Martin's gowns by Mainbocher. Sound Consultant: Saki Oura. Directed by Elia Kazan. Imperial Theatre (moved to The 46th Street Theatre from 26 Jan 1944- close): 7 Oct 1943- 10 Feb 1945 (567 performances). Cast: John Boles (as "Whitelaw Savory"), Mary Martin (as "Venus"), Kenny Baker (as "Rodney Hatch"), Lynn Alden (as "Singing Ensemble"), Ruth Bond (as "Gloria Kramer"), Sam Bonnell (as "Store Manager/Anatolian"), Zachary A. Charles (as "Sam"), Harry Clark (as "Stanley"), Arthur Davies (as "Singing Ensemble"), Jane Davies (as "Singing Ensemble"), Florence Dunlap (as "Mrs. Moats"), Rose Marie Elliot (as "Singing Ensemble"), Carle Erbele (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Matthew Farrar (as "Anatolian/Singing Ensemble"), Nelle Fisher (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Bert Freed (as "Police Lieutenant"), William Garrett (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Teddy Hart (as "Taxi Black"), Ruth Harte (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Jinx Heffelfinger (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Jane Hoffman (as "Rose"), Jean Houloose (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Beatrice Hudson (as "Singing Ensemble"), Ann Hutchinson (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Julie Jefferson (as "Singing Ensemble"), Pearl Lang (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Paula Laurence (as "Molly Grant"), Ralph Linn (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Allyn Ann McLerie (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Lavina Nielsen (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Duncan Noble (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Sono Osato (as "Premiere Danseuse"), Helen Raymond (as "Mrs. Kramer"), Ginee Richardson (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Willa Rollins (as "Singing Ensemble"), Patricia Schaeffer (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Kevin Smith (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Betty Spain (as "Singing Ensemble"), Johnny Stearns (as "Dr. Rook"), Harold J. Stone (as "Zuvelti"), Kirsten Valbor (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Jeffrey Warren (as "Singing Ensemble"), William Weber (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Lou Wills Jr. (as "Bus Starter/Dancing Ensemble"), Parker Wilson (as "Dancing Ensemble"). Replacement actors: Diana Adams (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Anita Alvarez (as "Premiere Danseuse"), Ben Cutler (as "Rodney Hatch"), Arthur Davies (as "Police Lieutenant"), Dody Goodman [credited as Dolores Goodman] (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Phillip Gordon (as "Sam"), Diana Gray (as "Singing Ensemble"), Ray Harrison (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Marion Kohler (as "Singing Ensemble"), Welland Lathrop (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Jack Mann (as "Taxi Black"), Regis Powers (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Mack Shanks (as "Dancing Ensemble"), Edward Ubell (as "Stanley"), Frank Westbrook Dancing Ensemble"), Lester Wolf (as "Singing Ensemble"). Produced by Cheryl Crawford. Associate Producer: John Wildberg. Note: Filmed as One Touch of Venus (1948), One Touch of Venus (1955)).
- (1957) Book: "The Road to Miltown"
- Playwright: "The Beauty Part"
- Story: "Tuberoses and Tigers".
- Short-story collection: "Cloudland Revisited".
- Playwright (w/Laura Perelman): "Larceny Inc.". NOTE: Filmed as Larceny, Inc (1942).
- (1933) Stage Play: All Good Americans. Comedy. Written by Laura Perelman and S.J. Perelman. Scenic Design by Mordecai Gorelik. Directed by Arthur Sircom. Henry Miller's Theatre: 5 Dec 1933- Jan 1934 (closing date unknown/40 performances). Cast: Marie Adels (as "Lucy Starkweather"), Harry C. Anderson (as "Bar Man"), Charles Angelo (as "A French Man"), C. Francois Barrere (as "A French Man"), Paula Bauersmith (as "Miss Moorhead"), Hilda Bruce (as "Ginsberg"), Claude Burani (as "A Gendarme"), 'Michelette Burani' (asd "Concierge"), Renee Cartier (as "A French Girl"), Hazel Curry (as "A Colored Girl"), Willard Dashiell (as "Mr. Bond"), Henry De Koven (as "A Rug-Seller"), Eric Dressler (as "Ham Farnsworth"), Coburn Goodwin (as "Rex Fleming"), Johnny Gybelman (as "Moses"), Joseph P. Harris (as "A Bystander"), Charles Henderson (as "Noble Smart"), Fred Keating (as "Pat Wells"), Doris Laurey (as "A French Girl"), Janet McLeay (as "Mary-Louise Porter"), LeRoi Operti (as "George Palfrey"), Mary Philips (as "Cassie Bond"), Helena Rapport (as "Mrs. Greenspan"), Lauza Riane (as "A Flower Woman"), Frank Rowan (as "Metzger"), George Spelvin [actor who wished to remain anonymous] (as "A French Gentleman"), James Stewart (as "Johnny Chadwick"), George Todd (as "Jimmy"), Hope Williams (as "Julie Gable"). Produced by Courtney Burr.
- (1985 to 1986 season) His play, "The Beauty Part," was performed at the Trinity Repertory Company Theatre in Providence, Rhode Island wit Timothy Crowe, Richard Ferrone, Tom Griffin, Ed Hall, Steven Jermanovich, David C. Jones, Richard Kneeland, Geraldine Librandi, Derek Meader, Barbara Meek, Barbara Orson, Anne Scurria, David PB Stephens, Daniel Von Bargen and Cindy Jo Racinski in the cast. Philip Minor was director. Robert D. Soule was scenery designer. John F. Custer was lighting designer. William Lane was costume designer.
- (June 27, 1969) His play, "The Beauty Part," was performed at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater, 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, Minnesota with Helen Carey, Robin Gammell, Charles Keating and Granville Van Dusen in the cast. Philip Minor was director. John Jensen was set and costume designer. Robert Scale was lighting designer. Arthur Kleiner was composer.
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