- (1926) Stage Play: The Merry World. Musical revue. Music by Maurice Ruebens, J. Fred Coots, Herman Hupfeld and Sam Timber. Lyrics by Clifford Grey. Musical Director: Alfred Goodman. Featuring songs by Marc Anthony and Albert von Tilzer. Featuring songs with lyrics by Leo Robin, Donovan Parsons and Herbert Reynolds. Staged by James C. Huffman. Directed by Charles Judels. Imperial Theatre (moved to The Shubert Theatre from 2 Aug 1926- close): 8 Jun 1926- 21 Aug 1926 (87 performances). Cast: Beatrice Bickel, Laine Blaire, Billie Blake, Marian Boazo, Ray Bolger [Broadway debut], Emil Boreo, Margaret Breen, Ann Burnes, Donald Calthrop, Louise Chowning, Carmen Conley, Grace Connelly, Lucita Corvera, Wilma Crossman, Edith Davis, Betty De Pascue, Bernard Dudley, Mary Dunckley, Irving Edwards, Sudworth Frazier, Selby Galloway, Grace Glover, Alexander Gray, Nicholas Grey, Elna Gudrun, Fred Harper, Morris Harvey, Grace Hayes, Evelyn Herbert, Frank Jarvis, Ann LaVerne, Edwin Lawrence, Morhora Lloyd, Lily Long, Lillian Lorray, Yoland Losee, June Lovewell, Cookie Lunsford, Eva Lynn, Frances Lynn, Helen Madigan, Ada Marcus, Jaquelyn Marshall, Ritta Martin, Maryland Collegians, Marion Mooney, Gale Moore, Jane Moore, Ruth Moore, Maxine Morton, Sylvia Neirick, Dorothy Noble, Starke Patterson, Betty Pecan, Bunnie Pedreau, Lola Raine, Dezso Retter, Annie Rose, Salt and Pepper, Betty Sheldon, Ruth Simmons, Lily Smart, Olga Smirnova, Evan Southwell, Leonie Spiro, Frances Suzanne, Mabelle Swor, Myrtle Thompson, Kao Tortoni, Peaches Tortoni, Rosalie Trego, Nicholas Tripolitoff, Helen Wallace, Thomas Whitely, Dorothy Whitmore, Virginia Whitmore. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- Judy (1927). Musical comedy. Book by Mark Swan. Music by Charles Rosoff. Lyrics by Leo Robin. Musical Director: Jay Gorney. Music orchestrated by Maurice DePackh. Choreographed by Bobby Connolly. Directed by John Hayden. Royale Theatre: 7 Feb 1927- 30 Apr 1927 (96 performances). Cast: Edward Allen, Frank Beaston, Magda Bennett, Dorothy Casey, Frank Cornell, John T. Dwyer, Helen Ellfelt, Madelyn Eubanks, Ethel Guerard, Laura Hamilton, Diana Hunt, Lida Kane, Margaret Litz, Ann Loomis, Mildred Lorrain, Mary Lucas, Alice MacKenzie, Elizabeth Mears, Eleanor Meeker, George Meeker (as "Tom Stanton"), Charles Purcell (as "Jack Lethbridge"), James Seeley, Queenie Smith (as "Judy Drummond"), George Tapps (as "Dancer"). Produced by John Henry Mears.
- Hit the Deck (1927). Musical comedy. Music by Vincent Youmans. Book by Herbert Fields. Lyrics by Clifford Grey and Leo Robin. Based on a play by Hubert Osborne. Musical Director: Paul Lannin. Music orchestrated by Paul Lannin and Stephen Jones. Choreographed by Seymour Felix. Directed by Lew Fields and Alexander Leftwich. Belasco Theatre: 25 Apr 1927- 25 Feb 1928 (352 performances). Cast: Edward Allen, Lila Anderson, Anne Austin, Harriet Britton, Arnold Brown, Murray Browne, Jack Bruns, Madeline Cameron, Mary Carney, Ben Carswell, Rachel Chester, Ah Chong, Margaret Collins, Fan Conway, Peggy Conway (as "Rita"), Nancy Corrigan, Mars Craft, Jimmie Cushman, Jerome Daley, Brian Donlevy (as "Donkey"), Robert Duenwihe, Roger Gray, Louise Groody, May Hunter, Jane Hurd, Charles King, John Kneley, Anthony Knilling, Elsie Lawritson, The Locust Sisters, The Lyric Quartette, Stella Mayhew, John McCauley, Charles McClelland, William McGurn, Jack Mead, Celie Neska, Leo Nierle, Kendall Northrop, Gladys Pender, Bobbie Perkins, John Perkins, Olive Pierson, Florence Price, Sid Salzberg, Cecil Shires, Billy Sobel, Daniel Sparks, Jeanne Sutro, Jeanne West, Cliff Whitcombe, Beatrice Wilson, Ruth Witmer, Franker Woods (as "Battling Smith"), Victor Young. Produced by Lew M. Fields and Vincent Youmans.
- (1927) Stage Play: Allez-oop. Musical revue.
- (1927) Stage Play: Just Fancy. Musicla romance.
- (1928) Stage Play: Hello Yourself!!!! Musical comedy.
- (1931) Stage Play: Shoot the Works. Musical revue.
- (1933) Stage Play: Tattle Tales. Musical revue. Sketches by Frank Fay and Nick Copeland. Lyrics by George Waggner, Leo Robin, Edward Eliscu, William Walsh, Frank Fay, Willard Robison and Howard Jackson. Additional lyrics by Bernie Grossman and Dave Silverstein. Music by Edward Ward, Ralph Rainger [final Broadway credit], Willard Robison, Howard Jackson and Eddie Bienbryer. Musical Director: Arnold Johnson. Music orchestrated by Howard Jackson. Musical numbers staged by John Lonergan, Daniel Dare and LeRoy Prinz [final Broadway credit]. Entire production under the personal supervision of Frank Fay. Broadhurst Theatre: 1 Jun 1933- 24 Jun 1933 (28 performances). Cast: Lois Ackerman (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Jerry Archer (as "The Mind Readers" Performer/The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Mary Barnett (as "You Gotta Do Better Than That" Performer/"The First Spring Day" Dancer/"Jig Saw Jamboree" Performer/"Sing American Tunes" Performer"), Beauvell (as "Hasta Mañana So This is Havana" Performer/"Valse Moderniatsic" Performer/Inspector of Transients, Grand Centre Terminal"), Eddie Byrnbriar (as "A Son of New Rochelle, Grand Centre Terminal"), Les Clark (as "You Gotta Do Better Than That" Performer/"The First Spring Day" Dancer/"Jig Saw Jamboree" Performer/"Sing American Tunes" Performer"), Ione Collombe (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Nick Copeland (as "Nathan Jackson, The Crash/Hook & Eye No. 1/Information, Grand Centre Terminal"), Don Cumming (as "Meet Our Hero and Heavy" Performer/The Sneak, Not to Be Trusted/Retired Time Table Folder, Grand Centre Terminal"), Dorothy Dell (as "Breaking Up a Rhythm" Performer/"Sing American Tunes" Performer"), Betty Doree (as "I'll Take an Option on You" Performer/Specialty Performer"), John Dyer (as "Hon. Wilbur Peabody, The Crash/"The Mind Readers" Performer/First Interviewer/The Interview/Casting Director, Extra Man/Announcer, Grand Centre Terminal"), Helen Eades (as "Maid, The Interview/The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Edith Evans (as "Harlem Lullaby" Performer/Dot LaMar, The Interview/Jenny Grab, Grand Centre Terminal"), Frank Fay (as "Meet Our Hero and Heavy" Performer/"I'll Take an Option on You" Performer/"The Nervous Waltz" Performer/"Still the Nervous Waltz" Performer/"Hang Up Your Hat on Broadway" Performer/The Abused, Not to Be Trusted/"Extra Man" Performer/Col. Tapeapeek, Grand Centre Terminal"), Wilma Flannigan (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), William Hargrave (as "Hasta Mañana So This is Havana" Performer/ Second Interviewer, The Interview/"The First Spring Day" Performer") [Broadway debut], Jane Hayes (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Collece Legget (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), James Mack (as "Sir Herbert Martin, The Crash/Engine Co. No. 2/Baggage Supervisor, Grand Centre Terminal"), Lucille Matthews (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Ray Mayer (as "The Official Mr. "Eh Eh"/Officer Take, Grand Centre Terminal"), Jane Morgan (as "Mrs. Strong, The Interview/Madamme Yo Yo, Grand Centre Terminal"), Barbara Near (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Charlotte Neste (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Betty Norton (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Betty Nylander (as "The Wife, Grand Centre Terminal"), Evelyn Page (as "The Nervous Waltz" Performer/ "Still the Nervous Waltz" Performer/The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Lillian Reynolds (as "Percy With Perserverence" Performer/"Breaking Up a Rhythm" Performer/"Jig Saw Jamboree" Performer"), Beverly Royde (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Sylvia Schiller (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Barbara Stanwyck (as "Herself, The Interview/Kay Arnold, The Interview"), Miss Tova (as "Hasta Mañana So This is Havana" Performer/"Valse Moderniatsic" Performer/Mr.-Mrs. Lady, Grand Centre Terminal"), Elsa Walbridge (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"), Wilma Wray (as "The Misses "Tattle Tales"). Produced by Frank Fay.
- (1949) Stage Play: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Musical comedy. Book by Joseph Fields and Anita Loos. Music by Jule Styne. Lyrics by Leo Robin. Adapted from the novel by Anita Loos. Dance arrangements by Trude Rittman. Musical Direction by Milton Rosenstock. Music arranged by Don Walker. Vocal direction and arrangements by Hugh Martin. Assistant to Miss de Mille: Dania Krupska. Choreography by Agnes de Mille. Directed by John C. Wilson. Ziegfeld Theatre: 8 Dec 1949- 15 Sep 1951 (740 performances). Cast: Yvonne Adair (as "Dorothy Shaw"), Anita Alvarez (as "Gloria Stark"), Suzanne Ames (as "Dancer"), Cholly Atkins (as "Dance Team"), Charles Basile (as "Dancer"), Florence Baum (as "Dancer"), Peter Birch (as "Bill, a dancer"), Bill Bradley (as "Dancer"), Eric Brotherson (as "Henry Spofford"), Bob Burkhardt (as "Deck Steward/Singer"), Angela Castle (as "Singer"), Carol Channing (as "Lorelei Lee"), Joan Coburn (as "Singer"), Charles 'Honi' Coles (as "Dance Team"), Rex Cooper (as "Dancer"), Robert Cooper (as "Frank, The Olympic Team/Dancer"), Jerry Craig (as "A Steward/Singer"), Crandall Diehl (as "Maitre d'Hotel/Dancer"), William Diehl (as "Policeman/Singer"), Pat Donohue (as "Sun Bather/Show Girl"), Anna Rita Duffy (as "Show Girl"), Rex Evans (as "Sir Francis Beekman"), Nicole France (as "A Flower Girl/Dancer"), Aristide J. Ginoulias (as "Dancer"), Pauline Goddard (as "Dancer"), Peter Holmes (as "Leon, a Valet/Dancer"), George S. Irving (as "Josephus Gage"), Patty Ann Jackson (as "Dancer"), Fran Keegan (as "Deck Walker/Show Girl"), Annette Kohl (as "Girl"), Kazimir Kokic (as "Taxi Driver/Headwaiter"), William Krach (as "The Tenor/Singer"), Alicia Krug (as "Dancer"), John Laverty (as "Dancer"), Shelton Lewis (as "Deck Steward/Singer"), Mort Marshall (as "Robert Lemanteur"), Mary Martinet (as "Dancer"), Jack McCauley (as "Gus Esmond") [final Broadway role], Ellen McCown (as "Singer"), Irving Mitchell (as "Mr. Esmond Sr."), Candy Montgomery (as "Singer"), Howard Morris (as "Louis Lemanteur"), Bob Neukum (as "Pierre, a Steward/Singer"), Alice Pearce (as "Mrs. Ella Spofford"), Caren Preiss (as "Dancer"), Reta Shaw(as "Lady Phyllis Beekman"), Judy Sinclair (as "Zizi/Singer"), Curt Stafford (as "An Olympic/Singer"), Junior Standish (as "Deck Walker/Show Girl"), Evelyn Taylor (as "Dancer"), Norma Thornton (as "Dancer"), Lucille Udovick (as "Singer"), David Vogel (as "Singer"), Polly Ward (as "Dancer"), Prue Ward (as "Dancer"), Beverly Jane Weston (as "Singer"), Eddie Weston (as "George, The Olympic Team/Dancer"), Marjorie Winters (as "Sun Bather/Show Girl"), Helen Wood (as "Dancer"), Hope Zee (as "Fifi/Singer"). Understudies: Bill Bradley (as "Taxi Driver"), Joan Coburn (as "Dorothy Shaw"), Crandall Diehl (as "Mr. Esmond Sr."), William Diehl (as "Robert Lemanteur"), George S. Irving (as "Henry Spofford"), Alicia Krug (as "Mrs. Ella Spofford"), Bibi Osterwald (as "Lorelei Lee"), Curt Stafford (as "Josephus Gage"), Evelyn Taylor (as "Gloria Stark"), Lucille Udovick (as "Lady Phyllis Beekman"), Eddie Weston (as "Louis Lemanteur"). Replacement actors: Shirl Conway (as "Dorothy Shaw") [circa 1951- ?], Beth Douglas (as "Singer"), Jay Harnick (as "Deck Steward/Singer"). Produced by Herman Levin and Oliver Smith. Note: Filmed as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953).
- (1954) Stage Play: The Girl in Pink Tights. Musical comedy. Music by Sigmund Romberg. Lyrics by Leo Robin. Book by Jerome Chodorov and Joseph Fields. Musical Director: Sylvan Levin. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Ballet music arranged by Trude Rittman. Choreographed by Agnes de Mille. Directed by Shepard Traube. Mark Hellinger Theatre: 5 mar 1954- 12 Jun 1954 (115 performances). Cast: Charles Goldner (as "Maestro Gallo"), Jeanmaire (as "Lisette Gervais"), David Atkinson (as "Clyde Hallam"), Alexandre Kalioujny (as "Volodya Kuzentsov"), Brenda Lewis (as "Lotta Leslie"), Robert Smith (as "Van Beuren"), David Aiken (as "Eddington/Singer"), Harry Asmus (as "Dancer"), Herbert Banke (as "Singer"), Meredith Baylis (as "Dancer") [final Broadway role], Joan Bowman (as "Dancer"), Robert Driscoll (as "Singer"), Lydia Fredericks (as "Nellie/Singer"), Katia Geleznova (as "Simone/Dancer"), Mickey Gunnersen (as "Paulette/Dancer"), Mary Haywood (as "Dancer"), Gregory Hines (as "Shoe Shine Boy") [Broadway debut], Maurice Hines (as "Newspaper Boy") [Broadway debut], Jane House (as "Singer"), Deedy Irwin (as "Singer"), Kalem Kermoyan (as "Mike/Singer"), Rhoda Kerns (as "Dancer"), Peggy Kinard (as "Singer"), Nancy King (as "Odette/Dancer"), Louis Kosman (as "Dancer"), Dania Krupska (as "Hattie Hopkins"), Lynne Marcus (as "Lucette/Dancer"), Julie Marlowe (as "Dancer"), Ray Mason (as "Hollister/Singer"), Ellen Matthews (as "Dancer"), Marni Nixon (as "Singer") [Broadway debut], Paul Olson (as "Dancer"), Stas Pajenski (as "Singer"), Lila Popper (as "Gisele/Dancer"), Michelle Reiner (as "Singer"), Douglas Rideout (as "Gypsy Violinist/Singer"), Tom Rieder (as "British Tar/Singer"), Eva Rubinstein (as "Mimi/Dancer"), James Schlader (as "Singer"), Dorothy Scott (as "Dancer"), Joshua Shelley (as "Boris"), Beverly Simms (as "Dancer"), Joanne Spiller (as "Singer"), John Stamford (as "Policeman/Bruce/Singer"), Edward Stinnett (as "Dancer"), John Taliaferro (as "British Tar/Fire Chief/Sommelier/Singer"), Ted Thurston (as "Fire Chief/Emile/Singer"), Beryl Towbin (as "Blanchette/Dancer"), Diana Turner (as "Dancer"), William Weslow (as "Dancer"), Beverly Weston (as "Singer"), Jenny Workman (as "Jenny/Dancer"). Understudies: Herb Banke (as "Bruce/Policeman"), Perry Bruskin (as "Boris"), Robert Driscoll (as "Gypsy Violinist"), Rhoda Kerns (as "Blanchette"), Dania Krupska (as "Lisette Gervais"), Ray Mason (as "Clyde Hallam"), Marni Nixon (as "Hattie Hopkins"), Michelle Reiner (as "Lotta Leslie"), Douglas Rideout (as "Eddington"), Tom Rieder (as "Mike/Van Beuren"), James Schlader (as "Hollister"), John Stamford (as "Emile/Fire Chief"), Ted Thurston (as "Maestro Gallo"), William Weslow (as "Volodya Kuzentsov"). Replacement actors: Therese Mari (as "Singer"), Bartlett Robinson (as "Van Beuren"). Produced by Shepard Traube. Produced in association with Anthony B. Farrell
- Maurice Chevalier in an evening of Songs and Impressions (1955). Concert (special).
- Wake Up, Darling (1956).
- Lorelei (1974). Musical comedy.
- The American Dance Machine (1978). Dance (special).
- A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine (1980). Musical comedy/revue.
- Big Deal (1986), Musical revue/dance.
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1995). Musical comedy (revival).
- Fosse (1999). Musical revue.
- (August 31, 1953) He was lyricist for the musical, "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine. Anita Loos was also adapter. Jule Styne was composer. Anita Loos and Joseph Fields wrote the book.
- (Summer 1995) Joseph Fields, Anita Loos, Jule Styne and his musical, "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," was performed in a Kenley Players production in Akron and Dayton, Ohio with Loni Anderson in the cast. John Kenley was artistic director.
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