- Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- Girl Crazy (1930). Musical comedy. Music by George Gershwin. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Book by Guy Bolton and John McGowan. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Musical Director: Earl Busby. Choreographed by George Hale. Costume Design by Kiviette. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Conducted by George Gershwin. Directed by Alexander Leftwich. Alvin Theatre: 14 Oct 1930- 6 Jun 1931 (272 performances). Cast: Jack Barrett, Gloria Beaumont, Gene Brady, Olive Brady (as "Tess Parker"), Bob Burton, Norma Butler, Lillian Carson, Kathryn Cathcart, Chief Rivers, Jack Classon, Jack Closson, Arthur Craig, Norman Curtis, Bob Derden, Dorothy Donnelly (as "Ensemble"), Kay Downer, LaVern Evans, Jack Fago, Jacqueline Feeley, Mickie Forbs, Donald Foster, Bob Gebhardt, Dorothy Gordon, Faye Greene, Harry Griffin, Marion Harcke, Thomasine Haye, Eunice Healy, Willie Howard, Ray Johnson, Starr West Jones (as "Lariat Joe"/Ensemble), Virginia Kay, Allen Kearns, Vivian Keefer, William Kent, Muriel LaCount, Rena Landeau, Jane Lane, Leila Laney, Lillian Lorray, Gertrude Lowe, Carlton Macy (as "Lank Sanders"), Mary Mascher, Ethel Merman (as "Kate Fothergill") [Broadway debut], Betty Morton, Elsie Neal, Dick Nealy, Hazzard Newberry, Kendall Northrop, James Notono, Peggy O'Connor, Margie O'Shea, Lillian Ostrom, Lew Parker, Julia Pirie, Del Porter, Vivian Porter, Marvyne Ray, Ginger Rogers (as "Molly Gray"), Kathy Schauer, John Sciortino, Marshall Smith, Dwight Snyder, Drucilla Strain, Ruth Timmons, Clyde Veaux, Nondas Wayne (as "Ensemble") [Broadway debut]. Produced by Alex Aarons and Vinton Freedley.
- Top Speed (1929). Musical comedy. Based on material by Guy Bolton, Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Lyrics by Kalmar, music by Ruby. Musical Direction by Ivan Rudisill. Choreographed by John Boyle and LeRoy Prinz. Directed by John Harwood. Chanin's 46th Street Theatre (moved to The Royale Theatre from 10 Mar 1930 to close): 25 Dec 1929- 22 Mar 1930 (104 performances). Cast: Florence Allen (billed as "Flo Allen"), Lester Allen, Ray Apgar, Theodore Babcock, Tom Barrett, Laine Blaire, Billie Blake, Norine Bogan, Faith Brown (billed as "Irene Carroll"), Martha Carroll, Samuel Critcherson, Sunny Dale, George Del Drigo, Irene Delroy, Allen De Silva, Adele Dickson, Harland Dixon, Valerie Dolaro, 'Peggy Driscoll' (q), John T. Dwyer, Enes Early, Olga Fox, Louise Francis, Mildred Franke, Paul Frawley, Fred Furman, William Hale, Lon Haschal (billed as "Lon Hascall"), Mildred Hosee, Carolyn James, Gene Johnson, Marie Keve, George King, Jerry Kirkland, Hilda Knight, Willis Lawrence, Irving M. Lesser (billed as "Irving M. Lesser"), Dixie Lester, Arthur May, Bess Meredyth, Hal Morton, Kendall Northrop, Hermes Pan (as "Ensemble"), Lloyd Pedrick, Lorraine Power, John Quinn, Helen Rauth, Kay Reilly, Shirley Richards, Ginger Rogers (as "Babs Green") [Broadway debut], Mildred Rye, Paula Sands, Charlotte Silton, Frances Thress, Elinor Walent, Nondas Wayne, Ken Williams, Dodo Wyatt, Daniel Wyler. Produced by Bolton, Kalmar & Ruby, Ltd.
- Rio Rita (1927). Musical comedy. Based on material by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson. Music by Harry Tierney. Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy. Musical Director: Oscar Bradley. Music orchestrated by Frank Parry. Directed by John Harwood. Ziegfeld Theatre (moved to The Lyric Theatre from 26 Dec 1927 to 11 Mar 1928 then moved to The Majestic Theatre from 12 Mar 1928 to close): 2 Feb 1927- 7 Apr 1928 (494 performances). Cast: Ada-May, Avis Adair, Mary Alter, Melba Alter, George Anez, Martha Ann, Alfred Arnold, Antonio Arreola, Mabel Baade, Margie Baily, Anita Banton, Pauline Bartlett, Elma Bayer, Elsie Behrens, Marion Benda, Carol Bergman, Jose Betancourt, Virginia Biddle, Peggy Blake, Victor Bragamonte, Alcides Briseno, Katherine Burke, George Butler, Camille, Al Clair, Helen C. Clive, Collette, Suzanne Conroy, Peggy Cornell, Jean Crittenden, Audrey Dale, Fred Dalton, Myrna Darby, Agatha DeBussy, Naomi deMusie, Helen Derby, Dorothy Dickerson, Jennie Dolova, Donald Douglas, Kay English, Rass Erickson, Carlos Estrada, Lucien Farland, Elaine Field, Janet Flynn, Noel Francis, Helene Gardner, Gladys Glad, Margaret Godsworthy, Portia Grafton, Ann Hardman, Mignon Hawkes, Josephine Hayes, Gabriel Herrera, Owen Hervey, Charles Holly, Harriet Hughes, Yvonne Hughes, Theresa Hyle, Alf James, Naomi Johnson, Ivanelle Ladd, Lavergne Lambert, Valerie Lennox, Mildred Lunnay, Cookie Lunsford, Lottie Marcy, Marjorie-May Martin, Earl Marvin, Robert Mathews, Dorothy May, Charles McClelland, Betty McHugh, Frances Mildern, Florence Miller, Alma Moore, Vivian Morgan, Franciska Mueller, Gladys Murphy, J. Harold Murray (as "Jim"), Vincente Murtado, Leo Nash, Henry Nelthropp, Bill Otero, Walter Palm, Dorothy Patterson, Molly Peck, Walter Petrie, Jack Phillips, Rita Pischel, Margaret Purple, Harry Ratcliffe, Louise Richardson, Joseph Rogers, Pedro Rubin, Rosemary Ryder, A. Safanow, Vincent Serrano, Madeline Sheldon, Lillian Shields, Al Small, Jack Spinelly, Douglas Stead, Marion Strasmick, Norma Taylor, Morris Tepper, Ethelind Terry (as "Rio Rita"), Edward Theopold, Jack Thompson, Raymond Toben, Francisco Torres, Peggy Udell, Manuel Valdespino, Bernice Varden, Richard Vernon, Juan Villasana, Rosemary Wallace, Florence Ware, Clarentine Wayne, Jean Wayne, Nondas Wayne, Dorothy Wegman, Maxine Wells, John Werner, Amy West, Bert Wheeler (as "Chick Bean"), Marion Wilson, Ann Woods, Robert Woolsey (as "Ed Lovett"), Philomena Yvsocka, M. Zaharia, Frank Zolt. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- Ziegfeld Follies of 1923 (1923). Musical revue. Music by Victor Herbert, Rudolf Friml and Dave Stamper. Lyrics by Gene Buck. Sketches by: Eddie Cantor and Gene Buck. Musical Director: Oscar Radin. Additional music by Joseph McCarthy, Harry Tierney, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Blanche Merrill, Leo Edwards, Gabriel Daray, Edgar Leslie, Benton Ley, Lee David and Ambrose Thomas. Directed by Ned Wayburn. New Amsterdam Theatre: 20 Oct 1923 - 10 May 1924 (233 performances). Cast: Bernice Ackerman, Ethel Allis, Ruth Andrae, Wilma Ansell, Mary Bancroft, Virginia Beardsley, Doris Bennett, Mildred Billert, Lois Blackburn, Fanny Brice, Dorothy Brown, Lilly Burgess, Catherine Burke, Marie Callahan, Cynthia Cambridge, Louise Carlton, Joan Carter Waddell, Gladys Coburn, Hettie Cooper, Roy Cropper, Margaret Cummings, Marie Dahm, Helena D'Algy, May Daw, Claire DeFitamiere, Ferral Dewees, Harland Dixon, Helen Dobbins, Andre Dumont, Paulette Duval, Dorothy Ellis, Gladys Ellison, Helen Ellsworth, Alberta Faust, Hilda Ferguson, Mme. Florianne, Harriet Fowler, Catherine Gallimore, Millie Glossop, Florentine Gosnova, Hetty Graham, Roberta Grant, Sarah Granzow, Nelle Greasley, Beryl Halley, Marion Hamilton, Helen Henderson, Jean Henderson, Lew Hearn, Norah Jackson, Brooke Johns, Mary Julian, Bob Karna, Elizabeth Kay, Winnie Keane, Dorothy Kelsall, Flo Kennedy, Emma Klige, Alice Knowlton, Florence Kolinsky, Margaret Langhorne, Edna Leedom, Marjorie Leet, Linda, Virginia Magee, Maud Mansfield, Harriet Marned, Phyllis Mawer, Irma McShane, Lily McWilliams, Janet Megrew, Goodie Montgomery, Inez Moreno, Rita Moriarty, Polly Nally, Alma Nash, Raymond O'Brian, Gladys Peterson, Martha Pierre, Robert Quinault, Violet Regal, Billy Revel, Addie Rolfe, William Roselle, Iris Rowe, Gertrude Selden, Peggy Shannon, Heloise Sheppard, Harry Short, Margaret Sloan, Dave Stamper, Olga Steck, Charlotte Suddath, Beatrice Thorburn, Billie Tichenor, Dorothy Van Alst, Feon Vanmar, Hazel Vergess, Vivian Vernon, Hap Ward, Betty Warrington, Nondas Wayne, Marjorie Weaver, Arthur West, Elsie Westcott, Bert Wheeler, Betty Wheeler, Paul Whiteman, Paul Whiteman's Orchestra, Lois Wilde, Doris Wilson, Dottie Wilson, Imogene Wilson, Lily Winton, Stella Wooten, Helen Lee Worthing, Alexander Yarkovleff, Ruth Zoakay. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.
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