- My Darlin' Aida (1952).
- Along Fifth Avenue (1949).
- (1947) Stage Play: Street Scene. Musical/drama. Music by Kurt Weill. Lyrics by Langston Hughes. Book by Elmer Rice. Based on the play by Elmer Rice. Musical Director: Maurice Abravanel. Scenic Design and Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Musical Staging by Anna Sokolow. Directed by Charles Friedman. Adelphi Theatre: 9 Jan 1947- 17 May 1947 (148 performances). Cast: Helen Arden (as "Greta Fiorentino"), Sheila Bond (as "Mae Jones"), Bennett Burrill (as "Charlie Hildebrand"), Ellen Carleen (as "Nursemaid"), Joyce Carrol (as "Music Pupil"), Norma Chambers (as "Shirley Kaplan"), Norman Cordon (as "Frank Maurrant"), Marion Covey (as "Graduate"), Danny Daniels (as "Dick McGann"), Hope Emerson (as "Emma Jones"), Helen Ferguson (as "Grace Davis"), Juliana Gallagher (as "Mary Hildbrand"), Russell George (as "Milkman"), Lauren Gilbert (as "Steve Sankey"), Peter Griffith (as "Willie Maurrant"), Zosia Gruchala (as "Graduate"), Beverly Janis (as "Jennie Hildebrand"), Anne Jeffreys (as "Rose Maurrant"), Irving Kaufman (as "Abraham Kaplan"), Ellen Lane (as "Laura Hildebrand"), Paul Lilly (as "Fred Cullen"), Remo Lota (as "Daniel Buchanan"), Roy Munsell (as "Interne"), Edwin G. O'Connor (as "Dr. John Wilson"), Robert Pierson (as "Vincent Jones"), Sydney Rayner (as "Lippo Fiorentino"), Edward Reichert (as "Old-Clothes Man"), Ellen Repp (as "Olga Olsen"), Don Saxon (as "Harry Easter"), Joseph E. Scandur (as "Husband"), Wilson Smith (as "Carl Olsen"), Polyna Stoska (as "Anna Maurrant"), Brian Sullivan (as "Sam Kaplan"), John Sweet (as "Ambulance Driver"), Randolph Symonette (as "City Marshall James Henry"), Ernest Taylor (as "Policeman"), David E. Thomas (as "George Jones"), Creighton Thompson (as "Henry Davis"), Norman Thompson (as "Officer Harry Murphy"), Peggy Turnley (as "Nursemaid"), Bette Van (as "Wife"). Produced by Dwight Wiman and The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard).
- Carmen Jones (1946).
- Carmen Jones (1945).
- Carmen Jones (1943).
- John Henry (1940).
- From Vienna (1939). Musical revue. Book adapted by John La Touche, Eva Franklin and Hugo Hauff. Book by Lothar Metzl, Werner Michel, Hans Weigel, Jura Soyfer, Peter Hammerschlag and David Gregory. Featuring songs by Werner Michel, Walter Drix, Otto Andreas and Jimmy Berg. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Costume Design by Irene Sharaff. Lighting Design by Hassard Short. Production Supervised by Charles Friedman. Staged by Herbert Berghof. Music Box Theatre: 20 Jun 1939- 26 Aug 1939 (79 performances). Cast: John Banner, Louis Ebers, Fred Essler, Nelly Franck, Hans Herberth, Paul Lindenberg, Fred Lorenz-Inger, Walter Martin, Katherine Mattern, Karl Mueller, Elizabeth Neumann, Maria Pichler, Hedy Pitt, Kurt Reichert, Lothar Rewalt, Illa Roden, Henry Vanicelli, Henry Werbeck. Produced by The Refugee Artists Group.
- Sing Out the News (1938). Musical revue. Music orchestrated by Hans Spialek. Music by Harold Rome. Lyrics by Harold J. Rome. Sketches by Charles Friedman. Uncredited book doctoring by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. Ballet music by Will Irwin. Musical Director: Max Meth. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Choreographed by Ned McGurn, Dave Gould and Charles Walters. "Peace and the Diplomat" staged by Charles Walters. Directed by Charles Friedman, Music Box Theatre: 24 Sep 1938- 7 Jan 1939 (105 performances). Cast included: June Allyson, Bruce Barclay, John Barry, Add Bates, John Benton, Daisy Bernier, The Boys of Today, Ethel Brown, Lillyn Brown, Sibol Cain, Warren Coleman, Traverse Crawford, Fred Deming, Elizabeth Dozier, R. Dupler, Eleanor Eberle, Sally Ellis, Joey Faye, The Floradora Girls, Dorothy Fox, Miriam Franklin, Jane Fraser, Joel Friend, Chick Gagnon, Ortho Gaines, Ed Galloway, Will Geer, Rosalind Gordon, Ray Harrison, Ben Holmes, Richard Huey, Rex Ingram, Cecil Jackson, Georgia Jarvis, George Jones Jr., Gus Jones, Charles Lawrence, Kathryn Lazell, Thelma Lee, Carrington Lewis, Harry Lewis, Lewis and Van, James Lillard, Christina Lind, Leslie Litomy, Philip Loeb, Michael Loring, Henrietta Lovelace, Jimmy Lydon, Shirley Macy, Wanda Macy, Ginger Manners, Elizabeth McDowell, Estelle McDowell, Sadie McGill, Elmaurice Miller, Tomas Mitchell, Michael Moore, Fred Nay, B. Norris, Bernard Pearce, Jean Peters, Jackie Petty, Burton Pierce, Ethel Remey, Bruce Rogers, Ben Ross, Hazel Scott, Hiram Sherman, Maude Simmons, Edwin Smith, Herbert Sumpter, Grant Thomas, Sonny Timmons, Allen Tinney, William Tinney, The Virginians, Ben Walles, Mary Jane Walsh, Howard Warriner, Clarence Wheeler, Madelyn White, Louie Williams, Lucille Williams, Musa Williams, Mae Williamson, Maud Williamson, Lucille Wilson, Howard Woodford. Produced by Max Gordon, in association with George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.
- Pins and Needles (1937). Musical revue. Music mostly by Harold Rome. Lyrics mostly by Harold Rome. Book by Arthur Arent, Marc Blitzstein, Emmanuel Eisenberg, Charles Friedman, David Gregory, Joseph Schrank, Arnold B. Horwitt, John La Touche and Harold Rome. Music arranged by George Davis and Baldwin Bergersen. Featuring songs with lyrics by Arthur Kramer, John La Touche, Arnold Horwitt and Charles Friedman. Featuring songs by 'Bernece Kazounoff'. Dance Director: Gluck Sandor. Choreographed by Benjamin Zemach. Scenic Design by S. Syrjala. Entire Production under the Direction of Robert H. Gordon. Special Numbers Staged by Felicia Sorel. Dances Directed by Adele Jerome. Labor Stage Theatre (moved to The Windsor Theatre from 1 Jan 1939 to close): 27 Nov 1937- 22 Jun 1940 (1108 performances). Cast: Lydia Annucci, Sol Babchin, Sadie Bershadsky, Anne Brown, Gerald Cameron, Harry Clark, Sam Dratch, Al Eben, Zitta Edinburgh, Anthony Fazio, Tillie Freldman, Irene Fiox, Sandra Gelman, Eugene Goldstein, Hynman Goldstein, Enzo Grassi, Nina Harary, Hattie Hausdorf, Tony Heath, Lynne Jaffee, Harry Kadison, Hynman Kaplan, Rose Kaufman, Bella Kinburn, Al Levy, May Martin, Murray Modick, Betty Morrison, Miriam Morrison, Jean Newman, Rose Newmark, Olive Pearman, Grace Quatropani, Joseph Roth, Ruth Rubenstein, Fred Schmidt, Paul Seymour, Isaac Sides, Sidney Sklar, Mae Spiegel, Beatty Uretsky, Millie Weitz. Produced by Labor Stage, Inc. and The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
- Let Freedom Ring (1935). Written by Albert Bein. From the novel "To Make My Bread" by Grace Lumpkin. Production Manager: Charles Friedman. Directed by Worthington Miner. Broadhurst Theatre (moved to The Civic Repertory Theatre from 1 Dec 1935 to close): 6 Nov 1935- Feb 1935 (closing date unknown/108 performances). Cast: Richard Allen, Patricia Barker, Paula Bauersmith, Roger Blankenship, Isabel Bonner, Aldrich Bowker, Dorothy Brackett, Hubert Brown, Eric Burroughs, Norma Chambers, James Clairington, Edwin Cooper, Alvin Dexter, Charles Dingle, Lew Eckles (as "Jim Hawkins"), Tom Ewell (as "Small Hardy, a peddler/Young Frank Martin at 21"), Elvin Field, Will Geer (as "John Kirkland, Grandpap"), Toni Gilman (as "Mill Worker's Child") [Broadway debut], Dean Jenks, Roy Johnson, Philip Jones, Charles Jordan (as "Ed Allen"), Rose Keane, Fred Knight, Charles Kuhn (as "An Old Man"), Michael Lettice, Herbert Levin, June Meier, John O'Shaughnessy (as "A Representative"), Douglas Parkhurst, Mary Perry, Shirley Poirier, Robert Porterfield, Robert Reed, Edward Ryan Jr., Bigelow Sayre, Garland F. Smith, Leslie Stafford, Will Sterling, Lucille Strudwick, Shepperd Strudwick (as "John McClure"), George Oliver Taylor, Robert Thomsen, William Triest, Willson Tuttle, Frank Tweddell (as "Frank Martin"), Eric Walz, Herta Ware, Booth Whitfield, Norman Williams, Robert B. Williams. Produced by Albert Bein and Jack Goldsmith.
- The Young Go First (1935).
- Jamboree (1932). Written by Bessie Beatty and Jack Black. Based on the novel "You Can't Win" Jack Black. Directed by Charles Friedman. Vanderbilt Theatre: 24 Nov 1932- Dec 1932 (closing date unknown/28 performances). Produced by Elizabeth Miele.
- Rutherford & Son (1927). Drama (revival). Written by Githa Sowerby. Directed by Charles Friedman [earliest Broadway credit]. Grove Theatre: 12 Apr 1927- May 1927 (closing date unknown/27 performances). Cast: Louis John Latzer (as "John Rutherford"), Florence Mann (as "Mary"), Mitchell Padraic Marcus (as "John"), Yetta Samuels Ellis (as "Mrs. Henderson"), Eve Saxen (as "Ann"), David V. Schenker (as "Richard Jerome Seplow (as "Martin"), Mary Wolston-Hallet (as "Janet"). Produced by The Lenox Hill Players.
- Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (November 14, 1938) He wrote sketches for the musical revue, "Pins and Needles," in the Labor Stage Players production national tour at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio. Arthur Arent, Marc Blitzstein, Emmanuel Eisenberg, David Gregory, Joseph Schrank, Arnold B. Horwitt, John LaTouche, and Harold Rome wrote sketches to the revue. Katherine Dunham was choreographer. Harold Rome also wrote music and lyrics.
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