- (1949) Stage Play: South Pacific. Musical drama. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan. Based on "Tales of the South Pacific" by James A. Michener. Musical Director: Salvatore Dell'Isola. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Musical staging by Joshua Logan. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Motley. Assistant to Mr. Mielziner: John Harvey and Furth Ullman. Directed by Joshua Logan. Majestic Theatre: (moved to The Broadway Theatre from 29 Jun 1953 to close) 7 Apr 1949- 16 Jan 1954 (1925 performances). Cast: Mary Martin (as "Ensign Nellie Forbush"), Ezio Pinza (as "Emile de Becque"), Juanita Hall, Myron McCormick (as "Luther Billis"), Betta St. John, Harvey Stephens (as "Cmdr. William Harbison, U.S.N."), William Tabbert, Martin Wolfson (as "Captain George Brackett, U.S.N."), Mardi Bayne, Evelyn Colby, Michael De Leon, Noel De Leon, Sandra Deel, Bill Dwyer, Dickinson Eastham, Don Fellows, William Ferguson, Jacqueline Fisher, Jack Fontan, Alan Gilbert, Thomas Gleason, Jim Hawthorne, Richard Loo (as "Marcel, Henry's Assistant" and "Ensemble"), Roslynd Lowe, Barbara Luna, Biff McGuire, Gloria Meli, Henry Michel, Alex Nicol, Pat Northrop, Mary Ann Reeve, Fred Sadoff, Bernice Saunders, Archie Savage (as "Abner"), Helena Schurgot, Richard Silvera, Henry Slate, Eugene Smith, Beau Tilden (as "Seaman James Hayes"), Musa Williams, Chin Yu. Replacement actors during the Majestic Theatre run: Fabian Acosta (as "Jerome") [Alternate], Leigh Allen (as "Ensign Lisa Minelli"), George Armand (as "Jerome") [Alternate], Mardi Bayne (as "Ensign Pamela Whitmore"), George Britton (as "Emile de Becque"), Dort Clark (as "Stewpot"), Helen Clayton (as "Ensign Connie Walewska"), Cristanta Cornejo (as "Ngana") [Alternate], Robert Cortazal (as "Jerome") [Alternate], Diosa Costello (as "Bloody Mary") [final Broadway role], Donald Covert (as "Ensemble"), Dolores Decin (as "Ngana") [Alternate], William Diehl (as "Seaman Gustl Schulz"), Bill Dwyer (as "Lt. Buzz Adams"), Betty Early (as "Ensign Dinah Murphy"), Don Fellows (as "Seabee Richard West"), Pat Finch (as "Ensign Lisa Minelli"), Betty Gillett (as "Ensign Cora MacRae"), Betty Gillette (as "Lt. Genevieve Marshall"), Thomas Griffin (as "Jerome") [Alternate], Arthur Hammond (as "Pvt. Victor Moulton"), Steve Holland (as "Radio Operator Bob McCaffrey"), Joan Kavanagh (as "Ensign Pamela Whitmore"), Peter Kelley (as "Seaman Tom O'Brien"), Mimi Kelly (as "Ensign Janet MacGregor"), Cloris Leachman (as "Ensign Nellie Forbush"), Don Leslie (as "Ensemble"), Karen Lewis (as "Ensign Connie Walewska"), Christina Lind (as "Ensign Sue Yaeger"), Roberta MacDonald (as "Ensign Sue Yaeger"), Patricia Marand (as "Lt. Genevieve Marshall") [Broadway debut], Virginia Martin (as "Ensign Bessie Noonan"), Dorothy Maruki (as "Ensemble"), Melle Matthews (as "Ensign Sue Yaeger"), William McGraw (as "Ensemble/Seaman Tom O'Brien/Yeoman Herbert Quale"), Ray Middleton (as "Emile de Becque"), Merle Muskal (as "Ensign Janet MacGregor"), Odette Myrtil (as "Bloody Mary"), Betty O'Neil (as "Ensign Sue Yaeger"), Jose Perez (as "Jerome") {Alternate], Albert Popwell (as "Abner"), Dorothy Richards (as "Lt. Genevieve Marshall"), Roger Rico (as "Emile de Becque"), Robert Rippy (as "Petty Officer Hamilton Steves"), Steve Roland (as "Seaman Tom O'Brien"), Gene Saks (as "Professor") [Broadway debut], Irma Sandre (as "Liat"), Eugene Smith (as "Seaman Thomas Hassinger"), Peter Smith (as "Seaman Tom O'Brien"), Maria Suarez (as "Ngana") [Alternate], Bill Thunhurst (as "Radio Operator Bob McCaffrey"), Webb Tilton (as "Seabee Richard West"), Bunny Warner (as "Ngana") [Alternate], Jack Weston (as "Stewpot"), Musa Williams (as "Bloody Mary"), Billie Worth (as "Ensign Janet MacGregor"), Martha Wright (as "Ensign Nellie Forbush"). Understudies: Dort Clark (as "Luther Billis"), Rosalie Davella (as "Ngana"), William Diehl (as "Lt. Joseph Cable, U.S.M.C."), Betty Early (as "Ensign Nellie Forbush"), George Finn (as "Jerome"), Steve Holland (as "Stewpot"), Mimi Kelly (as "Ensign Nellie Forbush"), Dorothy Maruki (as "Liat"), Bill Thunhurst (as "Lt. Joseph Cable, U.S.M.C."), Webb Tilton (as "Emile de Becque"), Jack Weston (as "Luther Billis"), Billie Worth (as "Ensign Nellie Forbush"). Replacement actor during Bradway Theatre run: Shirley Jones.Produced by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Produced in association with Leland Hayward and Joshua Logan. Note: Filmed by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation as South Pacific (1958).
- (1950) Stage: Appeared (as "Michael Lindsay") in "Season in the Sun" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Wolcott Gibbs. Scenic / Lighting Design by Boris Aronson. Costume Design by Natalie Barth Walker. Directed by Burgess Meredith. Cort Theatre (moved to The Booth Theatre from 14 May 1951 to close): 28 Sep 1950-11 Aug 1951 (367 performances). Cast: Nancy Kelly (as "Emily Crane"), Richard Whorf (as "George Crane"), King Calder (as "John Colgate"), Kathy Chapman (Broadway debut), Joan Diener, Maggie Gould, George Ives, Doreen Lang, Paula Laurence, Stanley Martin, Eddie Mayehoff (as "Paul Anderson"), Anthony Ross, Eugene Steiner, Charles Thompson, Grace Valentine (as "Mae Jermyn"), Jack Weston (as "Michael Lindsey"). Produced by Courtney Burr and Malcolm Pearson.
- (1956) Stage: Appeared (as "Francis") in "Bells Are Ringing" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Material adaption / lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Music by Jule Styne. Musical Director: Milton Rosenstock. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Vocal arrangements and direction by Herbert Greene and Buster Davis. Dance arrangements / incidental music by John Morris. Choreographed by Jerome Robbins and Bob Fosse. Shubert Theatre (moved to The Alvin Theatre from 15 Dec 1958 to close): 29 Nov 1956-7 Mar 1959 (924 performances). Cast: Judy Holliday (as "Ella Peterson"), Sydney Chaplin (as "Jeff Moss"; Broadway debut), Pam Abbott, Frank Aletter (as "Blake Barton"), Doria Avila, Joanne Birks, Dort Clark (as "Inspector Barnes"), Frank Derbas, Norma Doggett, Phyllis Dorne, Don Emmons, Peter Gennaro, Frank Green, Eddie Heim, George S. Irving, Patti Karr, Kasimir Kokich, Eddie Lawrence, Marc Leon, Urylee Leonardos, Jeannine Masterson, David McDaniel, Paul Michael, Frank Milton, Barbara Newman, Tom O'Steen, Julian Patrick, John Perkins, Nancy Perkins, Ellen Ray, Michelle Reiner, Marsha Rivers, Steve Roland, Donna Sanders, Jean Stapleton (as "Sue"), Willy Sumner, Ed Thompson, Beryl Towbin, Ben Vargas, Ann Wallace, Bernard West (as "Dr. Kitchell"), Pat Wilkes, Billy Wilson, Gordon Woodburn. Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1966 Stage: Was scheduled to appear in "The Office" on Broadway, but the show never opened.
- (1975) Stage: Appeared (as "Gaetan Proclo") in "The Ritz" on Broadway. Comedy/farce. Written by Terrence McNally. Scenic / Costume Design by Lawrence S. King and Michael H. Yeargan. Lighting Design by Martin Aronstein. Directed by Robert Drivas. Longacre Theatre: 20 Jan 1975-4 Jan 1975 (400 performances + 10 previews that began on 10 Jan 1975). Cast: Ron Abel (as "Pianist"), F. Murray Abraham (as "Chris"), Bruce Bauer (as "Policeman"), Richard Boccelli (as "Crisco"), Christopher J. Brown (as "Duff"), Stephen Collins (as "Michael Brick"), Hortensia Colorado (as "Maurine"), Tony De Santis (as "Sheldon Farenthold"), George Dzundza (as "Abe"), John Everson (as "Tiger"), Ruth Jaroslow (as "Vivian Proclo"), Rita Moreno (as "Googie Gomez"), Paul B. Price (as "Claude Perkins"), John Remme (as "Patron"; Broadway debut), Steve Scott (as "Patron"), Jerry Stiller (as "Carmine Vespucci"). Produced by Adela Holzer. NOTE: Filmed as The Ritz (1976).
- (1976) Stage Play: California Suite. Comedy. Written by Neil Simon. Directed by Gene Saks. Eugene O'Neill Theatre: 10 Jun 1976- 2 Ju 1977 (445 performances + 4 previews that began on 7 Jun 1976). Cast: Barbara Barrie (as "Millie Michaels/Beth Hollender"), Tammy Grimes (as "Hannah Warren/Diana Nichols/Gert Franklyn"), George Grizzard (as "William Warren/Sidney Nichols/Stu Franklyn"), Jack Weston (as "Marvin Michaels/Mort Hollender"), Leslie Easterbrook (as "Bunny"). Standbys: Jennifer Bassey [credited as Joan Bassie] (as "Beth Hollender/Diana Nichols/Gert Franklyn/Millie Michaels"), John Cunningham (as "Sidney Nichols/Stu Franklyn/William Warren"), Lani Sundsten (as "Bunny"), Michael Vale (as "Marvin Michaels/Mort Hollender"). Replacement cast during run: Vincent Gardenia (as "Mort Hollender/Marvin Michaels") [from 13 Jun 1977- ?], Kenneth Haigh (as "Sidney Nichols/Stu Franklyn/William Warren") [from 28 Feb 1977- ?], Joseph Leon (as "Mort Hollender/Marvin Michaels") [from May 1977- ?], David McCallum (as "Sidney Nichols/Stu Franklyn/William Warren") [from 2 May 1977- ?], Rue McClanahan (as "Diana Nichols/Gert Franklyn/Hannah Warren") [from 4 Apr 1977- ?], Marge Redmond (as "Beth Hollender/Millie Michaels") [from 7 Jan 1977- ?], Lani Sundsten (as "Bunny"). Standbys: Joseph Leon (as "Marvin Michaels/Mort Hollender"), Susan Tabor (as "Bunny/Hannah Warren"). Produced by Emanuel Azenberg and Robert Fryer. Note: Filmed as California Suite (1978) by Rastar Fims for Columbia Pictures.
- (1978) Stage: Appearedin Cheaters (1978).
- (1979) Stage: Appeared in national touring company of "Break a Leg".
- (1980) Stage: Was scheduled to appear in "One Night Stand" on Broadway, but the show never opened.
- (1981) Stage: Appeared in "The Floating Light Bulb" on Broadway.
- (1989) Stage: Appeared (as "Zitorsky") in "The Tenth Man" on Broadway (Revival). Written by Paddy Chayefsky. Directed by Ulu Grosbard. Vivian Beaumont Theatre: 10 Dec 1989-14 Jan 1990 (41 performances + 35 previews that began on 10 Nov 1989). Cast: Sidney Armus (as "Sexton"), David Berman (as "Elder Kessler"), Phoebe Cates (as "Evelyn Foreman"; Broadway debut), Dan Daily (as "Policeman"), Bob Dishy (as "Schlissel"), Carl Don (as "Harris"), Peter Friedman (as "Arthur Brooks"), Alan Manson (as "Foreman"), Michael Mantell (as "Rabbi"), Kenny Morris (as "Younger Kessler"), Ron Rifkin (as "Alper"), Joseph Wiseman (as "Hirschman / Cabalist"). Produced by Lincoln Center Theater (Gregory Mosher: Artistic Director. Bernard Gersten: Executive Producer).
- Stage: Appeared in national tour of "The Last of the Red Hot Lovers".
- Stage: Appeared in national tour of "Crazy October".
- (April 23 to June 5, 1976) He acted in Neil Simon's play, "California Suite," in a world premiere at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California with Tammy Grimes, George Grizzard and Barbara Barrie in the cast. Gene Saks was director.
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