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Louisiana Purchase
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Macbeth
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October 22, 1941 |
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Mademoiselle Party
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Maid In The Ozarks
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September 14, 1942 |
A farce staged by Jules Pfeiffer. The play about Kentucky hillbillies migrated from Los Angeles to Chicago and was roundly panned by critics. Tenaciously, the producer kept the show running until it was purchased by two Chicagoans who better marketed the show with a panache that drew theatre-goers and brought the play to profit. After five successful years traveling the country the play finally made it to Broadway in 1946. |
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Many Happy Returns
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December 11, 1944 |
A very poorly received comedy starring Mary Astor, in her Broadway debut, as Cynthia Laceby and Neil Hamilton as Henry Burton. The show follows the wooing escapades of a sophisticated woman who ensnares a young man, his older banker father, and then several other men before the curtain falls for 1 of only 3 performances. |
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Mary Jane Walsh
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Singer known for "Too Many Girls", 1939. Her first show was Rodgers and Harts "I'd Rather Be Right", 1937, from the famous quote "I'd Rather Be Right Than President". Shown here while involved with "Let's Face It!", the Cole Porter 1941 musical. |
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Mata and Hari
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October 10, 1941 |
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Meet The People - London
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Men In Shadow
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March 10, 1943 |
Originally an English play in 1942, the show was brought to Broadway in 1943. A flop that ran for 21 performances, the drama revolves around the hiding of three American airmen in an old French mill house. Written by Mary Hayley Bell, wife of renown actor John Mills, and produced by Max Gordon. |
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Mexican Hayride
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December 28, 1943 |
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Mister Big
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September 4, 1941 |
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My Sister Eileen
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December 23, 1940 |
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Native Son
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March 5, 1941 |
Based on the fantastic award winning novel by Richard Wright and directed by Orson Welles only two months before the release of his film masterpiece Citizen Kane. Starring Canada Lee as Bigger Thomas, a tormented black man in the slums of South Side Chicago wanted for killing a white woman. A powerful commentary on the American racial environment. |
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New Faces of 1943 (New Shoes)
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circa 1943 |
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Night Before Christmas
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March 29, 1941 |
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No Time For Sergeants
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January 16, 1956 |
Starring Andy Griffith and Roddy McDowell |
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On the Town
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circa 1944 |
Inspired by Jerome Robbins' earlier ballet Fancy Free, On The Town brilliantly dramatized the adventures of three sailors in New York on a 24-hour pass. Robbins' driving creative vision as both director and choreographer on this show and his West Side Story (1957) planted the seeds for the so called "concept musical," such as "Cabaret" (1966) and "Chicago" (1975). |
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One Touch of Venus
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September 22, 1943 |
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Othello
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September 18, 1943 |
Margaret Webster and the Theatre Guild's presentation of Othello, starring Paul Robeson in the title role, Uta Hagen as Desdemona, and Jose Ferrar as Iago, in what would become Broadway's longest running staging of the Shakespearean classic at 296 performances. It was a particularly unusual performance in that the role of the Moor, Othello, was played by an African-American on a Broadway stage. It received rave reviews, lauding Robeson, Ferrar, and Hagen equally. |
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Phyllis Thaxter
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Pick Up Girl
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May 2, 1944 |
An examination of all the aspects of juvenile delinquency in close detail for the first time on a Broadway stage. Written by Elsa Shelley, the play was somewhat well received but also criticized for its numerous sordid details that detracted from the drama. |
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Pick-Up Girl
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April 14, 1944 |
Rehearsal images from the Elsa Shelley courtroom drama about a young deceased delinquent girl. |
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Polonaise
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September 18, 1945 |
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Rebecca
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September 1944 |
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Red Buttons
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June 16, 1958 |
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Return Of The Vagabond
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May 8, 1940 |
George M. Cohan reprises his role as the vagabond made famous in the 1920 play "The Tavern". The play was a terrible flop, closing after only 7 performances, and causing Mr. Cohan to sadly remark, "They don't want me no more." It was his last appearance on Broadway. Widely noted as opening on May 17th, the play actually opened on May 13th and closed on May 18th. |
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Rosalinda (Die Fledermaus)
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July 6, 1943 |
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Rosina Lhévinne and Van Cliburn
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Pianist Van Cliburn is shown rehearsing with his teacher Rosina Lhévinne. She became his instructor at The Juilliard School and propelled him to fame in 1958 with his win in the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. The win caught the attention of the nation and he was given a ticker tape parade in New York and shared the top of the charts with the likes of the soundtrack to South Pacific and Johnny Mathis. |
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Sadie Thompson
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September 21, 1944 |
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Sadie Thompson
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circa 1944 |
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Show Time
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September 17, 1942 |
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Silvia Weld
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May 26, 1942 |
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Sing Out Sweet Land (part of series: American History In Song)
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November 1944 |
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Something For The Boys
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December 17, 1942 |
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Sons o' Fun
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May 1, 1943 |
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Sophia Loren as a Fashion Model
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Spring Again
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October 26, 1941 |
A successful comedy directed by Guthrie McClintic featuring Grace George and C. Aubrey Smith. The plot tells of a long suffering wife subjected to constant stories of her husband's Civil War hero father at Shiloh who decides to recount his families real true story as a dramatized radio serial. |
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Storm Operation
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November 24, 1943 |
A Maxwell Anderson play produced the The Playwrights' Company. Anderson spent significant time on the North African front with General Eisenhower researching for the work, which was ultimately panned by critics and ran only 23 performances. Oddly, the play was selected by the Burns Mantle annual as one of the season's 10 best plays. |
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Stovepipe Hat
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May 12, 1944 |
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Street Scene
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circa 1946 |
Images from the Philadelphia rehearsal for the operatic version of the play based on the Pulitzer Prize winning book by Elmer Rice. Music by Kurt Weill and lyrics by the well known Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes, with Weill winning the Tony Award for Best Original Score. Set design by Jo Mielziner. The story takes place on a New York sidewalk and street and follows several low to middle class characters through various urban struggles, resulting in epic tragedy. |
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Sue Fuller
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September 1969 |
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Summer Theatre 1946
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circa 1946 |
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Teahouse Of The August Moon
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April 18, 1955 |
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