The World's Full Of Girls
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November 1943 |
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Carmen Jones
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December 2, 1943 |
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Mexican Hayride
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December 28, 1943 |
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A Connecticut Yankee
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circa 1943 |
A jive-talk, wartime update of the 1927 classic. Music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Book by Herbert Fields and staged by John C. Wilson. Featuring dancer Vera-Ellen. The show was the last by Lorenz Hart, who was ejected for being drunk and disorderly from the opening night performance, dying a few weeks later from pneumonia. The production reprised the old standards, "My Heart Stood Still" and "Thou Swell", and introduced a new show-stopping number, "To Keep My Love Alive", which was added for Vivienne Segal, fresh from her Broadway run in the hit, Pal Joey. |
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New Faces of 1943 (New Shoes)
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circa 1943 |
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Ziegfeld Follies
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circa 1943 |
Upon the death of Florenz Ziegfeld in 1931, his widow Billy Burke sold the rights to the valuable phrase "Ziegfeld Follies" to her husband's long time rivals, the Shuberts, who staged editions of the follies in 1934, 1936, 1943, and 1957. This edition of the elaborate musical revue starred Milton Berle, Ilona Massey, and Arthur Treacher. |
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Jacobowsky and The Colonel
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January 26, 1944 |
An arrogant Polish Colonel (Louis Calhern) and shy but wily Jew S.L. Jacobowsky (Oscar Karlweis) find themselves escaping from the Nazi invasion of Paris in 1940. This comedy-drama written in German by Franz Werfel was first adapted into English by Clifford Odets and later rewritten by S.N. Behrman. Staged by Elia Kazan. |
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A Highland Fling
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March 11, 1944 |
An 18th century gentry ghost (Ralph Forbes) in a Scottish castle seeks to free himself after 150 years by finding a sinner to reform to good in this George Abbott staged comedy that ran for 28 performances at the Plymouth Theatre. |
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The Searching Wind
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March 29, 1944 |
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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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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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Stovepipe Hat
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May 12, 1944 |
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Anna Lucasta
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June 21, 1944 |
Successful American Negro Theatre production about a prostitute (Hilda Simms) who is redeemed by the unconditional love of her husband (Earle Hyman). The performances of the family members gained repeated praise from the critics, in particular Canada Lee, Rosetta LeNoire, Frederick O'Neal, and Alice Childress. Several cast members made notable achievements later in their careers, including O'Neal who became the first black president of the Actors' Equity Association, and Hyman who became very well known in the 1980's as Russell Huxtable on "The Cosby Show". |
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Kiss And Tell
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July 5, 1944 |
A comedy staged and produced by George Abbott, and starring Jessie Royce Landis and Robert Keith as the parents of teenager Corliss Archer (Joan Caulfield). It also marked the Broadway premiere of Richard Widmark as Lieutenant Lenny Archer. The show was a situation comedy staged around the friends, neighbors, and love interests of Corliss Archer, and was a big success at 956 performances. |
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Catherine Was Great
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July 18, 1944 |
In an elaborate Mike Todd production, Mae West as empress Catherine The Great seduces all the men in her court except for Ray Bourbon, who plays a fay dress designer. She saves all of Russia, but not her reputation as a playwright in this ill-conceived muddle. |
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Anna Lucasta
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August 30, 1944 |
Successful American Negro Theatre production about a prostitute (Hilda Simms) who is redeemed by the unconditional love of her husband (Earle Hyman). The performances of the family members gained repeated praise from the critics, in particular Canada Lee, Rosetta LeNoire, Frederick O'Neal, and Alice Childress. Several cast members made notable achievements later in their careers, including O'Neal who became the first black president of the Actors' Equity Association, and Hyman who became very well known in the 1980's as Russell Huxtable on "The Cosby Show". |
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While The Sun Shines
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September 8, 1944 |
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Sadie Thompson
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September 21, 1944 |
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Rebecca
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September 1944 |
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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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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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